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Oprah Winfrey makes equity investment in True Food Kitchen

Health-focused restaurant brand True Food Kitchen, which is backed by private equity firm Centrebridge, has secured an equity investment from Oprah Winfrey, who also joins the board of directors. Founded in 2008, True Food Kitchen has received national recognition as a culinary leader, with a health-driven menu of seasonal dishes

O’Melveny represents Highview Capital in Good Source Solutions acquisition

O’Melveny has represented Highview Capital in its acquisition of specialised food service distributor Good Source Solutions. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   The O’Melveny team was led by Corporate M&A partner David Smith, and included Corporate M&A partner Nicolai Schwarz-Gondek, Corporate Finance counsel Sarah Hoffner, and

Noerr advises comdirect on sale of ebase

Noerr has advised comdirect bank on the sale of its subsidiary European Bank for Financial Services (ebase) to FNZ, an international financial technology provider. The FNZ Group provides established financial institutions with platform solutions for the entire investment business value chain (Platform as a Service). ebase is a B2B direct

Maven leads GBP2.8 million investment in Lending Works

UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has completed a GBP2 million investment in Lending Works, a UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lender. The total transaction value also includes GBP800,000 of funding from NVM Private Equity, Pollen Street Capital, and a small number of business angels. The investment will be used

Inviqa acquires experience design agency Webcredible

Moore Stephens has advised Webcredible Limited, a London-based experience design agency, on its sale to digital consultancy and software design agency Inviqa. The acquisition helps Inviqa to expand its customer and user experience capabilities in response to client demand, while Inviqa adds an improved development capability for Webcredible’s clients.  

B2B Robo-advisor Bambu secures USD3m in Series A funding

Bambu, a provider of robo-advisory technology, today announced it has completed a USD3 million Series A funding led by Franklin Templeton Investments, with Singapore family office Octava and prominent Japanese Fintech investor Mamoru Taniya also joining the round. The year 2018 has already become a marquee year for the two-year-old

Omnes invests in Marquetis

Parisian operational marketing firm group Marquetis has restructured its capital and strengthened its development through an investment from Omnes. Headquartered in Boulogne Billancourt, and part of the French marketing and communications sector since 1996, Marquetis has been managed for more than 20 years by Virginie Massa and Evangelos Vatzias. Marquetis

EQT Ventures invests EUR23.4m in BIMobject

The EQT Ventures fund has made a EUR23.4 million investment in BIMobject AB, a Swedish technology company with a global presence operating at the forefront of digitising the building industry. Hjalmar Winbladh, Partner and Head of the EQT Ventures advisory team at EQT Partners, will join the company’s board.  

David Cadin, Bedell Cristin

Bedell Cristin to expand international footprint into Cayman Islands

The partners of Bedell Cristin have announced a plan to merge with Cayman-based law firm, Solomon Harris. It is hoped that the deal will complete by the end of August, and Solomon Harris will rebrand as Bedell Cristin at a later date.  Founded in 1998, Solomon Harris is a full

Constellation Brands acquires Four Corners Brewing Co

Constellation Brands has acquired Dallas-based brewer Four Corners Brewing Co producer of a range of premium products including Local Buzz Honey-Rye Golden Ale and El Chingón IPA. Four Corners, which will join Constellation’s Craft & Specialty Beer Group, was founded in 2012 by longtime friends George Esquivel, Greg Leftwich and

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