Summit Partners has backed San Francisco-based specialty coffee retailer Philz Coffee. The firm made a “minority growth equity investment” in Philz Coffee. Specific terms of the deal were not released.
Shamrock Capital Advisors has invested in Giant Creative/Strategy. Financial terms weren't announced. San Francisco-based Giant is a healthcare communications agency. AdMedia Partners served as financial advisor to Giant.
Incline Equity Partners has acquired AmSpec. Financial terms weren't announced. Linden, N.J.-based AmSpec provides testing, inspection, and certification services to the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries.
Argos Soditic has completed the acquisition of four Sage subsidiaries which specialize in software edition for vertical markets, three in France and one in Spain. The transaction consists of four simultaneous spin-off transactions. Carried out without leverage, the aim is to accelerate growth.
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp has announced the origination of a $255 million loan secured by a leasehold mortgage in the recently renovated, 1,331 room Milford Plaza hotel located at the epicenter of Times Square, New York City. NorthStar originated $166 million of the Loan and one of NorthStar's sponsored non-traded REITs, NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust, Inc originated the remaining $89 million of the loan.
Oxford Finance has closed an $11 million round of debt financing for CardioFocus. The credit facility was awarded to CardioFocus from both Oxford and Silicon Valley Bank.
Vicente Capital Partners' portfolio company MedBridge Healthcare has acquired Precision Diagnostic Systems, a provider of sleep disorder diagnosis and testing services, and SleepEasy Therapeutics, a provider of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and other respiratory therapy services. MedBridge Healthcare is a provider of sleep diagnostic services and respiratory therapy services in the United States.
Brothers Edmund and Danny Truell have completed a substantial growth capital investment in Imagine Publishing to support its next phase of global expansion. Imagine Publishing is a UK-based multimedia content publisher.
DW Healthcare Partners (DWHP), a healthcare-focused private equity firm with offices in Toronto, Ontario and Park City, Utah, has made an undisclosed investment in Med-Pharmex Inc.of Pomona, California. Med-Pharmex is focused on pharmaceutical research, formulation, and manufacturing in the animal health industry, and operates three manufacturing facilities. DWHP is currently investing its third fund, closed at $265 million in February 2013.
Private equity firm Sun Capital Partners plans to merge five of its plastic packaging portfolio companies to form what it says will be the sixth-largest plastic packaging company in the world, Reuters is reporting.
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