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Bain Capital and Nextalia SGR to acquire Deltatre, a leading sports and entertainment technology provider

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LONDON, June 23, 2022 – Bain Capital and Nextalia SGR today announced that they have agreed to acquire Deltatre, one of the world’s leading sports and entertainment technology providers, from Bruin Capital. Deltatre offers over-the-top (OTT) streaming solutions enabling direct-to-consumer content distribution via the internet as well as data, graphics and live broadcast solutions. Deltatre’s clients include some of the largest sports organizations in the world, including UEFA, NFL, MLB and MLS.

With a presence in 14 countries, Deltatre operates globally and enables rights owners, media companies, broadcasters, telcos, content creators, distributors and other brands to create and deliver compelling solutions at scale to consumers and fans.

Deltatre has grown into a market leader in over-the-top streaming, website and app development, graphics, data, officiating systems, broadcast production, user experience, and product design, revolutionizing how media is consumed globally. It helps sports rights owners and rights holders to better engage with fans and ultimately increase monetization opportunities.

Owing to its differentiated offering, 20% of internet users globally have engaged with a digital product from Deltatre and its OTT solutions have approximately 25 million end users per day. Driven by strong performance across its core solutions and by continuous expansion of its product portfolio, Deltatre has experienced significant organic growth, enabling it to outperform the market. It is expected to generate $180M of revenue in 2022.

Andrea Marini CEO of Deltatre, who will continue to lead the business with the existing management team and remain a significant shareholder in the company, said: “It’s never been a more exciting time for the media and sport industries. Rapid technological innovation in how content is produced, distributed, and consumed has opened new opportunities for rights owners to monetize and reach their fans globally, and Deltatre sits at the heart of this shift. I am excited to welcome Bain Capital and Nextalia SGR as our new partners as we enter this exciting chapter in our company history.

“From the start it has been clear that they share many of the same core values that are held by the wider Deltatre community and that have contributed to our long-standing reputation as the premier technology provider for many of the world’s most recognizable brands. We believe that their guidance and support will accelerate our mission of transforming the way the world engages with content on their favorite platforms. Finally, I’m extremely grateful for the support of George Pyne and the team at Bruin Capital. They have been a terrific partner over the last six years, and we have achieved great things together.”

Luca Bassi, a Managing Director at Bain Capital said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Andrea and the team of Deltatre. They have built a world leading sports and entertainment technology provider and the strides they have taken to date is very much testament to the quality of their team and the initiatives they have deployed. We look forward to working with them on the next phase of Deltatre’s growth journey. Bain Capital has the expertise to help deliver value around revenue model, delivery, talent and M&A.”

Francesco Canzonieri, Nextalia SGR CEO, commented: “We are proud to support an Italian excellence such as Deltatre, a company founded and rooted in Turin capable of affirming its leadership at a global level. The investment in Deltatre and in its management team represents a clear example of how Nextalia can leverage on its competences and network and help the company in further developing its business in Italy as well as globally.”

Bain Capital and Nextalia SGR received financial advice from HSBC and Nomura, and legal advice from Weil Gotshal & Manges and Legance and Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici.

About Deltatre

Deltatre is the global leader in fan-first video experiences. Its market-leading product and services portfolio has helped redefine the way the world consumes sport, media, and entertainment by offering specialist innovations in over-the-top streaming, websites and apps, graphics, data, officiating systems, user experience, and product design. It has a growing employee community of over 1,000 members, who are distributed in key cities around the world.

About Bain Capital

Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. It has approximately $160 billion of assets under management, offices on four continents and more than 1,350 employees. Since our founding in 1984, we’ve applied our insight and experience to organically expand into several asset classes including private equity, credit, public equity, venture capital and real estate, leveraging the firm’s shared platform to capture opportunities in strategic areas of focus. Read more at baincapital.com.

About Nextalia SGR

Nextalia SGR is an asset management company promoted by Francesco Canzonieri together with leading Italian institutional investors (Intesa Sanpaolo, UnipolSai Assicurazioni, Coldiretti, Confindustria and Micheli Associati), set up with the aim of investing in Italian excellence to accelerate the path of sustainable growth. Nextalia is positioned as the reference platform in Italy dedicated to investments in private markets, leveraging its network and the skills of a team of highly qualified professionals. Nextalia has set up “Nextalia Private Equity”, a closed-end mutual investment fund under Italian law, reserved for professional investors, focused on Italian SMEs.

The transaction is subject to regulatory and other customary approvals.

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Global fintech SumUp raises €590 million and celebrates 10 years of supporting small merchants

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LONDON, June 22, 2022- SumUp (www.sumup.co.uk), the financial partner for over 4 million small businesses worldwide, has raised a €590 million funding round that gives the company an enterprise value of €8 billion following a decade of rapid growth and global expansion. The round was led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, with participation from funds managed by BlackRock, btov Partners, Centerbridge, Crestline, Fin Capital, and Sentinel Dome Partners, among others. This latest round is a combination of debt and equity and brings SumUp’s total capital raised to €1.5 billion.

