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Agilitas-backed Reconor completes second acquisition of 2017

Reconor Group, a portfolio company of private equity firm Agilitas, has completed its second addition of 2017 with the acquisition of Mijodan. Reconor, one of the leading environmental services groups in Denmark, also purchased Lotra in June 2017.   Reconor handles over 2 million tonnes of waste each year, with

ARX Equity Partners exits KVK Holding

ARX Equity Partners (ARX) has exited its 2010 investment in Czech construction materials manufacturer, KVK Holding (KVK), generating an overall 3.7x cash-on-cash return multiple and an IRR exceeding 20 per cent in the process. KVK operates six production sites in the Czech Republic – three for the manufacture of mortar

Noerr advises on sale of Evac Group to Bridgepoint

Noerr has advised Evac Group Holding Oy on the sale of the Finnish Evac Group by IK Investment Partners (through its IK VII Fund) to private equity funds managed by Bridgepoint. Evac Group is the world’s leading provider of integrated waste, wastewater, and water management systems for the marine, offshore

Bryan Cave advises Ufenau on Pferdeklinik in Kirchheim acquisition

Bryan Cave’s M&A teams in Frankfurt and Hamburg have advised the Altano Group, a subsidiary of the Swiss investment company Ufenau Capital Partners, on its acquisiton of Pferdeklinik, an equine clinic located in Kirchheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg. The Altano Group, which is one of the leading operators of equine clinics in Germany,

Gendius secures funding from Catapult Ventures

Gendius, a digital health start-up, has completed a Series A funding to launch Intellin – an App-based platform for people living with diabetes to better manage their condition. The funding came from the GM&C Life Sciences Fund, managed by Catapult Ventures.   Diabetes is a global epidemic. The economic cost

Maven and Enso invest GBP2million in Cognitive Geology

UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and Enso Ventures (Enso), a specialist early-stage venture capital firm, have invested GBP2million in Cognitive Geology (Cognitive). The funding will accelerate the roll out of ‘Hutton’ to oil companies and enable Cognitive to develop its pipeline of advanced third-generation petroleum geoscience software

Noerr advises Chinese investor on acquisition of Merckle’s VEM Group

Noerr has advised the Chinese motor manufacturer SEC Holding Co, Ltd, which also owns the publicly traded SEC Electric Machinery Co, on a strategic acquisition of drive technology specialist VEM, a member of the Merckle Group. The VEM Group specialises in manufacturing electric drive systems, custom motors and special machines.

Secret Escapes secures USD111m investment

Secret Escapes, the London-based international online marketplace for affordable luxury travel deals, has closed a USD111 million (GBP83 million) Series D investment and debt facility. This significant equity round was led by Singapore-headquartered Temasek, with participation from existing investors Idinvest Partners, and a debt facility from Silicon Valley Bank.  

Stellar Labs raises USD26.3m in series A funding

Silicon Valley technology company Stellar Labs (Stella) has raised USD26.3 million in Series A equity financing from Global Jet Capital – a provider of corporate aircraft financing solutions capitalised by The Carlyle Group, Blackstone’s GSO Capital Partners, and AE Industrial Partners, Columbia Equity Partners (CEP), and Expa. Together with previous

Nationwide Window Cleaning secures new BGF funding for acquisition

Yorkshire-based Nationwide Window Cleaning has received new investment of GBP1.5 million from BGF to support its organic growth strategy and the acquisition of Reflekt Cleaning Company. The investment follows a period of significant growth at NWC, with revenues increasing by close to 100 percent since BGF’s first investment, from GBP7.5

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