PlanetWatchers, a crop monitoring company that can provide detailed insurance claims assessment in just one hour, has closed a Pre-A series funding round, raising USD3.5 million to support the Company’s growth plans. PlanetWatchers is a world-leading technology company that uses advanced machine learning to support crop insurers in reporting planting
LeapFrog Investments, a with Purpose investment firm, reached 221 million people in 35 countries with essential services during the pandemic, according to its Annual Impact Results. Together, LeapFrog’s investee companies were able to reach 16 million more people compared to 2019, at a time when support was profoundly needed. They provided underserved
The Kempen European Private Equity Fund, the private equity investment fund of Kempen Capital Management (Kempen), has acquired a direct interest in the German group of opticians and audiologists Ounda, which currently operates 65 branches across Germany and targets the high-end segment of the opticians’ and audiologists’ market. Ounda was
Duke Street, the leading European mid-market private equity group, is to acquire COMPO, a European producer and distributor of gardening soil, fertiliser, plant protection and lawn seeds. Headquartered in Münster, Germany, COMPO is currently owned by Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Co Ltd (Kingenta), a publicly listed company and one of
CVC has completed an investment in A Bathing Ape (BAPE) after the brand became an independent company from IT Limited. This follows the successful privatisation of IT Limited by Brooklyn Investment Limited, owned by CVC Capital Partners Asia V Limited (CVC) and the Founder Group of IT on Friday 30
Ares Management Corporation (Ares) has completed its previously announced acquisition of Landmark Partners, one of the largest and most experienced investors in acquiring secondary private fund ownership stakes in the alternative asset management industry. With more than USD19.6 billion in assets under management as of 31 March, 2021, Landmark provides
Apex Group (Apex) is to acquire BRL Trust Investimentos (BRL Trust), a Brazil-based independent fund administrator. This acquisition reinforces the Group’s intent for the Latin American market, supplementing its private equity capabilities while adding liquid asset servicing capabilities for Brazil and the broader Latin American market. This deal further complements
Neo KUma Ventures, the UK’s first investment fund dedicated solely to psychedelic healthcare, is to invest in seven innovative healthcare companies.
York Capital Private Equity, York Capital Management’s private equity group, has made a strategic growth investment in Cennox, a global provider of integrated facilities-based services and solutions to a wide range of end-markets. Founded in 2006, Cennox provides integrated services and solutions to the financial services, commercial, retail, and transportation
Sun Capital Partners, Inc (Sun Capital), a private investment firm focused on defensible businesses in growing markets with tangible performance improvement opportunities, has announced that its affiliate has completed the acquisition of Century Distribution Systems, a global digital logistics provider offering supply chain management and freight forwarding services. Terms of
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