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Thompson Street Capital Partners Portfolio Company PestCo Holdings Acquires 5 Star Pest Solutions

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Thompson Street Capital Partners (“TSCP”), a private equity firm based in St. Louis, today announced the acquisition of the assets of 5 Star Pest Solutions LLC (“5 Star”) by PestCo Holdings, LLC (“PestCo”), a TSCP portfolio company. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, 5 Star is a leading provider of commercial pest control services with a focus on multi-family communities in the greater Indianapolis area. With the backing of PestCo’s team and resources, 5 Star is positioned for future growth, while continuing to provide high-quality service to customers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

This is the eleventh investment for PestCo, an acquisition company formed to consolidate the highly fragmented pest control industry.

“5 Star is an established, quality-focused company and we believe a solid way for us to enter the Indianapolis market,” said Jay Keating, CEO of PestCo. “We are excited to enhance growth opportunities for the business while creating opportunities for the 5 Star team.”

“Thompson Street is excited to continue to expand PestCo’s growing presence by entering the Indianapolis pest control services market. We look forward to partnering with the 5 Star team to help the company achieve its next phase of growth,” said Jeff Aiello, Managing Director, TSCP.

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ECOMMERCE ONE acquires e-commerce specialists Makaira and Marmalade

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Oakley Capital, the leading pan-European private equity investor, is pleased to announce that portfolio company ECOMMERCE ONE has acquired Makaira GmbH and Marmalade GmbH.

ECOMMERCE ONE was founded in 2021 with the ambition to become the leading comprehensive ecosystem of e-commerce solutions in the DACH region.

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The two companies were founded by Joscha Krug, who will continue as the business’ Managing Director and will become a minority shareholder in ECOMMERCE ONE.

Makaira offers an e-commerce marketing suite software solution for online retailers including well-known brands such as Sport Conrad, Rotkäppchen-Mumm, Zweirad Stadler and many more. Makaira’s headless eStorefront software enables online merchants to rapidly develop and optimise the front end of their online stores.

Marmalade is a well-established e-commerce consultancy with a focus on providing tailored implementation and customisation services for online merchants, principally building upon shop systems such as Shopify, Shopware and OXID.

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We are confident we will maximise our innovative power and growth potential in the ECOMMERCE ONE network. This will allow us to offer new features to our customers and expand our presence in the market.

Joscha Krug

Founder — Makaira and Marmalade

The group harnesses synergies between its constituent companies (including Afterbuy, DreamRobot and Gambio) to provide a holistic suite of solutions and support for online merchants selling their products through web shops and online marketplaces like Amazon or eBay. Through the highly complementary acquisitions of Makaira and Marmalade, ECOMMERCE ONE gains further capabilities, reach and cross selling potential.

Online retailers need to adapt to meet increasing market and customer demands. We support them by bundling the knowledge of different software providers and consulting companies from the e-commerce market and providing them with holistic solutions. With the latest acquisition of Marmalade and Makaira, we gain both development and consulting expertise as well as established and sought-after technologies. In particular, Makaira’s headless infrastructure opens up opportunities for shops and shop systems to become more agile and successful.

Daliah Salzmann and Arik Reiter

Co-Managing Directors — ECOMMERCE ONE

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ECOMMERCE ONE continues to drive towards becoming the leading e-commerce software provider for online merchants in the DACH region. With Marmalade and Makaira, the company strengthens its competencies in and around shop systems, and we look forward to seeing its ongoing successful expansion strategy.

Peter Dubens

Founder and Managing Partner — Oakley Capital

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Infrastructure management software leader Patchmanager and Main form strategic partnership

Infrastructure management software provider, Patchmanager, and Main Capital together form strategic partnership.

Patchmanager, a Netherlands-based supplier of innovative infrastructure management software solutions, announces a majority investment by strategic software investor Main Capital Partners. The partnership with Main reflects an important step in the future growth strategy of Patchmanager, as the company is looking to capitalize on its strong momentum and increasing position in the infrastructure management software market.

