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Global investment firm KKR has completed the previously announced sale of CHI Overhead Doors (CHI), a specialist in the garage door industry, to Nucor Corporation.
In connection with closing, all 800 CHI employees have received a substantial cash payout – on average approximately $175,000 – on their equity in the Company. With Nucor’s acquisition, CHI’s leadership team, led by CEO Dave Bangert, is expected to remain in place and continue to run the business under the CHI name.
Since 2011, KKR has implemented broad-based employee ownership and alignment programs throughout its portfolio, first throughout KKR’s US Industrials private equity investments
Eurazeo has entered into exclusive discussions to invest in Sevetys, a French group of veterinary clinics.
Founded in 2017, Sevetys is one of the largest groups of veterinary clinics in France with more than 200 clinics throughout the country.
The investment in Sevetys would be made by the funds managed by the teams of Eurazeo Mid Cap SA.
The transaction remains subject to the consultation process of the employees’ representative bodies and to the approval of the transaction by the French competition authority.
Private equity investor Bowmark Capital has backed the buy-out of Cornwall Insight, a leading provider of research, data and analysis to the energy sector.
Cornwall Insight’s publications, analysis and consulting services enable its customers to understand complex policy change; ensure regulatory compliance; value their assets; and enhance their investment strategies. The company has over 400 customers across the energy sector including investors, generators, suppliers, brokers, governments and corporates.
Led by chief executive Gareth Miller, Cornwall Insight has delivered annual revenue growth of over 20%, driven by its expanding customer base and the development of products and services in new areas
Scottish Dental Care has has acquired two dental practices in Edinburgh, following a multi-million-pound minority investment from BGF in February 2022.
The family-owned business gas acquired the St John’s Road and East Craigs dental practices from Dr Hew Mathewson CBE and his family, who had established them over a 45-year period.
These successful new acquisitions will complement the 15 dental practices that Scottish Dental Care operates across Scotland. In a series of firsts, they mark both the strategic expansion of the brand into Scotland’s capital and the first deployment of the recent growth funding from BGF.
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BGF has led on deals with a total enterprise value (EV) of £450 million in the North West in six months.
In the same period, BGF’s North West team has delivered a stand-out run of exits which has seen £150 million of capital returned from £72 million invested. Highlights include: the sale of Liverpool-based Sentric to Swiss music fintech company, Utopia Music; PTSG’s acquisition of NSS; and CurrentBody’s sale to eComplete.
This is in addition to the exit of Kids Planet, having accelerated the nursery group’s rollout from 17 to more than 80 sites during its investment period.
Singletrack, a capital markets client engagement and analytics expert, has secured a significant capital growth investment from Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm.
The investment will enable Singletrack to accelerate expansion plans into global markets and execute on strategic M&A. Founded in 2009, Singletrack is an engagement, research management and analytics platform purpose-built by industry professionals for capital markets, helping clients on both the sell and buy sides maximise revenue, efficiency and profitability.
Singletrack’s heritage is rooted in capital markets. Founders Stuart Berwick and Paul Dyson have decades of experience driving innovation at global investment banks. They developed Singletrack in
Zendesk is to be acquired by an investor group led by leading global investment firms Permira and Hellman & Friedman (H&F) in an all-cash transaction that values Zendesk at approximately $10.2 billion.
Under the terms of this agreement, Zendesk shareholders will receive $77.50 per share. The offer represents a premium of approximately 34% over Zendesk’s closing stock price on 23 June, 2022, the last full trading day prior to this announcement.
Prime Trust, a provider of financial infrastructure for fintech and digital asset innovators, has raised over $100 million in its Series B funding round.
To date, Prime Trust has raised more than $170 million in funding and has become a category leader in infrastructure services for some of the world’s leading crypto exchanges, on ramps, wallet apps, ATSs, RIAs, broker dealers and banks.
A mix of new and existing investors have participated in the funding for the company’s Series B, which includes FIS, Fin Capital, Mercato Partners, Kraken Ventures, Commerce Ventures, William Blair & Company, Decasonic, University Growth Fund, Gaingels,
Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP), an operations-focused private equity firm, has completed the sale of portfolio company United Poly Systems Holdings (UPS) to Atkore, a global provider of electrical, safety and infrastructure solutions.
New York City-based venture capital firm Vine Ventures has closed its second fund, Fund II, with total commitments of $140 million from a raft of investors including Tiger Global Management, Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, and Blackstone, according to a report by CTech.
The founders of Carta, Shutterstock, and Hippo are also all among the investors in the new fund which will focus on investments of between $1 million and $10 million in B2B companies in the cloud, cybersecurity, AI, data, and fintech sectors.
Fundraising for Fund II brings Vine Ventures’ total AUM to $243 million.
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