Kainos Capital (Kainos), a food and consumer-focused private equity firm, is to sell its portfolio company Olde Thompson to Olam Food Ingredients, an operating group of global food and agri-business Olam International. Olde Thompson was acquired by Kainos in May 2018. Headquartered in Oxnard, California, Olde Thompson is the
Godspeed Capital Management (Godspeed Capital), a lower middle-market Defence & Government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm, has launched after forming a strategic partnership with East Rock Capital. East Rock Capital is a New York City-based investment firm that manages approximately USD2.5 billion on behalf of a select
Eurazeo has made a USD200 million minority investment in MessageBird, a global omnichannel communication platform. Eurazeo Growth together with Tiger Global and alongside funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Owl Rock and all existing investors including Atomico and Accel are co-leading a Series C round extension. The extended USD1 billion
Compre has been acquired by private equity firm Cinven and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), following receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals. Cinven and BCI are now the majority shareholders alongside Compre’s management team who remain in their roles and as minority shareholders. Compre CEO Will Bridger says:
Cottonwood Technology Fund has made a EUR1 million investment in Dutch medical chip company firm Secure. The deal marks the fourth impact investment made by Cottonwood Technology Fund III, which is still in fundraising mode after reaching 60 per cent of its EUR75 million target size. Sencure will develop an
Acofi Gestion has closed a EUR10 million financing for the French fintech KNAVE through its Predirec ABL-2 asset-backed corporate debt fund. The purpose of this transaction is to finance the acquisition of electrified vehicles, especially in the HONDA distribution network. KNAVE, a French start-up created in 2019, industrialises shared
CAPZA has held the final closing of its CAPZA 5 Private Debt fund above its target with an investment capacity of EUR1.6 billion, exceeding the final closing of the previous fund (EUR950 million). This fifth vintage will finance SMEs with an EBITDA of more than EUR12 million through unitranche and
PixelMEDIA and Docmation are merging to create a single organisation that delivers holistic digital commerce solutions on Salesforce, with growth-oriented investment and support from BV Investment Partners. Pixel, headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is a specialist in launching, supporting, and growing B2C brands’ ecommerce operations on the Salesforce platform.
Lauxera Capital Partners has made an investment in Caresyntax as part of a USD100 million Series C fundraise. Other new investors include PFM Health Sciences LP, Optum Ventures, Intel Capital, Vesalius Biocapital Partners, Arno Capital, and Reyazat Investments. Existing investors Relyens, IPF Partners, and Surgical.AI also participated in the round.
Misr Capital SAE (Misr Capital), the investment arm of Banque Misr, and Elevate Private Equity, have launched a USD380 million healthcare investment platform, “Nile Misr Scan & Labs”.
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