Patchmanager, founded in 2002, is a leading infrastructure management software vendor, enabling customers to plan, document, manage and maintain physical layer connectivity and assets. The solutions play a critical part in managing customers’ increasingly complex IT infrastructures. Through smart and detailed visualization solutions, customers can meticulously and continuously track and monitor their core infrastructure including (fiber) cables, data center racks, floor plans and other assets. Key use cases include data centers, offices, buildings or outside plant networks and given the nature of the solution it is applicable in virtually every industry. Example verticals where Patchmanager holds a strong position include Financial Institutions, Universities and Colleges, Airports, (Semi-)government and Industrials.

Over the past two decades, Patchmanager has developed a comprehensive, modern and scalable product which is being used by over 300 customers globally, including strong positions in Europe, UK and the US. The customer base includes both SMEs and numerous blue-chip customers such as Vodafone, Schiphol, NASA, and Inmarsat. Leveraging this momentum, Patchmanager is looking to execute an international roll-out strategy including organizational growth and increased sales & marketing efforts using both direct sales and their partner channel. Naturally, continuous product innovation remains a key pillar in this strategy. With Main, Patchmanager teams up with an experienced partner in successfully executing such strategies.

Michael Kentrop, CEO of Patchmanager states: “At Patchmanager, product excellence and customer service are at the heart of what we do and how we do it. We are driven by providing our customers with a high-quality solution that adds substantial value to their organizations. In Main we find a like-minded partner and strong ally to help extend our reach and achieve our full potential. Main’s knowledge and expertise in the software sector is second-to-none, and we look forward to a successful cooperation!”

Ivo van Deudekom, Investment Director at Main adds: “Patchmanager has been able to obtain a unique position in the DCIM market worldwide with numerous blue-chip customers who trust the company to manage their complex and critical IT infrastructure. Due to their strong product offerings and partner network, the company is able to significantly outperform the market growth rates of approximately 15%. We are confident that Patchmanager is able to continue growing at this pace in the upcoming years and we are excited to be part of their journey.”

We are confident that Patchmanager is able to continue growing at this pace in the upcoming years and we are excited to be part of their journey.

– Ivo van Deudekom, Investment Director at Main Capital Partners

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Patchmanager

Patchmanager, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Amsterdam, is a leading infrastructure management software vendor. Its solutions support customers in planning, documenting, managing and maintaining core IT infrastructures. Specific domains covered by the software include physical layer connectivity, data center racks, cables and assets. Patchmanager has a blue-chip international customer base across various sectors such as include Financial Institutions, Universities and Colleges, Airports, (Semi-)government and Industrials. The company employs over 20 employees.

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DBAG fuels digitization and invests in AOE Group

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  • AOE Group is a leading agile software development provider with a focus on bespoke enterprise solutions
  • Seventh investment in growth sector IT services and software
  • Attractive platform for buy-and-build

Frankfurt/Main, 18 July 2023. Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) invests in AOE Group (AOE), a leading agile software development provider with a focus on sophisticated bespoke software solutions. A private equity fund advised by DBAG will acquire the majority stake from the founders and early investors. In addition to its fund investment, DBAG will invest 10.4 million euros out of its balance sheet. The founders of AOE will remain fully committed and continue to lead the company’s expansion as significant minority shareholders. Early investor QVM will persist as a minority shareholder as well. This transaction is subject to approval by the authorities and expected to be closed in August. The parties have agreed not to disclose the terms of the sale.

Partner for individual enterprise software solutions
AOE is headquartered in Wiesbaden (Germany), employs nearly 200 highly skilled experts in agile software development and operates in a market with significant tailwinds, driven by cloud transformation, digitalization of business processes and increasingly complex data and privacy requirements. According to its motto: “Talents. Enabling. Tech.”, AOE is described by its customers as a speedboat and valued as a co-creation partner and individual software developer for complex end-to-end (frontend and backend) solutions alike. AOE has broad experience in various industries, including e-commerce, telecommunications, aviation, healthcare, manufacturing, fintech or governmental.

AOE Group, a perfect fit for DBAG
The decision to invest in AOE is rooted in the allure of the digital era, a market benefiting from strong growth and the potential for a buy-and-build strategy. Since DBAG is engaged in the growth sector of IT services and software for various years now, the company can rely on its broad network in this sector and its experience from successful prior and current investments such as Cloudflight, freiheit.com or akquinet.

“By bringing together our experience as a financial investor and the technological prowess of AOE, this investment forges a strong collaboration”, explained Jannick Hunecke, Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG. “We recognized the continued need to integrate digital solutions seamlessly into every industry. AOE will further unlock its growth potential, and nurture a digital ecosystem”, he added.

