Deals
Clearly Drinks, a private equity-backed soft drinks manufacturing company, has completed the acquisition of the IP and distribution rights for the Powerful Water Company (POW).
This follows a year of double-digit growth in which Clearly Drinks increased headcount to over 100 people and secured a contract with a major supermarket.
Founded by the ex-Monster Energy and Capri Sun, Head of Sales Ed Woolner, with the financial backing of former Diageo and Red Bull executives, POW used natural ingredients to deliver healthier functional beverages to the soft drinks industry.
Based in Sunderland, Clearly Drinks is a soft drinks manufacturer
Health-focused restaurant brand True Food Kitchen, which is backed by private equity firm Centrebridge, has secured an equity investment from Oprah Winfrey, who also joins the board of directors.
Founded in 2008, True Food Kitchen has received national recognition as a culinary leader, with a health-driven menu of seasonal dishes and natural beverages guided by the principles of founder Dr Andrew Weil’s anti-inflammatory food pyramid.
Today, True Food Kitchen operates 23 restaurants in 10 states, with plans to double its store count in the next three years. Key focus areas include new markets on the east coast in New York, New Jersey and North
O’Melveny has represented Highview Capital in its acquisition of specialised food service distributor Good Source Solutions.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The O’Melveny team was led by Corporate M&A partner David Smith, and included Corporate M&A partner Nicolai Schwarz-Gondek, Corporate Finance counsel Sarah Hoffner, and associates Matt Carter, Nidhi Geevarghese, Cliff Wen, Aaron Cha, Maha Syed, and Zach Greenberg.
Noerr has advised comdirect bank on the sale of its subsidiary European Bank for Financial Services (ebase) to FNZ, an international financial technology provider.
The FNZ Group provides established financial institutions with platform solutions for the entire investment business value chain (Platform as a Service). ebase is a B2B direct bank which offers a full range of services for financial products providers, insurance companies, banks, asset managers and other businesses.
Noerr provided comdirect with extensive advice in connection with the transaction and assisted it in both the M&A bidder process and the contractual negotiations. Volker Land, Co-Head of the
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has completed a GBP2 million investment in Lending Works, a UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lender.
The total transaction value also includes GBP800,000 of funding from NVM Private Equity, Pollen Street Capital, and a small number of business angels. The investment will be used to strengthen Lending Works’ sales and marketing function to support the continued expansion of the business, capitalising on the significant growth forecasted in the P2P market, and enabling it to originate and convert more loans through its established sales channels, such as brokers and price comparison sites.
Founded in
Moore Stephens has advised Webcredible Limited, a London-based experience design agency, on its sale to digital consultancy and software design agency Inviqa.
The acquisition helps Inviqa to expand its customer and user experience capabilities in response to client demand, while Inviqa adds an improved development capability for Webcredible’s clients.
Led by Partner Damian Ryan and Senior Manager Victoria Kiess, Moore Stephens’ Corporate Finance team acted as exclusive advisor to Webcredible throughout the sale process, including; the preparation of an information memorandum on Webcredible, identification and approach to potential acquirers, solicitation and negotiation of offers through to the successful completion
Bambu, a provider of robo-advisory technology, today announced it has completed a USD3 million Series A funding led by Franklin Templeton Investments, with Singapore family office Octava and prominent Japanese Fintech investor Mamoru Taniya also joining the round.
The year 2018 has already become a marquee year for the two-year-old startup, signing clients in both North and South America as well as across Asia, and newly opened offices in London and Kuala Lumpur. Bambu also continues its commitment to its proprietary AI research and solutions, with further hires and completion of the team’s first research publication.
“We are incredibly
Parisian operational marketing firm group Marquetis has restructured its capital and strengthened its development through an investment from Omnes.
Headquartered in Boulogne Billancourt, and part of the French marketing and communications sector since 1996, Marquetis has been managed for more than 20 years by Virginie Massa and Evangelos Vatzias. Marquetis operates through its subsidiaries Marquetis One, Marquetis Connect and Marquetis Call. It offers a 360 degrees service, ranging from global communication consulting to automated cross-channel marketing in SaaS mode.
The group has a portfolio of customers made up of key accounts from different sectors (automotive, services, insurance, banking, etc).
The EQT Ventures fund has made a EUR23.4 million investment in BIMobject AB, a Swedish technology company with a global presence operating at the forefront of digitising the building industry.
Hjalmar Winbladh, Partner and Head of the EQT Ventures advisory team at EQT Partners, will join the company’s board.
BIMobject provides a cloud-based platform and powerful technology to make digital product information available for Building Information Modelling (BIM). This ensures that digital representations of each component can be used early in the building process for visualisation, specification, and analysis. Every element can be digitally built, checked and issues identified
The partners of Bedell Cristin have announced a plan to merge with Cayman-based law firm, Solomon Harris. It is hoped that the deal will complete by the end of August, and Solomon Harris will rebrand as Bedell Cristin at a later date.
Founded in 1998, Solomon Harris is a full service law firm employing 28 people in Grand Cayman. It has been awarded recognition for its legal expertise across a broad range of services including as a premier firm for captive insurance and investment funds, capital markets, inward/local investment, private client services, corporate/residential real estate, immigration, litigation and insolvency &
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