Flexstone Partners (Flexstone), an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has completed its 100th co-investment as it continues to expand its global, mid-market co-investment practice. Flexstone has committed EUR6.3 million and reserved a significant amount of additional capital to support the next phase of growth of Pastas Gallo, alongside ProA Capital.   Pastas Gallo was founded by a Spanish entrepreneur and has become the market leader for dry pasta sales in Spain. It also sells pasta sauces, flours and breadcrumbs and is currently expanding into the ethnic dry chilled food market to tap growing demand for chilled ready meals.   Zélie

An award-winning electric vehicle charging company is set to step up the roll-out of charging points across the country after securing a GBP1.5 million investment. Elmtronics, an independent provider of charging points, has raised the funding from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), which is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia, and the Ingenious Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service. The investment, which follows the announcement that the government is to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, will allow Elmtronics to step up its work in underserved UK regions.   Based in

ADM Capital Europe’s Cibus Enterprise Fund acted as one of eight cornerstone investors in The Kingfish Company’s equivalent EUR50 million private placement, which successfully completed on 9 November 2020. Kingfish is a company based in the Netherlands producing the Dutch Yellowtail, a high-quality, high value marine finfish, using technologically advanced methods to grow the fish in a Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS). Seafood is the most efficient and sustainable way to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and an increasing demand for protein. It is estimated that it takes around 1.2kg of feed to grow 1kg of fish or

Vanti Analytics has closed a USD4.5 million seed funding round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm True Ventures and Israel’s More VC.  The round includes participation from Israel’s i3 Equity Partners, who invested in 2019 alongside Ariel Maislos.  The manufacturing AI company is developing a self-service platform that helps manufacturing operations teams increase yields and throughput for electronic products. As part of the raise, Vanti has welcomed Rohit Sharma, partner at True Ventures, to the company’s board, along with Meir Ukeles, partner at More VC. Including this round of funding, Vanti has raised $6 million total since Co-founders Smadar

DataLink Software (DataLink), a provider of integrated population health applications for healthcare providers and payors, has received a significant growth investment from an investor group led by DWS’s global private equity business.  DWS joins existing investor Revelstoke Capital Partners (Revelstoke). With this investment, DataLink will bolster its provider engagement services and pursue strategic M&A initiatives, focused on acquisitions that enhance product functionality to benefit new and existing customers.   “DataLink is pleased by the addition of such accomplished investors to our team as we enter our next phase of transformative growth,” says Kevin Steele, Chief Executive Officer, DataLink. “Since Revelstoke’s

BGF – the UK’s most active growth capital investor – has completed a multi-million pound investment for a minority shareholding in a Teesside-headquartered Engineering Information Management (EIM) software company, Datum360, to accelerate growth and address significant market demand.  Datum360’s software platform connects disparate systems, providing a trusted data backbone which manages the life cycle of critical engineering and asset management data for a range of blue-chip customers from the fields of energy, mining, utilities, road and rail infrastructure. The fast growth technology company was founded by CEO Steve Wilson, alongside CTO Dave Mitchell and CCO James Michael. The management team

DOB Equity, a Dutch family office, is investing in Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farm to allow the firm to scale up its production capacity and expand its reach across the Kenyan market. By investing in Victory Farms, the Private Equity fund with offices in Kenya and the Netherlands will be seeking a slice of the estimated USD500 million Kenyan fish market. Established in 2015 and based in Homa Bay, Kenya, Victory Farms supplies tilapia for the Nairobi market. Victory Farms aims to become the world’s first carbon neutral fish farm and has ambitious growth plans to provide

Electric and solar vehicle charging expert, DRIVECO has raised a significant sum of several million euros from Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable investment.  Mirova has invested through its Mirova-Eurofideme 4 fund[1], one of Europe’s main investment funds dedicated to renewable energy and energy transition, making it a major shareholder of DRIVECO. “Raising this capital gives us the means to ensure our long-term development by strengthening our financial footing,” says Ion Leahu-Aluas, Managing Director of DRIVECO. “This partnership with one of the leading players in the financing of energy transition underscores our viable approach to electric