SPH Analytics Strengthens its Focus and Innovation in Consumer Experience and Engagement Space

Stg Partners

SPH Analytics (SPH), the leading healthcare measurement and analytics platform for consumer experience and engagement, today announced the merger of its population health division with Azara Healthcare to operate as an independent, standalone company.  This newly combined company will leverage the Azara Healthcare brand and create the industry-leading population health management company.

“We are excited to merge our population health division with Azara Healthcare to create a standalone company with a relentless focus on improving care quality and patient outcomes while responsibly managing costs.  This united business will leverage the unrivaled analytics of the legacy companies to improve population health, solving material challenges across healthcare in the United States,” said Amy Amick, President and Chief Executive Officer of SPH Analytics. “And just as the newly merged Azara Healthcare will be optimally positioned to drive value for our population health clients, the more focused attention of SPH Analytics on consumer experience and engagement will only serve to accelerate the pace of innovation and impact for our experience and engagement clients.  This is a win for all of our clients and for the healthcare industry as a whole.”

Read the full story at SPHAnalytics.com.

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DIF Capital Partners sells its 50% stake in US solar project Lone Valley to Munich Re

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DIF Capital Partners (“DIF”) is pleased to announce that DIF Infrastructure III (“DIF III”) has signed an agreement to sell its 50% stake in Lone Valley to Munich Re, represented by Munich Re’s global asset manager MEAG. Closing of the transaction is expected to take place in Q1 2021.

Lone Valley consists of two single-axis tracking utility scale solar photovoltaic projects: Lone Valley I, which is a 10 MWac facility, and Lone Valley II, which is a 20 MWac facility, both located next to each other in San Bernardino County, California, USA.

Andrew Freeman, Head of Exits at DIF, said: “We are very pleased with the successful exit of DIF’s first renewable energy investment in the USA and are confident that MEAG will be a strong steward of the project going forward.”

Holger Kerzel, Member of MEAG’s Management Board, said: “By further expanding our renewable energy portfolio, we contribute to avoiding climate-damaging emissions near one of the world’s largest conurbations. With the solar energy produced in these plants, around 10,000 households can be supplied with electricity.“

DIF was advised by Fifth Third Securities (financial) and Stoel Rives LLP (legal). MEAG was advised by Ballard Spahr (legal).

 

About DIF Capital Partners

DIF Capital Partners is a leading global independent fund manager, with €8.5 billion of assets under management across nine closed-end infrastructure funds and several co-investment vehicles. DIF Capital Partners invests in greenfield and operational infrastructure assets located primarily in Europe, the Americas and Australasia through two complementary strategies:

  • DIF Infrastructure funds target equity investments with long-term contracted or regulated income streams including public-private partnerships (PPP/PFI/P3), concessions, utilities, and (renewable) energy projects.
  • DIF CIF funds target equity investments in small to mid-sized economic infrastructure assets in the telecom, energy and transportation sectors.

DIF Capital Partners has a team of over 150 professionals, based in nine offices located in Amsterdam (Schiphol), Frankfurt, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Paris, Santiago, Sydney and Toronto. Please visit www.dif.eu for further information.

About MEAG

MEAG manages the assets of Munich Re and ERGO. It has representations in Europe, Asia and North America and offers its extensive know-how to institutional and private customers. MEAG currently manages assets to the value of around €334 billion, around €67 billion of which in its business with institutional investors and private customers.

MEAG invests in alternative assets in North America on behalf of investors from the Group and institutional investors. MEAG’s most recent investments in the US comprise a timberland investment in Oregon, the infrastructure investment Astoria Energy Partners in N.Y.C. and the real estate investment 330 Madison Av. in Manhattan.

 

Contact DIF: Allard Ruijs, Partner a.ruijs@dif.eu.

Contact MEAG: Josef Wild, Spokesperson j.wild@meag.com.

