Deals
Funderbeam, a global funding and trading platform, has raised USD4.5 million in a Series A funding round, led by UK-based Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV).
The round includes new investors such as GK-Plug and Play Indonesia, Pandan Ventures, with existing investors including Draper Associates, Draper Venture Partners, IQ Capital, and Mistletoe also taking part.
Funderbeam aims to fill in the gap in venture and SME capital markets by providing access and liquidity to growth investments. The company has introduced trusted structures and technology to provide global access to the service 24/7. To date, Funderbeam has 37 high-growth portfolio companies on marketplace,
L2 Capital Partners (L2) has sold LSC Environmental Products (LSC) to an entity formed by Ancor Capital Partners. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Under L2’s ownership, LSC underwent significant corporate management changes, executed a transformational acquisition, and developed and introduced multiple new products to market. This investment allowed the Company to significantly grow its core business, increase product line breadth, expand end markets served, and position the business to achieve double-digit annual growth rates.
“This successful exit exemplifies how L2 Capital works with portfolio companies. Over the course of our investment, L2 recruited a new CEO and
Hg, a specialist private equity investor focused on software and service businesses, has invested in TransIP Group (TransIP), a hosting and Virtual Private Server (VPS) provider based in the Netherlands. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
TransIP will join forces with Combell Group (Combell), a European specialist in mass hosting services for SMEs.
Together the two companies will be known as create team.blue, which will aim to deliver high innovation and quality services to a combined 1.2 million companies, bringing together some of the most experienced people in the industry with the aim to be a
Investment company Avedon Capital Partners is partnering with Brand Masters to support the company in the implementation of an ambitious international growth plan.
Brand Masters wants to accelerate organic growth in Western Europe in the coming years, in combination with investments in the organisation and the supply chain. Possible takeovers are also actively being pursued. The partnership will take place subject to the approval of the competition authorities.
Brand Masters was founded in 2012 by Toine van Poppel and Jasper Vreugdenhil. As a commercial and logistics service provider, the company supports a range of well-known and less well-known suppliers
Adarma, an independent security services company, previously ECS Security, has launched following a private management buyout led by David Calder and Nathan Dornbrook with capital from private equity investor Livingbridge.
With over 250 staff and experience spanning over two decades, Adarma provides a broad range of IT security consulting, solution and services with deep expertise in threat management including Security Operations Centre (SOC) design, build and operation. Adarma helps large enterprises to establish operational security capabilities including in-house, co-managed and fully managed SOC environments. The company’s expertise also helps clients to extend existing SOC capabilities to respond to evolving threats
Tonkotsu, the Emma Reynolds and Ken Yamada-founded ramen restaurant group is planning expansion after partnering with investment firm YFM Equity Partners (YFM).
Funds advised by YFM the specialist private equity fund manager are investing GBP5 million in Tonkotsu for a minority stake. YFM has a track record of backing businesses across all sectors in the UK. Mike Clarke and Jamie Roberts led the investment for YFM.
Tonkotsu, which is led by Managing Director, Stephen Evans, operates nine restaurants in London and one in Selfridges Birmingham, with two more due to open later this year in Peckham and Shoreditch.
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Sheridan Capital Partners (Sheridan) has made an investment in Atlantic Vision Partners (AVP), a vision practice management company. In the transaction, Sheridan invested alongside AVP’s founders and management, who will retain a meaningful ownership stake in the business.
AVP, headquartered in Richmond, VA, serves ophthalmology and optometry clinics throughout Virginia. The Company has achieved significant scale in its core markets, while maintaining a reputation for providing excellent patient care for over 30 years.
“AVP has achieved meaningful scale in its geography,” says Jonathan Lewis, Partner of Sheridan Capital Partners. “The Company has grown significantly due to the team’s focus
Ogier is acting as Jersey counsel for Tarsus Group plc, a London-listed international business-to-business media and events group, on its recommended GBP561 million takeover by private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP.
The transaction, which is to be carried out by way of a Jersey Scheme of Arrangement, is expected to complete in Q3 2019, following sanction by Jersey’s Royal Court.
Partner Simon Dinning and managing associate Alexander Curry are working on the corporate aspects of the deal, and partner Nick Williams and managing associate James Angus are advising on the elements of the transaction involving Jersey’s Royal Court.
The
The EQT VII fund (EQT VII) is to sell Press Ganey to a consortium of funds managed by Leonard Green & Partners (LGP), affiliates of Ares Management Corporation and other co-investors.
Press Ganey is a provider of safety, quality, patient experience and workforce engagement solutions for healthcare organisations in the US. The Company serves over 41,000 healthcare facilities, more than 75 per cent of US acute care hospitals and over 2,500 outpatient facilities. EQT VII acquired Press Ganey in a public-to-private transaction in 2016, marking EQT VII’s first direct investment in North America.
Together with the management team, EQT
Asoko Insight, an African corporate data platform, and Neu Capital Africa, which discreetly matches global institutional investors with mid-market African businesses, has announced a strategic partnership to enhance their respective offerings.
The partnership will see Asoko combine their unique data acquisition model and corporate database of over 50,000 private African companies, with Neu Capital’s professional investor and corporate finance community in a confidential and curated on-line setting regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority.
The initial phase of the partnership will leverage their complementary business models to bring added value to both mid-market companies from East and Southern Africa who
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