Private company investment platform Seedrs experienced a record-breaking year in 2019 with GBP283 million invested into pitches, resulting in 49 per cent growth in investment compared to 2018.Seedrs completed 250 deals in 2019, up from 186 in 2018, and delivered 7,858 investor exits on its Secondary Market. In 2019, Seedrs
Crestview Partners (Crestview) has completed the sale of JR Automation Technologies (JR) to Hitachi for USD1.425 billion. The agreement to sell JR was originally announced on 23 April, 2019. Mike DuBose, Crestview Senior Advisor and outgoing Chairman of JR Automation, says: “It has been a privilege to work with the
KKR is to acquire OverDrive, a digital reading platform for libraries and schools, from Rakuten USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Serving a growing network of 43,000 libraries and schools in more than 75 countries, OverDrive delivers the industry’s
Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has partnered with management to acquire Custom Wheel House LLC, (CWH) a Los Angeles, CA-based designer, marketer, and distributor of branded automotive aftermarket wheels, performance tyres, and accessories through its brands – Method Race Wheels, Tensor Tires,
Omnio has held the first close of a private placement, successfully raising gross proceeds of EUR15 million by issuing 23,077 shares at a subscription price of EUR650 per Offer Share. The Company received substantial interest from new institutional investors, family offices and HNWI across Europe, in particular building a strong
Blue Point Capital Partners (Blue Point) has made its seventh Fund IV platform investment, with the acquisition of Country Pure Foods (CPF), a provider of beverages and other natural juice products. The acquisition of CPF also includes Silver Springs Citrus. Blue Point acquired CPF in partnership with management and CPF’s
Blackford Capital has made an investment in the US business of Cartridge World, a franchised network for the leading printing consumables brand. Blackford has completed an investment in the Cartridge World brand through the purchase of the brand licensing rights covering the United States territory. Headquartered in McHenry, Illinois, the
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc, the first UK-listed investment company of its kind to invest exclusively in the energy efficiency sector, has agreed to acquire a 50 per cent interest in Primary Energy, a portfolio of recycled energy and cogeneration projects located in Indiana, USA, from a consortium led
New York and San Francisco Bay Area-based middle market buyout firm Argand Partners’ Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp (Sigma), a global manufacturer of precision engineered metal components, has acquired Tooling Dynamics, the leading US manufacturer of high volume, precision metal stamping and Swiss screw machining. Tooling Dynamics’ renowned expertise working with
Shape Security, a portfolio company of cyber security, cloud infrastructure and applied data analytics-focused VC firm C5 Capital, has agreed a USD1 billion sale to F5 Networks, a Nasdaq-listed technology company. C5 led a high profile funding round, earlier this year, in California-based Shape, whose fraud prevention technology will powerfully
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