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Privalia Venta Directa, a private online sales club providing value for fashion brands and consumers, has received a EUR70m (USD95m) financing.
Privalia was founded in Barcelona, Spain in 2006 by Lucas Carné and José-Manuel Villanueva.
New investors General Atlantic and Index Ventures, together with current shareholder Highland Capital Partners, participated in Privalia’s funding round.
The capital raise – one of the largest in the private online sales sector – will enable the company to expand into new markets organically and through acquisitions.
This capital raise is the largest funding round the company has undertaken to date. Prior to this capital
Lyceum Capital-backed M&C Energy, one of the largest energy procurement and compliance specialists in Europe, has completed two acquisitions for an undisclosed value.
The Fife-headquartered company provides a broad range of bill auditing, energy price risk management and carbon optimisation services which help its 3,500-strong client base of businesses operate more efficiently while making significant savings on energy costs.
M&C Energy has acquired the Australian firm Creative Energy Solutions and German consultancy ETT.
These transactions boost M&C Energy’s turnover to around GBP38m and increases its international footprint which spans 19 offices in 14 countries, servicing clients in over
Albion Ventures has invested GBP8.7m in Radnor House School, a new co-educational independent school for students aged seven to 18 in Twickenham, South West London.
Radnor House is located on the historic site of Alexander Pope’s villa on the banks of the River Thames.
Albion Ventures identified a market opportunity to purchase the freehold premises and develop a new co-educational independent school with a strong ethos and focus on educational excellence.
Radnor House will open in September 2011.
Albion Ventures was attracted to the opportunity due to the strong demand for independent secondary education in the area, the strong
The value of smaller private equity buyouts grew 25 per cent in the three months to September to almost GBP600m, indicating a returning confidence amongst Britain’s small and mid-sized companies in the aftermath of recession.
Data from The UK Growth Buyout Dashboard – a quarterly trend analysis of private equity transaction in the GBP10m to GBP100m segment produced by Cass Business School and Lyceum Capital – shows 12 companies raised an estimated GBP590m of buyout funding during the period.
This compares with 15 transactions and GBP474m of funding in the previous quarter (April to June), when activity spiked in the
Private equity group MerchantBridge and partner Lafarge have assumed control of the Karbala Cement Plant.
The USD220m transaction marks the region’s largest private equity deal this year
The partners now take on full operations and management of the plant from the Government of Iraq under a 15 year lease agreement.
The Karbala Cement Plant currently produces less than 300,000 tons of cement per annum. MerchantBridge and its partner Lafarge are set to increase annual production to two million tons within 30 months.
Basil al Rahim, chief executive, says: "This is an important milestone for MerchantBridge in Iraq. It demonstrates that commitment,
BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched an enhanced service for onshore and offshore private equity and real estate funds.
In response to the growth in more sophisticated multi-jurisdictional, direct and indirect private equity and real estate funds, BNP Paribas has launched a dedicated platform for funds domiciled both on and offshore, including those with entities in multiple jurisdictions.
Dedicated operational teams provide transfer agency, fund administration and custody monitoring, together with a suite of accounting, investor and regulatory reports.
Maria Cantillon, head of alternative investment managers, BNP Paribas Securities Services, says: “We are delighted to be able to respond to
Atlas Holdings has completed its purchase of AGI, a network of packaging businesses primarily serving the media and entertainment industry, from MeadWestvaco.
AGI operates under the names AGI Media, AGI Amaray and AGI Polymatrix, and specialises in packaging for Blu-ray discs, DVDs, music and video games.
In addition, AGI provides packaging to the pharmaceutical and personal care markets.
AGI has approximately 1,450 employees and operates manufacturing facilities, sales offices and creative centres in the US, UK, Austria, France, Ireland, Germany, Poland, The Netherlands and Australia.
Global mergers and acquisitions totalled USD1,420.2bn for the first three quarters of 2010, up 24.8 per cent from the same period in 2009, according to figures from mergermarket.
Deal count was also up by 16.7 per cent at 8,010 announced deals.
Goldman Sachs is the leading financial adviser, having advised on 208 deals worth a total of USD369.7bn in the first three quarters of 2010.
Private equity-backed buyouts reached USD69.1bn in Q3 2010, the highest quarter since Q2 2008. Activity for the first nine months of the year had a total value of USD150.6bn, 93 per cent more
Bain Capital has completed the acquisition of Asimco Technologies and its 11 wholly owned and joint venture companies in China from Key Principal Partners and co-investors.
Financial terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.
Asimco is the largest independent producer of diesel engine components in China. It supplies products to the commercial vehicle and passenger car markets in China and globally.
“With its global footprint and value-added investment approach, Bain Capital is the ideal partner for Asimco as we plan to introduce new higher value, eco-friendly products and expand our market leadership,” says Gary Riley, chief executive of Asimco.
GenNx360 Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on industrial business-to-business companies, has appointed Matthew Guenther as partner.
Guenther joined GenNx360 in January 2007 and has since served as a leading principal on several of GenNx360’s portfolio investments including GVI Security Solutions, a provider of video surveillance and security software and services; Trimaster Manufacturing, an integrated manufacturer of precision components and complex sub-assemblies for sophisticated machinery; and Vertex Group, a business process outsourcing and customer management outsourcing provider.
Prior to joining GenNx360, Guenther was responsible for new investment and portfolio management at Walden Capital Partners. Earlier, Guenther worked for KPMG
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