Augmentum Fintech, a fintech venture capital investor, has made an investment of GBP5.3 million in UK based fast-growing mobile-only current account provider Monese. Augmentum is participating in this GBP46 million Series B fundraising alongside Kinnevik, PayPal and Avios, all of whom are investing in Monese for the first time.
ByBox, a specialist in smart locker technology and field service solutions has secured a strategic investment from Francisco Partners that values the company at GBP221 million. The private equity firm backs ambitious technology-enabled businesses and will support ByBox’s expansion of its UK infrastructure and global deployment of its ‘Konnect’
ACORN OakNorth Holdings has secured USD100 million from the EDBI of Singapore, NIBC Bank, Clermont Group, GIC, and Coltrane Asset Management. The USD100 million, which represents 4.3 per cent of the company, will be used to accelerate the growth of ACORN machine and enable OakNorth to continue scaling its lending
Council Capital, a healthcare-focused private equity firm based in Nashville, has sold Adva-Net, the first investment by Council Capital III, to Paradigm Outcomes. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Adva-Net, the nation’s leading ancillary network for high-acuity workers’ compensation claims for pain management, post-acute care and addiction
Fave, Southeast Asia’s fastest growing mobile O2O (online to offline) platform, has raised over USD20 million in a Series B round from strategic and existing investors including Sequoia India, SIG Asia Investment and Venturra Capital. Over the last two years, Fave has evolved into Southeast Asia’s largest mobile loyalty and
Holland & Knight has launched HK Deal Flow, a new program designed to facilitate deal leads by matching acquisition or capital raising opportunities with buyers and investors. HK Deal Flow utilises the firm’s network of more than 1,300 lawyers and advisors to leverage their deep knowledge of markets and
Walker Morris has advised Real Good Food plc on the sale of Haydens Bakery Limited to a subsidiary of Bakkavor Group plc for GBP12 million.
 Real Good Food focuses on three main markets including: cake decoration (Renshaw and Rainbox Dust Colours), food ingredients (R W Scott and Brighter Foods) and
Clyde Blowers Capital (CBC) has completed the sale of precision motion control expert, Cone Drive, to The Timken Company. Since acquiring Cone Drive in 2012, CBC has repositioned Cone Drive from an industrial gearing company, operating largely out of North America, to a leader in precision motion control technology with
Chicago-based private equity firm CORE Industrial Partners (CORE), has acquired Midwest Composite Technologies (MCT), a manufacturer of prototype and low-volume production components. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1984, MCT offers 3D prototyping and low-volume production services through a fleet of over 40 additive
Ropes & Gray has advised UK private equity firm Epiris on Epiris Fund II’s acquisition of Bonhams, the global auction house, from private shareholders. The deal, announced today, is the fourth investment of the Epiris Fund II. Bonhams is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers of fine
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