by afsheen | Jun 12, 2016 | Home Page, News, Press Releases
SAN FRANCISCO, California; June 12, 2016 — Fountain Partners and Lift It Rentals announce a partnership enabling Lift It Rentals to access up to $6 million in equipment leasing. Lift It Rentals provides long term equipment leasing in the United States to various industries including commercial/residential construction, farming, oil/natural gas and industrial applications. The lease line of credit will allow Lift It Rentals to continue to expand its market presence and customer base. Paul Adkison, Founder and Chairman of Lift It Rentals said “as our organization continues to grow and expand, the need to for the right financial partner is critical. Fountain Partners worked to understand our unique business model and quickly realized the opportunity for everyone involved. The lease lines of credit they are providing will allow us to continue our high rate of growth and continue to expand into other markets that utilize our products and services.” Scott Diggs, President of Lift It Rentals added “Fountain Partners think like entrepreneurs and understood not only where we were but more importantly where we were going.” Lift It Rentals provides long term rental/leases of material handling equipment called a “tele-handler”. The company has strategically and exclusively focused on equipment manufactured by Merlo. Located in Cuneo, Italy, Merlo is one of the oldest and largest tele-handler equipment manufacturers in the world and first to introduce the unique, yet versatile, tele-handler in 1981. About Lift It Rentals: Lift It Rentals, LLC, founded by Paul Adkison in Charlotte, NC, provides long-term rental/leases of material handling equipment called “tele-handler” across the United States. Together with partner Scott Diggs, Lift It Rentals has strategically and exclusively focused...
by afsheen | Feb 4, 2016 | Services
The art and science of leasing to companies that are dependent on future rounds of equity capital is generally referred to as venture leasing. Fountain Partners offers equipment leasing to companies that may be either pre-revenue or may be generating revenues but are losing money and expect to continue losing money while management builds the company to scale. Fountain Partners provides venture leasing in cases when the equipment being leased has strong resale value and also when the equipment being leased does not have strong resale value. Fountain provides venture leasing to some companies that are backed by institutional venture capitalists but Fountain also provides venture leasing to companies that have no institutional venture capital and probably never will attract institutional venture capital. The common denominator of the companies in Fountain Partner’s venture leasing portfolio is that the management teams are solving problems that our partners understand and appreciate and the business has an appropriate need to rent, lease or acquire fixed assets. If you are a founder, CEO, CFO, VP of Finance or COO interested in financing a specific asset or obtaining a lease line of credit to financing your entire capex budget for the coming year you have come to the right place. Contact us or self qualify your company for a proposal online right now in less than 10...
by afsheen | Feb 1, 2016 | Blog, News
According to PEHub : “Cytovance® Biologics, Inc. (“Cytovance”), a Great Point Partners (“GPP”) I, LP portfolio company and leading biopharmaceutical contract development manufacturing company (CDMO), announced today that it has been acquired by Hepalink USA Inc. (“Hepalink”) for $205.68M in cash. Through the Cytovance acquisition, Hepalink USA Inc. and its parent company Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. add a leading biologics CDMO to its current U.S. operations. Cytovance manufactures protein and antibody drugs for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies throughout the world. “This transaction expands our ability to develop and grow both our domestic and international businesses and will accelerate our current expansion plans in our Oklahoma City facilities,” said Mr. Darren Head, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cytovance. He added, “Great Point Partners has been an outstanding private equity partner that arranged debt financings enabling growth, helped us recruit senior executives, and that provided Dr. Bernhard Hampl, former CEO of Sandoz USA, from their CEO Advisory Board as Co-Chairman.” The press release can be...
by afsheen | Feb 1, 2016 | News
According to Businesswire: “CONMED Corporation (NASDAQ: CNMD) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held SurgiQuest, Inc. (SurgiQuest) for $265 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The transaction will be financed through a combination of cash and borrowings under a new credit facility. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of U.S. regulatory approval, and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016…” The official press release and more information can be...
by afsheen | Dec 1, 2015 | News
According to Clearlake Capital: “Futuris Automotive (“Futuris”), a leading global automotive components supplier, today announced the expansion of its North American business with the opening of a new manufacturing facility and design center in Newark, CA, one of several such facilities planned as part of Futuris’ growth and investment strategy in North America. Futuris’ Newark facility is 160,000 square feet, and includes state-of-the-art, vertically integrated equipment to manufacture automotive seating and interior systems. It will also include a design and craftsmanship studio as well as testing, validation and quality centers, and is expected to grow quickly to circa 400 employees…” “The Newark plant opened for business in August 2014, and is located in close proximity to Tesla’s vehicle assembly plant in Fremont, CA. Futuris is a key supply partner to a range of the world’s top vehicle producers, including Tesla, with contracts for the design and manufacture of full seat systems and headliner modules for both the current Tesla Model S sedan and the future Model X SUV. The Newark facility will initially be equipped to manufacture many of Futuris product offerings, including seat assemblies, welded seat frames, seat foam and headliner moldings…” The original press release and more detail can be found here....
