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NEWSLETTER | 7 Jan 2021

Speakers and sponsors line up for inaugural PEWlive Technology Summit on 10-11 February

The agenda is now largely finalised for Private Equity Wire’s inaugural PEWlive Technology Summit, a new flagship digital event that will be held on 10-11 February featuring a high-level line-up of speakers, presenters and sponsors.

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

Odyssey Investment Partners (Odyssey) has acquired Service Champions, a residential HVAC and plumbing services company. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

Infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group has held an interim close for Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners (FEIP) with commitments of cEUR430 million.

HIG Capital invests in Makios Logistics

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) has invested in Makios Logistics SA (Makios) a provider of integrated logistics services and a specialist in temperature-controlled warehousing in Greece.

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

BGF – the UK’s most active investor – has invested GBP6 million in global animation studio, Snipple, to support its ambitious growth plans to develop its own IP and content. BGF will take a minority share.

Novo Holdings participates in BioGeneration Ventures IV Fund

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

Novo Ventures, the ventures arm of Novo Holdings, has participated in the oversubscribed fourth BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) fund, BGV IV, which has closed at EUR140 million (USD170 million).

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

Collectia has completed the acquisition of German company Dr Duve Inkasso (DDI), a provider of debt collection services in Germany focusing on the private medical and professional services sectors.

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

Aon and eVestment have formed a strategic partnership to provide operational due diligence (ODD) research through the eVestment platform, recognising the need for more transparency and standardisation of ODD information.

Inflexion invests in DWS

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

Mid-market private equity firm Inflexion is to make a significant minority investment in Digital Wholesale Solutions (DWS), an independent IT, communications and cloud wholesale platform, which is currently part of the Daisy Group.

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP), an operations-focused private equity firm, has partnered with the current management team and owners of Little Giant Ladder Systems (Little Giant), to support a recapitalisation of the business.

Riverside Company invests in AWP

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

Private equity firm The Riverside Company has made a minority investment in Area Wide Protective (AWP) in connection with Kohlberg & Company’s (Kohlberg) recent acquisition of the company. The investment was made out of Riverside’s Strategic Capital Fund (RSCF).

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, has completed the sale of NuArx, a provider of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and secure payment solutions, to Sysnet Global Solutions, a provider of cyber security and compliance solutions.

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

Buy and build Investment group Tristone Capital - through its care division Tristone Healthcare – has acquired North Wales-based care business, ProCare (Wales) Limited.

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock), a middle-market private investment firm, has completed the acquisition of Shipley Franchise Company and Shipley Do-nut Flour & Supply Co (collectively, Shipley Do-Nuts).

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

An investor group led by JC Flowers & Co and Värde Partners has completed the previously announced sale of Fairstone Financial Holdings (Fairstone) to Duo Bank of Canada, a Toronto-based financial services provider supported by Stephen Smith, Centerbridge Partners LP and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

NTR Fund acquires 48.4 MW Artigues and Ollières Windfarm in France

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

NTR has added a further 48 MW to its renewable energy platform through the acquisition of the Artigues et Ollières wind farm, located in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region of France.

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

Trinity Consultants (Trinity), a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), has acquired AWN Consulting International Limited (AWN Consulting), a Dublin-based provider of environmental, acoustics, and risk management consulting services to industrial and public sector clients throughout Ireland and Europe.

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

Par Equity, an Edinburgh-based investment manager specialising in early-stage technology businesses with high growth potential, increased its new investment activity to a record GBP12.4 million in 2020.

Thu | 7 Jan 2021, 12:03

Nisos, a managed intelligence company, has secured USD6 million in funding led by global cyber investor Paladin Capital Group.