SumUp was founded in 2012 to help small merchants start, run and grow their business through a fair, easy, and reliable payment solution. Today, its financial services Super App provides merchants with a free business account and card, an online store, and an invoicing solution, as well as in-person and remote payments seamlessly integrated with SumUp’s proprietary card terminals and point-of-sale registers. More than 4 million businesses ‒ from taxi drivers and coffee shop owners to large sports stadiums ‒ trust SumUp to deliver when it matters.

SumUp’s team of over 3,000 people supports merchants in 35 countries worldwide, with Peru (launched in June 2022) being the company’s most recent new market. In recent years, SumUp has also expanded into point-of-sale solutions, and with the acquisitions of Goodtill, Tiller, and Fivestars, the company is rapidly expanding its footprint within the restaurant and retail sectors.

Marc-Alexander Christ, SumUp co-founder and CFO, said of the round: “SumUp has received consistent support from the global investment community in our mission to help small merchants succeed. We stand by our merchants whatever the circumstance ‒ whether that be COVID or macroeconomic uncertainty. Our ability to organically grow 60+% through the challenges of recent years shows that we are there for merchants when they need support most. I am very proud of the team for completing a successful financing round in the current market with marquee investors – it’s indicative of our strength, execution, and potential. The funds we’ve raised will enable us to continue to build out our product ecosystem, expand into new markets, pursue value-adding acquisitions, and continue leveling the playing field for small merchants at a global scale.”

Darren Abrahamson, a Managing Director at Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, added: “SumUp has continually evolved to empower a growing and diverse field of small businesses with payment solutions and tools to efficiently connect with their everyday consumers. SumUp’s leadership team have led the company to sustained and accelerated growth through expansion to more than 30 countries where they have had a direct and positive impact on the small business ecosystem. We’re proud to contribute our deep fintech and payments experience to aid SumUp’s remarkable ability to push the boundaries and lead an incredibly competitive industry.”

Bain Capital has deep global investment experience across the payments and e-commerce sectors, having invested in and added value to a wide-range of companies at all stages of their growth cycle.

Goldman Sachs International acted as exclusive placement agent for SumUp. Weil, Gotshal & Manges acted as legal adviser to SumUp on the financing.

About SumUp
SumUp is a leading global financial technology company driven by the purpose of leveling the playing field for small businesses. Founded in 2012, SumUp is the financial partner for more than 4 million small merchants in over 35 markets worldwide, helping them start, run and grow their business. Through its Super App, SumUp provides merchants with a free business account and card, an online store, and an invoicing solution – as well as in-person and remote payments seamlessly integrated with SumUp’s card terminals and point-of-sale registers. SumUp is committed to leveraging its success to make the world a better place and has pledged to donate 1% of its revenue to support  environmental, educational and entrepreneurial causes. For more information, please visit sumup.co.uk.

About Bain Capital Tech Opportunities
Bain Capital Tech Opportunities (https://www.baincapitaltechopportunities.com/) aims to help growing technology companies reach their full potential. We focus on companies in large, growing end markets with innovative or disruptive technology where we believe we can support transformational growth. Our dedicated, tenured team has deep experience supporting growing technology businesses—bringing together differentiated backgrounds in private and public equity investing as well as technology operating roles. We invest behind fundamental long-term tailwinds as technology penetrates across industries,     creating a large and growing number of investment opportunities. Bain Capital Tech Opportunities focuses on five priority sub-verticals: Application Software, Infrastructure & Security, Fintech & Payments, Healthcare IT and Internet & Digital Media.

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InfraVia Capital Partners (“InfraVia”) has signed an agreement with Waterland Private Equity (“Waterland”) to acquire a majority stake in Blue Phoenix Group

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InfraVia Capital Partners (“InfraVia”) has signed an agreement with Waterland Private Equity (“Waterland”) to acquire a majority stake in Blue Phoenix Group (“BPG”), a leading player in waste recycling infrastructure. Daiwa International Capital Partners (“Daiwa ICP”) will roll-over its current stake alongside InfraVia. With the support of InfraVia as a new controlling shareholder and Daiwa ICP, Blue Phoenix will accelerate its growth with the ambition to further strengthen its role as global leader in incinerator bottom ash (“IBA”) processing.

Blue Phoenix Group ́s facilities provide integrated sustainable solutions to the energy-from-waste (“EfW”) sector for treatment and recycling of bottom ash that remains after waste incineration. The company is recognized as critical infrastructure in the waste value chain by diverting the EfWs’ waste products from landfill and recycling it into usable products. Waterland has been the main shareholder of the Company since 2015 and has developed BPG to become a global player with more than 25 ash recycling facilities worldwide. With the support of InfraVia as a new majority shareholder next to Daiwa ICP, the Company will be able to further focus on its international expansion strategy of servicing EfW companies with sustainable solutions for recycling Incinerator Bottom Ash.

Paul Knight, CEO of Blue Phoenix Group said: “I am very pleased to start a long-term partnership with InfraVia with whom we share the same vision for the business, and which will allow us to accelerate our growth outside our core countries, pursue improvement in our existing business as well as invest further in developing sustainable solutions for the waste management supply chain.”

