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Copenhagen-based mid-market private equity investor Polaris has acquired a majority shareholding in Sealing System, a Scandinavian supplier of intralogistics and full-scope automated packaging and palletizing lines.
Established in 1998 in Grindsted, Denmark, Sealing System offers complete, automated end-of-line and intralogistics solutions, which optimise processes and production while ensuring efficient track & trace functionality, data capture and integration to customers’ IT systems.
The company has generated average annual revenue growth of 25% since 2019 and reported revenue of more than DKK 200 million in 2022 with an operating profit of DKK 20 million.
In connection with the transaction, Sealing System will
US private equity group Apollo is said to be close to opening talks with oil and gas engineering company John Wood Group regarding a £1.66 billion takeover, according to a report by The Times.
The Carlyle Group has emerged as a potential new bidder for Manchester United, as the ongoing sale of the English Premier League club goes to a third round, with rival bids from former Qatar prime minister Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani and Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, and interest from US activist hedge fund Elliott Management, still in the frame.
According to a report by the BBC, Carlyle’s pitch would involve purchasing a stake in the club rather than merely providing financing.
The process to explore “strategic alternatives” for the club began in November, when the Glazer family, who bought the
Having a long-term perspective and remaining invested even in challenging times is critical to success in private equity, especially in the secondaries market. Bertrand Chevalier, Senior Managing Director Secondaries and Primaries, Ardian, discusses the key factors to consider when investing in this growing sector.
Luxembourg-based global venture capital firm Runa Capita has opened a Paris office. Max Corbani, who recently joined Runa Capital as a Senior Associate, will lead the growth of its investment focus in the French startup ecosystem.
Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private investment firm, has formed Resin Solutions, which has agreed a carve-out of three product lines developed by Cray Valley, TotalEnergies’ resin production affiliate.
Pacific Avenue Capital specialises in M&A, corporate divestitures and other complex situations in mid-market companies. The investment is being deployed via Pacific Avenue Fund I, L.P.
The carve-out deal, which covers includes four production sites in the US, one production site in Italy, and global customer relationships across diversified end markets.
The three acquired product lines – PolyBD®, Wingtack®, and Dymalink® – are market leaders in functional additives. Specifically,
Venture capital executives are more cautiously optimistic on their fundraising prospects for this year, in contrast with a comparatively downbeat outlook among private equity peers, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence’s new 2023 Private Equity Outlook Survey.
The report surveyed a total of 511 private equity, venture capital and limited partner respondents between December 2022 and mid-January 2023.
According to the outlook, 45% of private equity executives surveyed expect fundraising conditions in their location to deteriorate this year, while 34% said conditions will remain the same.
Venture capital professionals were split, with 35% forecasting a deteriorating fundraising environment and a
Paris-based private equity firm Andera Partners is leading a $48.5 million financing round for medical device company BioVentrix in an investor syndicate that includes Cormorant Asset Management, Taglich Brothers Inc., Squarepoint Capital, and Richmond Brothers.
BioVentrix is developing minimally invasive therapies to directly treat the dilated left ventricle and reverse the left ventricular remodeling process in patients with congestive heart failure.
In conjunction with the Series A funding, BioVentrix appointed Raphael Wisniewski of Andera Partners and Bihua Chen of Cormorant Asset Management to its Board of Directors.
The financing will support the completion of BioVentrix’ Premarket Approval (PMA) submission for
A private equity consortium including CVC Capital Partners and Francisco Partners has made a “preliminary and conditional” bid for emerging markets-focused payments company Network International, according to a report by Private Equity News.
Shares in Network International closed up 23.1%, or 56½p, at 300p, valuing the company at £1.6 billion, still below its float price of four years ago.
In a statement, the Dubai-based FTSE 250 payment-processing company, the largest in the Middle East and Africa, confirmed that discussions between Network and the consortium are ongoing.
The news emerged amid a flurry of private equity-backed overseas takeover bids for mid-cap
Swedish private equity firm EQT is in talks with Dechra Pharmaceuticals over a possible £4.6 billion cash bid, in a deal backed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, according to a report by The Times. A takeover of Dechra, the FTSE 250 veterinary drugs company, would cap a rollercoaster period for the group, which was briefly promoted to the FTSE 100 after its shares soared on a pandemic-driven pets boom but which have halved since a peak two years ago.
Dechra is led by Ian Page, who has been chief executive since soon after the Cheshire-based company was listed in 2000.
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