Private equity and alternative asset manager Maven Capital Partners has invested GBP3.8m into Paisley based Lambert Contracts. Maven’s investment will help to position the business for further growth and accelerate its strategy for expansion into new geographic markets. The business, which was founded in 1986 and now employs
Key Capital Partners, the private equity firm focused on smaller buyouts, has led a GBP3m equity investment in WHP Projects, a provider of support services to the mobile phone industry. As part of the transaction, Royal Bank of Scotland, led by Stuart Watson, director of the corporate transactions team,
Tully & Holland has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Cains Foods on its definitive sale agreement with TreeHouse Foods, an Oak Brook, Illinois food manufacturer. Cains, based in Ayer, Massachusetts, manufacturers shelf stable mayonnaise, dressings and sauces sold under the Cains, Naturally Delicious, and Olde Cape Cod brands, and
Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) has received a USD100m minority investment from the merchant banking division of Goldman Sachs, representing a substantial investment in the growing field of cloud-based predictive analytics. The challenge for most large organisations today is not in collecting enormous quantities of data, but how to rapidly
Paris-based investment firm Tikehau Group is to become a 35 per cent shareholder in Duke Street and provide committed capital to accelerate the firm’s deal-by-deal model. In partnership with Tikehau, Duke Street will have the capacity to underwrite any new deals in its target range. Both firms are
Strand Equity Partners, a growth equity fund focused on consumer brands, has acquired a minority ownership stake in Bai, a 100 per cent natural beverage that is only five calories, infused with coffeefruit and flavoured with exotic fruit juices. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Ben
UltraSoC has closed a funding round of USD2.3m by securing further investment from Octopus Investments, bringing the total investment in the business to date to USD7.5m. The investment will help fund the expansion of the company as it takes its debug and optimisation silicon IP technology to market, licensing
XConnect, a specialist in Federation-based next generation interconnection and Registry services, has secured USD10m of equity funding from Young Associates, the London-based private investment firm headed by Lord Young of Graffham, and existing investor Crescent Group. This significant cash injection will enable XConnect to grow its portfolio of products and
Specialist executive search and intelligence consultancy Armstrong Craven has secured a GBP3.5m investment from ISIS Equity Partners to complete a management buy out. The deal, led by Armstrong Craven’s founder Sue Craven, chief executive Matthew Mellor and chief operating officer Rachel Davis, will establish the business as a separate
James Briggs, a supplier of aerosols and speciality chemicals, has been acquired by its management team in a deal backed by Endless, an investor in non-core assets and special situations. The transaction sees Jim Sumner, an experienced chief executive in the manufacturing sector, join James Briggs as executive chairman.
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