Hans Scheepers, Managing Partner at Waterland said “We are proud to have supported the company over the last 7 years and to help form and further expand BPG. We have provided BPG with resources to successfully grow and develop the business. We are convinced that InfraVia and Daiwa will continue to support the development of the company and drive the waste supply chain towards more recycling.”

Bruno Candès, Partner at InfraVia Capital Partners said “We are very pleased to invest in Blue Phoenix Group alongside Daiwa ICP and are impressed by the company’s achievements under its previous ownership. Recycling and processing plants are critical infrastructure to move the waste supply chain towards a more circular model. We are attracted by the long-term trends of the business and the growing demand for sustainable and circular economy infrastructure in particular as our economies are accelerating their phase-out from landfilling. We look forward to working with the management to grow the business and expand what is already a great platform”.

The terms of the transaction are not disclosed and the closing of the transaction is subject to the receipt of customary regulatory approvals. Blue Phoenix Group and Waterland were advised by Macquarie Capital (financial adviser) and Allen & Overy (legal). InfraVia was advised by Natixis Partners and Emendo Capital (financial adviser) and Clifford Chance (legal).

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Vincent LEVITA Founder and CEO
vlevita@infraviacapital.com
+33 (0)1 40 68 17 38

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Antoine Denry
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+33 (0) 6 18 07 83 27

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Rinaldo Rosendaal, Associate Principal
rosendaal@waterland.nu
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Amy Townsend
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EQT Private Equity to sell Facile.it, Italy’s largest online price comparison platform, to Silver Lake

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  • EQT Private Equity and Oakley to sell Facile.it, Italy’s leading online destination for consumers to compare prices and save money on key areas of household spending, to Silver Lake
  • Under EQT Private Equity’s tenure, Facile.it has continued to pioneer the Online Price Comparison market in Italy and further established its position as clear leader across multiple verticals, strengthening its brand, technology capabilities, and omnichannel presence
  • Today, Facile.it reaches a base of over four million unique monthly users via an end-to-end seamless experience across its website, 39 stores, and over three thousand agents, and has grown its EBITDA by more than 20 percent on average over the last four years

EQT is pleased to announce that the EQT VIII fund (“EQT Private Equity”) and Oakley have agreed to sell Facile.it (“Facile” or “the “Company”), Italy’s largest online price comparison platform, to Silver Lake.

Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Milan, Facile.it is Italy’s leading destination for consumers to compare prices for motor insurances, utilities, financial products, and much more, helping users save time and money, and making their everyday life easier.

During EQT Private Equity’s ownership, Facile.it has continued to pioneer the Online Price Comparison market in Italy, developing innovative products that save its users hundreds of millions of euros every year. Over time, Facile.it has expanded its diversified product offering and unique omnichannel distribution proposition, which underpin its long-term growth trajectory and allow it to benefit from the continued market digitalization and e-commerce penetration.

EQT Private Equity has invested significantly in Facile, future-proofing its technology architecture, expanding its management team, and developing unique omnichannel distribution capabilities, while continuing to reinforce its brand. In 2021, the Company reached EUR 140 million revenues and is today well-positioned for its next phase of growth.

Dominik Stein, Partner within EQT Private Equity’s Advisory Team, said, “Facile.it is a great example of how EQT can help unlock a company’s full potential by combining our local-with-locals approach and deep sector expertise, with our long experience from developing tech companies. EQT is proud of having been a part of Facile’s remarkable growth trajectory and development. We would like to thank the whole management team for the trusted partnership over the past four years. We would also like to thank our co-investor Oakley Capital, the Advisory Committee members and all employees for their daily commitment in making Facile.it the unique company it is today.”

Christian Lucas, Co-Head of Silver Lake EMEA, said, “Facile is an exceptional business with a differentiated and powerful value proposition for customers, channel partners and financial service providers. We are truly impressed by what Tobias and the rest of the team have built over the past years. The company is now Italy’s leading online destination for consumers to compare prices with a market-leading tech platform and unique omnichannel capabilities across its agent networks and stores. Investing in high-growth and pioneering business models with differentiated technology capabilities is at the core of our mission. We look forward to partnering with Tobias and the rest of the management team to significantly invest in the business and drive further growth and value creation over the coming years by contributing our experience from investments in multiple similar businesses across Europe.”

Tobias Stuber, CEO of Facile.it, said “On behalf of the Facile.it management team and all employees, I would like to thank EQT and Oakley for the successful, collaborative, and highly productive partnership over the past four years on our journey towards capitalizing further on our position as a landmark destination for Italy’s household spending. Thanks to their support, we are in an even better position today for the next phase of our growth with our new partner Silver Lake.”

The transaction is subject to customary conditions and approvals and is expected to close in Q3, 2022.

Goldman Sachs acted as the exclusive financial advisor, Latham & Watkins as legal advisor to EQT.

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EQT Press Office, press@eqtpartners.com, +46 8 506 55 334

About EQT
EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization with EUR 77 billion in assets under management across 36 active funds. EQT funds have portfolio companies in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas with total sales of approximately EUR 29 billion and more than 280,000 employees. EQT works with portfolio companies to achieve sustainable growth, operational excellence and market leadership.

