24Haymarket secures a GBP 10m commitment from British Business Investments
22 December 2021: 24Haymarket, the London and Edinburgh-based private capital group, today announces that it has secured a £10m commitment from British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, to accelerate funding of early-stage, high-growth businesses across the UK. Click here to read the press release
CGS sells SF Tooling Group to Storskogen
Since the company succession through CGS in 2014, SF Tooling Group has grown from a mainly European-oriented company with turnover of about EUR 20 million into an international Group with a presence in the key automotive markets of the US, Europe and China. Revenues more than doubled since then. Now CGS is selling its majority […]
Paragon becomes a majority shareholder in KME Special
Paragon acquires a 55% stake in KME SPECIAL, the world leader in casting moulds and casting technologies for the global steel industry. The seller, KME SE, will retain a 45% stake in the newly formed joint venture and will continue to support KME SPECIAL’s growth. Click here to read the press release
Axcel invests in BullWall
BullWall offers a unique solution to stop ransomware attacks via its proprietary software, RansomCare. RansomCare is specialist software acting as a last line of defence against ransomware when conventional cybersecurity systems fail. Click here to read the press release
Storskogen acquires Vikingsun
Storskogen has acquired a 95 percent stake in Vikingsun AB, a company that distributes and markets kitchenware for the home and for professionals. Vikingsun markets its own brand Satake and well-known external brands. The company reported a turnover of SEK 59m and an EBITA of SEK 10m for 2020, with a strong underlying growth during […]
FSN Capital VI* invests in OptiGroup and Hygas
FSN Capital VI has signed an agreement to invest in OptiGroup and Hygas** to create a European Champion (“Group”) in the EUR ~150 billion business-to-business (“B2B”) distribution market. Existing shareholders and the management team will retain minority stakes in the combined group. Click here to read the press release
Ardian sells SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions
Frankfurt am Main/Kleinostheim, December 21, 2021 – Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, has reached an agreement to sell its majority stake in SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions GmbH (“SCHWIND”) – one of the world’s leading specialists in laser systems for the treatment of vision defects and corneal diseases – to the private equity company Adagia Partners. Click here […]
Cinven to invest in Ufinet International
International private equity firm Cinven today announces that the Seventh Cinven Fund has agreed to make a majority investment in Ufinet International (‘Ufinet’ or ‘the Group’), a leading fibre network operator headquartered in Spain and operating in Latin America, for an enterprise value of approximately €2.5 billion. Click here to read the press release
Litorina divests Euroflorist to a consortium of highly regarded investors
Litorina exits Euroflorist, a leading international online flower sales platform, to a consortium of investors led by Magnus Silfverberg, previously CEO of Bisnode and Betsson, and Johan Tjärnberg, CEO of Trustly and CEO/co-founder of Bambora, alongside a group of co-investors. The transaction was completed through divestment of the operating group of companies and the seller […]
Alcuin Capital is pleased to announce its investment in the MBO of TuffX Glass
Founded in 1997 TuffX Glass is a market-leading bespoke toughened glass processor specialising in the residential sector, and located in Knowsley since 2009. The business offers a comprehensive range of specialist toughened glass, in primarily non-standard shapes and thicknesses, for end applications such as balustrades, partitions and rooflights. Click here to read the press release