“We are very pleased to have found such an experienced and well-established player such as DBAG to accompany us while we are heading towards the next stage of growth. We will benefit from its vast network and unparalleled expertise. Thereby, we will fortify our market position, enhance our product offerings, and drive our sustained growth in the digital era”, said Kian T. Gould, CEO, AOE Group.

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Alantra strengthens its Energy Transition offering with the creation of a highly specialized advisory business

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  • The new team led by José María Zabala (Managing Director) offers specialized advisory services to corporates willing to transform their energy models and to energy companies and investors aiming to lead the energy transition
  • The creation of this business offers strong synergies with Alantra’s investment banking and alternative asset management divisions, in which c. 70 of the Firm’s professionals are dedicated to the energy transition
  • This is a new step in creating a best-in-class cross-sector offering for energy related topics. Earlier this year, the Firm announced the hire of François de Rugy, former French energy transition minister, and Nemesio Fernandez-Cuesta, former Spanish Secretary of State for Energy and former Chairman of Eolia Renovables, as co-chairmen of Alantra’s Energy Transition Group

Madrid – Alantra, the independent global mid-market financial services firm, has created a highly-specialized Energy Transition Advisory business, which will complement Alantra’s Energy Transition Group, offering advice to corporates, energy companies and investors aiming to lead the energy transition. The business is led by José María Zabala who joined Alantra as Managing Director and has more than 15 years of international experience in strategy consulting, energy, sustainability, and climate resilience. Prior to Alantra, he co-founded energy consulting firm MRC Consultants and Transaction Advisers. Alantra aims to further strengthen the team with additional hires this year.

As energy has developed from a commodity to a strategically important asset, companies in a wide range of sectors, such as industrials, transportation, agriculture and food or tech, need an energy strategy adapted to the new reality.

Alantra created the Energy Transition Group, co-led by François de Rugy and Nemesio Fernandez-Cuesta, as a response to two macroeconomic needs:

  • to help investors, companies, and entrepreneurs looking to transform their energy models and drive sustainable innovation in clean energy technology or renewable energy infrastructure
  • to help energy companies and investors diversify their activities and portfolios, which will be key enablers for the decarbonization process

The hires for the new Energy Transition Advisory business reinforce Alantra’s position as a best-in-class player in the energy transition space, in which c. 70 of its professionals work on sustainable and green M&A deals and on raising and investing capital in clean energy infrastructure and innovation.

The Energy Transition Advisory team is already working with more than ten different clients on market advisory as well M&A and debt advisory projects, and enabling the development of solar, hybrid plants, Battery Energy Storage Systems, and renewables gases, among others. Additionally, Alantra is building an offering to help corporates invest in their decarbonization processes.

Alantra’s track record in the energy transition space includes c. 70 sustainable and green deals advised in investment banking in the past five years, including advising Audax Renovables on the origination, structuring and closing of a Market Access partnership with Shell Energy Europe; KKR on the sale of a minority stake in CMC Machinery to Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund; Solaria on a recap refinancing of two solar PV projects; and BiFire on its IPO on Euronext Growth Milan.

In Asset Management, Alantra is currently aiming to mobilize c. €2bn for solar infrastructure and clean energy innovation, building on its experience in launching Eolia Renovables in 2007. The Alantra Solar team will develop 55 solar parks in Spain and Italy, and Klima, Alantra’s Energy Transition Fund, which closed at its €210m hard cap, has already completed five investments, including onsite power generation provider MainSpring Energy based in the US or Europe’s largest OTC energy trading platform Enmacc based in Germany.

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Successful realization of investment in R+S Group

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  • Implementation of value enhancement strategy and first sale of an investment exclusively with funds from own balance sheet
  • Positive value contribution for DBAG in line with forecast for current financial year
  • Reinvestment of part of the proceeds in acquiring company NOKERA in order to participate in attractive and sustainable growth prospects in the market for serial construction in the long term

Frankfurt/Main, 17 July 2023. Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has successfully concluded its investment in R+S Group (R+S), a leading group of companies in the fields of sustainable supply technology, digital and energy-efficient solutions for sustainable building systems, trade and future-proof skilled labour. The shares in the company will be sold to NOKERA AG (NOKERA), a producer of buildings in serial and sustainable construction. DBAG had acquired the majority of the shares in R+S in March 2021, thus structuring its second Long-Term Investment, i.e. exclusively with funds from its own balance sheet. In total, DBAG has invested around 18 million euros in R+S. The proceeds from the disposal will be partially reinvested in a minority stake in NOKERA to participate in the attractive growth of the market for serial construction and serial energy-efficient refurbishment of buildings. Corresponding agreements were signed today. The closing of the transaction is still subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities.

