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Foodtech business Authenticate secures GBP2.3m funding

Authenticate, a Harrogate-based company whose technology platform is transforming the way food businesses manage their supply chain has secured a new funding round of GBP2.3 million, which includes GBP1.5 million from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund and the remainder from existing shareholders including Summit Alpha. The investment in Authenticate Information

Ironwood Capital sells Lewis Clark Recycling & Disposal

Ironwood Capital has exited from its investment in Lewis Clark Recycling & Disposal (Lewis Clark), which was sold to Waste Connections. Lewis Clark is a solid waste management company headquartered in Harrisburg, Illinois.  “We were pleased to work with Jeff Kendall and his Laurel Mountain Management team on this successful opportunity and look forward

21 Invest France partners with Benoit Landanger

21 Invest France has entered in exclusive negotiations to take a controlling stake in the family-run business Landanger. The closing of this primary LBO transaction, the fifth investment for 21 Invest France’s Fund V, should be completed in July 2019. The Landanger Group, founded in 1947, manufactures and distributes surgical

Lee Equity Partners to acquire insurance services provider K2

Lee Equity Partners (Lee Equity), a growth oriented middle market private equity firm, is to acquire a majority ownership interest in K2 Insurance Services, (K2),a specialty insurance services holding company, which owns and controls a diverse group of managing general agents (MGAs) serving the specialty property and casualty industry. K2’s

Clearview Capital makes third exit from Fund III

Clearview Capital Fund III, an affiliate of Clearview Capital, is to sell Advanced Medical Personnel Services (AMPS), a healthcare staffing company, to AMN Healthcare Services, and innovator in healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services.  The sale price is USD200 million, with up to an additional USD20 million to be paid

CITIC Capital invests in Cityneon

Asset manager CITIC Capital Holdings (CITIC Capital), an affiliate of Chinese conglomerate CITIC Group,has mde an investment in   has reached an agreement for an investment in Cityneon Holdings (Cityneon). CITIC Capital has over USD25 billion of assets under management across 100 funds and investment products globally. Some of its

ARQIS advises Alloheim on Pro Talis acquisition

ARQIS has advised Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen SE on the acquisition of the Meppen-based Pro Talis Group, which is active in inpatient care, outpatient care, day care and assisted living.  The takeover is subject to the approval of the relevant antitrust authorities. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

PitchBook publishes latest European PE Breakdown report

After a bustling 2018, Q1 European PE deal activity softened, but several GPs seized opportunities to take companies private in the lower-priced public equity environment, according to the latest edition of PitchBook’s European PE Breakdown report.  As well as highlighting a significant increase in software buyouts during the quarter’s, which

Alantra advises Inflexion and Vivona Brands on sale to Webster Equity Partners

Alantra, an independent global investment banking and asset management firm, has advised Inflexion and Vivona Brands (Vivona) on the sale of the business to US based private equity firm, Webster Equity Partners. Vivona (formerly NPW) was founded in 1992 and aims to deliver on-trend beauty, wellbeing and lifestyle brands to

Wirepas raises EUR14.4m investment

ETF Partners, Inventure, KPN Ventures, TESI (Finnish Industry Investment) and Vito Ventures have invested EUR14.4 million in Wirepas, a Finnish software company that has built a wireless connectivity platform solving the major challenges of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and enabling broad adoption of Massive IoT.  The additional funding,

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