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Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity specialist, has sold Random42, an independent producer of scientific animation and digital media services, to The Lockwood Group (Lockwood).
Based in Connecticut, USA, Lockwood is an industry leader in scientific-based medical communications for the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries.
Graphite led the buy-out of Random42 in 2017 and helped the company to expand the sales and marketing functions, broaden its client base and deepen client relationships. Graphite also invested in and helped optimise key operational functions within the business to provide greater scalability and worked with the company to increase its
Guardian Capital Partners (Guardian) has completed an investment in Precision Roll Solutions (PRS).
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
PRS is a full-service provider of highly-engineered precision roll solutions and related process componentry utilised within a variety of manufacturing environments. The Company’s products and process solutions support the production of thousands of end-use products spanning a wide array of consumer products, life sciences, and other industrial end-market applications. Guardian partnered with the PRS leadership team, who will continue to lead the business and retain a significant ownership stake in the Company.
Francisco Partners (FP), a global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology and healthcare businesses, has closed on the sale of Trellis Rx (Trellis), a technology-enabled specialty pharmacy services provider, to CPS Solutions (CPS), a provider of enterprise pharmacy solutions to hospitals and health systems.
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
In 2016, FP created and launched Trellis to help health systems enter the specialty pharmacy market. Today, Trellis partners with health systems to fund, build and operate hospital-based outpatient and retail specialty pharmacies under the health system’s brand.
Eaton Partners has launched Eaton MarketPlace, an online community showcasing a variety of alternative investment opportunities currently being marketed by Eaton Partners.
Eaton MarketPlace is aiming to modernise the fund placement process and empower institutional investors to streamline how they uncover and evaluate potential private capital market investments.
Eaton MarketPlace enables pre-qualified institutional investors to survey new investment opportunities and interact with Eaton representatives on their own timetable.
Cresset Partners has closed its first industrial-focused fund, the Cresset Real Estate Logistics Fund I (Fund I).
In just 12 months, investors committed more than $250 million to fund the development of nine state-of-the-art warehouse facilities.
In addition, Cresset has announced the close of its second opportunity zone fund, the $655 million Cresset-Diversified Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund II, alongside the launch of its third fund in the qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) space, Cresset-Diversified Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund III.
JP Morgan Asset Management has held the final closing of its Lynstone Special Situations Fund II (Lynstone Fund II), with $2.4 billion in capital raised from a broad set of institutional investors comprised of pension funds, insurance companies, foundations endowments and wealth managers across the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Lynstone Fund II is investing in stressed, distressed, and event driven situations in European and North American private and public markets across the capital structure, where underlying assets are potentially discounted due to illiquidity or market disruption and where an event or catalyst has the strong potential to drive a
Corsair, a private equity firm targeting business services, software, and payments investments in the financial services market, has acquired a majority stake in HungerRush, a cloud-based software provider for the restaurant industry, from The CapStreet Group (CapStreet), a Houston-based private equity firm.
CapStreet will continue as a minority investor in the Company.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
HungerRush 360 is an all-in-one cloud POS system with integrated software, payments, and digital ordering capabilities primarily serving multi-site quick service restaurants (QSR) and fast casual operators. HungerRush 360 combines restaurant management, digital ordering, payment processing, customer engagement, and delivery
CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) has partnered with HarbourVest Partners (HarbourVest) to offer an investment solution providing Canadian accredited investors with access to a diversified global portfolio of private infrastructure investments.
HarbourVest has 40 years of experience in private markets investing, including a successful 14-year track record in infrastructure investing through economic cycles and varied market conditions.
Global investment firm Carlyle has entered into exclusive negotiations to a sell a controlling stake in Euro Techno Com Group (ETC), a distributor for the telecom network and technology infrastructure industry, to Cinven.
As part of the transaction, Carlyle will re-invest for a significant minority stake. The transaction is subject to works council consultation and customary regulatory approvals. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Carlyle invested in ETC through Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (CETP) IV, a €1.35 billion fund that invests in small and mid-market technology-focused opportunities.
BV Investment Partners (BV), a middle-market private equity firm focused on the tech-enabled business services, software and IT services sectors, is to sell GlideFast Consulting, an Elite ServiceNow Partner and leading IT consulting, implementation, and development company, to ASGN Incorporated.
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, GlideFast Consulting is dedicated exclusively to ServiceNow, providing tailored solutions and professional services for ServiceNow implementations, integrations, managed support services and application development for commercial and government clients throughout North America.
BV invested in GlideFast in 2020 and merged it with sister company Pharicode in 2021.
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