More info: www.eqtgroup.com
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About Oakley Capital
Founded in 2002, Oakley Capital is a pan-European private equity firm backing ambitious growth companies across three core sectors – Technology, Consumer and Education. Oakley is able to deliver differentiated investment opportunities and superior returns by leveraging its entrepreneurial mindset and deep sector expertise. The Oakley team works closely with a unique network of entrepreneurs and successful management teams to help source primary, proprietary opportunities and gain valuable insights into the businesses in which it invests. Its ability to overcome complexity, and a flexible approach to value creation, allows Oakley to support its portfolio companies to achieve sustainable growth.

More info: www.oakleycapital.com

About Facile.it

Facile.it is the leading Italian Online Price Comparison platform, helping over 4 million customers every month to compare prices on key areas of their household spending, providing access to a wide product offering, helping them save time and money. The Company in 2021 generated approximately EUR 140 million in revenue

More info: www.facile.it

About Silver Lake
Silver Lake is a global technology investment firm, with more than $88 billion in combined assets under management and committed capital and a team of professionals based in North America, Europe and Asia. Silver Lake’s portfolio companies collectively generate nearly $254 billion of revenue annually and employ approximately 557,000 people globally.

More info: www.silverlake.com

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Sole Source Capital Portfolio Company Peak Technologies Acquires VisionID & Dalosy

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Peak Has Completed Eight Add-On Acquisitions Since Being Acquired by Sole Source Capital

DALLAS–Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Peak Technologies, a leading system integrator in the Automatic Identification and Data Capture (“AIDC”) market acquired VisionID and Dalosy. The acquisition of both companies marks Sole Source Capital’s 15th investment in the AIDC industry and expands Peak’s footprint into Europe. Sole Source has supported Peak Technologies in six prior add-on acquisitions including Optical Phusion, Inovity, Bar Code Direct, DBK Concepts, Avalon Integration and Graphic Label. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

Headquartered in Tipperary, Ireland and founded in 2000, VisionID is a systems integrator of AIDC hardware, labels, software solutions and vendor service contracts. The company sells primarily to enterprise-level customers in the healthcare, food & beverage, and industrial end markets.

Founded in 1976 and headquartered in the Netherlands with an additional sales office in Belgium, Dalosy is a provider of AIDC hardware, labels, software, and services primarily to the industrial, transportation & logistics, and grocery end markets.

“We are excited to welcome the VisionID and Dalosy teams to Peak Technologies. These companies offer highly technical solution offerings in the Irish, Dutch, and Belgian AIDC and managed services markets. They will further add to Peak’s ability to support our growing multinational customer base both in North America and Europe.” said Tony Rivers, CEO of Peak Technologies.

About Sole Source Capital

Founded in 2016 by David Fredston, Sole Source Capital is a private equity firm that thematically invests in fragmented, high-growth industrial subsectors. Sole Source seeks founder-owned businesses or corporate carve-outs that will benefit from the team’s operating and M&A capabilities. The Firm has a strong operating heritage that enables it to execute a buy-and-build strategy with significant downside protection. The Firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with offices in Santa Monica, California. For more information, please visit www.solesourcecapital.com or contact investor.relations@solesourcecapital.com.

About Peak Technologies

Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Peak Technologies is a leading system integrator of digital supply chain, retail and mobile workforce solutions. With over 35 years of supply chain, field mobility and retail services expertise, Peak Technologies has an insider’s perspective of the market; its origins, participants, and dynamic forces of change. With extensive application experience across industry segments, Peak Technologies is able to provide objective consultancy on business processes, software, hardware, as well as turn-key solutions for equipment repair, life cycle support, technology, vertical/application and business services. For more information, please visit www.peaktech.com.

About VisionID

VisionID is a systems integrator of AIDC hardware, labels, software, and services primarily to the healthcare, food & beverage, and industrial end markets. The company is headquartered in Tipperary, Ireland. For more information, please visit https://visionid.ie/.

About Dalosy

Dalosy is a provider of AIDC hardware, labels, software, and services primarily to the industrial, transportation & logistics, and grocery end markets. The company is headquartered in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands, with a sales office in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. For more information, please visit https://dalosy.com/en/.

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Shiftkey makes a strategic investment in workforce management platform Onshift

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DALLAS, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ShiftKey, the largest platform for connecting independent licensed healthcare professionals with open shifts at healthcare facilities in the U.S. announced today that it has completed a strategic investment in Cleveland-based OnShift, the leading provider of workforce management technology for post-acute and long-term care facilities.

“Since our founding, our goal has been to combine the ShiftKey marketplace with a scheduling tool for facility employees. When the opportunity to invest in OnShift came up, we could not have been more excited to join forces with the market leader for scheduling and employee management in post-acute care.” Said Tom Ellis, Founder and CEO of ShiftKey.

The vision behind this partnership is to provide facilities with a wholistic view of their schedule showing their own workforce and independent workers in one place to create visibility into their costs and continuing to offer flexibility for how to meet the needs of their business.

