GardaWorld Security has acquired WorldAware from LLR Partners. LLR acquired WorldAware (then iJET International) in December 2013. GardaWorld was acquired by Rhone Capital and members of its senior management team in March 2017 from Apax
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has made an investment in WilliamsMarston, a provider of accounting advisory and management consulting services. WilliamsMarston provides specialized consulting services to public, private equity-backed, and pre-IPO companies to support mergers, acquisitions,
According to a new study by Willis Towers Watson (WTW), private equity-owned companies appear to be weathering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across multiple sectors and geographies. According to WTW, despite the subdued operating
GB Auto Service, a portfolio company of Greenbriar Equity Group, has acquired sister companies, Sun Devil Auto and Sun Auto Service (together Sun Devil Auto). Sun Devil Auto was founded by Joel Higginbotham in 1978
BV Investment Partners has acquired Becklar, the parent company of sister companies, Freeus and AvantGuard. Freeus manufactures and sells mobile (home and away from home), two-way voice, personal emergency response systems (PERS) to dealers across
Spanish private equity house Moira Capital Partners has bought a roughly 50% stake in logistics operator GOI.
Spanish private equity firm Moira Capital Partners has backed Goi, a logistics operator which specialises in the transport, delivery, assembly and installation of household goods and furniture.
Arlington Capital Partners has acquired J&J Worldwide Services. This buy is Arlington’s fourth investment for its fifth fund which closed in June 2019 with $1.7 billion of capital. Austin-based J&J Worldwide Services is an outsourced
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has announced a management succession plan that names Matthew Frankel and Michael Weinberg as managing partners. LLCP was founded in 1984 and its co-founders – Arthur Levine and Lauren Leichtman
Open-source enterprise software infrastructure company Suse, a portfolio company of EQT, has acquired California-based Rancher Labs.
Warren Equity has closed two acquisitions in the arborist services sector with the buys of Gunnison Tree Services and New Urban Forestry. Gunnison Tree Services is a provider of tree and vegetation management services to
Fresh Direct Produce, a distributor of fresh, ethnic, tropical, organic, and specialty produce and a portfolio company of HKW, has acquired Mike and Mike’s Organics. Mike and Mike’s is a non-grower distributor of organic fruits
Charlesbank Capital Partners has held a $700 million, oversubscribed, and hard cap closing of Charlesbank Credit Opportunities Fund II LP. The new fund’s original target was $500 million. Fund II has more than 30 institutional
Platinum Equity has acquired the digital film distribution business of Deluxe Entertainment in partnership with the company’s former CEO Cyril Drabinsky. Deluxe was founded in 1915 as a film processing lab within Fox Film Corporation.
Foam Fabricators, a portfolio company of Compass Diversified (CODI) since January 2018, has acquired Polyfoam. Polyfoam is a manufacturer of protective and temperature-sensitive packaging used in the medical, pharmaceutical, grocery and food industries. The company
Switzerland-based freight and logistics company Schneider Group, a portfolio company of Invision, is to acquire an 80% stake in Apriori Transport & Logistics, according to a filing with the German competition authority.
Publicly traded Genuine Parts Company has completed the sale of its S.P. Richards (SPR) operations through two separate transactions. GPC’s first transaction was the sale of SPR’s Cleveland-based Supply Source Enterprises (SSE), comprised of The
KIK Custom Products, a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners, has agreed to sell its KIK Personal Care (KPC) business to Voyant Beauty, a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners. Centerbridge acquired KIK in August 2015
Evolution Managers Capital (EMC), an investor in emerging private equity firms, has made its second fund investment to date by backing Greens Farms Capital. EMC was formed in October 2019 by Chicago-based HC Private Investments
New Water Capital has merged two of its portfolio companies – DataED and Bestronics – to form Emerald EMS. New Water acquired DataED and Bestronics – two Tier III manufacturers that provide high-mix, low/medium-volume printed