Positive value contribution for DBAG in line with the forecast for the current financial year
The proceeds from the disposal exceed the fair value of DBAG’s Investment in DBAG’s latest half-yearly financial report (reporting date 31 March 2023). The disposal will therefore lead to an increase in net income from investment activity of approximately 14 million euros in the current third quarter of the financial year 2022/2023. This value contribution is included in the forecast for the net asset value as at 30 September 2023 and the net income for the 2022/2023 financial year, which was specified today.

Value enhancement through strengthening of equity and acceleration of successful reorganisation
The successful strategic development of R+S in the past two years was characterised by completing the already well-advanced reorganisation of the company in order to enable a basis for further profitable revenue growth. The market environment supports this positively: the trend towards smart buildings and energy-efficient buildings ensures continued growth and expands the market especially for electrical building equipment, which R+S focuses on.

Reinvestment of part of the proceeds for further participation in attractive growth prospects
DBAG is reinvesting part of the sales proceeds in NOKERA, thereby participating in the attractive growth prospects of the market for cost-efficient, sustainable and serially produced real estate. NOKERA’s highly automated serial production offers significant cost and time advantages over conventional residential construction in an ESG-friendly environment.

“The expansion of our investment strategy to invest exclusively with funds from our own balance sheet has opened up additional investment opportunities for us,” said Jannick Hunecke, member of DBAG’s Board of Management, at the signing ceremony. “We are very pleased that with our reinvestment we can participate in the attractive growth prospects of the market for cost-efficient and sustainable residential real estate and thus also invest in sustainable construction, which is driven by the ESG trend,” Hunecke continued.

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Latour invests in Quandify

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Investment AB Latour (publ) has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Latour Future Solutions AB, signed an agreement to invest in Quandify AB (”Quandify”).

Quandify offers intelligent water measurement systems for commercial and private buildings, enabling cost efficient analysis of water consumption, leakage detection, and remote shut off capability. The company’s cloud-based platform uses data analysis combined with a portfolio of patented sensors and a user-friendly app. The business was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Stockholm with 20 employees.

“One of our investment areas is sustainable water usage. Quandify offers the same possibility to analyze and reduce water consumption in a building as comparable systems already in use for electricity consumption”, says Pelle Mattisson, CEO Latour Future Solutions AB.

”Our system can reduce water consumption by up to 40 per cent and consequently reduce energy consumption by 8 – 16 per cent. This enables more informed water consumption in society. With Latour as long-term partner, we can continue driving this development both internationally and within new customer segments”, says Ramtin Massoumzadeh, CEO and one of three co-founders of Quandify.

The investment will be made via a directed share issue in Quandify AB, where Latour Future Solutions AB enters as a minority owner of approximately 22 per cent of the company.

Gothenburg, 13 July 2023

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For further information, please contact:
Pelle Mattisson, CEO, Latour Future Solutions AB, +46 705 80 06 57
Niclas Nylund, Investment Director, Investment AB Latour, +46 708 17 35 85

Latour Future Solutions is an investment area within Latour that targets sustainability-focused growth companies. The ambition is that the investments should contribute to increasing the pace of the transformation to a sustainable society based on all dimensions; environmental, social and economic.

Investment AB Latour is a mixed investment company consisting primarily of a wholly-owned industrial operations and an investment portfolio of listing holdings in which Latour is the principal owner or one of the principal owners. The investment portfolio consists of ten substantial holdings with a market value of about SEK 74 billion. The wholly-owned industrial operations has an annual turnover of SEK 24 billion.