 

“By offering the first complete solution to effectively manage the nursing schedule, our hope is to help alleviate the incredible pressure the industry is under to provide the best quality care while optimizing costs and creating transparency”, said Ellis.

While ShiftKey and OnShift will continue to operate independently, clients will benefit from additional new and innovative product offerings to help solve the operational challenges impacting healthcare administrators every day.

“OnShift and ShiftKey share a common vision to transform the healthcare industry by solving the staffing crisis,” said Mark Woodka, CEO of OnShift. “This partnership will address the unprecedented workforce challenges that today’s healthcare organizations are facing with modern, cost-effective strategies. We are excited about the long-term opportunities that our two world-class companies will deliver to the industry.”

 

About ShiftKey, LLC

 

Founded in 2016, Dallas, TX based ShiftKey is a platform that is disrupting the way healthcare facilities typically find licensed and certified professionals to fill available shifts. Leveraging marketplace dynamics and deep industry knowledge, the company is playing a vital role in mitigating America’s healthcare staffing shortages, enabling direct connections between facilities and healthcare professionals. By offering the opportunity to work as much or as little as they choose and putting the power back into the hands of healthcare workers, ShiftKey is bringing more licensed professionals back into the workforce, a solution that is solving a major crisis in healthcare. Since its inception, healthcare facilities have posted more than 35 million hours of shifts on ShiftKey, interacting with hundreds of thousands of professionals looking for flexible work. For more information, visit www.ShiftKey.com

 

About OnShift:

 

OnShift’s next-generation platform fundamentally transforms the relationship between healthcare organizations and their workers. Our innovative approach to recruitment, hiring, workforce management, pay and engagement fosters a culture where people want to work. That’s why thousands of healthcare organizations rely on OnShift’s integrated suite of software and services to dramatically reduce turnover rates, decrease costs and improve the quality and continuity of care. For more information, visit www.OnShift.com

 

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Sabrina Capper

ShiftKey PR

PR@shiftkey.com

 

Marti Bowman

Chief Marketing Officer

OnShift, Inc.

mbowman@onshift.com

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Apollo partners with Hostplus to launch $1.25 billion Asia Pacific Credit Strategy

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Multi-sector, yield-focused mandate leverages Apollo’s origination and credit expertise in APAC Region

NEW YORK and MELBOURNE, Australia, June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apollo (NYSE: APO) today announced the formation of an Asia Pacific Credit Strategy in strategic partnership with Hostplus, one of the five largest superannuation funds in Australia. The new strategy launches with US$1.25bn in assets, following an inaugural raise that includes a $500 million anchor commitment from Hostplus alongside Apollo’s internal and affiliated insurance balance sheets. The dedicated strategy brings Apollo’s global credit platform together with local expertise to capitalize on growing demand for private credit across Asia Pacific, providing companies and sponsors with flexible and bespoke solutions.

The Asia Pacific Credit Strategy is designed to leverage Apollo’s credit expertise and differentiated asset origination to source high-quality opportunities across the yield spectrum. Today, Apollo has more than $10 billion1 of assets under management invested in the region and a growing team of nearly 60 investment professionals. Last year, Apollo appointed Partner Matt Michelini as Head of Asia Pacific, now based in Singapore, and hired an Australia-based credit team led by Partner Anthony Hermann, among other key additions.

Apollo Co-President Jim Zelter said, “This strategy is a natural extension of our global credit capabilities and reflects growing demand in the region for flexible, expedient capital solutions from non-bank lenders. We are pleased to launch Asia Pacific Credit in alignment with our long-term partners at Hostplus, who share in our disciplined investment philosophy.”

Hostplus CEO David Elia commented, “We are delighted to extend our 13-year relationship with Apollo, one of the leading global credit managers. This launch is part of our broader investment strategy to help to further diversify our investment portfolio to protect and grow our member investments over the long-term. Credit plays an important role in our strategic asset allocation to ensure we spread investment risk and help stabilize our investment portfolio, smoothing the ups and downs of investment market cycles.”

“We continue to make tremendous progress building our team and capabilities across Asia Pacific to serve the growing credit needs of companies in the region,” said Matt Michelini, Apollo Partner and Head of Asia Pacific. “This new strategy seamlessly combines our global capital base and ability to provide large-scale, differentiated, cross capital structure solutions with local expertise and origination.”

The Asia Pacific Credit Strategy will focus geographically on Australia, India, Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong, with select deployment across other parts of the region. Launch of the strategy follows increasing investment activity in APAC for Apollo. Recently, Apollo-managed credit funds provided a comprehensive, US$750 million financing for Mumbai International Airport Ltd., one of the largest-ever private placements in India. Apollo also helped to structure and made a cornerstone investment in a A$150 million sustainability-linked note issuance for Ampol in Australia, with targets that included carbon-emission reductions and installation of EV charging points supported by 100% renewable energy.

In addition to increased investment opportunities in the region, Apollo continues to grow its partnership with key Asian and Australian investors. Since 2017, Apollo has raised more than $22 billion from institutional investors in the region.

About Apollo
Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of March 31, 2022, Apollo had approximately $513 billion of assets under management. To learn more, please visit www.apollo.com.

