Deals
Sodexo has taken a majority stake in French food-tech start-up FoodChéri. The move is in line with Sodexo’s strategy to continually adapt its offers to meet emerging consumer trends and reinvent the customer experience.
Sodexo’s investment enables FoodChéri to consolidate its strategic positioning as a “virtual restaurant” with a focus on serving businesses, and to expand nationally in France. FoodChéri will continue to be managed by its co-founders.
Founded in 2015, FoodChéri now has 70 staff and delivers over 12,000 fresh meals prepared by professional chefs every week, in the Paris metropolitan area. With a healthy, balanced and diversified
Clearlake Capital Group has acquired Perforce Software (Perforce), a developer of a scalable and secure version control and collaboration platform, from growth equity investor Summit Partners.
The Company will continue to be led by Janet Dryer, CEO, and Mark Ties, COO, who will both join the Board of Directors alongside Clearlake. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Perforce is a leading provider of enterprise scale software solutions to technology developers and development operations (“DevOps”) teams requiring productivity, visibility and scale during all phases of the development lifecycle. Enterprises across the globe rely on its agile project management, developer collaboration, version
Sheprd – The On-Demand School Bus – has secured USD1 million in venture capital funding from InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm.
In addition to funding, the relationship includes providing Sheprd, on a non-exclusive basis, with a fleet of Land Rover SUV vehicles.
“With this funding, Sheprd can expand its service to meet customer demand and further develop our proprietary technology platform to improve the transportation experience for families,” says Nick Jasset, CEO and founder of Sheprd. “The investment by InMotion Ventures further validates the positive feedback we continue to receive from parents; Sheprd’s service provides a desperately
Premium bar and restaurant, The Alchemist, has secured an additional GBP16 million finance package from existing debt funders, Santander, to support its continued growth plans across the UK.
The new capital from Santander will be invested into the continued innovation of the brand, rejuvenating existing sites and the acquisition of new locations. The Alchemist recently opened a purpose-built venue at MediaCityUK, a new regional site in Oxford and has since confirmed openings in Nottingham, Bristol and Cardiff for the year ahead.
Established in 2010, The Alchemist has 12 venues across the UK and employs over 700 team members. The
Walker Precision Engineering, a high-precision component manufacturer, has secured a GBP4 million investment from BGF to expand its operations in the UK and mainland Europe.
From premises in Glasgow, Basildon and Poland, the family-owned business manufactures and assembles complex parts for the aerospace, defence and industrial sectors.
Founded in 1979, the company is run by brothers Gary and Mark Walker and employs more than 250 staff.
BGF’s funding will allow Walker to invest in specialist machinery, further increasing its high accuracy machining capacity. The business has experienced an increase in demand from existing and new customers, particularly in
Northlane Capital Partners (NCP) has invested in List Partners, a provider of sales intelligence content used by business development professionals who target national advertisers and their agencies across the US and the UK.
NCP invested alongside List Partners’ management team including CEO Dave Currie, and its founder, Todd Knutson, who will remain on the Company’s Board of Directors.
Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the Company provides participants in the advertising sales market with a proprietary dataset allowing them to quickly identify and engage the most relevant advertising, media and marketing decision makers at the largest brands,
High Road Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of U-C Coatings, a manufacturer and distributor of premier specialty coatings and sealants for the North American wood and lumber markets.
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
The Buffalo, New York-based company’s products, which are more cost effective than alternative products, conserve and protect hardwood logs and lumber. ANCHORSEAL end sealers prevent logs and lumber from prematurely drying and cracking, thus preventing avoidable waste. GEMPAINT end-paint products are used to differentiate lumber bundles. The company also manufactures SEAL-ONCE products, which create a water barrier within wood, concrete and
Goji, a specialist Direct Lending investment manager and platform, has secured an undisclosed multi-million pound funding round from investors including Anthemis’s Venture Fund 1 (AVF1) and AXA Strategic Ventures (ASV).
The round led by Anthemis, a leading global fintech investor which has backed companies including Betterment, and AXA Strategic Ventures, further sets Goji apart from rivals and signals growing confidence in the company as a pioneer for Direct Lending assets in the financial adviser market.
“Anthemis is dedicated to reinventing financial services for the digital world by cultivating change and new business models. The development of new asset classes
Burford Capital made USD1.3 billion in new investment commitments in 2017, more than triple its 2016 level.
The new commitments reflect a number of dynamics in Burford’s business: continued growth in demand for capital in its core litigation finance business; access to capital through direct balance sheet investing and its new investment management business; and continued expansion of Burford’s product offerings and investment strategies.
Christopher Bogart, Burford’s Chief Executive Officer, says: “We are delighted with the growth of the business in 2017. The new commitments made during the year have the potential to generate significant future income in the
Spencer Technologies, a specialist in managed retail technology projects and deployments, has finalised the acquisition of Certified Retail Solutions, a service integrator of end-to-end IT life cycle solutions for the retail and hospitality industries.
The acquisition is one element of Spencer’s aggressive strategy to broaden its capabilities and provide an integrated set of services to an expanded customer base.
With the acquisition, Spencer will integrate Certified Retail Solutions’ capabilities with its existing offerings to strengthen the company retail technology, full life cycle services of staging, configuring, deploying and on-site repair services. The company now offers an expanded range of client specific
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