Deals
An affiliate of KSL Capital Partners (KSL), an investor in travel and leisure businesses, has acquired Heritage Golf Group from private equity firm Tower Three Partners. The Heritage Golf Group portfolio includes three resort-style properties on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina (Port Royal Golf Club, Oyster Reef Golf Club, and Shipyard Golf Club), two championship TPC clubs in Sarasota and the greater Tampa Bay area in Florida (TPC Prestancia and TPC Tampa Bay), and a private country club in Richmond, Virginia (The Dominion Club). Mark Burnett, who has held previous leadership roles with other KSL portfolio companies, has been named
Unmind, the workplace mental health platform, has raised USD10 million dolars in a Series A funding round.Led by Berlin-based Project A, with the continued support of Felix Capital, the funding – which is one of the largest series A rounds for a European mental health tech business – will support company growth, and its commitment to measurably improve the mental health of employees in workplaces around the world.
Since its launch in 2016, the company has seen fast-growth, growing revenue by more than 300 per cent in 2019. Today, it counts some of the UK’s most iconic businesses as
Keensight Capital has replaced Cathay Capital as majority shareholder of Datawords, alongside the founders’ team.The Datawords Group has a history of rapid expansion over the last five years, its turnover rose from EuR30 million to EUR70 million (at the end of 2019) and the number of employees doubled to reach 800 people.
The sustained organic growth has been particularly driven, since 2015, by the successful deployment strategy in North America (with the gain of numerous clients in the United States and the opening of new offices in Montreal and Mexico City) and the strengthening of the Group’s activity in Asia,
Gores Holdings III, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, has completed the acquisition of Platinum Equity portfolio company (PAE), a provider of outsourced solutions for enduring missions of the United States government and international partners for over 60 years. The transaction was unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of both Gores Holdings III and the ultimate parent company of PAE and was approved at a special meeting of Gores Holdings III’s stockholders on 7 February, 2020. There were 0.0005 per cent (virtually zero) redemptions in connection with the business combination. In connection with
Solid Solutions, a reseller of 3D design software, has secured a minority investment from mid-market private equity investor LDC to accelerate growth. As part of the deal, Solid Solutions’ existing backer, BGF, will exit its minority stake.Founded in 1998, Solid Solutions is the UK and Ireland’s leading reseller of SOLIDWORKS, the 3D computer aided design (CAD) package that is owned by Dassault Systems and used by more than five million people worldwide.
Solid Solutions provides software, support and training to thousands of engineers, designers and manufacturing companies across the UK and Ireland. This includes providing 3D CAD, computer-aided manufacturing
Medical cannabis and wellness brand Sanity Group closes a USD22 million Series A round led by Calyx, a European cannabis-focused investment fund and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, one of Germany’s largest venture funds.
Karan Wadhera, managing partner at Casa Verde, Scooter Braun’s investment fund TQ Ventures and Berlin-based Cherry Ventures also participated in the round. The round, which is the largest cannabis financing round in Europe to date, is also TQ Ventures’ first investment into cannabis.
Los Angeles-based Casa Verde Capital is the investment firm launched by Calvin Broadus (Snoop Dogg). Existing Sanity Group investors Atlantic Food Labs and several angel
Align Capital Partners’ (ACP) environmental services platform Alliance Source Testing (AST) has acquired METCO Environmental (METCO) from TestAmerica, a subsidiary of Eurofins Scientific (ERFSF). METCO provides source emissions (or stack) testing services to customers primarily across the Texas and Gulf Coast regions with offices in Dallas, Houston, and Baton Rouge.
METCO is a leader in the region, building a strong reputation for quality over the past 40 years, providing source testing and air emissions services to chemical, oil & gas production and refining, demilitarisation, power generation, and other customers.
“Acquiring METCO adds experienced talent, resources, and expertise to AST, further cementing
The EQT Infrastructure IV fund (EQT) and OMERS Infrastructure Management (OMERS) are to jointly acquire Deutsche Glasfaser from KKR Infrastructure and Reggeborgh.Since its establishment by Dutch investor Reggeborgh in 2011, Deutsche Glasfaser invested heavily in fibre infrastructure in underserved rural and sub-urban communities in Germany and today provides high-speed internet access to more than 600,000 households and 5,000 businesses. Deutsche Glasfaser’s scalable network, consisting of more than 30,000 kilometres of fibre-optic infrastructure, together with its best-in-class roll-out machine provides a strong platform for continued growth.
Looking ahead, the management team of Deutsche Glasfaser plans to continue the rapid growth
SunFunder, a solar finance company providing debt capital to solar enterprises in emerging markets, today announced its first disbursement in Nigeria, part of a facility of up to USD4 million with commercial and industrial (C&I) solar developer, Daystar Power.Daystar Power specialises in providing solar power and energy efficiency solutions for businesses in the commercial, industrial, and agricultural sectors that result in significant reduction of power costs, diesel consumption and pollution. SunFunder’s investment in up to 3MWp of C&I projects for clients including top tier financial institutions and other small and medium-sized enterprises will mitigate 102,410 tons of CO2 emissions annually.
Pasta Evangelists has raised GBP3.5 million to expand across the UK. The funding has been led by leading consumer venture capital trust, Pembroke VCT and co-led by Guinness Asset Management. Founded by Genoa-born Alessandro Savelli in 2016, Pasta Evangelists’ mission is to provide the highest quality fresh pastas and pasta sauces in the UK to homes across the country, and one day internationally. The company’s chairman and co-founder is James McArthur, previously CEO of Harrods and several luxury fashion brands, including Balenciaga and Anya Hindmarch. Prue Leith, Giles Coren and William Sitwell also count among Pasta Evangelists’ co-founders and have been
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