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Apollo Global Management is to acquire Univar Solutions, a specialist chemical maker and distributor, in an all-cash transaction valued at around $8.1 billion including debt. The deal includes a minority investment from a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
Under the terms of the transaction, Univar Solutions shareholders will receive $36.15 per share in cash, which represents a 20.6% premium to the company’s closing stock price on 22 November, 2022. The transaction consideration also represents a premium of 33.6% to the volume-weighted average price of Univar Solutions for the 30 trading days ending on 22 November,
An affiliate of private equity funds managed by Blackstone is to acquire Cvent Holding Corp, a meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, in a transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $4.6 billion, a little over a year after the business listed for a second time via a special purchase acquisition company deal.
Venture capital firm General Catalyst is looking to raise at least $5 billion for its next flagship fund, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing an unnamed source. The firm’s last fund raised $4.6 billion and closed in February 2022.
According to the Reuters source, General Capital has already begun sounding out existing investors about committing to what will be its 12th investment vehicle, although no final decisions on the fund’s size have been made and formal fundraising isn’t expected to begin until later this year.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company, which is led by chief executive officer Hemant Taneja and
MAPFRE, through MAPFRE AM, is launching MAPFRE Private Debt, a new fund that will bring together all the existing private debt investments of the insurance group’s subsidiaries, as well as new investments, up to an amount of €350 million.
The ultimate aim is to have exposure via 15 large fund managers, mainly in European investments denominated in euros.
As with other MAPFRE investments, the firm says priority will be given to ESG criteria when making choosing managers.
“This commitment to private debt helps us further diversify our portfolio as part of our range of alternative investments, without compromising at all
Circularity Capital, a specialist private equity firm supporting growth stage European SMEs in the circular economy, has appointed Sayen Pillay as operating principal.
Joining the business from private equity investment firm Tenzing, Pillay brings significant experience in driving portfolio growth and value creation for businesses operating across a diverse range of industries. Prior to Tenzing, he worked as a strategy consultant for Shell, helping the business to harness technology and accelerate the energy transition, and has also worked internationally for EY, IQbusiness and FNB South Africa.
With an MBA from the University of Cambridge and MEng in Engineering Management
Private investment firm Sun Capital Partners has added to its growing business services portfolio with a majority investment in Anderson Business Advisors. Management and employees of the company reinvested proceeds from the sale to retain a significant minority stake.
Puma Private Equity, a specialist growth investor, has appointed Mark Lyons as Investment Director, as the business looks to expand its presence in the North of England. Puma operates in the scale-up to Series A space, providing equity investment of £2m to £10m to help businesses accelerate their growth plans.
Lyons joins from Praetura Ventures, where as Director of Investments he was part of the senior leadership team that grew the business to over £125 million AUM and invested in over 30 fast-growth, early-stage businesses.
Lyons joins Puma Private Equity off the back of its biggest fund raise to date,
Venture capital firms are said to be working on a “long-shot plan” to preserve parts of Silicon Valley Bank’s US operations in a move to keep servicing their clients in the technology sector, according to a report in the Financial Times, citing people briefed on the effort.
UK buyout firm Cinven has made a non-binding offer to take German laboratory operator Synlab AG private in a roughly €2.2 billion deal, just two years after listing the business, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Brookfield Asset Management is in talks over a a $1 billion investment in Avaada Ventures Pvt Ltd, the parent entity of Avaada Group, an Indian renewable energy company, according to a report in The Economic Times.
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