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One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, is to acquire the core operating assets of Muehlhan AG , a global provider of surface protection solutions catering to the marine, infrastructure and offshore wind energy industries.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1881 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Muehlhan is a broad-based Industrial Services provider specialising in wind services, surface protection, steel services, passive fire protection, scaffolding and insulation works. Muehlhan is deeply rooted in the maritime industry and over time, has successfully expanded its services portfolio tailored to the individual
European M&A activity is expected to increase further over the next 12 months, following a bumper year of dealmaking in the region, according to a new survey by Mergermarket.
Private equity investors are paying more attention to the small print, and many are finding they are not happy with the terms on offer from fund managers.
Pentair is looking at possible options to sell part of its industrial solutions business, Bloomberg has reported quoting unnamed sources, with any sale expected to interest private equity firms.
The industrial company which produces water pumps, pool equipment, agricultural products and other water-related equipment, is working with an advisor on the sale of the asset.
A final decision hasn’t been made and Pentair could elect to retain the assets.
Pentair recorded a 13% year-on-year increase in sales leading to $1.06 billion in the second quarter and attained an EPS of $1.02.
It agreed to buy commercial ice maker Manitowoc Ice
Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) is said to be looking to merge two of its portfolio companies – Tricor and Vistra – to create a new company at a valuation between $7 billion and $8 billion, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Tricor provides business expansion services including accounting and financial reporting as well as tax services, corporate services, investor services, corporate trust and debt services and HR and payroll services.
Vistra specializes in corporate growth support including risk management and compliance, covering private equity, real estate, capital markets and private wealth.
BPEA has notified Tricor and Vistra’s creditors about
TPG Pace Beneficial Finance Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by private equity investor TPG, is shutting down operations having failed to find a suitable merger targets according to a report by Reuters.
Playfair Capital and Global Ventures have launched ‘Female Founder Office Hours’ across MENA – with 150 of the world’s leading venture capital funds, including: Atomico, Balderton, Creandum, EQT Ventures, Firstminute, Localglobe, Northzone, Notion and Seedcamp – hosting virtual mentoring sessions for over 400 women founders from across MENA, the UK and Europe on 10 November 2022.
Launched in London in 2019, Female Founder Office Hours aims to break down barriers to investment for female entrepreneurs, notoriously underserved by the global investment community. Each founder meets four investors virtually for one hour to discuss their technology and business model, ask for
Inclined Technologies Inc, a financial technology company that aims to democratise a $150 billion market by helping consumers to significantly enhance the value of their life insurance policies, has closed on a $15 million Series A funding round.
HSCM Ventures led the round, with participation from Anthemis Group as well as several new and existing investors.
Inclined helps policyholders realise more value out of their whole life investment by giving them quick and efficient access to the equity they have built in their whole life policy. Inclined’s platform addresses two inherent problems with the way the market currently operates –
Funding Circle, one of the UK’s largest small business lending platforms, and Bayview Asset Management (Bayview), an investment management firm headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, has formed a new lending partnership that is targeting the provision of £700 million funding to small businesses over an 18 month period.
This partnership will see Bayview support thousands of UK SMEs by leveraging Funding Circle’s technology and distribution platform. Funding Circle’s powerful credit models — driven by a decade of technology and data investment — will provide Bayview with a highly efficient and cost-effective mechanism to deploy capital to the real economy.
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Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has held the initial closing of its latest private equity fund with around $10 billion in capital commitments, according to a report by Private Equity News.
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