KitaBeli, a consumer goods (FMCG) social commerce platform for consumers in Indonesia’s second-and third-tier cities, has closed a $20 million funding round led by Glade Brook Capital Partners (Glade Brook), a global growth equity investment firm. KitaBeli’s existing investors, AC Ventures and GoVentures joined the round, along with new investor InnoVen Capital.   KitaBeli allows users and partners (Mitras) to get discounts and earn money by leveraging their social networks. The app allows consumers to enjoy discounted prices through a gamified and social shopping experience. Unlike some other shopping apps, KitaBeli runs a direct-to-consumer social commerce business model that offers

Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has sold e.fundamentals to CommercelQ, realising a 2.5x return. The sale follows Foresight’s acquisition of the VCT and EIS technology ventures division of Downing. In 2017, Downing was the first institutional investor in e.fundamentals and has continued to support the business over the last five years. Founded in 2014, e.fundamentals has developed a digital shelf analytics tool that is sold to international consumer brands to allow them to understand how their products are performing when being sold through third party e-commerce platforms, eg Amazon and Tesco.com. The technology provides

AM Ventures has closed to oversubscribed seed and early-growth fund at its hard cap of EUR100 million. Besides multi-million investments from well-established family offices, asset managers, SMEs and multinational corporations, startup founders who have already been supported by AM Ventures also join the strong investor lineup. AM Ventures manages a seed portfolio of 17 companies in six countries on three continents. In 2021 alone, the venture capitalist not only led three investment rounds in Germany-based companies MetShape and Headmade Materials as well as Switzerland-based Scrona, but also participated in four follow-on financing rounds with existing portfolio companies, including a $50

Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has launched Rezolv Energy (Rezolv), an independent clean energy power producer focused on Central and South Eastern Europe. Rezolv, the latest investment from Actis’ Energy 5 Fund, which represents $6 billion of investable capital, will provide subsidy-free clean energy at a long-term, stable price for commercial and industrial users, and other off-takers, operating across the region. This will include supermarkets, breweries, telecoms and other large businesses. Rezolv aims to build a multi-gigawatt portfolio of wind, solar and energy storage. This will help companies and countries across the region meet their energy needs in

A fund managed by BlackRock Real Assets has acquired Vanguard Renewables, a US specialist in organics-to-renewable energy, from Vision Ridge Partners. BlackRock Real Assets will partner with Vanguard Renewables’ management team to build upon the company’s market-leading track record and drive its next phase of growth, including its plans to commission more than 100 anaerobic digesters to produce renewable natural gas across the country by 2026. Since its founding by John Hanselman and Kevin Chase in 2014, Vanguard Renewables has been changing the perception of US food waste and how that waste can be recycled into renewable energy to benefit

Abris Capital Partners (Abris), an ESG transformation specialist private equity investor, has supported GreenGroup, a circular economy specialist in Central Europe, in acquiring SIGAD, a Romanian developer of environmental reporting software. The acquisition marks the launch of GreenGroup’s ‘Circular Innovations’ division, which will invest in start-up and scale-up companies with a significant contribution to developing the circular economy in Europe.  Central European investor Abris first invested in GreenGroup in 2016, and has since partnered with the firm’s management team to expand the business organically and through acquisition, and to build the leading circular economy player in Europe. The acquisition of

OWYN (Only What You Need), a brand in plant-based protein beverages and other functional nutrition products, has closed a growth investment round led by Purchase Capital with participation from Hammock Park Capital and existing investor PowerPlant Ventures. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The news follows the acquisition of a majority ownership stake in OWYN last year by United Nutritional Brands, an affiliate of Purchase Capital—an investment firm led by Nicholas J Singer that provides patient capital for private and public companies. Proceeds of this latest funding round will be deployed to drive national expansion, increase distribution across

Palatine-backed Anthesis, a group of dedicated sustainability experts, has acquired UK-based energy specialists, Padd Energy. This deal marks the third M&A transaction for Anthesis in six months following the acquisition of Canadian agri-food sustainability consultancy Provision Coalition Inc, and Climate Neutral Group, a Net Zero authority based in the Netherlands, Belgium, and South Africa. Established in Yorkshire in 2013, Padd Energy is a specialist energy engineering consultancy passionate about creating power and energy from renewable and sustainable sources whilst reducing emissions from fossil fuels. Padd Energy works with some of the world’s largest corporations to identify, agree and meet net-zero

Oaktree has completed the acquisition of 17Capital, a provider of non-dilutive capital to high-quality private equity management companies, funds and institutional investors that are seeking to finance value creation and portfolio management initiatives. Oaktree is a specialist among global investment managers fosued on alternative investments, including credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities. This strategic partnership will give 17Capital access to Oaktree’s deep global network and add to Oaktree’s extensive suite of private capital solutions. 17Capital, which is headquartered in London, will continue to operate as an independent business, with its own product offerings and investment, marketing, and support