Altira Group (Altira) an energy venture capital firm headquartered in Denver, has participated in the recent Series C multi-investor funding round for its North Carolina-based portfolio company FlexGen Power Systems (FlexGen). Altira invested from Altira Technology Fund VI LP and through a separate special purpose vehicle (SPV) for current investors, alongside other current and new investors. FlexGen is an integration and software technology provider that delivers utility-scale energy storage projects integrated with traditional and renewable power generation. Since its founding in 2009, FlexGen has installed more than 3 GWh of energy storage systems across the US for utility, microgrid, and

Advent International has invested over €250 million in Seedtag, a specialist in contextual advertising in EMEA and LATAM. As part of the transaction, Seedtag’s core existing institutional investors – Oakley Capital, Adara and All Iron Ventures – will remain investors, supporting the company in its next phase of growth. Jorge Poyatos and Albert Nieto, co-founders and co-CEOs of Seedtag, will continue as investors, leading the business from both its Spanish and US headquarters.  The company intends to use the funds to further scale its Contextual AI technology, LIZ, as well as for innovation and worldwide operations, advancing its expansion into the US, the

Altera has completed of a growth capital funding round. This investment provides the Atlanta-based investment firm which focuses exclusively on the lower middle private markets, with balance sheet capital to further enhance its firmwide capabilities and growth initiatives. Since its founding in 2018, Altera has sponsored over 40 investment vehicles across private equity, real assets, and private credit.  The company’s leadership expects to have $325 million of capital committed to its private investment strategies by year’s end 2022 including $75 million of capital from Altera’s owners. The firm’s trajectory seems on-trend to meet market demand. According to the 2022 Preqin

Ambienta SGR (Ambienta), one of Europe’s largest asset managers entirely focused on environmental sustainability, is adding Calpeda, a global manufacturer of pumps, motors and systems for the integrated water cycle, to its platform company Wateralia. With the industrial integration between Calpeda and Caprari, whose acquisition was performed in February 2021, Wateralia is now structured to become one of the largest independent European players in the electric pumps and pumping systems industry for the integrated water cycle. Due to the increasing need for efficient water supply and distribution for both civil and industrial daily use, the water management industry is strongly

Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p), a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on the food and consumer packaged goods industries, has acquired Roskam Baking Company (Roskam), and merged the business with Organic Milling, one of its portfolio companies. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Roskam is a leading contract manufacturer that supports many of America’s most iconic food brands and companies. Roskam is a scaled, diversified bakery operation with over two million square feet of manufacturing, warehouse, and office space across six facilities, including 30-plus manufacturing and packaging lines.

One Equity Partners (OEP) is to acquire Clayens NP (Clayens), a value-added outsourced contract manufacturer of high-performance polymers, composites and precision metals from a group of investors led by French private equity firm Siparex.

HarbourView Equity Partners (HarbourView), a global alternative asset management company founded by Sherrese Clarke Soares, has acquired the recorded music rights catalogue of Country megastar Brad Paisley. Over the past 20-plus years, Paisley’s songwriting has won him numerous awards, including three GRAMMYs, two American Music Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards and 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, among many others. HarbourView has been extremely active since launching just nine months ago, acquiring over 35 catalogues to date. The firm’s distinctly diverse portfolio features thousands of titles spanning numerous genres and decades. Most recently the company acquired the catalogues of

Advent International (Advent), a global private equity investor, is to partner with CEMEX to accelerate the growth and development of NEORIS, a digital accelerator and business partner to some of the largest companies in the world. With Advent’s support, NEORIS will deepen its focus on cutting-edge, high-growth verticals such as artificial intelligence, data science, cloud solutions, and automation, among others. These verticals are aligned with CEMEX’s priorities for its continued digital transformation. NEORIS will also continue focusing on strategic industries such as financial services, telecommunications, media, manufacturing, retail, and consumer packaged goods, among others. Subject to satisfaction of closing conditions,

Meati Foods, the creator of Eat Meati alternative whole-food proteins made from mushroom root, has raised $150 million in a Series C investment round led by Revolution growth.   Existing and new investors, including Grosvenor Food & AgTech, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), Wellington Management, and Cultivate Next, Chipotle Mexican Grill’s new venture fund which includes Meati Foods in its first cohort of investments. The funding will be used to help the company expand production and the accessibility of its products as its aims to become the US market share leader in plant-based ‘meat’ by 2025. The company’s

KKR has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in apexanalytix (apex), a provider of supply chain risk management software and services. Following the purchase, apex’s largest prior shareholder, Carousel Capital (Carousel), a private investment firm that invests in companies located in the Southeastern United States, continues to hold a significant minority stake in the Company alongside KKR.