M&A valuations are soaring, with rich valuations and intense competition for many digital or technology-based assets driving global deals activity, according to PwC’s latest Global M&A Industry Trends analysis. Covering the last six months of 2020, the analysis examines global deals activity and incorporates insights from PwC’s deals industry specialists
European private debt manager Pemberton has provided financing alongside Partners Group to support CapVest’s acquisition of Inspired Pet Nutrition (IPN), a FMCG pet food company based in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1923, IPN has grown into a leading independent pet food company in the United
Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has made a GBP4.5 million investment in iMist Holdings Limited (iMist), a manufacturer and installer of water mist fire protection systems for homes and residential buildings. iMist was founded in 2015 by Tony Sims (Managing Director) who has over
Christchurch biotechnology company PharmaZen has raised USD14.0 million from an international agri-technology fund to expand its operations amid surging global demand for its nutraceutical products. Its portfolio of ingredients covers joint, bone, muscle and digestive health, along with marine and bovine collagen and animal nutrition. Many of these value-add
British low-alcohol spirits startup CleanCo has raised GBP7 million from existing and new investors including Ursula Burns, board member of Uber and former board member of Diageo, and Stonebridge, a digital-first consumer brand investment firm set up by DTC entrepreneur James Cox.
Shippeo, a specialist in real-time transportation visibility (RTTV), has secured USD32 million in an investment round co-led by Battery Ventures, a global, technology focused investment firm and existing investors (NGP Capital, ETF Partners, Partech and Bpifrance Digital Venture). Shippeo will use the investment to strengthen its market-leading position and continue
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has made a growth investment in Protera Technologies (Protera), a provider of public cloud-centric application management and migration services for SAP software, as well as other enterprise IT outsourcing services. CEO Dean Adamopoulos, CTO Patrick Osterhaus, and the management team will maintain significant ownership in Protera and
Memsource, an AI-powered translation management system, together with its majority shareholder The Carlyle Group, has acquired Phrase, a leading software localisation platform. Headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, Memsource is a translation technology provider that assists global corporations and the language services industry in automating the localisation of large volumes of
Ironwood Capital portfolio company, Ironwave Technologies (Ironwave), has purchased a majority interest in Syntonics, a manufacturer and research and development company focused on advanced radio frequency (RF) systems and subsystems such as RF over fibre, Software Defined Radio, Tracking Tagging and Location (TLL) and Expendable Data Exfiltration (EDEX) technologies.
Harness, a platform for software delivery, has raised USD115 million in financing, reaching a valuation of USD1.7 billion in just three years after launching from stealth. Alkeon Capital led a USD85 million Series C round, along with new investors Battery Ventures, Citi Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Sorenson Capital, and Thomvest
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