Deals
Renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has acted as technical adviser to the French private equity specialist Crédit Mutuel Equity for its CHF30 million acquisition of aventron’s renewable energy portfolio consisting of a large number of wind, solar and hydro assets located throughout six European countries.Natural Power’s mandate for the operational sites in the portfolio included a review of technology, O&M contracts, and operational performance. The team also completed post-construction yield assessments for the wind and solar assets. For the development-stage assets within the portfolio, Natural Power focused on reviewing capex estimates and future cost trend assumptions across
Evotec SE and independent European antisense drug discovery company, Secarna Pharmaceuticals, have formed a strategic partnership in the field of antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)-based therapeutics. Antisense therapy is an innovative, clinically and commercially validated, highly-targeted pharmacological approach which interferes with gene expression in the cells of interest to specifically inhibit the production of proteins which promote development and progression of diseases.
Secarna is the next generation antisense drug discovery company, combining its proprietary LNAplus™ platform with cutting edge third generation LNA-chemistry to generate molecules with significantly improved potency and a comprehensive safety profile against targets that are difficult to regulate or currently
Independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) have made a GBP500,000 follow-on investment from Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund into Salvalco, to support the development of aerosol valves that use ecologically sustainable propellants. Overall, the Fund has now invested GBP3.2 million into Salvalco, following the original investment in April 2018.
The Company has recently secured an investment from Beiersdorf, a leading provider of innovative, high quality skincare products, including brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin and La Prairie.
Founded in 2013, Salvalco develops innovative valve systems, called Eco-Valve, based on prior research by the Spray
Private equity and infrastructure investment manager Foresight Group (Foresight), has made a further GBP2 million follow-on investment into Envair Technology, a provider of containment solutions that facilitates faster and more flexible drug R&D and manufacture across the globe.The investment will support the acquisition of Total Containment Solutions (TCS), a designer and manufacturer of high specification pharmaceutical fume cupboards, increasing the Company’s product portfolio as it supports customers in the pharmaceutical, bio-pharmaceutical, healthcare and industrial markets.
The transaction will enable the Company to engage with customers further up the drug development and manufacturing value chain; Envair Technology today supports the safe
ENSEK, a software supplier to UK energy providers, has acquired NrgFin, a Benelux-based consultancy and data analytics company. The deal is part of ENSEK’s growth strategy to expand into new international territories within Western Europe, as well as pursuing wider growth opportunities in the UK. With this acquisition, ENSEK will set foot on the European continent for the first time.
The deal represents the first acquisition completed by ENSEK. The business, which has been backed by leading UK mid-market private equity firm LDC since October 2017, has more than doubled its revenues in the past two financial years following
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) infrastructure debt team has invested GBP48 million in a UK smart meter business.This partnership with Calvin Capital, a part of the Calisen Group, will help drive the UK’s green agenda forward aligning UK homes with UK smart meter ambitions and targets. ASI’s investment helps refinance 3.8 million smart meters and facilitate the installation of a further 6.4 million smart meters by the end of 2024.
The investment was made on behalf of the ASI Multi-Sector Private Credit Fund as well as strategic clients, including Phoenix Group, amongst others. The investment will deliver long-term, reliable cash
kompany, a RegTech platform for Business KYC (KYB) has secured new investment of almost EUR6 million, the company’s largest single investment round to date. kompany will use the new funding to accelerate growth and expand its new product lines, the AI-based shareholder analysis tool UBO discovery and the DLT-based audit-trail solution KYC onchain.
Fairway Global Investment led the round, together with Global Brain, a major venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, who acted as co-investor. Both are global investors in RegTech, FinTech and the payment sector and expect their portfolio companies to benefit from kompany’s technological lead in Business KYC
Turnspire Capital Partners (Turnspire), a special situations-focused private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Goodyear air springs business (Goodyear Air Springs) from EnPro Industries, (EnPro).Goodyear Air Springs, under a global and exclusive license from The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and headquartered in Fairlawn, Ohio, is a provider of premium air springs for trucks, trailers, buses, and specialty vehicles. Founded by The Goodyear Rubber and Tire Company in 1957, Goodyear Air Springs has over 60 years of technology leadership. The Company is a preferred partner to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and trucking fleets across North America
Karma Ventures and byFounders have led a USD6.1 million funding round in Icelandic anti-money laundering startup Lucinity.
Existing investors Nordic based Crowberry Capital and US based early stage investor Preceptor Capital also participated in the founding round.
The software startup Lucinity is an Anti-Money-Laundering app that “uses human AI to ‘make money good’ by augmenting financial crime fighters in financial firms with AI technology,” according to the company.
Margus Uudam, founding partner at Karma Ventures, led the deal. “The huge problem Lucinity tackles, the team’s excellent background in financial services and AML solutions industry and the revolutionary approach that the
ECI Partners, a growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has invested in the international critical communications service provider, CSL. The investment will support CSL to further enhance its offering to its customer base, investing in product innovation and ensuring the high-quality service levels it is known for as it expands.
CSL is a specialist in providing M2M and IoT connectivity solutions in the Fire, Security and Telehealth sectors. It has invested significantly in its core Fire & Security customer base over the last 24 years, with the latest DualCom Pro range providing simple and reliable alarm signalling for domestic, commercial and retail
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