Private equity major Eurazeo has hauled in €1.6bn for its growth strategy targeting equity investments in European tech companies. The group has put in €320m of capital towards the strategy while €200m has come from
Apax Partners-backed Dutch online retailer Wehkamp is expected to come to market in H2 2021, with the process being run by UBS, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Bestop, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, has closed its ninth add-on acquisition with the buy of Aluminess Products. Aluminess is a designer and manufacturer of off-road aluminum products for trucks, vans, and SUVs, including
Palamon Capital Partners has sold its stake in online beauty products retailer Feelunique to beauty retailer Sephora in a deal that values Feelunique at GBP 132m.
Clearlake Capital Group has agreed to acquire BakeMark from Pamplona Capital Management. BakeMark is a manufacturer and distributor of bakery ingredients and supplies including mixes, fillings, icings, glazes, commodities (eggs, flour, and dairy), frozen products
Gauge Capital has acquired NINJIO, a provider of cybersecurity awareness training services, in partnership with the company’s owners and senior management team. NINJIO’s services include three to four-minute micro-learning videos that teach organizations, employees and
London-based private equity house A&M Capital Europe has acquired Pet Network, a pet supplies retail group operating across south-east Europe, from The Rohatyn Group (TRG).
XL Marketing, a digital and direct marketing company, today announced an investment by private equity firm GCP Capital Partners as well as a debt facility agented by Madison Capital Funding. The $70 million capital raise
Milestone Partners has completed the acquisition of Southern Management Corporation, a consumer finance company. “Southern is a tremendous and well respected platform within the highly fragmented consumer installment loan industry providing essential access to loans
OMERS Private Equity has signed an agreement to acquire Lifeways, a provider of supported living services for adults with learning disabilities in the UK, from August Equity. Lifeways management will re-invest substantially alongside OMERS. According
Centre Partners announced today that it has acquired Taylor Precision Products,, a marketer of consumer and foodservice measurement products, from Homedics. “We are pleased to invest in Taylor and to establish the business as an
European venture capital house Speedinvest has hit a €60m final close for its second specialist marketplaces and consumer fund, beating its initial target. The post Speedinvest strikes above-target €60m final close for second marketplaces, consumer
Aperture, a portfolio company of Trinity Hunt Partners, has acquired American Bio Engineers. This is the third add-on acquisition completed by Aperture since its formation by Trinity Hunt in 2019. American Bio Engineers is a
American Securities has agreed to sell Henry Company, a provider of building envelope systems, to publicly traded Carlisle Companies for nearly $1.6 billion. Henry Company is a manufacturer of roofing and building products that are
Z Capital Partners has agreed to sell Premier Thermal Solutions, a provider of metal heat treating and processing services, to Aalberts NV. In March 2017, Z Capital acquired Atmosphere Annealing LLC and NitroSteel LLC –
LongueVue Capital has closed the acquisition of Traco Packaging with senior debt backing from Abacus Finance Group. Traco is a manufacturer and distributor of packaging equipment and shrink wrap packaging products including printed shrink labels,
Austria-headquartered Speedinvest has held a final close on EUR 60m for its second fund focused on marketplaces and consumer investments, Speedinvest x Fund 2.
Buyout giant Blackstone has agreed to pick up a controlling stake in Indian online learning "bootcamp" Simplilearn Solutions. The post Blackstone agrees first Asian consumer tech deal by backing online learning ‘bootcamp’ Simplilearn first appeared
Female-targeted consumer health startups are growing in popularity. But, as Selin Bucak discovers, they still need to attract more capital.
