Deals
Enghouse Systems Limited has broadened its contact centre portfolio by acquiring San Francisco-based Survox.
Survox is a well-established, multi-mode, voice-based survey automation software and services provider. Its offerings enable market research, facilitate opinion polling and enhance brand equity by efficiently conducting surveys.
The company’s open survey automation development platform delivers best-in-class phone-based research solutions. Its online survey tools provide the broadest set of survey options for customers available. Survox has over 75 client deployments, supported by more than 25 employees.
“The Survox solution enhances our contact centre portfolio and empowers decision makers to gain fast, accurate insights from a
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has backed the management buyout of Stuart Turner, a UK-based water pump and pressure solutions business.
The investment will enable Stuart Turner to accelerate its buy-and-build strategy, targeting further growth in the commercial pumps sector, in addition to supporting international expansion.
Founded in 1906, with strong heritage in engineering excellence and product innovation, Stuart Turner has an established reputation for high-quality products for the commercial and domestic markets, including a patented solution for mains water pressure issues. Stuart Turner is led by CEO Mark Williams and Financial Director Malcolm Harris, and employs more than
Funds advised by Foresight Group have invested GBP1.9 million into Regency Design & Print Limited, a designer and manufacturer of printed materials for the beverage equipment and retail point-of-sale sector.
Founded in 1986, the Company is the UK market leader and boasts a longstanding customer list comprised of blue chip beverage companies such as Coca Cola Enterprises and Lucozade Ribena Suntory. Over the last few years, Regency has developed a market leading proprietary branded housing for self-serve coffee and tea machines, known as “coffee pods”. Customers for this product include Jacobs Douwe Egberts and Nestle.
The management team comprises
AirTM, a fintech start-up aiming to bring US dollar-denominated financial services to the developing world, has surpassed its funding goal of USD1 million with lead FinTech investor BnkToTheFuture.
AirTM plans to use this funding to further develop its platform and bring its services to more people who need to preserve their savings in the midst of devaluing currencies. It took just two weeks to reach its funding goal.
AirTM Founders Ruben Galindo Steckel and Antonio Garcia Aerenlund, both from Mexico City, started AirTM in 2015 with a clear mission – to help people in the developing world preserve their savings
AI-based SaaS consumer research company Wizer is announcing the completion of the company’s USD4 million Series A Round. The funding was led by SOMV (State of Mind Ventures), a venture capital fund focusing on technology infrastructure.
Nielsen Innovate, the early stage investment arm of Nielsen, also participated in the round.
Wizer provides marketers and agencies with comprehensive end-to-end market research solutions for brand positioning, product and concept testing, advertising effectiveness measurement, and more, utilizing proprietary artificial intelligence technology to deliver insightful client-ready research, quickly and affordably.
Wizer uses advanced AI and machine learning technology to provide turnkey research,
Mourant Ozannes’ Hong Kong banking and finance team has recently advised United Overseas Bank Limited in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Chinese manufacturing businesses, Broadway Foam Plastic Solutions and Compart Flow Control Devices by global private equity firm, Platinum Equity.
Mourant Ozannes Partner, Simon Lawrenson, says: “This transaction reflects a continued trend of private equity interest in China’s manufacturing industry, and in this case the advanced manufacturing space. Our dedicated offshore finance team, the fastest growing in Asia, is regularly instructed to advise on the offshore aspects of complex buyouts and we are pleased to have worked
Berlin start-up company labfolder, which is developing an electronic lab notebook, has been selected from 475 applicants worldwide to participate in the Merck Accelerator program.
Over the next three months, labfolder will benefit from support, coaching and consulting from Merck as it continues to develop its lab notebook which aims to help researchers around the world manage ever-larger and more complex data sets more efficiently, replacing the traditional paper lab notebook.
Merck is a specialist in healthcare, life science and performance materials, and manufactures liquid crystals for screens, as well as laboratory materials.
Simon Bungers, co-founder and CEO
Océalia, a cooperative in France’s Nouvelle Aquitaine region, has raised EUR4 million from Unigrains and IDIA Capital Investissement through a capital increase of its diversification subsidiary, Sodevat, in order to finance the development of its downstream and distribution activities.
Sodevat’s management plans to use the funds to support future growth.
Philippe Delusset, President of Sodevat, says: “New investors with external views on our strategy and acting as a force of proposal for our development, in particular in the sourcing and analysis of external growth opportunities, is a real asset. We are delighted to begin this collaboration with Unigrains and
The Greater Manchester Loan Fund (GMLF) has completed three investments, committing a total of GBP885,000 to support local businesses.
The GBP500,000 investment in Estio Training, GBP265,000 investment in The Essential One and GBP120,000 investment in Intact Projects will safeguard existing jobs and create over 20 new positions across the three regional companies over the investment horizon, as well as providing capital to expand product lines and invest in enlarged premises.
The funding secured by Estio Training, an IT, digital, and tech apprenticeship and training firm, will be invested in improving and expanding the company’s existing training facilities to help
LBO France has partnered with Bertrand Talbotier and the company’s management team, plus investment fund AfricInvest Europe, BNP Paribas Développement, BPI and Trocadéro Capital Partners, to acquire a majority stake in PIEX.
PIEX is a specialised distribution company which was founded in 1979 by Robert Jamain, incumbent CEO, and is now a key player in the distribution of pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical products in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa.
PIEX has recorded an average annual growth (CAGR) in its revenue of circa 12 per cent since 2005 and has reached EUR80 million in revenue in 2016, spread over more than 30 countries,
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