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Lower middle market private equity firm Spire Capital has acquired Accuship.com, Iron Data Solution's transportation spend management division (Iron Data TSM).
Iron Data TSM provides software-enabled transportation spend management solutions allowing global enterprises to optimise their transportation spend.
The company's network of more than 8,000 connections with trading partners and the resulting unique access to timely transportation spend data supports the company's advanced analytics for end-to-end transportation spend visibility and management.
Spire acquired all of the interests of the company from Iron Data Solutions. This marks Spire's third investment in its third fund, Spire Capital Partners III.
Nujira Ltd, a specialist in Envelope Tracking (ET) technology, which improves battery life, boosts signal strength and increases data rates in 4G mobile phones, has raised USD20m (GBP12.2m) of working capital.
The cash will be used to ramp up production of Nujira’s Coolteq chips and support further product development.
Each of the existing angel and major investors participated in the round including CCC Private Equity, Amadeus Capital Partners, Environmental Technologies Fund, SAM Private Equity and NES Partners. In addition, Investec Bank introduced new investors to the company including GAM (on behalf of its GAM Star Technology strategy) and Investec as well
The chemicals team at Clearwater Corporate Finance has advised Caledonia Investments, the London Stock Exchange-listed investment trust company, on the sale of Amber Chemicals to ICM Products.
Amber Chemicals is a manufacturer of speciality silicones for a wide range of niche markets. The group’s product portfolio includes adhesives and sealants, anti-foams, coatings, emulsions, encapsulants, greases, lubricants, moulding rubber, release agents, silicone fluids and silicone foam.
The companies within the Amber Chemical group are ACC Silicones, Amber Silicones (Tianjin), Quantum Silicones, Siovation and Treco Srl.
Headquartered in Michigan, ICM Products is a manufacturer of silicone defoamers, emulsions and polymers
Mirada Medical has received additional funding from Albion Ventures to accelerate the company’s growth plans.
The investment will fuel the expansion of Mirada’s product distribution worldwide and support accelerated product development through the addition of new scientific and engineering positions at its Oxford, UK headquarters.
Mirada’s products are designed to simplify technically complex image quantification, allowing clinicians to confidently diagnose disease, assess response to treatment and plan radiation therapy or surgical intervention.
Albion Ventures is investing a further GBP0.85m Mirada Medical, in addition to new equity which was acquired by the employees and founders of the company. This
Ingenious Clean Energy has backed its first anaerobic digestion plant, located on the premises of Thomas Swan, the County Durham-based, family-run specialist chemicals business.
Ingenious Clean Energy has invested GBP4.5m in the project through its investee company, Generation X Energy Ltd.
The investment was financed by the Ingenious Energy Efficiency EIS Fund and is Ingenious’ first anaerobic digestion deal.
The cost of the installation is financed by Ingenious and will be recouped through the sale of heat and electricity to Thomas Swan under long term agreements.
The plant, managed by Generation X, will produce around 8,500MWh of
UK-based B&M Group is entering the German discounter market by acquiring a majority stake in the JA Woll Group.
The Soltau-based firm mainly sells clearance and end of line stock under the JAWOLL and HAFU brands in the north-west of Germany.
The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the competition authorities; the purchase price was not disclosed.
A team from CMS Hasche Sigle led by Dr Oliver C Wolfgramm advised Stern Vertriebs GmbH and its shareholders on all legal aspects of selling the JA Woll Group to B&M.
The current owners and CEOs of JA Woll, Ingo
EyeSee360, creators of the panoramic video camera 360Fly, has secured a growth capital investment from private equity firm Catterton Partners.
The investment will be used to accelerate market awareness and finalise development of 360Fly cameras, the 360MicroFly smartphone attachment and the 360Fly.com video hosting and sharing service.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The 360Fly is a panoramic video camera that allows users to capture and share an interactive 360 degree panoramic video.
The 360Fly camera is shock-proof, waterproof, and has built-in Wi-Fi/Bluetooth functionality.
360MicroFly is a smartphone lens attachment that offers smartphone users the
Bridges Ventures is investing in Clothingsites.co.uk, a UK-based premium designer menswear e-commerce business.
Established in 2002 the business grew by 30 per cent last year.
It consists of: Woodhouse Clothing, an in-season premium menswear e-commerce retailer; Brown Bag, which sells out of season stock at discounted prices; and Trainerstation, which sells trainers and shoes.
Bridges’ investment will further fuel the business’ growth with the majority of capital being used for stock, recruitment, technical upgrades and the relocation to a new, larger warehouse.
Bridges identified Clothingsites as an attractive platform on which to scale up an already well-established
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, is making a USD28m equity investment in Ratnakar Bank (RBL Bank) in India.
The investment, which sees CDC take a 4.8 per cent stake in the bank, will support RBL Bank’s expansion into new regions of India and is CDC’s first direct equity investment into a bank in India under its new strategy.
Founded in 1943, RBL Bank was traditionally concentrated in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa. In 2010, a new management team was brought in to pursue an expansion strategy focusing on financial inclusion, agribusiness financing and lending to small and medium-sized
Independent mobile solutions company Somo has received USD5.5m follow-on funding from MMC Ventures – including the MMC London Fund – and other private investors.
Somo was one the first beneficiaries of the MMC London Fund, which is overseen by the Mayor of London and intends to support the growth of London-based businesses.
Since taking the investment last year, Somo has grown by more than 100 per cent – having hired 60 additional staff, including mobile engineers, insights, loyalty and social specialists, while attracting several new clients including De Beers, British Gas, and Tesco.
In addition, Somo has worked
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