Deals
Third Seven Group, an investment bank (Third Seven Capital) and registered investment advisory firm (Third Seven Advisors), has acquired a stake in boutique investment management consultancy UDIS Capital Partners (UDIS).
UDIS specialises in introducing foreign and domestic capital, managing cross-border transactions and providing foreign currency solutions.
Third Seven currently offers direct investment opportunities to pre-IPO companies and access to The Growth Center, a proprietary solution that includes business consulting and unique technology to aid in any stage of an advisor’s business life cycle created by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. This partnership with UDIS furthers Third Seven’s goal to arm their clients
Audax Private Equity (Audax) has partnered with the existing management team to acquire Revolution Dancewear (Revolution), a global supplier of dance recital costumes, competition costumes, footwear, and dancewear.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Geoffrey S Rehnert, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Audax Group, says: “Revolution is a recognised leader in the dance costume and dancewear market. We look forward to supporting CEO Joe Sclafani and the entire Revolution team to continue growing the business organically and through acquisitions.”
Revolution Dancewear, headquartered in Niles, IL, is a leading, globally recognised, costume and apparel platform that is known for
Swedish cybersecurity startup Baffin Bay Networks has closed a USD6.4 million Series A round led by the EQT Ventures fund (EQT Ventures). The capital will be used for further international expansion, taking the company closer to creating a world-beating cyber security platform.
Baffin Bay Networks was founded in 2017 by cyber security experts who believe no organisation should be defenceless against advanced cyber security threats. The company offers an easy to use and accurate cloud-first threat protection platform that helps companies and service providers protect their key assets and services. Unlike other offerings, the platform has been developed with sophisticated
BP is to purchase Chargemaster, a UK-based electric vehicle (EV) charging company. Chargemaster operates a network of EV charging points, with over 6,500 across the country. It also designs, builds, sells and maintains EV charging units for a wide range of locations, including for home charging.
Tufan Erginbilgic, chief executive, BP downstream, says: “Bringing together the UK’s leading fuel retailer and its largest charging company, BP Chargemaster will deliver a truly differentiated offer for the country’s growing number of electric vehicle owners.
“At BP we believe that fast and convenient charging is critical to support the successful adoption of
BP is to purchase Chargemaster, a UK-based electric vehicle (EV) charging company. Chargemaster operates a network of EV charging points, with over 6,500 across the country. It also designs, builds, sells and maintains EV charging units for a wide range of locations, including for home charging.
Tufan Erginbilgic, chief executive, BP downstream, says: “Bringing together the UK’s leading fuel retailer and its largest charging company, BP Chargemaster will deliver a truly differentiated offer for the country’s growing number of electric vehicle owners.
“At BP we believe that fast and convenient charging is critical to support the successful adoption of
BitSight, a provider of Security Ratings, has closed USD60 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s total funding to USD155 million. The financing was led by Warburg Pincus, with participation from existing investors Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital and Singtel Innov8.
BitSight pioneered the security ratings market in 2011, as the first company to develop a security ratings product. Today, organisations and nations worldwide use the BitSight Security Ratings SaaS platform to help manage third party risk, benchmark performance, underwrite cyber insurance policies and conduct M&A due diligence. With over 1,200 customers collaborating and verifying BitSight Security Ratings on a
ARQIS has advised BWK GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft (BWK) on the acquisition of a majority stake in H & R Industrierohrbau.
H & R Industrierohrbau, based in Goldbach in Bavaria, is specialised in the maintenance and construction of piping in production facilities. In 2017, the company generated a turnover of almost EUR16 million with 80 employees at its three locations – two of which are “on-site locations” at industrial parks in the Rhine-Main area. Among H&R’s customer base are major companies of the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors (eg AkzoNobel, Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi, and Clariant) as well as other medium-sized industrial customers.
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F2i SGR, acting on behalf of its second fund, is to acquire Enel Group’s entire portfolio of vegetable biomass plants.
The deal includes the purchase of two plants for the production of electric energy from vegetable biomass, for combined power of 47 MW; the plants are located in the Italian regions of Calabria and Emilia-Romagna. The deal also includes, on completion of the period of construction (scheduled for the end of 2018), two more plants, for a combined electrical power of 48 MW. These plants are located in the Italian regions of Sardinia and Emilia-Romagna, and production activities are scheduled
SimpleNexus has raised USD20 million in growth capital from Insight Venture Partners to accelerate continued growth and expansion.
SimpleNexus provides a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app that connects mortgage lenders with borrowers and real estate agents, allowing all parties to easily exchange data and documents through the lifecycle of a mortgage loan. The online application is custom branded to the lending institution and includes individual pages for each loan officer to share.
“Our unprecedented growth clearly demonstrates the leading role SimpleNexus occupies in the digital mortgage movement and an industry wide embrace of our mobile-first technology that
Ironwood Capital has made a subordinated debt and minority equity investment in American Residuals Group (ARG), an Arkansas-based environmental services company. Funding was provided by Ironwood Mezzanine Fund IV LP and its affiliated funds.
Ironwood Capital President and Chief Investment Officer Carolyn Galiette, says: “ARG is one of the largest wastewater collection and disposal companies in the country. The investment thesis is to continue to grow organically into new geographies and explore additional acquisitions.”
“ARG has a proven track record of providing quality services to the municipal and industrial food processing market and we’re excited to partner with the
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