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Silverfleet Capital, a pan-European private equity firm, has agreed to sell its majority stake in STAXS Contamination Control Experts (STAXS®), the Benelux company in value-added distribution of consumable products.
Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed and completion is scheduled for later in May 2022 and is not subject to further closing conditions.
The acquirer is a portfolio company of Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH, a family-owned company with a diversified portfolio of investments.
Silverfleet was advised by Harris Williams (Corporate Finance); KPMG (financial, legal & tax diligence), CIL (commercial) and De Brauw (legal).
Schroders Capital has made two specialised asset management hires to support business growth in its Manchester and London offices.
Matthew Baddeley has joined as a retail investment and asset management specialist in the Manchester real estate team. Baddeley joins this newly-created role at Schroders Capital from RDI REIT and brings 15 years of asset management experience across all sectors, with a most recent focus on retail warehousing and shopping centres.
Charles Twist has joined as an office asset management specialist in the London real estate team, another newly-created role, initially focused on the Central and Greater London portfolio. Twist joins
Keensight Capital, a private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has invested in Bedford Consulting, an EMEA implementation partner of Anaplan’s cloud-native Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Software.
Keensight Capital will invest a significant stake in Bedford Consulting alongside co-founder Neil Doyle, and CEO Cathal Doyle.
Bedford Consulting was advised by Equiteq (corporate finance), Osborne Clarke (legal), RSM (financial) and Armstrong (commercial). Keensight Capital was advised by A&L Goodbody (legal) and Eight Advisory (financial).
Eurazeo’s Sustainable Maritime Infrastructure (ESMI) fund has taken major steps in its commitment to support the transition of the global maritime industry to a carbon-neutral economy by 2050, in line with the European Green Deal’s ambition.
This sustainable investment objective enables ESMI to be classified as Article 9 under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
With a total of €200 million raised, the pace of the fund raising is further evidence of ESMI’s attractiveness. The fund has already reached more than half of its target fund size.
ARX Equity Partners (ARX), a Central European lower-mid market private equity firm, has confirmed its majority acquisition of Brebeck Composite (Brebeck) sro, a Czech headquartered manufacturer of composite products from carbon fiber.
The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Ardian, the mammoth private investment house, has acquired a stake in Nutripure, with Bpifrance completing the financing round.
Nutripure has experienced strong growth of over 90% per year since its creation and has been profitable since its inception. The company is becoming a leader in its market, notably due to its unique positioning covering a variety of sports and health needs.
Bookaway Group has raised a $35m Series C round to accelerate its mission to digitalise the $157 billion ground transportation industry.
Led by Red Dot Capital Partners with investment from Tel Aviv listed insurance giant Menorah and New York based Tenere Capital, the Series C brings the total raised so far to over $80m, with existing investors Aleph, Corner Ventures and Entrée Capital also participating in the round. Red Dot’s Managing Partner Barak Salomon will join Bookaway Group’s board.
The company is solving one of the last remaining problems in travel technology by making it as easy for travellers to
Shine Interview Ltd (Shine), a video-based recruitment/ HR Tech SaaS platform, has received a £1.3 million funding package.
The transaction comprises a £500,000 investment from the North East Venture Fund, managed by Mercia Asset Management plc (Mercia) and supported by the European Regional Development Fund, a £300,000 from Mercia’s EIS Funds, and a £500,000 investment from the Finance Durham Fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), established by Durham County Council and overseen by Business Durham.
Atlantic Street Capital (ASC), a private equity firm that invests in lower middle market companies, has signed a definitive agreement to sell Advancing Eyecare, North America’s provider of ophthalmic instruments, to Cornell Capital.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2022.
Kramer Levin served as legal counsel to Advancing Eyecare and Houlihan Lokey served as financial advisor.
Quality Clouds, the developmental governance platform for ServiceNow and Salesforce, has secured £3.5m of investment from funds managed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), alongside participation by incumbent shareholders and incoming non-executive directors and advisers.
Mark Sutherland has joined the board as chair and John McAdam as non-executive director, with Kevin Tumulty and Sander Daniels joining a new Strategic Advisory Board.
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