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Apollo to invest 25 percent equity in Chuck E Cheese parentApollo Global Management's bite of Chuck E Cheese's parent appears to be more of a morsel.
PE firms in next round of bidding for card payment company NetsThe sale of Europe’s second-largest card payment services company Nets Holding is gathering pace as a number of private equity firms and one trade buyer made it through to the next round of an auction, banking sources told sister news service Thomson Reuters LPC.
- Chrome River raises $17 mln in Series C funding
Chrome River, which provides expense management and supplier invoice processing software, has raised $17 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures and includes existing investors First Analysis and Argentum.
Bain and Caisse de dépôt to sell more BRP shares in deal valued at $261 mlnBain Capital and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec have agreed to sell more of their holdings in Valcourt, Québec-based Bombardier Recreational Products Inc (BRP, TSX: DOO). Through a secondary offering, Bain and the Caisse will dispose of 8.7 million subordinate voting shares in the company, generating gross proceeds of about $261 million. Following the close of the transaction at the end of January, Bain will hold 27.8% of issued and outstanding shares, while the Caisse will hold 5.3%. The two investors completed a similar $223 million sale /canada/2013/10/10/bain-caisse-de-depot-closeto-sell-portion-brp-shares-222-8-mln/ in Oct. 2013. BRP, which develops, manufactures and distributes power-sports vehicles, was acquired by Bain, the Caisse and members of the Bombardier family in 2003. The company completed an initial public offering in May 2013.
BTI Systems secures $2 mln from Difference Capital FinancialBTI Systems Inc, an Ottawa-based provider of intelligent networking software and systems, has obtained a $2 million investment from Canadian specialty finance firm Difference Capital Financial. The investment follows the $27 million in total funding that the company has in recent months received from other major investors, including U.S. venture capital firm Bain Capital Ventures and Canadian firms BDC Venture Capital, Covington Funds and GrowthWorks. BTI Systems, which also has offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Palo Alto, California, has been venture-backed since 2000.
Need to meet Denise Valentine, analyst, Aite GroupA growing number of buyout shops are adopting dedicated financial management technology to manage various aspects of their operations. A key reason, says Denise Valentine, an analyst at the research firm Aite Group LLC of Boston, has less to do with the Dodd-Frank financial reform law or their role as registered investment advisers and more to do with institutional credibility.
Big pension PE portfolios have room to growThe rally in the U.S. equities market last year means that the largest U.S. public pension funds have room to grow their private equity portfolios, according to an analysis by Buyouts.
- Bain Capital Ventures, Spectrum Equity invest in MedHOK
Bain Capital Ventures and Spectrum Equity have taken minority stakes in healthcare software provider MedHOK for $77.5 million, sister news service Reuters reported.
UPDATE: Bain Capital Ventures, Spectrum Equity to invest in MedHOK - ReutersBain Capital Ventures and Spectrum Equity are expected to take minority stakes in healthcare software provider MedHOK for $77.5 million, according to people familiar with the matter, sister news service Reuters reported.
Bain Capital Ventures, Spectrum Equity to invest in MedHOKTwo firms are betting on demand for cloud computing services amid broader changes in the healthcare industry