 

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Vink Groep finds new partner in FIELDS Group for joint future

Fields Group

Vink Group is a family business with 145 permanent employees and more than 200 external employees who together realise a turnover of 40 million euros. The company was founded in 1971 by Mr Ed Vink Sr and has grown over the years to become the market leader in the Netherlands in design, production, supply and installation of climate solutions for various end markets.

As a result of the company’s solid growth, the shareholders have jointly requested Marktlink Mergers & Acquisitions to look for a strong financial partner who can guide and professionalise the company in the next growth phase.

Nico van Duijn of Vink Groep: “With the help of a team of passionate experts, we enabled this company to grow both in size and in services. This has resulted in a strong and dynamic company that serves as a foundation for further growth. With confidence we pass the baton to FIELDS Group”. Dealmaker Fredrik Jonker of Marktlink Mergers & Acquisitions: “Given the current size and market position of the company, the current shareholders have created a strong foundation to realise the next phase of growth. In doing so, the company is faced with a number of strategic choices that will determine its future direction of growth”.

As of 9 December, Dick Kremers (56) will take up the position of new CEO of the Vink Group. Dick has been working in engineering for more than 30 years and has had numerous high level positions both nationally and internationally in the field of technical installations, project organisations and production companies.

Dick Kremers: “Vink Groep has enormous potential to grow in turnover and performance in the current and future market for air and climate technology. The demand for an optimal indoor climate for both people and goods is becoming even more important and relevant. Project efficiency, innovation, sustainability and flexibility are the main drivers of this development”. Joris van Gils, partner at FIELDS Group, adds: “Vink Group has undergone strong development in recent years and there is a solid foundation on which we can build. The current economic climate as well as the strong focus on air quality offer opportunities for Vink Group to further strengthen and expand its position in the market in the coming period”.

In FIELDS Group, the Vink Group finds an entrepreneurial hands-on investor with offices in Amsterdam and Munich. Together with the company’s management, FIELDS supports the further development of its portfolio companies.

The subsidiary VHS Ventilation- and Hoogwerksystemen in Woerden is not part of the deal. The interest in this company held by Vink Groep B.V. was transferred to its co-shareholder, the Van der Voort family, in March.

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Nordstjernan divests its holding in Nordic Nest

Nordstjernan

Nordstjernan has signed an agreement to divest its holding in Nordic Nest, a leading Swedish e-commerce company that sells design and furnishings online to BHG Group.

Nordic Nest was founded in 2002, and Nordstjernan has been an owner since 2016 with 20 percent of the shares in the company. Nordic Nest has about 200 employees and conducts sales in countries such as the Nordic region, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and South Korea.

“Nordstjernan has been an owner of Nordic Nest alongside Nicklas Storåkers and Karl‑Johan Persson. During our period as owner, the company has grown strongly and maintained a healthy profitability. The company is now entering the next stage of expansion, and I would like to extend my deepest thanks to management and employees for their efforts. I am pleased that an experienced company like BHG will become a new owner of Nordic Nest,” says Peter Hofvenstam, CEO of Nordstjernan.

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Nordstjernan AB
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Nordstjernan is a family-controlled investment company whose business concept is to be an active owner that creates long-term value growth. More information about Nordstjernan can be found on www.nordstjernan.se.

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CapMan Real Estate exits office building located north of Helsinki CBD to Castellum

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CapMan Real Estate press release 14 December 2020 at 9.30 a.m. EET

CapMan Real Estate exits office building located north of Helsinki CBD to Castellum

CapMan Nordic Real Estate Fund has agreed to sell Hämeentie 15, an office building located in the Sörnäinen district of Helsinki, to listed Swedish real estate company Castellum. The purchase price amounts to approximately EUR 23 million.

CapMan acquired the building in 2016. During its ownership, CapMan has completed an extensive refurbishment of the property and transformed it to fit with the neighbourhood’s profile. The previously outdated office layout has been modernised to flexible open-office space to accommodate the quality-conscious tenant base. The majority of the 7,880 sqm leasable area has been re-leased during CapMan’s ownership.