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Gladstone Investment Corporation Announces Support for Fern Exposition Acquisition

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MCLEAN, VA / ACCESSWIRE / July 12, 2023 / Gladstone Investment Corporation (Nasdaq:GAIN) (“Gladstone Investment”) announced today that it provided senior secured debt and an equity investment to support MSouth Equity Partners’ acquisition of Exposition Holdings, LLC (“Fern Exposition Services”), a leading trade show service provider and general contractor. As part of that transaction, Fern Exposition Services will join forces with Nth Degree, Inc. (“Nth Degree”), an existing MSouth and Gladstone Investment portfolio company operating in the trade show, event management, and production space, to create a substantial footprint in the experiential marketing industry.

Fern Exposition Services operates at over 1,400 trade shows and events annually as an official services provider, including multiple top-100 shows. Nth Degree offers a range of services including exhibit and event labor, installation supervision, trade show management, retail installation, and transportation to its clients spanning all industries. In addition, the company’s event division – Nth Degree Events – creates large-scale corporate meetings, user conferences, and exhibitions that drive growth and create memorable experiences for consumers and business buyers, delivering more than 4,000 different industry events, conferences, congresses, and exhibitions annually.

“Gladstone Investment has enjoyed a strong partnership with MSouth Equity Partners and Nth Degree’s management team over the last several years. Nth Degree has a strong history of growth, both organically and through acquisition, and we are very excited about the addition of Fern Exposition Services as Nth Degree continues to expand its service offering,” said Peter Roushdy, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Gladstone Investment.

Gladstone Investment is a publicly traded business development company that seeks to make equity and secured debt investments in lower middle market businesses in the United States in connection with acquisitions, changes in control and recapitalizations. Additional information on the transaction can be found at www.gladstoneinvestment.com.

For Investor Relations inquiries related to any of the monthly dividend paying Gladstone funds, please visit www.gladstonecompanies.com.

Forward-looking Statements:

The statements in this press release regarding the longer-term prospects of Gladstone Investment, Nth Degree and their management teams, and the ability of Gladstone Investment and Nth Degree to grow and expand are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements inherently involve certain risks and uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions. Although these statements are based on Gladstone Investment’s current plans that are believed to be reasonable as of the date of this press release, a number of factors could cause actual results and conditions to differ materially from these forward-looking statements, including those factors described from time to time in Gladstone Investment’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Gladstone Investment undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

For further information: Gladstone Investment Corporation, (703) 287-5893

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Alfa eCare acquires Sirenia

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Alfa eCare, a leading healthcare software provider in the Nordics, today announces the acquisition of Sirenia, active in the Danish, Swedish and American healthcare market providing innovative solutions for care practitioners in the private and public sector. The acquisition was supported by Main Capital Partners.

Sirenia, founded in 2016, is a software company with focus on software robots and integration of user applications to healthcare providers in Denmark, Sweden and USA. Sirenia has developed a strong portfolio of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Robotic Desktop Automation (RDA) and Context Management solutions aimed to improve quality and automate work processes for care practitioners.

Alfa Group, a leading healthcare software provider in the Nordics
Sirenia becomes the 8th acquisition by Alfa eCare, since Main Capital Partners became majority owners of the group in 2020. With a complimentary offering targeting the regional healthcare market, Alfa group further strengthens its position in the Nordic eCare market and its ability to provide its end-users with an improved quality of service while simultaneously making a strategic step into the Danish healthcare sector. Alfa group currently services over 1,400 customers in the public as well as the private sector, which today includes players such as Humana, Previa, Tandea, Pilke and St Lukas, Folktandvården Skåne and Värmland and the municipalities of Joensuu, Mikkeli, Nacka and Stockholm Stad.

Albert Winter, Managing Director at Alfa Group, commented: “”For several years, we have seen a development towards more complex customer needs where our customers demand complete system solutions and a supplier that takes overall responsibility. Sirenia’s solutions within RPA and Context Management complement our current systems in a way that we now have the product portfolio that our customers demand. Together with Sirenia, we have taken the step into the future.”

New innovative offerings that improves quality and efficiency across healthcare organizations

Freddy Lykke, Co-founder and CEO at Sirenia, adds: “We are very excited about the future perspective in being member of Alfa Group and Main. It provides an important opportunity to significantly accelerate our further expansion into new markets and to new clients. By combining the solutions from Alfa and Sirenia we can provide new innovative offerings that improves quality and efficiency across healthcare organizations.”