About Hostplus
Hostplus has grown to be one of the largest industry super funds in Australia. With over 1.5 million members, more than 250,000 employers and $89 billion in funds under management (as at 20 April 2021), our scale and ongoing growth allows for low member costs and a broad range of investment opportunities. To learn more, please visits www.hostplus.com.au.

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Apollo

Noah Gunn
Global Head of Investor Relations
212-822-0540
IR@apollo.com

Joanna Rose
Global Head of Corporate Communications
212-822-0491
Communications@apollo.com

Hostplus

Nathan Motton
+61 447 771 882
media@hostplus.com.au

1 APAC-based assets as of 3/31/22 with pro forma inclusion of commitment to Mumbai International Airport Ltd.

 


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DIF Capital Partners joins forces with Virya Energy to acquire a strategic position in Dutch green hydrogen developer VoltH2

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DIF Capital Partners (“DIF”), through DIF Infrastructure VI, has acquired an interest in green hydrogen production facilities developer VoltH2 (the “Company”). DIF entered into a strategic partnership with Virya Energy, a leading Belgian renewable energy company, in acquiring a majority stake in the Company, with VoltH2’s founder André Jurres, retaining a meaningful share as well.

The Netherlands based VoltH2 holds permits and secured land plots for two production sites in Vlissingen and Terneuzen, with advanced planning underway for an additional site in Delfzijl as well as a number of early phase development positions. The three most advanced facilities have a capacity of initially 75 MW which can be scaled up to 250 MW. DIF’s and Virya’s involvement enables VoltH2 to realise its first green hydrogen production facilities in the near future and further expand the pipeline.

André Jurres, Managing Director of VoltH2: “This investment attests to the confidence in green hydrogen and in the growth of VoltH2. With the involvement of DIF Capital Partners and Virya Energy, we can anchor VoltH2 locally as well as internationally, achieve our ambitions and play a crucial role in the European energy market and energy transition.”

Gijs Voskuyl, Partner at DIF Capital Partners, adds: “We expect a significant demand increase for green hydrogen in the short and medium term. As an investor with a strong footprint and ongoing focus within the energy transition space, we aim to play a role in this fast growing and capital intensive market and believe VoltH2 as well as Virya Energy are excellent partners to realise these ambitions.”

About VoltH2

VoltH2 focuses on the design, development, construction and operation of green hydrogen facilities in Europe. The first two production facilities are currently being developed in Vlissingen and Terneuzen (the Netherlands). Both are expected to be operational in 2025. At start-up, each facility will produce nearly 2 million kg (1,890 tonnes) of green hydrogen per year. In time, this production will grow with the hydrogen market and will be scaled up. Because of its strategic location within North Sea Port, the end product will be transportable by road, rail and waterways. Local industry will be able to purchase green hydrogen in order to meet its environmental objectives. Recently, the project for a third green hydrogen facility was started in Delfzijl (within Groningen Seaports). VoltH2 is a collaboration between Volt Energy (the company of founder André Jurres), Virya Energy and DIF Capital Partners. www.volth2.com

About DIF Capital Partners

DIF Capital Partners is a leading global independent investment manager, with ca. EUR 11 billion in assets under management across ten closed-end infrastructure funds and several co-investment vehicles. DIF invests in infrastructure companies and assets located primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Australia through two complementary strategies:

  • DIF CIF funds, of which DIF CIF III is the latest vintage, target equity investments in small to mid-sized core-plus infrastructure companies in the telecom, energy transition, and transportation sectors.
  • Traditional DIF funds, of which DIF Infrastructure VI is the latest vintage, target core infrastructure equity investments with long-term contracted or regulated income streams including public-private partnerships, concessions, utilities, and energy transition projects (incl. renewable energy).

DIF Capital Partners has a team of over 190 professionals, based in eleven offices located in Amsterdam (Schiphol), Frankfurt, Helsinki, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, New York, Paris, Santiago, Sydney, and Toronto. For more information please visit www.dif.eu.

Contact: Thijs Verburg, t.verburg@dif.eu.

About Virya Energy

Virya Energy was founded in late 2019 by Colruyt Group and Korys. The energy holding company has shares in Parkwind, Eurowatt, Eoly Energy, Sanchore and recently also in VoltH2.

Virya Energy focuses on the development, financing, construction, exploitation and storage of renewable energy. All of these companies possess a wealth of complementary expertise. By sharing knowledge and enabling them to work together, Virya Energy aims to create economies of scale and take a leading role in the rapidly evolving renewable energy sector. Virya Energy and its subsidiaries worldwide have a capacity of 1 GW of green energy. This includes onshore and offshore wind power and a number of initiatives for green hydrogen such as Hyoffwind.

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Ardian announces the sale of its stake in Trustteam to Rivean Capital

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Ardian, a world leading private investment house, announces today it has signed an agreement with Rivean Capital to sell its majority stake in Trustteam, a leading IT managed services provider headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium.

