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An unnamed US private equity firm has paid £50m for Gyro International, a UK business-to-business marketing company, which has generated a 2.3x return for the vendors. An MBO led by Octopus Investments in February 2005 alongside Electra Quoted, Beringea and Matrix Private Equity marked the beginning of a period of intense expansion by the company, […]
Dutch private equity firms Gilde Buy Out Partners and AAC Capital Partners, the former ABN AMRO subsidiary, have sold their combined investment in Drie Mollen International, a Netherlands-based coffee company. CapVest Equity Partners has acquired the business for an undisclosed sum.
Sovereign Capital, the London-headquartered private equity firm, has made a 5.5x return on its sale of Alpha Plus Holdings, a group of independent schools, colleges and nurseries, to investment advisor Delancey.
CDC Group, the UK government-backed private equity emerging markets fund of funds investor, has committed almost US$1bn (€675m) to a new emerging markets infrastructure fund to be managed by Actis. CDC is committing capital of US$750m (€507.2m) to the Actis Infrastructure Fund 2 (AI2) and is also ceding infrastructure assets valued at about US$167m (€112.9m) […]
Target I: Elite Racing Target II: La Jolla Holding Group LLC Target III: Competitor Publishing Prices: Undisclosed Sponsor: Falconhead Capital Financial Advisor: Elite Racing: RBC Daniels Legal Advisors: La Jolla: Allen Matkins; Elite Racing: Heller Ehrman; Competitor Publishing: DLA Piper; Falconhead Capital: Kirkland & Ellis Falconhead Capital is bringing an old business model into a […]
Target: Lund International Price: Undisclosed Seller: Harvest Partners Buyer: Linsalata Capital Partners and Resilience Capital Partners Financial Advisor: Seller: Alvarez & Marsal Through a renewed focus on product development, LBO firms Linsalata Capital Partners and Resilience Capital Partners expect to generate better returns for Lund International than were achieved by its previous owner, buyout shop […]
Mid-market buyout firms are poised to collect more money than ever from limited partners, but not every general partnership will share in the bounty.
With the $100 million close of its second fund, Mainsail Partners will expand its aggressive approach to sourcing lower middle-market deals. The strategy of San Francisco-based firm is “to take the original Summit Partners cold-call model and apply it to the low end of the market,” said Jason Payne, who founded Mainsail with Gavin Turner. […]
Buy & build specialists make 5.7x return on sale
The early-stage team of UK business angel network NW Brown has spun-out and named itself IQ Capital Partners (IQCP).