American Pacific Group launches Yukon Wellness Holdings and completes acquisition of Eu Natural

American Pacific Group (APG), a San Francisco-based private equity firm, together with Joe Falsetti of Dana Holdings, has formed Yukon Wellness Holdings (Yukon Wellness), a company that will serve as a platform to acquire and grow consumer wellness brands.  Simultaneously, Yukon Wellness acquired Eu Natural, a fast-growing provider of vitamin and mineral nutritional supplement products. […]

Alter Domus Tops $1 Trillion in Global Assets Under Administration with Acquisition of Strata Fund Solutions LLC

Transformational deal affirms Alter Domus’ commitment to the private equity and venture capital markets. Alter Domus leaps to top three largest private asset servicers for US alternative asset managers and the firm establishes footprint in Utah, adding over 200 private equity and venture capital accounting experts Alter Domus, a fully integrated provider of fund administration, […]

OEP portfolio company Spartronics acquires Primus Technologies

Spartronics, a provider of contract manufacturing and design services and a portfolio company of middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP), has completed the acquisition of Primus Technologies Corp. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, andf ounded in 1959, Primus Technologies provides engineering, manufacturing and […]

Holland & Knight adds M&A Partner from Perry Ellis International

Jordan Schneider is joining Holland & Knight’s Miami office as a partner after serving as Vice President, Strategic Initiatives at Perry Ellis International, Inc.  Prior to joining Perry Ellis in 2019, Schneider was an associate with Holland & Knight’s Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group. Schneider focuses his practice on representing both public and private […]

Miss Group acquires Pickaweb

Fast-growth web hosting business, Miss Group, has acquired UK-headquartered Pickaweb as part of its ongoing buy and build strategy. The acquisition of Pickaweb is the twelfth acquisition for Miss Group over the last two years, and adds a further 7,000 SME customers across the UK and Spain. Pickaweb will be integrated into existing brands within […]

Investment manager to pursue IPO next month

Infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group is set to float on the London Stock Exchange next month as the company pursues funding for its acquisition strategy. In an update to the market this morning (January 12) Foresight confirmed it would proceed with an initial public offering in February which would see 50 per […]

Growth Catalyst Partners acquires Equine Network

Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP), a middle market private equity firm, has acquired The Equine Network in a corporate carve-out from Active Interest Media. Equine Network is a provider of proprietary sports content, information, and tech-enabled services to the USD130 billion US equine industry. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. GCP partnering with Equine […]

Gatwick Airport co-owner outbids Blackstone to buy Signature Aviation

(Reuters) – The co-owner of London’s Gatwick Airport, Global Infrastructure Partners, clinched a $4.63 billion deal to buy British private jet servicing company Signature Aviation on Monday, trumping private equity giants Blackstone and Carlyle. The deal with Global Infrastructure Partners, whose approach was rebuffed by the company in December, comes after Blackstone said on Friday […]

HKW portfolio company Infab acquires MediDrapes

Middle-market private equity firm HKW’s portfolio company Infab Corporation (Infab) has acquired MediDrapes (MediDrapes), a provider of sterile disposable protective drapes for medical imaging equipment. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. MediDrapes provides a suite of sterile disposable protective coverings for medical imaging equipment. It offers covers for full size and […]

M&As with Europe are being overlooked by Israeli tech ecosystem

“There is a venue for growth equity, private equity or rolling-up into a larger European entity,” says Joey Sabet M&A exits in Israel were down by approximately 30% in Israel during 2020, with the average deal size falling from $143 million in 2019 to $93 million according to IVC. An increase in the number of […]