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Equity Finance and FCPR Epargne Développement II and FCPR ED Capitalisation Intermédiaire, two FCPR funds managed by Chequers Partenaires, have reached an agreement with Weinberg Capital Partners relating to the sale of their holdings in the Groupe E.CF (Ecotel Chomette Favor), in agreement with the other main shareholders of E.CF, EF Logistique, the company’s management and Financière Groupe Ecotel (FGE).
Thierry Drecq and the management team of the Groupe E.CF, Financière Groupe Ecotel, chaired by Jean Luc Saxod and Salvepar (an investment company affiliated with Société Générale) will invest alongside Weinberg Capital Partners in this transaction.
The transaction remains subject
Piper, a leading private equity specialist in consumer brands, has sold its majority shareholding in adult soft drinks business Bottlegreen Holdings Limited to SHS, the Northern Irish-based food group who own a number of successful drinks brands including Shloer, WKD and Merrydown. As a result of the sale, Piper has achieved a five-times multiple on its four year investment. Some members of the management team will retain shareholdings in the group.
Since Piper’s GBP5m investment in 2007, Bottlegreen has become an iconic brand stocked by all the major UK multiples with a fast-growing international presence. Over the period of the
Venture capital Morgenthaler Ventures, a leading venture capital firm, today announced the addition of Mark Goines as partner. Goines has an extensive track record of working successfully with high growth companies as an entrepreneur, executive and angel investor. Exits from his angel investments include Mint, Baby Center, PayCycle and Nolo.com.
Goines was also an angel investor in Morgenthaler investments, Pageonce and Practice Fusion, and currently represents Morgenthaler on Practice Fusion’s board. He joins Morgenthaler’s IT Team based in Menlo Park, CA.
As partner, Goines will focus on investments in the areas of financial technology, mobile, consumer and small business Internet
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has appointed technology and life science banker Mercy Forde and VC fund CFO Nina Labatt to its Venture Capital and Private Equity Services team, which is dedicated to providing the financial services required by venture capital and private equity firms. Having worked closely with venture capitalists for nearly 30 years, SVB has become the preferred banker to more than half of the venture capital firms in the US.
"We have an outstanding team that understands the unique financing needs of our venture capital and private equity partners," says Greg Becker, President and CEO of Silicon Valley
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets has promoted Simon Dixon (pictured) to director in its Acquisition Finance team in Leeds.
Dixon has over 20 years of experience at Lloyds Banking Group and has worked in the Acquisition Finance team since 2006.
During this time as associate director, Dixon led and co-led a number of regional private equity-backed mid-market transactions, including providing leveraged debt to support LDC-backed Aesica Pharmaceuticals’ recent bolt-on acquisitions, Phoenix Equity Partners’ GBP100 million investment in Andrew Page, BPE’s GBP75 million MBO of West Yorkshire-based Allied Glass and LDC’s 2008 MBO of Eve Trakway Ltd.
In his new
Stefan Keller, head of MAP research & external relations at Lyxor AM, looks at how emerging markets are showing emancipation in terms of both fiscal policy and economic growth…
In recent months, we have registered structural and cyclical motivations to increase exposure to Emerging Markets. Assets under Management of Emerging Market related Hedge funds on the Lyxor Managed Account Platform (MAP) have risen by more than 60% over the last 15 months.
The secular growth story of Emerging Markets has been known to investors for more than a decade given the rise in the labour force, capital accumulation and progress
Superior Capital Partners LLC, a Detroit-based private equity firm, has acquired Rubex as an add-on acquisition to its Fort Worth, Texas-based specialty chemicals portfolio company, Edge Adhesives. The transaction represents the seventh acquisition from Superior’s 2008 inaugural fund and the third acquisition in 2011.
Edge Adhesives acquired Rubex from Chemence Inc, a diversified chemicals company with operations in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Based in Columbus, Ohio, Rubex is a manufacturer of engineered butyl mastics, converted tapes and sealants that are used in electrical, automotive, construction, and industrial applications. The Rubex acquisition expands Edge’s end markets, manufacturing
Spring Mountain Capital, LP (SMC), an investment management firm that focuses on alternative asset investing, has appointed Avi Faliks, PhD, and Jamie Weston as Managing Directors in its private equity business.
As senior members of the private equity team, Faliks and Weston will partner with Raymond Wong, Managing Director and Head of Private Equity, to further extend SMC’s capabilities in sourcing, selecting, and managing its private equity investments.
"We are seeing a growing number of compelling investment opportunities in private equity, and the addition of Avi and Jamie demonstrates our increased commitment to this area of our business," says
Cleary Gottlieb is advising Bridgepoint and Eurazeo on the exclusive discussions with BPCE announced on May 12, 2011 relating to the acquisition of Foncia.
As the leading residential real estate services company, Foncia has a network of more than 600 branches run by nearly 7,000 employees. It operates in France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium, and offers a complete range of services for the residential real estate market: lease management, joint property management, sales advice, financing research, insurance and technical diagnoses.
Foncia’s enterprise value is EUR1.017 billion. Eurazeo and Bridgepoint would invest about EUR480 million in equity capital (including EUR240
Natural Gas Partners (NGP), one of the leading private equity investors in the oil and gas industry, has appointed Maurice F Storm as a Venture Partner.
Storm launched his extensive relationship with NGP in 2002 as founder and Chief Executive Officer of Crow Creek Energy, LLC. Crow Creek was a USD10 million start-up portfolio company sponsored by NGP that was sold in 2006 for USD71.5 million. Capitalising on Storm’s deal-finding skills, NGP sponsored a second company, Crow Creek Energy II, LLC, which began operations under Mr. Storm’s leadership in October 2006 with USD195 million of NGP equity. Crow Creek II
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