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Natterbox has secured significant Series A funding from Octopus Investments to continue its rapid growth.
Self-funded to date by its founders, Natterbox has always heavily invested in product development and evolving its service offering. Natterbox says the new injection will boost marketing and sales, helping to further improve customer service which customers such as Groupon and Legal & General rely on. It will fuel growth within existing geographies – UK, Germany and Australia – as well as moving into new territories including North America and the Nordics.
Natterbox chose to partner with Octopus Investments based on its track record
CVC Credit Partners and the EQT Credit platform’s European Private Debt businesses have jointly arranged GBP218 million of senior and subordinated financing for Paymentsense.
This is the second round of financing agreed by CVC Credit Partners and EQT Credit to Paymentsense, following the GBP110 million unitranche facility provided in November 2016.
As Europe’s largest merchant services provider, Paymentsense specialises in providing fast, affordable and reliable card processing services to over 65,000 small and medium-sized businesses processing GBP7 billion of transactions per annum. The Company’s proprietary technology platform allows it to deliver industry leading service levels to its rapidly growing
Mobius Motors, a Kenya-based designer and manufacturer of durable, affordable vehicles for Africa, has successfully closed an equity and debt funding round led by Pan-African Investment Company, with participation from Playfair Capital, Techstars, Chandaria Industries and VestedWorld.
The debt financing is being provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the development finance institution of the United States. The financing will be used to launch Mobius Motors’ new production facility in Nairobi as well as accelerate its growth strategy.
Mobius Motors was conceived to provide locally-designed and manufactured cars for the African mass market. At present, the majority of automotive
European workforce management solutions provider PIXID, has acquired Carerix, a Dutch-based CRM and ATS supplier.
Adding a leading supplier for CRM and ATS systems to its ranks allows PIXID to reinforce its expertise, enhance its service offering and strengthen the value chain offered to the temporary employment sector.
The purchase also means PIXID can now add a presence in Benelux to its existing offices in France, in the UK (since its acquisition of The Internet Corporation in 2017) and its operations in Germany.
A complete online software solution for recruitment and staffing agencies, Carerix is currently helping more than
Investcorp has sold Veco Precision (Veco) to Gilde Buy Out Partners and the company’s existing management team.
Veco is being carved out and sold by its parent company SPGPrints Group, a provider of integrated solutions for rotary screen and digital printing for textiles and industrial applications, acquired by Investcorp in July 2014. Veco, founded in 1934, manufactures high-precision metal components for a broad range of applications and is based in Eerbeek, The Netherlands and employs approximately 350 full time employees. The Company serves over 1,500 customers across approximately 85 countries worldwide from its sites in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany and
Point, a financial technology platform that allows homeowners to unlock home equity wealth without taking on new debt, has agreed a forward flow purchase program with investment firm Atalaya Capital Management to purchase up to USD150 million of Point’s structured home equity investment instruments.
“We’re thrilled with our progress at Point this past year, proving out the platform and bolstering a housing finance product that fundamentally aligns homeowners with investors,” says Eddie Lim, co-founder and chief executive officer, Point. “The partnership with Atalaya allows us to bring our product to many more homeowners and otherwise enhances our operating platform. With
The remaining nine unlisted portfolio companies in Nordic Capital Fund VII (Nordic Capital VII), with a transaction value of EUR2.5 billion, have been transferred to a continuation vehicle, Nordic Capital CV1.
The transaction is aimed at maximising the value creation potential of these companies by providing them with active support and fresh capital over a five-year investment period.
Coller Capital acted as lead investor in the transaction, which was fully underwritten by Coller Capital’s seventh fund and Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Vintage Funds.
“Coller Capital’s long relationship with Nordic Capital and in-depth knowledge of the portfolio companies meant
Nano-C, a developer of nanostructured carbon for energy and electronics applications, has completed a USD11.5 million round of funding, with a final tranche of USD3 million in the form of an equity investment from Ray Stata.
Stata is a co-founder and current chairman of Analog Devices, a designer and manufacturer of analog, mixed signal and DSP integrated circuits with over USD5 billion in revenue.
Nearly every industry today is looking to leverage new materials to drive the next wave of innovative products from electronics and solar power to medical devices, automotive and more. Building on technology conceived at MIT, Nano-C’s
Shore Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on the healthcare industry, has made an investment in Hulin Health. Founded in 2011, Hulin is a leading provider of urgent care services in Louisiana and the broader Gulf Coast region.
Shore has partnered with founder and CEO Clayt Hulin who continues to lead Hulin Health through a period of tremendous growth while also maintaining a strong commitment to clinical excellence. Clayt founded Hulin following 13 years as an emergency medicine healthcare provider and after serving in the Army Special Forces and multiple Special Operations units. The company’s services include treatment
Reality Zero One (R01) today announced that it has secured GBP285,000 investment from startup funders and private investors to enhance its new digital reality capture platform.
The technology makes it easy to capture ultra-high-definition 3D versions of real-world objects for use in any virtual or augmented-reality application.
With the virtual/augmented reality market predicted to hit USD215 billion by 2021 and an estimated ten billion commercial and cultural objects ripe for conversion, potential demand for the tech is huge. However, the high cost and difficulty of mass 3D capture has put potential users off – until now.
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