Angela Sormani
Global advisory firm Campbell Lutyens has appointed James Wardlaw as a partner. He will head Campbell Lutyens’ specialist infrastructure practice and will have responsibility for the firm’s relationships with institutional investors in infrastructure worldwide, across the full capital structure spectrum of debt and equity, as well as having responsibility for secondary infrastructure transactions. PRESS RELEASE […]
Vision Capital has completed the debt refinancing of BrightHouse, a UK rent-to-own retailer, with over 100 million pounds (US$ 159.5 million) of senior debt facilities. The financing was provided by a consortium of Lloyds Banking Group, GE Capital and Ares Capital Europe and will be used for repayment of existing financing and working capital. PRESS […]
Miami-based HIG Capital has acquired a majority interest in Pro-Pet, a manufacturer of private label dry pet food for distribution domestically and worldwide. Pro-Pet is based in St. Marys, Ohio, and has operating facilities located in Owatonna, Minnesota; St. Marys, Ohio; and Kansas City, Kansas. PRESS RELEASE Pro-Pet maintains relationships with numerous leading retailers that […]
North American food company ConAgra Foods is to acquire Lancaster, Pa-based National Pretzel Company from Brookstone Holdings. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. PRESS RELEASE ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire National Pretzel Company, based in Lancaster, Pa., from Brookstone Holdings. National Pretzel makes private label […]
LA-based digital advertising agency Union Square Media is merging with The Keller Network. Unon Square Media is backed by seed stage venture capital fund Global Agora. PRESS RELEASE Union Square Media (USM), a leading digital advertising agency based in Los Angeles, made another move today to secure its leadership position in the online advertising niche […]
Better Place has raised $200 million through a Series C equity financing from a consortium of investors and partners. Since its founding in 2007, Better Place has raised more than $750 million of equity financing. New investors include GE and UBS AG, among others. Existing shareholders, including Israel Corp, HSBC Group, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, […]
Cleantech funds seem to be the flavor of the month in Asia where most recently major Malaysian banking group RHB Banking has teamed up with Japanese SBI Investment to launch the Asia CleanTech Fund. Figures for the third quarter suggest there is a hunger for cleantech deals inspite of the turmoil in global financial markets. […]
Intermedia, a cloud services provider has joined forces with ConnectWise, a business management solution used by over 60,000 service providers, MSPs, technology consultants, integrators and developers. Used by a number of Intermedia’s partners, ConnectWise will integrates with Intermedia’s Partner Portal to streamline business operations. PRESS RELEASE At the ConnectWise IT Nation Partner Summit, Intermedia — […]
Miami-based global PE firm H.I.G. Capital is to acquire Teleflex Marine. The Marine business has operations around the world and is a lprovider of aftermarket steering and control products, OEM, and accessories for the global recreational marine market. PRESS RELEASE H.I.G. Capital announced the acquisition of Teleflex Marine. The Marine business has operations around the […]
PLATO Learning, a provider of online education solutions for kindergarten through adult learners, is acquiring Educational Options, an education technology firm. PLATO Learning is backed by mid-market private equity firm Thoma Bravo. PRESS RELEASE PLATO Learning, a leading provider of online education solutions for kindergarten through adult learners, announced today that it is acquiring Educational […]