Female wellness brand her1 has closed a Series A investment of EUR5.5 million, led by leading FoodTech investor Five Seasons Ventures. The direct-to-consumer company provides natural and plant-based products to boost gut health and aid women’s health and beauty from within. The latest investment will enable the company to grow
CAPZA, an independent management company and leading player in private investments in European SMEs, has invested in the NORCAN Group, a European specialist in modular solutions based on aluminium profiles and the French leader in autonomous mobile robots for industry via its subsidiary Sherpa Mobile Robotics (SMR). CAPZA’s investment in
Yapily, an open banking infrastructure provider, has held the first closing of its USD51m Series B funding round (second closing subject to regulatory approvals), taking its total investment to date to USD69 million. The company will use the funding to expand across Europe, extending open banking to cover 95 per
An affiliate of Sun Capital Partners (Sun Capital) has completed the acquisition of Environmental Infrastructure Solutions (EIS), a provider of mission-critical environmental and infrastructure services, including abatement, decontamination and remediation, from O2 Investment Partners. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2018 via the combination of
After having acquired French-based AxPharma and US-based DS InPharmatics, PLG has continued teh expansion of its international footprint with the acquisition of ELC.
Summa Equity Fund II (Summa) has acquired a majority stake in G-CON, a leading US-based manufacturer of prefabricated cleanrooms used for manufacturing within the pharmaceuticals industry. G-CON designs, builds and installs turnkey cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) compliant suites called PODs, for a global biopharma customer base focused on biologics,
Spendesk, an all-in-one spend management platform for finance teams, has raised EUR100 million in Series C funding led by global growth equity firm General Atlantic. All previous investors, including Index Ventures and Eight Roads Ventures, also participated in this round, bringing Spendesk’s total funding to EUR160 million. With the additional
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in eMindful, a provider of evidence-based, mindfulness programmes for everyday life and chronic conditions. The investment is an add-on to Riverside’s Wondr Health (formerly Naturally Slim), a digital behavioral change company focused
Global Venture Capital (VC) investors continue to deploy record amounts of money into UK scaleups with nearly GBP17 billion raised in the first half of 2021. This already surpasses the total sum raised in the whole of last year according to Venture Pulse – a quarterly report published by KPMG
Strong equity markets, and increased demand for transformational, disruptive tech businesses, saw valuations and deal volumes, soar in the first half of 2021, says tech-focussed investment bank ICON Corporate Finance. As the market responded to the volatility of 2020, ICON’S UK Tech M&A Snapshot reveals that a record number of
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