Founded in 2002 by Stijn Vandeputte, Trustteam serves a broad base of c.6,500 active customers in Belgium and France with a one-stop-shop offering covering the full spectrum of IT services and equipment, cloud, connectivity, cybersecurity and software solutions. Trustteam assists SME clients who typically have limited internal IT skills and expertise and therefore prefer a trustworthy and preferred partner that can offer full unburdening from an IT perspective. The company benefits from long-term, secular growth fueled by the increasing digitization of the economy and businesses, the transition from on-premise hardware into the cloud, growing IT complexity, and increased IT outsourcing.

Since Ardian’s acquisition of a majority stake in 2018, Trustteam has rapidly grown both through solid organic growth and targeted M&A. Trustteam and its management, with the backing from Ardian, have successfully completed 6 add-ons in France and Belgium, with France now representing more than 30% of the group’s revenues.

” Over the last years, we have significantly accelerated our development and have further professionalized the group, tripling the revenues of the company. We would like to express our gratitude to the Ardian Expansion team for their continuous support and guidance over the past years. We look forward to starting a new chapter with our partner Rivean Capital who have demonstrated an outstanding understanding of our business and full compatibility with our culture.” Stijn Vandeputte, Founder & CEO of Trustteam

“Since our entry to the capital of Trustteam, our objective has been to accompany the Group in its development in Belgium and France through an active buy-and-build strategy. Alongside the seasoned management team, we have supported their objectives to make Trustteam a leading player in IT services. We would like to thank all teams and are happy to pass the baton to a quality partner like Rivean Capital.” Arnaud Dufer, Managing Director and Head of France and Belgium in the Ardian Expansion team

“From the outset, we have been impressed with Trustteam’s track record of consistent organic growth, its value-creative buy-and build strategy and its entrepreneurial management team, creating the leading managed service provider for SMEs in Belgium and Northern France. In an increasingly complex IT environment, Trustteam offers an attractive proposition to fully unburden their SME customers. We are delighted to be partnering with Pieter, Stijn and the rest of the management team to further their growth ambitions, both organically and through strategic acquisitions.” Peter Hujoel, Partner at Rivean

“This transaction is another milestone for Rivean in Belgium and fits perfectly with our ‘local-for-local’ strategy to partner with ambitious and entrepreneurial management teams regarding the internationalization of their business.” Nicolas Linkens, Senior Partner at Rivean

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

  • Ardian Expansion

    • Arnaud Dufer, Maxime Séquier, Romain Gautron, Mathieu Lebrun
    • Legal advisor: Linklaters (Arnaud Coibion, Victor Burki)

  • Rivean Capital

    • Nicolas Linkens, Peter Hujoel, Rogier Corthout, Baptiste Roussel
    • Legal advisor: Allen & Overy (Frederiek Adams)

ABOUT TRUSTTEAM

Trustteam is a provider of IT managed services provider, specializing in cloud solutions, hardware and networks, software, VoIP and support. Trustteam has two ISO 27001 certified data centers which allow it to meet the most stringent information security requirements. The company was established in 2002 and has offices in Belgium (Kortrijk, Wavre, Heusden-Zolder, Antwerp and Nazareth), France (Colmar and Nancy) and Romania (Iași). With now nearly 6,500 customers, Trustteam is a major player in the IT services market in Belgium and France.

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ABOUT ARDIAN

Ardian is a world leading private investment house, managing or advising $130bn of assets on behalf of more than 1,300 clients globally. Our broad expertise, spanning Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit, enables us to offer a wide range of investment opportunities and respond flexibly to our clients’ differing needs. Through Ardian Customized Solutions we create bespoke portfolios that allow institutional clients to specify the precise mix of assets they require and to gain access to funds managed by leading third-party sponsors. We also provide a specialist service for private clients through Ardian Private Wealth Solutions. Ardian is majority-owned by its employees and places great emphasis on developing its people and fostering a collaborative culture based on collective intelligence. Our 900+ employees, spread across 15 offices in Europe, the Americas and Asia, are strongly committed to the principles of Responsible Investment and are determined to make finance a force for good in society. Our goal is to deliver excellent investment performance combined with high ethical standards and social responsibility.
At Ardian we invest all of ourselves in building companies that last.

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ABOUT RIVEAN CAPITAL

Rivean Capital (“Rivean”) is a leading European private equity investor in mid-market transactions with operations in the DACH region, Benelux and Italy. Rivean manages funds in excess of €3bn and has offices in Utrecht, Brussels, Frankfurt, Zurich and Milan.
Since its inception in 1982, Rivean has supported more than 250 companies in realizing their growth ambitions. Other recent investments include MBK Fincom, Init, TAS, EDCO and To-Increase.

