Element Ventures, one of Europe’s leading B2B fintech-focused venture capital firms, has launched a USD130 million fund to invest in the founders building tomorrow’s financial enterprise technology businesses. Founded by Steve Gibson and Michael McFadgen, with more than 30 years of combined experience in the space between them, and joined
Duke Street, a European mid-market private equity group, has completed the acquisition of COMPO, the largest European producer and distributor of consumer gardening soil, fertiliser, plant protection and lawn seeds. Headquartered in Münster, Germany, COMPO was previously owned by Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Co. Ltd. (“Kingenta”), a publicly listed company
ClearCourse Partnership (ClearCourse), a group of technology companies providing useful, integrated software solutions, is to acquire The EPOS Bureau, a provider of stock control and inventory management software. The acquisition is the ClearCourse’s second of the year and sees the Company joining ClearCourse’s retail division, strengthening its retail management and
CentroMotion, a designer and manufacturer of highly engineered components and systems for the industrial and transportation markets, has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of Carlisle Brake & Friction (CBF) from Carlisle Companies Incorporated (CSL). The addition of CBF to CentroMotion’s growing portfolio of highly respected brands creates a global
BGF-backed Evoke Creative Ltd – a specialist in kiosk, digital signage and interactive solutions for the retail, hospitality and public sectors – has acquired Liverpool-based app design and development agency, Apposing Ltd. Under the agreement, Apposing will continue to operate as an individual brand from its city centre creative studio,
Babcock Wanson, a specialist in the design and maintenance of industrial boiler rooms, has completed its first acquisition with the purchase of Steam Plant Engineering (SPE), a specialist in the field of industrial boiler services. The acquisition has been made thanks to the support of Kartesia, which recently became its
3i Group has agreed to invest cEUR60 million in MAIT GmbH (MAIT), a provider of innovative and pioneering digital solutions in the DACH region. MAIT Group, headquartered in Rottweil, Germany, provides innovative and pioneering digital solutions in product lifecycle management (PLM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and IT services generating approximately
Michael Whelchel, co-founder and managing partner of US-based investment bank Big Path Capital, outlines what he thinks will be the hottest trends within impact investing in the next few years, as well as the links between positive impact investments and profits.
SYNLAB is to acquire Laboratorio Médico Polanco and Laboratorio Clinicos de Puebla (LMP & LCR), a network of over 100 diagnostic service points in Mexico. By integrating LMP & LCR into the international SYNLAB laboratory network, SYNLAB will strengthen its strategic position in the region. SYNLAB will be ideally structured
Paysafe (NYSE:PSFE), a specialised payments platform, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PagoEfectivo, a Peruvian alternative payments (APM) platform. For Paysafe, this latest investment is a strategic foothold in Latin America, one of the world’s fastest-growing online markets where merchants and consumers alike are demonstrating an increased appetite for
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