Hämeentie 15 was built in 1956 with an extension in 1990. The historic property is strategically located just north of Helsinki CBD where the post-industrial environment and creative atmosphere meets the demand for accessible and increasingly central offices and business premises. Hämeentie has undergone significant re-development during recent years to accommodate for public and light transport and to increase the attractiveness of the area.

“We have completed significant updates to Hämeentie 15 during our four years of ownership and are very pleased with the transformation that this property has undergone. During our ownership we have brought in high-quality tenants, updated the tenant mix completely and increased the net operating income significantly. Now is the perfect timing for a new owner to take over,” says Sampsa Apajalahti, Investment Director at CapMan Real Estate.

Hämeentie 15 is the 14th exit of the 2013 vintage value-add fund, which has nine assets left in the portfolio. The team’s third Nordic value-add fund, CapMan Nordic Real Estate III, was established in September 2020 and has raised EUR 449 million to date with a target size of EUR 500 million.

CapMan Real Estate currently manages a total of EUR 2.8 billion in real estate assets. The CapMan’s Real Estate team comprises over 40 real estate professionals in Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo. The team was awarded UK & European Opportunistic Property Manager of the Year at the 2020 Professional Pensions Investment Awards.

For further information, please contact:
Sampsa Apajalahti, Investment Director, CapMan Real Estate, tel. +358 40 575 2363

About CapMan

CapMan is a leading Nordic private asset expert with an active approach to value creation. We offer a wide selection of investment products and services. As one of the Nordic private equity pioneers, we have developed hundreds of companies and real estate assets and created substantial value in these businesses and assets over the past 30 years. Our objective is to provide attractive returns and innovative solutions to investors. We have a broad presence in the unlisted market through our local and specialised teams. Our investment strategies cover Private Equity, Real Estate and Infra. We also have a growing service business that includes procurement services, wealth management, and analysis, reporting and back office services. Altogether, CapMan employs around 150 people in Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London and Luxembourg. We are a public company listed on Nasdaq Helsinki since 2001 and a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) since 2012. Read more at www.capman.com.

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Latour’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Latour Industries, has today announced a recommended cash public offer to the shareholders of Allgon AB (publ)

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2020-12-14 08:45

Investment AB Latour’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Latour Industries AB, has today announced a recommended public offer to the shareholders of Allgon AB (publ) to tender all class B shares, which are the only outstanding class of shares, in Allgon to Latour Industries.

For more information, please refer to Latour Industries’ press release:
http://latourindustries.se/en/news/latour-industries-ab-offentliggoer-ett-rekommenderat-kontanterbjudande-om-10-75-kronor-per-aktie-till-aktieaegarna-i-allgon-ab-publ

Göteborg, 14 December 2020

INVESTMENT AB LATOUR (PUBL)
Johan Hjertonsson, CEO

For further information, please contact:
Johan Hjertonsson, CEO Latour, +46 702 29 77 93
Anders Mörck, CFO Latour, +46 706 46 52 11

Latour Industries consists of a number of operating areas, each with its own business concept and business model. The ambition is to develop independent entities within the business area which can eventually become new business areas within the Latour Group. Latour Industries has an annual turnover of SEK 3 billion.

Investment AB Latour is a mixed investment company consisting primarily of a wholly-owned industrial operations and an investment portfolio of listed holdings in which Latour is the principal owner or one of the principal owners. The investment portfolio consists of nine substantial holdings with a market value of about SEK 67 billion. The wholly-owned industrial operations has an annual turnover of SEK 15 billion.

