A new report from Credit Suisse and law firm CMS analyses the financial and legal implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on M&A transactions in Western Europe.
Ada Ventures has led a GBP570k seed funding round into Organise, a platform aiming to empower workers to campaign for better rights.
German private equity firm Allegra Capital has acquired two high-end printing companies from the Sandoz Family Foundation in Switzerland. Genoud Entreprise d’arts graphiques and Musumeci, two specialists in graphic arts printing, were purchased by a holding company advised by Munich-based Allegra Capital, which focuses on corporate divestitures in special situations.
Fresh Direct Produce, a portfolio company of middle-market private equity firm HKW, has acquired Mike and Mike’s Inc. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada, Mike and Mike’s is a non-grower distributor of fresh certified organic fruits and vegetables sourced
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and a leading impact investor, has committed USD100 million to Helios Investors IV, the fourth private equity fund raised by Africa-focused private equity firm Helios Investment Partners.The pan-African generalist fund will invest in and build market-leading companies across the continent. With a well-established
O’Melveny has advised Platinum Equity on its acquisition of L&R Distributors, a wholesale distributor of consumer products servicing more than 17,000 retail locations throughout the United States.The transaction closed on 30 June, 2020. L&R operates three distribution centres in Arkansas, California, and New Jersey and specialises in large SKU-count categories
Income streaming provider, Wagestream, which enables employees to access their earned wages in real time, today announced it has completed a GBP20 million Series B funding round.This latest investment — which takes the total raised to GBP65 million — will be used to consolidate the company’s dominant market share in
ADM Capital Europe, a London-based private equity firm, through its Cibus Enterprise Fund (Cibus) has invested in a predictive analytics and livestock monitoring software company, Connecterra, located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Partners in the round include Kersia and impact fund, Pymwymic. The Cibus Fund team believes that, in Connecterra, they have found
European software investor Hg is to acquire a stake in F24, a pan-European sector leader for emergency notification, crisis & incident management and critical communications, headquartered in Munich, Germany. Hg will invest in a holding currently owned by Armira and co-founder Ralf Meister, and will become the majority shareholder in the
ESG investing continues to gain momentum and prominence among global institutional investors as they increasingly look to benchmark not only the performance of funds in their portfolios but the impact they have on the world. Mutual funds and ETFs with a focus on sustainability attracted USD20.6 billion in net inflows
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