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Media Contacts

TRUSTTEAM

Pieter Spiesschaert

Pieter.spiesschaert@trustteam.be  

ARDIAN

HEADLAND

ardian@headlandconsultancy.com  

RIVEAN CAPITAL

Maikel Wieland

m.wieland@riveancapital.com

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EQT Private Equity to acquire SPT Labtech, a fast-growing laboratory automation player focused on low-volume liquid handling technology for GBP 650 million from Battery Ventures

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  • EQT Private Equity to acquire SPT Labtech, a manufacturer and designer of automated instruments and consumables for life science research with a focus on liquid handling, sample management and Cryogenic Electron Microscopy (“Cryo-EM”) sample preparation technologies

 

  • SPT Labtech’s products support cutting-edge life sciences research, providing agility, efficiency and productivity for a broad range of applications; SPT Labtech’s products help accelerate research of novel and groundbreaking therapies

 

  • EQT Private Equity will support SPT Labtech’s next phase of growth by focusing on continued product innovation, scaling the Cryo-EM sample preparation segment and growing the business in new and existing geographies

EQT is pleased to announce that the EQT IX fund (“EQT Private Equity”) has agreed to acquire SPT Labtech (“SPT” or the “Company”) from Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm for GBP 650 million. Together with management, EQT Private Equity will support and accelerate SPT Labtech’s growth journey.

Based in Melbourn, UK, SPT Labtech is a manufacturer and designer of automated liquid handling, sample preparation, and storage instruments, as well as corresponding consumables and support services for life science research. The Company was founded in 1997 and spun out from TTP Group. Since 2018 it has been owned by Battery Ventures.

Supported by strong secular megatrends, SPT presents a highly thematic investment opportunity within EQT’s prioritized Life Science Tools subsector. The automation of research, miniaturization trends (more analyses with the same sample volume) and a broader adoption of multi-omics will support SPT’s core liquid handling business for years to come.

Cryo-EM is a cutting-edge technique supporting the research of new drug targets within novel modalities like cell and gene therapy, as well as mRNA, with the Company’s addressable instrument and consumable market expected to grow 35-40 percent going forward.

SPT is the leader in resilient and fast-growing market niches, including in its core segment, the low-throughput liquid handling market, with expected future market growth of 9-10 percent CAGR.

SPT helps researchers save time through automation and enables labs to research for example chronic illnesses and provide treatments or find cures for previously untreatable conditions. The Company’s core values are closely aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #3 of ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing. By providing sample preparation instruments and consumables for the novel Cryo-EM technology – for which the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded in 2017 – SPT supports industry innovation and accelerates research outcomes.

Under EQT Private Equity’s ownership, the Company will benefit from EQT’s strong advisor and expert network as well as the inhouse digital team. EQT will further support the Company in new product innovation, expansion into existing and new geographies and end-markets (e.g., catering to the in-vitro diagnostics market, doubling down on APAC and accelerating Cryo-EM) as well as selective M&A to further strengthen SPT’s market position.

Michael Bauer, Partner and Global Co-Head of the Healthcare Team, said, “We are excited to work with SPT Labtech and make an acquisition in our prioritized Life Science Tools subsector. We have been following the company for a long time and are thrilled to now be able to partner with CEO David Newble and his team. We believe the combination of our unique industry expertise, including our external EQT Advisor Network and in-house digital team, position us to support the company on its next phase of growth and enhance its mission of ‘making a difference in human health in everything we do’.”

David Newble, CEO of SPT Labtech, added, “We at SPT greatly appreciate the stewardship of the Battery team over the last four years and are very keen to welcome EQT as our new owner and look forward to benefiting from the broad range of capabilities and expertise the EQT platform can offer. We are ready to embark on the next phase of our growth journey, in which we aim to foster SPT Labtech’s strong market positions in our existing businesses and explore new market opportunities, while making a positive impact on society. We are aligned with the EQT team on our joint vision for the future of the company and could not imagine a better new owner.”

EQT Private Equity was advised by Evercore (M&A), Kirkland & Ellis (Legal), Deloitte (Financial & Tax), BCG (Commercial), Ringstone (Technology) and The Footprint Firm (ESG). Battery Ventures and SPT Labtech were advised by J.P. Morgan (exclusive financial advisor) and Charles Russell Speechlys and SecondSight Law (legal). The transaction is subject to customary conditions and approvals and is expected to close during Q3 2022.

With this transaction, EQT IX is expected to be 85-90 percent invested (including closed and/or signed investments, announced public offers, if applicable, and less any expected syndication).

Contact
EQT Press Office, press@eqtpartners.com, +46 8 506 55 334

About EQT
EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization with EUR 77 billion in assets under management across 36 active funds. EQT funds have portfolio companies in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas with total sales of approximately EUR 29 billion and more than 280,000 employees. EQT works with portfolio companies to achieve sustainable growth, operational excellence and market leadership.

More info: www.eqtgroup.com
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About SPT Labtech
SPT Labtech makes products that transform the way scientists work. For nearly two decades, our expert scientists, engineers and business innovators have created innovative solutions for liquid handling, sample preparation and management that help accelerate research and make a real difference to human health. We work collaboratively with our customers, building trusted relationships that enable us to deliver exceptional, personalized experiences designed for real world challenges in the lab.

More info: www.sptlabtech.com

About Battery Ventures
Battery partners with exceptional founders and management teams developing category-defining businesses in markets including software and services, enterprise infrastructure, consumer tech, healthcare IT and industrial technology. Founded in 1983, the firm backs companies at all stages, ranging from seed and early to growth and buyout, and invests globally from offices in Boston, San Francisco, Menlo Park, Tel Aviv, London and New York.

More info: www.battery.com

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