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Listing on Euronext Growth and partial exit of Elektroimportøren

Hercules Capital

On 14 December 2020, the Herkules Fund IV and other shareholders of Elektroimportøren Invest AS (“Elektroimportøren”) completed a share offering in connection with a planned listing on Euronext Growth on 16 December 2020. Elektroimportøren is a dispuptive provider of electrial equiment and installations with a nationwide presence in Norway
The share offering was based on a market capitalisation of NOK 1bn and the share offering deal size was NOK 710m. The transaction will generate net proceeds of up to NOK 665m for Herkules Fund IV (“the Fund”), and the Fund will remain the largest shareholder, holding 20% of the shares after listing. NOK 60m of the Fund’s shares are sold as part of a stabilisation scheme and could potentially be returned to the Fund. If they are returned, Herkules Fund IV will hold up to 26% post listing and net proceeds will be lowered by up to NOK 60m. The stabilisation scheme expires 30 days after listing.
Herkules Fund IV’s post-listing shareholding is subject to a customary 6-month lock-up. The current investment team will represent the Fund on the board of directors and continue to work closely with the company.

Elektroimportøren is today a full-range provider of electrical equipment to professionals and consumers, with sales through both physical stores as well as online through www.elektroimportoren.no.

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In&motion raises 10M€ Series A for its connected wearable airbags

360 Capital

In a round co-led by 360 Capital and existing investor Upfront Ventures, Annecy-based In&motion raises 10M€ to become the leader in connected airbags.

In&motion has developed an airbag vest targeting motorbike users. The device leverages artificial intelligence onboarded in the connected In&box system to analyze drivers’ movements and anticipate accidents, allowing for real-time protection. The technology has been tested and approved by top sporting events (MotoGP and soon the Dakar rally), and has started addressing everyday users.

The startup has started commercialization in France and abroad, and will leverage the new funding round to further international expansion and continue product development.

Although bikers are the first target market, the development of diverse micromobility solutions for city commuters represent immense opportunities for In&motion.

Welcome to the 360 Capital family!

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WATERLAND announces closing of€2.5 billion for their eight Fund

Waterland

Waterland Private Equity Investments (“Waterland”) is pleased to announce the closing of its eighth institutional fund, Waterland Private Equity Fund VIII (“WPEF VIII”) at €2.5 billion. The fund closed at the hard cap three months after its initial launch.

WPEF VIII was considerably oversubscribed with demand significantly exceeding the fundraising target, attributable to continued strong support from existing investors combined with significant interest from new investors.

The fundraise attracted commitments from world class institutional investors with over half headquartered in Europe, over a third in the United States, and select investors from the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Public pension plans represent the largest proportion of the investor base.

WPEF VIII expects to make control investments in medium-sized quality companies in fragmented growth markets in Europe (Benelux, DACH, Poland, UK, Ireland, Nordics and France) to finance organic and acquisitive growth. This is a continuation of the successful buy-and-build investment strategy applied to the Firm’s prior funds over the last two decades.

“The fundraising for WPEF VIII has been a great success and we are grateful for the support of our investors. It is a significant achievement for us to have closed Waterland’s largest fund to date in just three months, doing so completely remotely and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We look forward to making investments with our eighth fund, for which we see many attractive opportunities in the target region. We remain thankful for the continued support of our existing investors, and we are proud of the high quality of the new investors we now welcome into WPEF VIII.” said Frank Vlayen, Group Managing Partner.

Marc Lutgen, Head of Investor Relations, said: “The success of the fundraise of WPEF VIII despite the challenges presented by a global pandemic reflects investors’ confidence in Waterland’s strategy and team. We are grateful for the support our investors have shown us and their ease towards adapting their investment processes to enable remote diligence.”

MVision Private Equity Advisers acted as the global strategic fundraising adviser for Waterland. Kirkland & Ellis International LLP acted as the global legal, tax and regulatory counsel. De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. acted as Dutch legal counsel.

For further informationen please contact:
Marc Lutgen, Head of Investor Relations, Waterland, lutgen@waterland.nu

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PointClickCare Technologies Announces Intent to Acquire Collective Medical, Creating the Largest Combined Acute and Post-Acute Care Network in North America

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Post-acute technology leader to combine with leading full-continuum real-time care coordination platform to drive better outcomes for vulnerable populations with complex care needs

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PointClickCare Technologies, the leader in cloud-based software technology for the long-term and post-acute care market, today announced its intent to acquire Collective Medical, the leading network-enabled platform for real-time cross-continuum care coordination. Together, PointClickCare and Collective Medical will provide diverse care teams across the continuum of acute, ambulatory, and post-acute care with point-of-care access to deep, real-time patient insights at any stage of a patient’s healthcare journey, enabling better decision making and improved clinical outcomes at lower cost. The acquisition is subject to receiving regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed by the end of December 2020.

