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GE Capital, Franchise Finance and Citizen's Bank have provided a $51 million credit facility to Victory Park Capital. According to VPC, the capital will be used to refinance the firm's existing debt and long-term growth initiatives of portfolio company Chicago-based pizza restaurant chain Giordano's.
Metalogix, which is backed by Permira, has acquired MetaVis Technologies. No financial terms were disclosed. Signal Hill was financial advisor to MetaVis Technologies on the transaction. Based in Exton, Pennsylvania, MetaVis is a cloud collaboration service management platform provider.
Africa-focused private equity firm DPI has closed its oversubscribed second fund at $725 million, exceeding its $500 million target. The limited partners for ADP II include corporate and public pension funds, endowments and foundations, funds of funds, family offices and development finance institutions from across the US, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
First Read kicks off this morning with news of GoDaddy pricing its IPO at $20 per share, valuing it at about $4.5 billion, Samson Resources says it may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Groupon is offering cat cab services for April Fools' Day.
In Second Opinion, Lufthansa is now saying it knew of co-pilot Lubitz's history of depression, Comcast is planning to form an investment company headed by its CFO and Microsoft launches Surface 3, a rival to the iPad.
Huron Capital Partners has merged portfolio companies Bloomer Plastics with Optimum Plastics. The newly combined company will retain the Optimum Plastics name and be led by Kevin Keneally, who will serve as CEO. Optimum Plastics will focus on developing more products in the plastics film market.
AVIC International Holding (Zhuai) Company Limited has completed its acquisition of Align Aerospace Holding Inc. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in Chatsworth, California, Align, which was backed by Greenbriar Equity Group, is a provider of supply chain solutions for the aerospace sector.
Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP has sold its stake in Card Factory plc to unnamed investors. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in the UK, Card Factory is a greeting cards and gifts retailer.
Stone Arch Capital has closed its oversubscribed third private equity fund at a hard cap of $200 million. The target for Stone Arch Capital III was $175 million. According to the firm, it makes equity fundings in lower-middle market companies with revenues that usually average between $20 million and $150 million.
San Marcos, Texas-based Berry Aviation Inc, a provider of air carrier and concierge services, has raised $24 million in funding. The investors included Independent Bankers Capital Fund III LP, which acquired a minority stake in Berry as a result of their investment.
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