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Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and its partners AXA Private Equity and Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec have closed the acquisition of French based multi-technical services company, SPIE, from PAI partners.
On 31 May, 2011, it was announced that CD&R and its partners, had signed an exclusivity agreement with PAI partners to acquire SPIE for EUR2.1bn. CD&R-managed funds, including co-investment vehicles, invested approximately EUR510 million in the transaction. AXA Private Equity and Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec each invested approximately EUR140 million.
SPIE is a European leader in multi-technical services. It specialises in electrical, mechanical, and
E la Carte, the maker of Presto, a customer-facing tableside tablet for restaurant and related hospitality industries, has closed a USD4 million outside venture capital round from Lightbank, the technology investment fund created by Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell.
E la Carte deploys the Presto on restaurant tables so that guests can order, play games and pay from their seats without having to wait. Unlike other tablets on the market, Presto has a full-day battery life, a credit card reader and can sit comfortably and naturally on restaurant tables. Presto tablets are also more durable than the iPad as they
Andrew Morris (pictured), managing director of Signature, a trading name of Rowan Dartington, on the current state of the markets and levels of company debt…
Due to a combination of the Jackson Hole gathering and hurricane Irene, all eyes have again been on the United States. The country appears to be holding its breath for the feared economic slowdown. With both Bernanke and Obama caught in a financial straightjacket with little or no wriggle room, there was almost an air of resignation hanging over the nation.
However, here’s something to cheer everyone up. Constituents of the FTSE 350, ex the financial
It is too early to tell whether the equity market declines and volatility since early August will have a lasting impact on private equity markets, says Hans Markvoort (pictured), head of private equity investment solutions and general manager of listed fund of private equity funds Castle Private Equity…
It is too early to tell whether the equity market declines and volatility since early August will have a lasting impact on private equity markets. In the next three to six months M&A activity will be an important theme for the Castle Private Equity portfolio. Some reduction in exits can be expected
DoubleVerify, a pioneer in online media verification and compliance, has received USD33 million in financing led by JMI Equity and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), two later stage US venture capital and private equity firms focused on investing in rapidly-growing software, Internet and business services companies.
Other participants in the round included previous investors Blumberg Capital and First Round Capital. In conjunction with the financing, Bob Nye of JMI Equity and Dennis Phelps of Institutional Venture Partners have joined the company’s Board of Directors. This investment brings the company’s cumulative financing to USD47 million.
Since the company’s launch in 2008,
Platte River Ventures, a private equity investment firm for middle market operating companies in the aerospace, industrial services, energy services, agriculture, chemicals, metals, industrial minerals and transportation sectors, has appointed two professionals to its Denver-based team. Mark Brown joins Platte River Ventures (PRV) as a vice president, and Michelle Eidson joins as vice president of business development and marketing.
Prior to joining PRV, Brown was a vice president at CHS Capital where he pursued management buyout transactions in the industrial and business service sectors. Previously, he was an investment banking analyst with Citigroup Global markets. Brown holds an MBA from
India was the first country in Asia to raise rates to moderate the domestic effects of commodity inflation and the global economic recovery. Now that inflation has stabilized, India now looks to be first country to stop raising its policy rates, which should be positive for equities.
This call will review the general macro situation in India and evaluate what this means for equities. On a micro-level we will review the recent trends in inflation, production, consumption, as well as corporate earnings growth. On the macro side we will discuss larger issues like the fact that India is not an
Having languished in the doldrums since the global financial crisis, a revitalised private equity sector has recently begun putting smiles on the faces of investors, fund managers, and consultants alike. Existing funds are being deployed, new ones are being raised, and investor allocations to private equity are inching upward.
In an effort to better understand the perspectives of private equity participants, SEI, in partnership with Greenwich Associates, conducted a survey of 411 private equity fund managers, investors, and consultants in Europe, the United States and Asia.
Results are being released as a three-part series. Part one, The Logic of
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged two Florida men with operating a Ponzi scheme disguised as a purported private equity fund that fraudulently raised approximately USD22 million from more than 100 investors, many of whom were Florida teachers or retirees.
According to the SEC’s complaint filed in US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, James Davis Risher of Sanibel was responsible for handling the fund’s trading operations, and Daniel Joseph Sebastian of Lakeland distributed offering materials and solicited investors for the fund. Risher boasted to investors that he had substantial experience in trading equities and providing
Bendigo Partners has made a strategic investment in Akatsuki Financial Group, a Japan based mid-sized financial services firm, specialising in retail brokerage and asset management, with origins dating back over 130 years.
Bendigo is investing alongside Monex Group (ticker 8698, Tokyo Stock Exchange), a leading online financial services provider and Aeria Inc (ticker 3758, JASDAQ), a content and game developer and provider.
“The retail financial services industry in Japan is very fragmented and Bendigo and Akatsuki see opportunities for consolidation and the introduction of new strategies and products,” says Dominic Henderson, Bendigo’s lead partner in Japan and former Branch Manager
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