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Watterson, a leading national facility services company and a portfolio company of Highview Capital (Highview), has acquired Bassett Creek Services (Bassett Creek or BCS), a specialist in restoration and renovation services.
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Bassett Creek provides mission-critical restoration, renovation, and specialty services to a diverse group of commercial and residential clients. The company is comprised of five leading brands – JR Johnson, Cornerstone Renovation Group, Region Construction Group, Baxter Restoration, and Disaster Restoration Pros – with complementary capabilities and expertise that allow BCS to holistically service customers across the nation. Since its founding in 2018, BCS’s brands have
Minority-owned, emerging real estate investment manager, Brasa Capital Management LLC (Brasa), has successfully closed Brasa Real Estate Fund II (Fund II), at its hard cap of $450 million.
With an original target of $300 million, Brasa has now exceeded its fundraising goal on its first two discretionary investment vehicles. In May 2019, only a year after its founding, Brasa closed Brasa Real Estate Fund (Fund I) in excess of its $100 million fundraising goal with $120 million in capital commitments.
Founded in 2018, Brasa Capital focuses on middle-market, real estate opportunities throughout the Western United States and Texas. Brasa
Cytomos, an Edinburgh-based life science company that has developed a proprietary new approach to analysing cells, has secured £1.6m funding to progress the development and qualification of its novel cell analysis platform, Cytomos Dielectric Spectroscopy (CDS).
The fundraising round by Cytomos was led by existing investor Archangels with participation from Scottish Enterprise and Old College Capital.
Cytomos has developed its technology platform to address the unmet needs of the biopharma industry, providing a low-cost, portable and scalable alternative.
Founded in 1992, Archangels is the world’s oldest continuously operating business angel syndicate investing in early-stage Scottish life sciences and
Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has acquired Petainer Ltd (Petainer), a UK-based, global producer of sustainability-focused beverage packaging solutions.
Petainer was acquired by Ara in partnership with Petainer management and affiliates of Next Wave Partners LLP.
Petainer, which is led by CEO Hugh Ross, is a technical and innovation leader in the development and manufacture of sustainable, high-performance polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging solutions for blue chip customers in the soft drinks, beer, water and other CPG sectors. The Company has particular strengths in refPET (multiple-use, refillable bottles), rPET (recycled PET) and
Apex Group, a global financial services provider, has expanded its business relationship with DSG Consumer Partners, an investor in growing consumer businesses in India & Southeast Asia.
Founded in 2012, DSG Consumer Partners invests in early-stage growth businesses, partnering with founders to help build the next generation of world-class consumer brands in India & Southeast Asia.
DSG Consumer Partners has recently appointed Apex in Mauritius and Singapore to provide fund solutions to its fourth fund, Singapore-domiciled DSG Consumer Partners VCC. As a trusted business partner, Apex will be expanding its mandate with DSG Consumer Partners to support this new
Nobilis Care, a provider of personalised at-home care for the elderly and vulnerable, has secured a £3.5 million investment from independent asset manager BOOST&Co.
The funding will be used to enhance the firm’s working capital and enable expansion into new territories.
The Southampton-based company, which currently employs more than 750 people, has a growing network of 13 branches around the UK. The investment from BOOST&Co will enable Nobilis to expand these branches, catering for increased demand and ensuring that people can access high quality care across the country. Nobilis also aims to add additional branches in new geographies in
Impax Asset Management (Impax), the specialist asset manager investing in the transition to a more sustainable economy, has appointed Charles (Charlie) French as deputy chief investment officer, Listed Equities.
Heligan Group has closed its debut fundraise for its Heligan Investments business.
The Heligan Private Equity I fund will mainly target buyout investments (but will also consider minority investments on a case-by-case basis) in high growth technology companies with enterprise values between £5 million and £50 million and with a focus on the National Security, Crime Prevention and Public Safety sectors.
Heligan’s Partner led team is supported by a global network of distinguished professionals from the technology, law enforcement, military and intelligence fields, adding an invaluable layer of insight and influence.
Shoosmiths (Ben Turner, Barry Stimpson and Siffat Khan) advised
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With deal volumes at an all-time high in 2021, merger controls have increased along the lines of national security, anti-trust and corruption. Extra scrutiny may slow some high-profile private equity-backed deals this year…
M&A volumes reached a record high in Europe, the US and UK last year, driven by years of a cheap debt and a quick return to business after the pandemic. In Europe, private equity accounted for around 40% of all acquisitions. In the US, private equity M&A in 2021 was more than double the previous year’s total.
Yet, according to lawyers and dealmakers, regulatory scrutiny around national
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