Claret Capital Partners Limited (Claret) (formerly Harbert European Growth Capital), has held the first closing of its third fund, Fund III, which will continue to invest in innovative growth stage tech and life science businesses throughout Europe primarily to support organic growth and M&A. Claret Capital Partners was formed through
BlackCurve, a pricing optimisation company, has closed a GBP1 million funding round, led by Chairman, Martin Fincham, with participation from Nauta Capital, The Cambridge Angels Network and other prominent Angels, members of the ScaleUp Group and then bolstered by a matching contribution from the UK Government’s Future Fund. Founded in
M&A valuations are soaring, with rich valuations and intense competition for many digital or technology-based assets driving global deals activity, according to PwC’s latest Global M&A Industry Trends analysis. Covering the last six months of 2020, the analysis examines global deals activity and incorporates insights from PwC’s deals industry specialists
European private debt manager Pemberton has provided financing alongside Partners Group to support CapVest’s acquisition of Inspired Pet Nutrition (IPN), a FMCG pet food company based in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1923, IPN has grown into a leading independent pet food company in the United
Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has made a GBP4.5 million investment in iMist Holdings Limited (iMist), a manufacturer and installer of water mist fire protection systems for homes and residential buildings. iMist was founded in 2015 by Tony Sims (Managing Director) who has over
Christchurch biotechnology company PharmaZen has raised USD14.0 million from an international agri-technology fund to expand its operations amid surging global demand for its nutraceutical products. Its portfolio of ingredients covers joint, bone, muscle and digestive health, along with marine and bovine collagen and animal nutrition. Many of these value-add
British low-alcohol spirits startup CleanCo has raised GBP7 million from existing and new investors including Ursula Burns, board member of Uber and former board member of Diageo, and Stonebridge, a digital-first consumer brand investment firm set up by DTC entrepreneur James Cox.
Shippeo, a specialist in real-time transportation visibility (RTTV), has secured USD32 million in an investment round co-led by Battery Ventures, a global, technology focused investment firm and existing investors (NGP Capital, ETF Partners, Partech and Bpifrance Digital Venture). Shippeo will use the investment to strengthen its market-leading position and continue
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has made a growth investment in Protera Technologies (Protera), a provider of public cloud-centric application management and migration services for SAP software, as well as other enterprise IT outsourcing services. CEO Dean Adamopoulos, CTO Patrick Osterhaus, and the management team will maintain significant ownership in Protera and
Memsource, an AI-powered translation management system, together with its majority shareholder The Carlyle Group, has acquired Phrase, a leading software localisation platform. Headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, Memsource is a translation technology provider that assists global corporations and the language services industry in automating the localisation of large volumes of
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