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VSS portfolio company Quatrro Business Support Services acquires EAB Solutions

VSS Capital Partners (VSS) portfolio company Quatrro Business Support Services (QBSS), a provider of end-to-end tech-enabled business process management services, has completed the acquisition of EAB Solutions Inc. (EAB), a Chicago-based provider of outsourced finance & accounting, and human resource services to Not-For-Profit (NFP) organisations in Chicago as outlined further

Lincolnshire Management completes dividend recapitalisation of Schumacher Electric Corporation

Lincolnshire Management (Lincolnshire), a private equity firm focused on investing in and acquiring growing middle market companies, has completed a dividend recapitalisation of Fund V portfolio company, Schumacher Electric Corporation (Schumacher Electric), a supplier of power conversion products to the consumer and professional global power supply markets. Operating from a

Meat Alternatives

The rise of food tech

By Mark Lynch, partner at Oghma Partners – The food industry appears to be going through a revolution in its structure which may turn out to be as far reaching as the shift to factory made processed foods which we saw in the 19th and 20th century, when the likes of John Cadbury

BGF announces GBP100m milestone in life sciences investment

BGF has broken the GBP100 million life sciences investment milestone, backing more than 30 businesses across the fields of diagnostics, medtech and digital health, as well as services, software and tools supporting therapeutic development.  To support the organisation’s continued drive into the industry, BGF has now created a specialist advisory

PSG-backed MAPAL Group acquires Easilys

MAPAL Group (MAPAL), a European developer and provider of hospitality management software solutions backed by growth equity firm PSG, has acquired Easilys, a multi-site restaurant and kitchen management software provider based in France with offices in Paris, Geneva and Barcelona. The acquisition is the latest in a series of investments

HealthyHealth closes USD10m Series A funding round led by MMC Ventures

HealthyHealth Group, a company focused on transforming the life and health insurance underwriting journey through digital data, has announced the closing of a USD10m series A financing round, led by MMC Ventures.  Joining MMC Ventures are AdirVentures and a number of other family offices, as well as existing investors including

Moonshot secures USD7m to tackle ‘online harms’

Moonshot, a data analytics company which designs new technology and methodologies to identify and mitigate online harms, has raised USD7 million in Series A funding from Beringea, a transatlantic venture capital firm, and UK-based Mercia. Moonshot believes the internet is increasingly used to propagate harm, including in the preparation of

PlanetWatchers raises USD3.5m funding

PlanetWatchers, a crop monitoring company that can provide detailed insurance claims assessment in just one hour, has closed a Pre-A series funding round, raising USD3.5 million to support the Company’s growth plans. PlanetWatchers is a world-leading technology company that uses advanced machine learning to support crop insurers in reporting planting

Impact investing shows its true value during the pandemic

LeapFrog Investments, a with Purpose investment firm, reached 221 million people in 35 countries with essential services during the pandemic, according to its Annual Impact Results.  Together, LeapFrog’s investee companies were able to reach 16 million more people compared to 2019, at a time when support was profoundly needed. They provided underserved

Kempen European Private Equity Fund invests in Ounda

The Kempen European Private Equity Fund, the private equity investment fund of Kempen Capital Management (Kempen), has acquired a direct interest in the German group of opticians and audiologists Ounda, which currently operates 65 branches across Germany and targets the high-end segment of the opticians’ and audiologists’ market. Ounda was

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