Sentinel Capital Partners said Friday that it has completed its buy of Power Products for $258 million. Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Power Products is an electrical products platform.
KKR & Co LP and Carlyle are competing for National Vision Inc, the fourth-largest U.S. retailer of eyeglasses and contact lenses, in an auction that could fetch up to $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said this week.
Ledra Capital and education entrepreneur Mark Shay have acquired Abroad101 from the Westonian Group. No financial terms were disclosed. Abroad101 is a study abroad review website.
NXT Capital said Friday that it has provided a credit facility to back Westview Capital Partners' buy of Apex Print Technologies. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Apex Print Technologies is a provider of revenue cycle management solutions.
Asian private equity firm PAG said on Friday it has invested $250 million into theme park operator Universal Studios Japan, joining other investors including Goldman Sachs, MBK Partners and Owl Creek, Reuters reported.
Ailing Spanish fishing firm Pescanova is considering a non-binding takeover offer from a consortium which includes U.S. private equity firm KKR and shareholder Damm, a domestic brewer, Reuters reported.
Private equity firm RRJ Capital, founded by former Goldman Sachs dealmaker Richard Ong, has paid $350 million for a stake in waste-to-energy company China Everbright International Ltd, according to a Hong Kong stock exchange filing.
Prospect Capital Corporation has invested $144.5 million in four new deals encompassing 19 rent-producing multifamily residential properties totaling 5,652 rental units and 5.66 million rentable square feet. Prospect now has an aggregate investment of $288.3 million in 10 separate deals.
Maxim Partners has partnered with G.W. "Bill" Dietrich and William "Billy" Dietrich to form Bobcat Disposal Companies to acquire and integrate residential, commercial and industrial solid waste companies across the U.S. Bobcat will draw capital from Maxim, which is an environmental services focused firm that gets support from Falcon Investment Advisors.
Fulcrum Capital Partners has sold a majority interest in A&B Rail Services Ltd., a provider of rail maintenance, construction and related services, to a group of investors led by TorQuest Partners. Harris Williams & Co. acted as exclusive advisor to A&B Rail. The deal closed on Dec. 12.