Resilience Capital Partners has promoted Ki Mixon to principal. He currently sits on the boards of Resilience portfolio companies Penda Corp., ASC Signal Corp., ChemDesign Products and Midwest Machining Solutions. PRESS RELEASE Resilience Capital Partners (www.resiliencecapital.com), a leading private equity firm, announces the promotion of Ki Mixon to Principal. As Principal, Mr. Mixon […]
Atlantic Aqua Farms, a Canadian mussel grower operating under the name Canadian Cove, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Encore Consumer Capital. The news was first reported by The Halifax Herald. www.encoreconsumercapital.com
ArcLight Capital Partners and Kelso & Co. are planning a $17 per unit tender offer for all outstanding common units they do not already own of pipeline operator Buckeye GP Holdings LP (NYSE: BGH). The two firms – along with Lehman Brothers – bought a 63% stake in Buckeye from Carlyle-Riverstone last year. Lehman Brothers […]
Gatehouse Ventures has acquired Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Sunrise Bakery for an undisclosed amount. The firm previously acquired Delawre-based Amalfitano’s Italian Bakery baked goods distribution company The Total Bakery Source.
DETROIT (Reuters) – As General Motors Corp (GM.N) pushes ahead with talks to acquire Chrysler LLC, uneasy suppliers and workers are bracing for a deal that would combine two struggling automakers and cost tens of thousands of jobs. But as GM struggles to line up financing for an acquisition, attention has turned to an even […]
Platinum Equity is in talks to acquire a 40% stake in the Arena Football League for approximately $100 million, according to The Sports Business Journal. www.platinumequity.com
Enghouse Systems Ltd. (TSX: ESL) has acquired Envox Group AB for $14 million. Envox is a provider of IP-based voice self-service and contact center solutions. It has annual revenue of approximately $16 million, and had raised over $5 million in VC funding from firms like Eqvitec Partners and Northzone Ventures.
Laredo Energy IV LP has raised $55 million to acquire, explore and developer natural gas resources in the Lobo Trend of South Texas. Avista Capital Partners led the deal, and was joined by existing shareholders like EnCap Investments.
Miura Private Equity, a Spanish private equity firm, has completed its first investment since the close of its fund in May. Miura has agreed to invest €30m over two years in return for a majority stake in Atrezzo Group, a provider of mannequins and accessories to fashion chains. Atrezzo’s customers include Zara, Mango, Benetton, Calvin […]
Rit Amin has joined Houlihan Lokey as a Los Angeles-based senior vice president in the firm’s private finance practice. He previously was a director in Wachovia Securities' leveraged finance group.