“The healthcare ecosystem is a mix of disconnected providers, systems, plans, processes and data. Healthcare costs and risk are on the rise, while patient care and provider-to-provider coordination are inconsistent. Our mission is to improve the lives of seniors, and we believe the best way to meaningfully advance this goal is by connecting disparate points of care,” says Mike Wessinger, founder and chief executive officer of PointClickCare Technologies. “Collective Medical offers the right fit of people and technology and together we will initiate a new era of data-enriched collaboration across the continuum that radically transforms how data and people are empowered to liberate health.”

PointClickCare supports a network of more than 21,000 skilled nursing facilities, senior living communities and home health agencies. In the United States, 97 percent of all hospitals discharge patients to skilled nursing facilities using PointClickCare. Collective Medical’s platform connects more than 1,300 hospitals, thousands of ambulatory practices and long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) providers, as well as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and every national health plan in the country, across a 39-state network. These providers come together via the Collective platform to support patients suffering from a variety of complex conditions, including substance use disorder, mental and behavioral health issues, and other care needs requiring multiple interventions and transitions across disparate care settings. The combination of PointClickCare and Collective Medical will enable care to be more seamlessly delivered for the most complex (high-cost, high-needs) patients, including the rapidly growing aging population.

“There is near-perfect alignment between Collective Medical and PointClickCare given our shared values and mission to support vulnerable populations,” says Chris Klomp, chief executive officer of Collective Medical. “We are thrilled to join forces with PointClickCare to expand our network even faster as we work to connect healthcare at scale and ensure no patient slips through the cracks of an otherwise fragmented care continuum.”

With the acquisition of Collective Medical, PointClickCare will solidify its position as a high growth, cloud-based healthcare software provider, serving a large, diversified customer base across the acute, ambulatory, post-acute, and payer spectrum. As the shift to value-based care fuels growing market demand for intelligence and collaboration tools, the company will be best positioned to provide the most fully integrated set of real-time care coordination tools across the entire continuum of care, powered by the largest network of its kind in the U.S.

The acquisition will follow a partnership, created between the companies in August 2019, which streamlined the integration of Collective Medical’s solution for care transitions with PointClickCare’s leading cloud-based software platform. Hundreds of PointClickCare customers are already leveraging this connection to the Collective platform to coordinate seamless care transitions and influence decisions at the point of care.

To learn more about PointClickCare, visit www.pointclickcare.com.

About PointClickCare

With a suite of fully-integrated applications powered by cloud-based healthcare software, PointClickCare leads the way in helping care providers connect, collaborate, and share data within their network. Over 21,000 long-term and post-acute care providers, including skilled nursing facilities, senior living communities, and home health agencies use PointClickCare today, making it the North American healthcare IT market leader for the senior care industry. For more information on PointClickCare’s software solutions, visit www.pointclickcare.com.

About Collective Medical

Collective Medical is the nation’s leading real-time care notification, activation, and collaboration platform. Proven to streamline care transitions, improve coordination, and reduce unnecessary length of stay and admissions, Collective helps improve patient outcomes and lower costs by closing communication gaps across care settings that undermine care. With a nationwide network of thousands of hospitals and health systems, primary, specialty, and post-acute clinics, health plans and ACOs, Collective integrates alongside EHRs and health information exchanges to empower decision making by highlighting essential insights and actions to take on patients a provider has already seen, is currently seeing, or should see. Learn more about Collective’s impact at www.collectivemedical.com.

Contacts

Tania DiVito
Corporate Communications Manager, PointClickCare
Tania.divito@pointclickcare.com
905-858-8885 x1997
800-277-5889 x1997

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