Deals & Transactions

Mercedes-Benz acquires the electric motor and controller technology company YASA

22 July 2021

Mercedes-Benz has acquired YASA, a specialist in next-generation electric drive technology. YASA’s proprietary axial-flux electric motors offer enhanced performance over radial electric motor technologies. YASA’s e-motors deliver the greatest efficiencies and highest power densities in class for the smallest possible size and weight. Following the acquisition, YASA and its 250

Tau finalises EUR10.25m series-A round

22 July 2021

Coinciding with the milestone of delivering prototype winding wire to the automotive industry, Tau has concluded its Aeries A financing round with additional funding from Finindus, a Belgium-based investment company financed by ArcelorMittal and the Flemish Region, and a top-up by German specialty chemicals company ALTANA. Tau develops high-performance wire

Expedition Growth Capital backs B2B platform Oktopost

22 July 2021

Business-to-business social media marketing platform Oktopost has secured a USD20 million minority investment from London-based growth equity firm Expedition Growth Capital. Oktopost plans to use the fresh capital to advance its product roadmap focused on B2B needs, improve its customer success function, accelerate marketing and sales, and explore strategic acquisitions.

Onex Renewables appoints Exus as asset manager

22 July 2021

Exus Management Partners (Exus), a specialist in powering sustainable investments through operational excellence, has advised on the acquisition and been chosen by Onex Renewables (Onex) to deliver its full suite of asset and financial management services for a 221MW wind portfolio in northern Portugal. With over 7.5GW of renewable energy

Northern Accelerator awarded additional GBP3.6m from Research England

22 July 2021

Having launched an impressive 34 businesses to date, North East university collaboration Northern Accelerator has been awarded a further GBP3.6 million from Research England to continue its successful programme, expanding its partnership in the North East and rolling out its flagship support model to universities in the South of England.

Framey has raised USD1m in seed investment to build social travel app

22 July 2021

European travel startup Framey has closed a USD1 million seed funding round led by ICE Capital from Dubai, and backed by Romanian based JECO Capital. The company, planning to disrupt the way people plan their trips, will use the funds to invest in its technology, scale up its operations and

ARQIS advises VR Equitypartner on investment in Glas Strack

22 July 2021

ARQIS has advised equity financier VR Equitypartner on its investment in Glas Strack. As part of a succession plan, VR Equitypartner, together with Inventure Digital, is taking a significant minority stake in the underlying glas strack innovations GmbH & Co KG, which is based in Bochum. In addition, Maik Grondkowski,

Novo Holdings co-leads Hemab’s USD55m Series A

22 July 2021

Novo Holdings, an international life science investor, has co-led, alongside HealthCap and RA Capital Management, a USD55 million Series A financing in Hemab, a biotech company developing next generation therapeutics for serious underserved bleeding and thrombosis disorders. The Company was created in 2020 by Novo Seeds, the early stage investment

KKR to acquire Teaching Strategies

22 July 2021

KKR is to acquire Teaching Strategies, a provider of curriculum, assessment and family engagement tools to the early childhood education (ECE) market, from global growth investor Summit Partners. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Teaching Strategies aims to empower and inspire early childhood educators as they support

Astorg backed IQ-EQ to acquire Davy Global Fund Management

22 July 2021

IQ-EQ has acquired Davy Global Fund Management (DGFM), part of Davy Group, one of Ireland’s largest domestic financial services businesses servicing a domestic and international client base from its offices in Dublin, London and Luxembourg. The strategic combination of IQ-EQ and DGFM creates an established full service funds business in

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