Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), is to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Urgent Cargus from Abris Capital Partners. The transaction is subject to customary clearance by anti-trust authorities and is expected to close in Q4 2018. Urgent
Rockpool has acquired a majority stake in Primrose, a European online-only garden products retailer. Founded in 2003, Primrose offers consumers a range of over 10,000 garden and outdoor leisure products from ranges including water features, awnings, sail shades, pest control products, planters and screening. Primrose primarily sources its products from
Trading, risk and analytics technology provider LightPoint Financial Technology (LightPoint) has completed a Series A funding round led by The Citco Group of Companies, and Ares Management. TAP Advisors advised LightPoint on the transaction and will take a Board Observer seat. Michael Arougheti, Chief Executive Officer and President
Three Hills Capital Partners (THCP) has invested in Recycling Lives Limited (Recycling Lives), a leading UK recycling and waste management solutions provider. The company operates a fully- integrated business model and provides total waste management for corporates and local authorities and is capable of processing a range of material including
Digital wealth manager LIQID has closed a EUR33 million Series C financing round led by Toscafund Asset Management. Existing investors, including Project A, HQ Trust and Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures, also participated in the round. Following the transaction, Toscafund, through Tosca Private Investments Fund (TPIF), a new specialist vehicle targeting
EO Charging, one of the UK’s leading electric vehicle (EV) charging manufacturers, has secured GBP13 million funding from London-based infrastructure investor Zouk Capital, also investors in rapid EV charging business InstaVolt. Founded by Charlie Jardine in 2015, EO designs and manufactures EV charging stations for homes, fleets and destinations. Having
Talis Capital (Talis), a London-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies, has led a USD3 million seed funding round into Edge Intelligence (Edge), developer of the first geographically distributed analytics platform built for both edge computing and hybrid cloud environments. Existing investors in Edge Intelligence include Jerry Yang,
Silicon Line, a specialist in developing and providing innovative ultra-low-power optical link technology for consumer electronics as well as commercial and industrial markets, has raised EUR8.2 (USD9.5m) in a Series B financing round led by Capital-E . Additional investors in the Series B round include LRM, Munich Venture Partners and Unixtar.
Post Capital Partners has partnered with Smith Transportation Services’ existing management team – Steve Smith, Bill Nichols, Jeff Maser and Christine Postlmayr – to purchase the company with its affiliates, including Smith-Cargo and Cargo-West. Sam Woodward, a Post Capital Executive Partner and transportation industry veteran also participated with the buying
Idinvest Partners has completed three new private debt financings in Technicis, Burger King France and r2p. The latest transactions bring Idinvest’s total direct lending investments amount to EUR330 million so far this year in 15 companies across continental Europe. Eric Gallerne, co-head of Private Debt at Idinvest Partners, says: “At
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