Latest News
DN Capital, the international early stage and growth equity investor and backer of leading global digital media companies such as Shazam, Digital Chocolate, OLX and Endeca, has completed the sale of portfolio company Datanomic to Oracle Corporation.
DN Capital was a significant shareholder in Datanomic and the only institutional investor. Following this transaction, DN Capital’s second fund (DN Capital GVC II), which made its first investments in 2008, has already paid back the vast majority of invested capital and is showing clear top quartile returns to investors.
DN Capital Managing Partner and Datanomic Board Member, Nenad Marovac, says: "We are
UBM plc has acquired a 70% equity stake in the Catersource catering conference and exhibition and its sister show Event Solutions, which serves the event planning industry. UBM has acquired the majority stake from Catersource’s private owners for a total cash consideration of USD5 million, on behalf of UBM Live.
Founded in 1982 and based in Minneapolis, Catersource hosts an annual conference and exhibition for the USA catering and event planning industry, as well as awards events and supporting print and digital marketing platforms. The events take place annually during February and March in Las Vegas. This year’s Catersource and
Actis, the pan-emerging markets private equity investor, has appointed Joe Sinyor (pictured) as a partner and head of the firm’s Value Creation Group. Based in London, Sinyor will be working closely with Actis’s portfolio companies to add value by driving operational and strategic improvements.
Sinyor joined Actis in May 2011, and brings a broad range of experience as well as a wealth of contacts, both in and beyond private equity, to Actis. He moved into private equity with a role at Terra Firma in 2003, before becoming Operational Managing Director at Strategic Value Partners, a US alternative investment fund primarily
Cover FX, a producer of dermatology-inspired cosmetics, has received a capital investment by consumer-focused private equity firm Catterton Partners. The proceeds of the investment will be used to accelerate growth in domestic and global markets. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Known as The Foundation Authority, Cover FX was created by Lee Graff and Jenny Frankel in collaboration with Dr.Neil H Shear to provide flawless cosmeceutical solutions. From its beginnings in 2000 with the iconic Cover FX cream foundation, Cover FX has developed a complete line of foundations, primers, concealers, moisturizers and cleansers formulated for any skin type,
Avendus Capital (UK) Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avendus Capital Pvt Ltd, has appointed Roger Yeoman as its Head of Institutional Equities for Europe. In this role, Yeoman will support Avendus UK in expanding distribution for the broking and capital markets business of Avendus Capital Pvt Ltd.
Yeoman, who will be based in London, has over three decades of experience in global equities. He has spent most of his professional life at Morgan Stanley, where he last served as the co-head of its relationship management initiative for the combined fixed income and equities sales and trading business for
Manatron, Inc, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by strategic buyer Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI). Harris Williams & Co is advising Manatron, with Garin Arevian and Rahul Swani executing the transaction from the firm’s Technology, Telecom & Digital Media (TTDM) Group in Boston.
“Manatron’s leading market position, high barriers to entry and growing recurring revenue base made it a very attractive acquisition target for strategic buyers, who are increasingly placing a premium on revenue visibility,” says Arevian, a director in Harris Williams & Co.’s TTDM Group. With over 70% of the
Simmons Parallel Energy Fund is on the hunt for new investments. The co-investment private equity fund, wholly focused on the energy sector, is now halfway through its lifecycle and is seeking to invest a further GBP17 million in the next two years.
With its investments in Xodus Group and Glacier Energy Services completing recently, the fund has now invested over GBP16 million since its creation in 2008.
Set up to make minority co-investments across the energy sector, the fund is searching for new opportunities in oilfield services, technology, development and production companies as well as technologies that enable the
According to a global survey published by Coller Capital, the world’s biggest investor in second-hand private equity interests, institutional investors are predicting that one in five private equity groups will disappear this decade. With large investors, including pension funds, fund of funds and insurers, becoming increasingly selective, Richard Moulton (pictured), head of private equity at international law firm Eversheds, comments on the future prospects for private equity investment…
“As is well documented, there are still substantial amounts of capital available to private equity funds as a result of the vast amounts raised before the financial crisis. The world has
CommScope has signed an agreement to acquire Argus Technologies, a leading producer of innovative antenna solutions for wireless applications. The terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter of 2011.
Argus Technologies, headquartered in Bella Vista, New South Wales, Australia, provides a wide array of high performance, high technology antennas for base stations, stadiums and venues, and other wireless applications. The company has become a well-respected global competitor in the wireless network antenna market since its founding in 1994 by Dr Bevan Jones, John Bonello and
Competition for attractive targets in the M&A market has increased significantly. That is the key finding of this year’s second survey of the M&A panel polled by commercial law firm CMS Hasche Sigle and FINANCE magazine, comprising some 70 investment bankers and corporate M&A professionals. Most sectors are seeing stronger M&A activity than at the start of the year.
German companies continue to pursue expansion to achieve strategic objectives such as accelerated growth, broadening of their product portfolio, expansion into new markets and greater market share. Both corporates and investment bankers currently view these factors as being the key deal
Special Reports
Featured
- Insight
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
