Deals
Maven Capital Partners has completed a GBP1 million investment in hedgehog lab Limited, a mobile app designer and technology consultancy headquartered in Newcastle.
The funding will support hedgehog lab’s next phase of growth and allow the company to further invest in its sales and marketing function, boost its delivery capabilities and broaden its presence overseas, while also creating additional jobs. hedgehog lab currently has a sales presence in the UK, US, Denmark and India and delivery teams in the UK and India.
hedgehog lab operates in a large and fast growing market which is being driven by an increasing
Tikehau Capital has arranged a USD130 million dual currency unitranche facility to support Sun Capital Partners’ acquisition of C&K Holdings, a manufacturer of electromechanical switches.
C&K was founded in 1928 and has one of the industry’s broadest product portfolios, offering more than 55,000 standard products and 8.5 million switch combinations to companies that design, manufacture and distribute electronics products. In addition, C&K’s unmatched custom design capabilities are recognised globally by engineers who demand reliable switch performance.
C&K is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, with more than 1,500 employees working at its global design centre in Newton; Dole, France; and Huizhou, China. C&K
Home Inc, a social e-commerce platform for the home furnishing industry, has completed a USD5 million Series A+ round of financing led by Sky9 Capital with participation from existing investor Capital Today.
Home Inc is a social e-commerce platform for furniture and home furnishings in China. The Hangzhou-based company provides an online platform that utilises an innovative, sharing-economy approach to sales and marketing, connecting prospective customers with prior customers both online and offline. The company is different from other furniture e-commerce companies because it provides a network of virtual showrooms, called “Lifestyle Homes”, for prospective customers to personally experience the products
Actua Corporation has entered into separate agreements to sell its three majority-owned businesses – VelocityEHS, Bolt Solutions and FolioDynamix – for an aggregate of USD549 million in cash.
The sales are the result of the Board’s comprehensive review of a range of strategic options to maximise stockholder value, which was undertaken with the support of independent financial and legal advisors.
The Company expects to realise aggregate cash proceeds in the range of between approximately USD472 million and approximately USD502 million and does not currently expect to pay material federal taxes in connection with the transactions. Following completion of the
RNC Minerals (RNC) has entered into a USD4 million 18-month Convertible Term Debt Facility with Pala Investments Limited (Pala).
Mark Selby, President and CEO, says: “I am pleased to have this investment by Pala, one of the world’s leading mining private equity groups and an investment leader in the battery materials sector. This investment highlights the position of the Dumont Nickel Project as one of the world’s largest resources of both nickel and cobalt, two key components of the batteries used in the growing electric vehicle market. Dumont is the only fully permitted, shovel ready, large scale nickel and cobalt project
M&A specialists from Carey Olsen’s Guernsey corporate team have advised long-standing client and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)-listed Avnel Gold Mining Limited (Avnel) on its successful acquisition by TSX-listed Endeavour Mining Corporation (Endeavour) by way of a Guernsey scheme of arrangement.
Endeavour, a premier intermediate gold producer focussed on assets in the West African region, has acquired all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Avnel in exchange for the issue of new Endeavour shares.
Avnel is a gold mining, exploration and development company with operations in southwestern Mali in West Africa. Its focus is to develop its 80
Maven Capital Partners has announced VCT offers to raise up to GBP30 million (with an over-allotment facility for up to a further GBP10 million).
Maven is launching the offers to take advantage of the strong pipeline of new transactions which is in evidence across the Maven regional office network.
For the first time investors in Maven VCTs will have the option to complete and submit an application and payment online by visiting a new dedicated and secure investment portal operated by Capita Asset Services which is the Receiving Agent and Registrar for the Maven VCTs. This new system has
Maven Capital Partners (Maven), one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, is leading an investment in ADC Biotechnology (ADC Bio) to support the construction of a dedicated pharmaceutical manufacturing facility at a site in Deeside, North Wales, creating 50 new scientific jobs.
The facility will cost GBP8 million to construct, a substantial part of which has been funded by a syndicate of technology investors, which includes Maven VCTs, Seneca and Finance Wales, and the Welsh Government, which is providing a grant.
ADC Bio operates in the highest growth sector within oncology therapeutics and has developed a unique
Littlejohn & Co, a private investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, has sold C&K Holdings, a provider of function-critical, highly engineered electromechanical switch and interface technology solutions, to Sun European Partners, an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc.
Financials have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1928, C&K is one of the world’s most trusted brands of high-quality electromechanical switches. The Company has developed a comprehensive product portfolio featuring 50,000+ unique products, serving over 20,000 customers across the Industrial, Automotive and Aerospace sectors, and blue-chip OEMs. C&K is headquartered in Newton, MA, with global design centres in Newton, Dole, France,
Perusa Partners Fund 2 has acquired a majority 51 per cent stake in MBN (MBN-PROLED) a specialist in the development, production and distribution of LED lighting.
Under the brand names PROLED and MBNLED, MBN-PROLED offers high-quality LED lighting, controllers and components worldwide. The partnership’s goal is to achieve a leading European position for the company through growth and acquisitions.
MBN-PROLED founder Bernd Menrad remains 49 per cent shareholder and continues to lead the company as sole managing director. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price and further details of the transaction.
Dr Christian Hollenberg, founding
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