Thomas H Lee Partners (THL), a private equity firm investing in growth companies, is to acquire AutoStore, a robotics and software company providing automation technology to warehouse & distribution facilities around the world. Members of AutoStore’s senior management team and EQT, among others, will continue to hold minority positions in
Business-to-business (B2B) auto parts trading platform Haoqipei has closed a USD60 million Series D financing round led by Access Technology Ventures, with David Yang joining the Haoqipei Board of Directors. Additional participants in the financing included existing investors XVC Venture Capital, Jeneration Capital, DCM and SIG. Founded in 2016 and
Xirgo Technologies (Xirgo), a portfolio company of private equity firm HKW, has acquired UAB Baltic Car Equipment (BCE) based in Kaunas, Lithuania. Founded in 2006, BCE provides a variety of fleet management solutions, including hardware and software suites for light vehicles, trucks, heavy machinery, and agricultural equipment targeting a variety
Fortino Capital Partners has expands its portfolio of Travel & Expense management companies with an investment in Declaree. Founded in 2014 by Bas Janssen, Bart Jochems and Jasper Spoor with the ambition of simplifying and facilitating paper-based and cumbersome expense management processes, Declaree has 20 employees and 750 clients mainly
Connected Energy, a specialist in site-integrated energy storage solutions, has secured a GBP5 million investment to realise ambitious growth plans on a global stage. The significant investment, made by Sumitomo Corporation, ENGIE and Macquarie Group, will provide the UK company with a platform to deliver its next phase of international
Wolt, a Helsinki-based food delivery service, has secured a USD130 million Series C investment round, led by ICONIQ Capital, to drive growth, expansion into new markets and hiring across operational countries. Existing investors 83North, the EQT Ventures fund (EQT Ventures), Highland Europe and Lifeline Ventures also participated in the round.
Newbridge Global Sourcing (Newbridge), a leading specialty finance company focusing on payables funding, recently provided USD30 million in supply chain financing to clients throughout North and Latin America, Europe and Asia. Clients included a Florida-based distributor of luxury consumer products, a Latin American snack food manufacturer and a New York-based
Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe, as completed the sale of Bambi, a biscuit producer in the countries of former Yugoslavia, to Coca-Cola HBC AG. Mid Europa acquired Bambi in 2015 together with Imlek and Knjaz Miloš, the leading regional dairy and
Palatine Private Equity has completed the management buyout of SMP Group, after receiving regulatory approval for the deal. Established in 2007, SMP Group has grown into a leading international provider of fund administration and corporate and trust services. Headquartered in the Isle of Man, the company now employs over 200
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VIII Fund is to acquire LAP Laser Applikationen (LAP), a provider of laser positioning systems as well as quality assurance (QA) software and hardware used during radiotherapy treatments, from capiton. LAP was established in 1984 and provides laser measurement and projection systems used in highly attractive
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