UK mid-market firm August Equity has made a partial exit of its investment in Planit Holdings through the sale of the company’s retail division Planit Fusion to 20-20 Technologies for £19m. Planit Holdings is a developer of Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software for the woodworking, cabinet-making, engineering and stone industries. It was listed on AIM […]
The Capital Fund, a VC firm focused on Greater London, has sold software company Solcara for £4.5m to ArgentVive, an AIM-listed e-commerce business established in September 2007. Solcara was founded in 2001 and provides information management software for more than 130 blue chip clients including De Beers, VISA and Thomas Cook in the private sector, […]
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) […]
CalPERS’ stake in Silver Lake may signal more such deals The California Public Employees’ Retirement System isn’t done making minority investments in private equity firms just yet. The deep-pocketed limted partner, with assets of $260 billion, late last year acquired a near 10% stake in Silver Lake Partners for a reported $275 million. Neither CalPERS […]
The New Jersey Division of Investment has earmarked a total of $500 million for three new funds earmarked for investments in Asia and for co-investments alongside general partners. The new funds were created to give the limited partner the ability to put capital to work quickly, and in a more targeted fashion. One vehicle will […]
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 […]
The $247 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System agreed in December to increase its target allocation to private equity to 10 percent from 6 percent, or from $14.8 billion to $24.7 billion. Great news, but who will benefit? CalPERS isn’t saying just yet, but David Fann, president and CEO of PCG Asset Management LLC, a […]