BGF has exited its minority investment in NewVoiceMedia, the market-leading cloud customer contact platform, to NYSE-listed communications provider Vonage Holdings Corp for USD350 million. BGF invested in the London-headquartered business in 2015, joining a round of funding to accelerate NewVoiceMedia’s international growth plans, which was principally focussed on the North
Piper, a UK specialist investor in consumer brands, has exited its investment in Orlebar Brown, the luxury swim and resort-wear brand, to Chanel SA. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2007 by Adam Brown and former business partner Julia Simpson-Orlebar, Orlebar Brown pioneered the
After obtaining the necessary regulatory authorisations, Unigrains, the agri-food and agro-industry investor, has completed the acquisition of Mecatherm, a specialist in industrial baking equipment, from Wendel. Olivier Sergent, President of Mecatherm, says: “We are delighted to begin this new, ambitious development phase with Unigrains. This partnership will enable us to
Nozomi Networks, a specialist in industrial cybersecurity and operational visibility announced today it has raised USD30 million in Series C financing. The company’s first institutional investor, Giovanni Canetta Roeder, led the efforts of Planven Investments SA, GGV Capital, Lux Capital, Energize Ventures (formerly Invenergy Future Fund) and THI Investments, bringing
Iron Bow Technologies, an IT solution provider serving government, commercial and healthcare clients, has announced an equity partnership with private equity investment firm HIG Capital. The partnership will accelerate Iron Bow’s rapid growth in prospective markets across the public and private sectors. With USD25 billion of equity capital under
Duke Royalty Limited, a provider of alternative capital solutions to a diversified range of profitable and long-established businesses in Europe and abroad, has contributed a further GBP1 million into its existing royalty partner, Lynx Equity (UK) Limited (Lynx UK). Lynx UK will allocate Duke’s further contribution towards the acquisition of
Clearwater International UK has advised the shareholders of Pyroguard, an independent manufacturer of fire resistant glass, on its MBO backed by ESO Capital Partners (ESO). Pyroguard manufactures and supplies high performance fire glass to architects, specifiers, contractors and construction professionals, enabling them to meet all their fire safety glazing requirements
Alternative investment specialist Cerberus Capital Management has launched Cerberus Technology Solutions (Cerberus Technology), a new operating subsidiary that will lead technology transformations and modernisations across Cerberus’ global portfolio and facilitate new investments in technology, advanced analytics, and data companies. The firm also announced that Len Laufer has joined as Senior
SLAMcore, a UK company developing spatial artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for robots and drones, has raised USD5 million in a funding round led by global technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners. Existing investors Mirai Creation Fund and Toyota AI Ventures joined the round alongside newcomers MMC Ventures and Octopus Ventures.
Värde Partners is to make a strategic GBP60 million equity investment in UK specialist bank Masthaven. The equity investment, along with Masthaven’s existing capital base, will enable the bank to significantly increase lending to consumers and SMEs over the next three to five years as well as provide innovative deposit
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