Baird Capital, the global private equity and venture capital arm of Baird, has held the final close for its second Global Fund (Global Fund II) with over USD340 million in committed capital. The fund makes buyout and growth equity investments of USD15 million to USD40 million in Technology & Services
Mercedes-Benz has acquired YASA, a specialist in next-generation electric drive technology. YASA’s proprietary axial-flux electric motors offer enhanced performance over radial electric motor technologies. YASA’s e-motors deliver the greatest efficiencies and highest power densities in class for the smallest possible size and weight. Following the acquisition, YASA and its 250
Coinciding with the milestone of delivering prototype winding wire to the automotive industry, Tau has concluded its Aeries A financing round with additional funding from Finindus, a Belgium-based investment company financed by ArcelorMittal and the Flemish Region, and a top-up by German specialty chemicals company ALTANA. Tau develops high-performance wire
Five Elms Capital, a global growth private equity firm focused on investing in B2B software, has closed Five Elms V with USD780 million in capital commitments. Five Elms V will target equity investments between USD5 and USD75 million. The new fund received strong support from a diverse global base of
Business-to-business social media marketing platform Oktopost has secured a USD20 million minority investment from London-based growth equity firm Expedition Growth Capital. Oktopost plans to use the fresh capital to advance its product roadmap focused on B2B needs, improve its customer success function, accelerate marketing and sales, and explore strategic acquisitions.
Exus Management Partners (Exus), a specialist in powering sustainable investments through operational excellence, has advised on the acquisition and been chosen by Onex Renewables (Onex) to deliver its full suite of asset and financial management services for a 221MW wind portfolio in northern Portugal. With over 7.5GW of renewable energy
Having launched an impressive 34 businesses to date, North East university collaboration Northern Accelerator has been awarded a further GBP3.6 million from Research England to continue its successful programme, expanding its partnership in the North East and rolling out its flagship support model to universities in the South of England.
European travel startup Framey has closed a USD1 million seed funding round led by ICE Capital from Dubai, and backed by Romanian based JECO Capital. The company, planning to disrupt the way people plan their trips, will use the funds to invest in its technology, scale up its operations and
ARQIS has advised equity financier VR Equitypartner on its investment in Glas Strack. As part of a succession plan, VR Equitypartner, together with Inventure Digital, is taking a significant minority stake in the underlying glas strack innovations GmbH & Co KG, which is based in Bochum. In addition, Maik Grondkowski,
Novo Holdings, an international life science investor, has co-led, alongside HealthCap and RA Capital Management, a USD55 million Series A financing in Hemab, a biotech company developing next generation therapeutics for serious underserved bleeding and thrombosis disorders. The Company was created in 2020 by Novo Seeds, the early stage investment
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