Bregal Sagemount has acquired Netrada North America. Financial terms weren't announced. Netrada management also invested. The company, formerly known as FillTek, was previously the North American division of NETRADA Holding GmbH. Netrada North America provides e-commerce solutions to the fashion and beauty industry. Stephens Inc. provided financial advice to the company.
Forum Partners Investment Management has entered into a strategic partnership with La Française, an affiliate of Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe, which calls for a substantial capital commitment to Forum’s global suite of real estate investment strategies. As part of the deal, La Française is buying a 24.9% stake in Forum, the statement says. CMNE and La Française is allocating over $600 million in capital across each of Forum’s principal investment strategies, beginning with over $200 million to Forum’s European debt platform. La Francaise will also commit capital to Forum’s global securities business, to its Asian private equity strategy and to potential expansion opportunities in the Americas.
AIC Ventures, a private real estate investment fund manager, has purchased an 85,000 square foot industrial facility from Easton, Pennsylvania‐based Innovative Office Products. Innovative Office Products is a portfolio company of Corridor Capital and is a manufacturer of customized, ergonomic, space‐saving mounting solutions for flat panel monitors, notebooks, tablet PCs and control panels.
BMC Software has completed its acquisition by a private investor group led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital together with Insight Venture Partners, GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd and Elliott Management Corporation. As a result of the completion of the transaction, BMC Software common stock will no longer be listed for trading on NASDAQ.
Pine Brook, a New York-based investment firm focused on building businesses in the energy and financial services sectors, has led a group of investors in an equity financing of approximately C$315 million for Saguaro Resources, an exploration and production company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. The investor group includes Camcor, a Calgary-based investment firm focused on the energy sector.
CapMan Nordic Real Estate fund has signed an agreement to acquire a mixed residential & retail portfolio in Copenhagen. The portfolio consists of seven city properties located along Amagerbrogade, a well-known high street leading to the centre of Copenhagen. This is the second investment of the CapMan Nordic Real Estate fund.
Equistone Partners Europe has taken a majority stake in Whitworths, a UK supplier of dried fruit, nut and seed products, from European Capital, in a transaction which values the business at 90 million pounds ($142.3 million).
Calgary-based TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:TOG) has completed its buy of light oil producing assets located in southeast Saskatchewan. In conjunction with this transaction, the company secured a cornerstone equity investment totaling $170 million from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, along with additional funding. Established in 2010, TORC is focused on the acquisition, exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas assets.
Norway's Siem Offshore AS, a global supply and subsea shipping company, has acquired a 50 percent ownership interest in Secunda Canada LP, a Dartmouth, Nova Scotia-based operator of harsh-weather offshore support vessels servicing the oil and gas industry. The acquisition price was $16.25 million. The seller in the transaction was Canadian mid-market buyout firm Birch Hill Equity Partners, which last year established Secunda Canada following its purchase of marine services assets from Houston, Texas-based McDermott International Inc.
The Abraaj Group, a private equity firm that focuses on the healthcare sector, said Tuesday that it has made an undisclosed investment in Steripharma. Headquartered in Casablanca, Morocco, Steripharma is a producer and provider of pharmaceutical products.