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The Riverside Company has made another major investment in Germany, partnering with Transporeon GmbH and TICONTRACT GmbH (Transporeon). The transaction will close once merger approval has been obtained and will be the second German acquisition in 2011 for the international private equity firm.
Transporeon, headquartered in Ulm, Germany, provides web-based centralized transport-management software. Transporeon operates several web-based logistics platforms that provide shippers and carriers with a platform and software to reduce costs, save time and improve service quality in logistics processes. The firm was founded in 2000 and has 450 customers in manufacturing and trade, as well as the 20,000
A company wholly owned by Better Capital Limited’s BECAP Fund has reached a formal agreement with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), to acquire a majority stake in Masco 30 Limited, a new company set up solely for the purpose of acquiring 100% of the share capital of Fairline Boat Acquisitions Limited (Fairline) and its subsidiaries (together the Fairline Group).
Under the agreement, West Register (Investments) Limited, a company owned by RBS, will acquire a minority stake in Masco 30 Limited.
Fairline is a leading global brand specialising in the design, engineering, manufacture and distribution of luxury boats in
Clearwater Corporate Finance (Clearwater), a UK member of the international mergers and acquisitions organisation, IMAP, has advised Farsound Engineering (Farsound), on its sale to RG Industries LLP (RGI), a new partnership between Rubicon Partners (Rubicon) and Grovepoint Capital (Grovepoint).
Founded by the late Roger Gulperin in 1979, Farsound is a leading manufacturer and supply chain manager of precision components for the aerospace and defence industries. It has a global, blue chip customer base and operates from state of the art premises in Romford, Essex. The firm employs around 100 people across its manufacturing and supply chain MRO divisions.
Farsound has
European private equity firm Cinven has appointed Jorge Quemada as a partner heading the firm’s investment activities in Iberia. He will be a member of the Business Services sector team.
Quemada joins Cinven in September 2011 from 3i, where he worked for over thirteen years. Prior to leaving the firm, he was one of two full time partners leading investments based in 3i’s Madrid office.
Quemada joined 3i in 1998 and has been involved in more than 20 investments in Spain and the UK since then. He began his career with the investment Banking Division of Société Générale in
Shamrock Capital Advisors has announced the final closing of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund III, a USD400 million fund focused on providing buyout and growth capital investments in companies in the media, entertainment and communications industries.
Shamrock targets companies benefitting from growth trends in the media, entertainment and communication sectors. The fund will invest in companies seeking USD15 million to USD75 million of capital in both control and non-control transactions.
Shamrock has closed three funds focused on media, entertainment and communication investing since 2001. Shamrock’s limited partners comprise a mix of existing and new investors from leading pension funds, endowments and foundations,
Maven has successfully exited from Walker Technical Resources via a secondary buyout funded by Gresham Private Equity. The sale realised a gross return of 2.9x the initial investment in just two years, with an IRR of 70%.
Walker has seen exceptional growth since Maven’s original investment in June 2009, achieving a 60% increase in sales in the past 12 months, with profits doubling over the same period.
Walker specialises in composite repairs for the oil & gas industry, providing niche integrity management services and products to a global customer base. With some of the most advanced composite technology in its
Thirty-seven US venture capital funds raised USD2.7 billion in the second quarter of 2011, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). This level marks a 28 per cent increase by dollar commitments, but a 23 per cent decline by number of funds compared to the second quarter of 2010, which saw 48 funds raise USD2.1 billion during the period.
US venture capital fundraising during the first half of 2011 totalled USD10.4 billion from 76 funds, a 70% increase by dollars compared to the first half of 2010 but a 15% decrease by number of funds,
Marc Moyers has been named National Sector Leader of the US Private Equity Group of KPMG LLP, the US audit, tax and advisory firm has announced.
"Marc’s extensive and relevant experience makes him the right choice to lead KPMG’s US Private Equity group," says Rob Arning, Vice Chairman, Market Development. "Private Equity firms are looking to work with advisors who can help them navigate the kinds of issues that Marc and his team clearly and deeply understand – from dealing with new regulation and a competitive investment environment to capturing portfolio company efficiencies."
Moyers, 56, will lead cross-functional teams of
Andrew Morris, managing director of Signature, the arm of Rowan Dartington dedicated to supporting investment professionals and their clients, comments on the crisis facing the Italian bond market…
We are experiencing a seemingly relentless rise in the EU government bond yields of Greece, Portugal, Spain and Ireland. Are we to be joined by Italy, a country which whilst being frequently mocked for the state of its public finances had until recently escaped the attention of the bond markets? The omens aren’t good. The Italian bond market is the third largest in the World. Estimated at EUR1.6 trillion – three times
Climate Change Capital Private Equity LP (CPE) has led an EUR8m investment in Orège SA (Orège), a French company that has developed patented wastewater treatment technologies for complex effluents and sludge from the oil & gas, mining, petrochemical and chemical industries.
CPE, which manages a EUR200m private equity fund focused on expansion capital and buy-out transactions in European cleantech companies, contributed EUR6m of the EUR8m round, alongside Oraxys SA (Oraxys), the Luxembourg-based cleantech private equity firm.
Orège’s patented SOFHYS and patent pending SLG are advanced wastewater treatment solutions that are capable of treating complex industrial effluents (in particular BTEX and
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