Wessel Ploegmakers, Partner and co-Head of the Nordics office at Main, added: “The combination of Sirenia and Alfa eCare marks an exciting step for both companies in their joint growth journey towards becoming a one-stop shop for the broader healthcare and welfare market. Further, the acquisition marks an important step in entering the Danish market allowing the combined group to offer additional strategic value to end customers. We look forward to support the combined organization in its further expansion.

The combination of Sirenia and Alfa eCare marks an exciting step for both companies in their joint growth journey towards becoming a one-stop shop for the broader healthcare and welfare market.

– Wessel Ploegmakers, Partner and co-Head of the Nordics office at Main

About

Alfa eCare

Alfa eCare was founded in 1998 and is based in Malmö, Sweden. With over 115 employees, Alfa eCare services over 1.400 clients in a wide variety of domains within the healthcare and welfare market. Clients range from social, geriatric and youth care providers to general practitioners, dental care providers, public institutions, personal assistance providers, and municipalities. Alfa eCare’s broad offering includes SaaS-solutions for journaling, electronic prescription, medication management, care planning, financial administration, booking management, care communication and day care administration.

Serenia

Sirenia was founded in 2016 and is based in Aarhus, Denmark. The company provides a modern product suite for the healthcare market and currently serves over 40 customers with a strong presence in the Danish, Swedish and American market. Sirenia offers a complete offering of robotic process automation, robotic desktop automation and context management solutions aimed to improve quality and automate the work processes for care practitioners.

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Clinisupplies Acquires Great Bear Healthcare to Expand Direct-to-patient Chronic Care Services in the Community

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Clinisupplies, a leading manufacturer and supplier of continence care consumables, today announced the acquisition of Great Bear Healthcare, a UK-based manufacturer and supplier of continence products for managing acute and chronic conditions.

Clinisupplies and Great Bear Healthcare are both growing organisations predominately focused on the UK healthcare market for continence products. The two companies provide continence care nursing services to support the NHS and offer a dedicated home delivery service for continence care products to patients’ homes.

Great Bear Healthcare is the first acquisition since Clinisupplies became a KKR portfolio company in January 2023 and is allied to the ambition of building an international chronic care medical devices platform.

Paul Cook, CEO of Clinisupplies, commented: “Becoming part of the KKR network and leveraging their team’s expertise helps us to support more consumers and engage with more healthcare professionals. Great Bear is the perfect fit for Clinisupplies to strengthen our core business in the UK and create a platform for future growth. We look very much forward to working with the Great Bear team and continuing the great work of founders who created a successful organisation.”

Al Hale, CEO of Great Bear, commented: “Clinisupplies is the right organisation to take Great Bear onto the next stage of its growth journey. The last 16 years has seen Great Bear grow from a new entrant to a strong player within the UK continence market. The investment which Clinisupplies is now able to bring to the organisation will enable further growth to support more patients across the UK.”

KKR invested in Clinisupplies through KKR Health Care Strategic Growth Fund II, a $4.0 billion fund focused on investing in high-growth healthcare companies. KKR has a long track record of supporting healthcare companies globally, having invested approximately $19 billion in the sector since 2004.

About Clinisupplies
Clinisupplies is a leading UK-based manufacturer and supplier of medical appliances specialising in continence products for managing acute and chronic conditions. Employing over 500 people in the UK, China and India, Clinisupplies supplies its products to the NHS and delivers direct to patients’ homes through Clinidirect, its dispensing appliance contractor.

Clinisupplies is focused on developing products which are simple and discreet to use. Its product development team works with clinicians and patients to develop a strong product pipeline to be manufactured at its CE, ISO, US FDA approved facilities.

Please visit www.clinisupplies.co.uk for further information.

About Great Bear
Great Bear Healthcare is a UK-based manufacturer and supplier of continence care products and operates the home delivery service Nightingale. The company was created in 2007 with the aim of developing a high-quality range of continence products to enable people to live the life they want to lead.

Great Bear has grown consistently and today employs more than 120 people working across Great Bear & Nightingale home delivery service. Great Bear is headquartered in Cardiff with home delivery services based in Cardiff & Bridgwater.

Please visit www.greatbearhealthcare.co.uk for further information.

About KKR
KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries. For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR’s website at www.kkr.com and on Twitter @KKR_Co.

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