Deals
O’Melveny represented WeWork in the sale of its subsidiary, Meetup, one of the world’s first social media platforms and the only one dedicated to groups that meet in-person or online during times of crisis.Meetup is being acquired by a consortium of investors led by Kevin Ryan’s AlleyCorp and includes mission-driven private funds and accomplished technology executives. The company will continue to service its growing 49 million members and over 230,000 organisers, who collectively produce an average of 15,000 in-person events daily.
The Silicon Valley-based O’Melveny deal team was led by counsel Melissa Wright and Emerging Technologies Group chair David Makarechian.
Air Doctor, a technology platform providing a global medical outpatient network that connects travellers with local doctors, has raised a Series A funding round of USD7.8 million from Kamet Ventures – an AXA-backed venture builder – and The Phoenix Insurance Company.Founded in 2016, Air Doctor puts travellers in control of their health by connecting people who are sick abroad with local private physicians who are skilled at treating non-emergency conditions. The platform, currently available across 42 countries in five continents, allows patients to tap into a network of leading doctors that fit their location, language, specialty, and cost needs in
Palm Beach Capital Fund III, through one of its investment entities, has made an investment in Allen Brothers Wholesale Distributors (Allen Brothers), one of the nation’s largest full-line wholesale distributors to the convenience and grocery store industry. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
In addition, Palm Beach Capital announced the creation of National Convenience Distributors, LLC (“NCD”) to service customers in the convenience and grocery industries. Allen Brothers, along with J Polep Distribution Services and Harold Levinson Associates, will each become operating divisions of NCD. With annual revenues of USD3 billion, National Convenience Distributors becomes the fifth largest wholesale distributor in
Rewired, a robotics focused venture studio that invests in growth-stage technology ventures, is looking to add new artificial intelligence and robotics investments to its portfolio. The portfolio currently encompasses innovations in machine learning, robotics, bionics, smart sensors, mapping and localisation in the UK and USA.
Backed by investors who believe that analysts are underestimating the prospects of AI, Rewired seeks to make investments of between USD5 million and USD30 million. Its status as a venture studio means that Rewired uniquely seeks to attain a substantial or majority position as an investor, and to then provide long term funding and expertise. The
BGF has invested GBP 8 million in British ceramics brand Emma Bridgewater, to support the brand’s UK growth and international expansion.
Danish venture capital firm Promentum Equity Partners has sold Grazper Technologies to Yokogawa Electric Corporation, a listed Japanese conglomerate.
Limerston Capital-backed HR services group AdviserPlus has acquired Halborns, a specialist employment law firm based in Nottingham, UK. The transaction was agreed at the start of March and has completed following regulatory approval. The new deal adds further capabilities and expertise to AdviserPlus, as part of a vision to create the UK’s leading technology-enabled HR services group.
Founded in 2013, Halborns has recently been ranked as a Times top 10 employment law business that takes a uniquely solutions-focussed approach to employment law advice. Through its Intelligent Employment platform Halborns provides proactive HR and employment law services enabling its subscribers to access a
Zeus Capital has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Sykes Seafood on its successful acquisition of Klaas Puul from the Dutch Seafood Company (DSC) and H2 Equity Partners.The complex transaction involved multiple stakeholders across Europe and was successfully delivered during uncertain market conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The combination of Sykes Seafood and Klaas Puul will create a EUR300 million Pan European seafood business with expertise in all species of shrimp that will offer customers across Europe a wide range of high-quality products in chilled and frozen formats for the Retail, Foodservice and Manufacturing sectors.
Klaas Puul is one of the largest shrimp processors in Europe
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has invested in Blue Ridge ESOP Associates (Blue Ridge), in partnership with the existing owners and management team. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Blue Ridge is the leading provider of technology enhanced solutions and services for the administration and record-keeping of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) and associated 401(k) plans. Blue Ridge’s comprehensive service offerings and highly experienced professional administrators address the complex and mission-critical needs of ESOP businesses, which has provided the Company with an unmatched reputation as the highest-quality service provider in the market. The
Iconic British ceramics brand Emma Bridgewater has secured an GBP8 million investment from BGF.Founded in 1984, Emma Bridgewater designs and manufactures hand-decorated pottery and a wide selection of home products. It was established by Emma after she was unable to find the right gift for her mother’s birthday and to this day the pottery products are handmade in a renovated 19th Century factory in Stoke-on-Trent. Its products are are sold through its website, own stores, as well as wholesale customers such as John Lewis and Next. More recently, the Emma Bridgewater brand has diversified into glassware, stationery, picnic-ware, wallpaper and
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