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Ufenau invests in Desperado

Ufenau Capital Partners, a privately owned Swiss Investor Group, has, in close collaboration with a highly experienced buy-in management team, invested in Desperado, a Mexican fast casual dining and bar operator in Switzerland. With 200 employees, Desperado offers high quality Mexican food and drinks in an entertaining atmosphere.   The

Cloudreach and Cloudamize join forces in Blackstone-backed merger

Cloudreach, a company majority owned by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, has acquired a majority stake in Philadelphia-based cloud computing analytics and migration automation leader Cloudamize. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The deal brings together two highly complementary and accomplished businesses that were both born in the cloud and

Viscolube acquires Bitolea Holding

Viscolube, a portfolio company of Stirling Square Capital Partners’ Third Fund, has acquired Bitolea Holding from Clessidra Capital Partners II (Clessidra). Viscolube is the Italian leader in the used motor oil recycling sector, and a growing player in the hazardous waste collection and treatment sector in Italy. It operates two

AlfaTherm sells adhesive tape substrate business to Tekni-Plex

Alfatherm has sold its self-adhesive tape substrate business to Tekni-Plex. The self-adhesive tape substrate business will be integrated into Tekni-Films Gallazzi, Tekni-Plex’s operation located in Gallarate (VA), Italy.   Marino Uberti, CEO of Alfatherm, says: “The divestiture of the adhesive tape substrate business is part of a broader strategic review.

Barings provides financing for Battery Ventures’ add-on acquisition of Rotronic

Barings has acted as mandated lead arranger of a senior secured, multi-currency credit facility to support Battery Ventures’ continued buildout of its process-measurement platform through its acquisition of Rotronic AG. Rotronic, based in Switzerland, is a global leader in the development and manufacture of humidity- and temperature-measurement and monitoring solutions

Branch Messenger closes USD10m in funding led by March Capital Partners

Branch Messenger, the employee self-service platform that offers enterprises unprecedented access to their frontline workers at scale while also empowering hourly shift workers to manage their work lives in real-time, has closed more than USD10 million in funding. The funding includes a recently closed USD6.8 million Series A funding round

Affiliate of CoBe Capital acquires Völker from Hill-Rom

An affiliate of CoBe Capital, a global private investment firm focused on operation of non-core and underperforming business units, has completed the acquisition of the Völker business from Hill-Rom Holdings. Headquartered in Witten, Germany, Völker is a premier producer of high quality long-term care and acute care healthcare beds. Völker has been

Elevate Innovation Partners hold first close of Global Venture Capital Fund at USD15m

Elevate Innovation Partners (EIP) has held the first close of its Venture Capital fund at USD15 million. Consistent with EIP’s focus, the fund will seek to capitalise fintech, enterprise software, marketing analytics and new media platform startups that have validated business models and are generating revenue. The geographic focus is

Cannon Safe partners with MidOcean Partners to acquire Stack-On Products

Cannon Safe, a specialist in residential safes, has partnered with private equity firm MidOcean Partners (MidOcean) to acquire Stack-On Products (Stack-On), a provider of secure storage and home organisation products. The combined business will be led by Aaron Baker, Chief Executive Officer of Cannon Safe, who is maintaining a meaningful

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