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A consortium led by funds managed by HRL Morrison & Co (Morrison & Co), a premier global infrastructure investment firm focused on the digital and renewables sectors, is to acquire FiberLight, a fibre infrastructure provider with more than 20 years of experience building and operating mission-critical, high-bandwidth networks, from Thermo Companies.
The investment will accelerate FiberLight’s network expansion, positioning it to take advantage of the rapidly growing fibre infrastructure market.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Building on its 30-plus year track record of infrastructure investing, Morrison & Co’s investment in FiberLight marks its first investment in
Knox Lane, a growth-oriented investment firm focused on partnering with businesses in the consumer and services sectors, has entered into a definitive agreement to invest in Elevation Labs, a leading formulator and manufacturer of premium beauty products.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
In partnership with Knox Lane, Elevation Labs will seek to grow its capacity, capabilities, and team in support of both existing and new brand partners, while continuing to build on the Company’s reputation for best-in-class innovation, quality, and customer service. Additionally, Elevation plans to supplement its organic growth with strategic acquisitions that complement its
Fortis Solutions Group, a provider of high impact printed packaging solutions and a portfolio company of Harvest Partners, has acquired Anchor Printing based in Novi, Michigan.
Anchor Printing is a flexographic and offset printing specialist providing shrink sleeves, flexible packaging and pressure sensitive labels across a range of industries including the paint, automotive, medical, food, beverage, health and beauty and chemical end-markets.
Employing over 1,200 employees across eighteen manufacturing sites, Fortis intends to continue its pursuit of attractive acquisitions to further the breadth of product offerings and locations which can serve its customer base.
GoldenSource, an independent provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) and Master Data Management (MDM) solutions, has launched cloud data services for financial markets firms to better manage data into and within data lakes and warehouses.
Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology businesses, has completed the acquisition of healthcare data and analytics assets that were part of IBM’s Watson Health business, previously announced in January.
Under the ownership of Francisco Partners, the new standalone company will be called Merative and will be headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Merative brings together market-leading offerings that deliver value across the global healthcare ecosystem, serving clients in life sciences, provider, imaging, health plan, employer, and government health and human services sectors.
Seasoned healthcare CEO Gerry McCarthy has been tapped to lead the new organisation.
Souter Investments, a family investment office specialising in private equity, has partnered with Averna Capital to complete an investment in SI-UK, an international student recruitment company for UK higher education institutions, via Averna Investco III.
SI-UK works closely with universities and higher education institutions to achieve international student recruitment goals. The company assists students throughout the entire university application and selection process through a network of eighty offices across forty countries.
The investment will provide SI-UK with capital for further growth and support the company in continuing its internationalisation; developing its data and technology capabilities; and in building an institutional
Shore Capital Partners, a strategic private equity firm focused on microcap investing, has closed its second Food & Beverage fund, Shore Capital Partners Food and Beverage Fund II (F&B Fund II) with $291.75 million in Capital commitments.
Shore now manages a total committed capital base of approximately $3 billion.
F&B Fund II is led by Shore Founder and Managing Partner Justin Ishbia, Partner Richard Boos, and Principals Tom Smithburg, Jeff Smart and Jeff Smith. F&B Fund II will continue the successful investment strategy employed by Ishbia and Boos and will invest primarily in food & beverage manufacturing, distribution, packaging
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has named Josh Kaufman as head of Europe.
Kaufman, one of LLCP’s senior managing directors, will join LLCP’s Investment Committee and be responsible for managing the European Investment Team, as well as the origination of new investment opportunities, investment due diligence and portfolio management. Kaufman succeeds John O’Neill, who has transitioned to a new role as a senior advisor.
LLCP has successfully built its European business with significant expansion across four offices: London, Frankfurt, Stockholm and The Hague. The firm is currently investing from its second dedicated European
HIG Capital’s (HIG) portfolio company, Riveron Consulting (Riveron), a national business advisory firm, has acquired Clermont Partners (Clermont), a women-owned consultancy specialising in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) communications and strategy, investor relations, and transaction communications.
Founded in 2015 by industry veterans Elizabeth Saunders and Victoria Sivrais, Clermont has a team of 35 ESG and financial communications specialists in Chicago and Washington, DC.
The acquisition bolsters Riveron’s critically important ESG offering with a robust suite of services to support clients at every stage of their sustainability journey. It also introduces new investor relations and transaction communications capabilities to help clients
FTI Consulting has appointed Herman Klein Wassink as a senior advisor to the Global Insurance Services practice.
The hire expands the firm’s insurance M&A and strategic advisory services in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Based in London, Klein Wassink will work closely with the firm’s insurance experts to provide sector-led advice to clients in the (re)insurance market.
Klein Wassink has more than 25 years’ experience as a C-suite advisor, financier, counterparty and investor in the financial services sector. In addition to serving in a variety of senior roles at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Klein Wassink
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