Deals
BCB Group, a European provider of business accounts and trading services for the digital asset economy, has closed a USD60 million Series A funding round co-led by Foundation Capital with participation from BACKED VC, PayU (the fintech and e-payments business of Prosus), Digital Currency Group, Nexo, Wintermute, Menai Financial Group, Circle, Tokentus Investment, Cowa, Profluent Ventures and LAUNCHub Ventures.
Arrowpoint Advisory has advised Stewart Milne Group on the divestment of Stewart Milne Timber Systems, a UK-based timber frame manufacturer, to the Donaldson Group, a timber and building products specialist, operating throughout the UK.
Stewart Milne Group (SMG) was founded in 1975 and is one of the UK’s largest independent housebuilders with offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester and 20-plus active sites UK-wide. SMG will now focus on investing in additional sites for its Homes Division, using their considerable land buying experience to take advantage of development opportunities.
Stewart Milne Timber Systems (SMTS), was established as the timber
Circularity Capital has continued to build its portfolio of European growth stage businesses enabling the circular economy, by co-leading a EUR30 million Series A growth capital round in Lendis.
Lendis has also raised EUR50 million in debt, contributing to a EUR80 million financing round in total.
The German-based business specialises in hybrid work equipment solutions, such as modular furniture and electronic devices, supplied on a rental basis.
CVC Credit has co-arranged the unitranche debt facilities, featuring an ESG margin ratchet, to support Partners Group’s acquisition (on behalf of its clients) of Pharmathen, a European pharmaceutical company, which closed on 20 January 2022.
CVC Credit will support the continuing growth strategy of the business through its European Direct Lending Strategy, which focuses on lending to established European medium and large companies with proven business models.
Founded in 1969, Pharmathen is a contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) specialising in advanced drug delivery technologies for complex generic pharmaceutical products.
ECI Partners’ KB Associates has reached an agreement to join the Waystone Group, a global provider of institutional governance, risk and compliance services, subject to regulatory approval.
True Wind Capital (True Wind), a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on investing in leading technology companies, and Elyan Partners (Elyan), a member of the Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity partnership, have made a growth investment in Envoy Global (Envoy), a provider of software and services solutions to the global business immigration market.
True Wind and Elyan are partnering with Palladium Equity Partners (Palladium), affiliates of which acquired Envoy in September 2021 and which will remain the company’s largest shareholder.
Based in Chicago, Envoy provides workforce management solutions that empower companies to hire the best talent regardless of where
Deliverect, a global scale-up that simplifies online ordering for more than 20,000 locations across 40 markets, has secured more than USD150 million (EUR130 million) in a Series D funding round led by Coatue and Alkeon Capital.
Existing investors OMERS Ventures, DST Global, Redpoint Ventures, Newion and Smartfin, also participated in the round which brings Deliverect to USD240 million raised to date. This latest round values the company at over USD1.4 billion.
Barings has served as sole arranger of secured credit facilities to support the buyout of Prodieco Advanced Engineering Solutions (Prodieco) by Agility’s.
Synalogik, a company whose Scout data automation platform allows organisations to aggregate data, identify risk and create reports, has raised more than GBP3 million in a Series A funding round.
Spectrum Labs, an AI-based content moderation platform, has secured USD32 million in a s Series B investment round led by Intel Capital with participation from Munich Re Ventures, Gaingels, Harris Barton, and existing investors Wing Venture Capital, Greycroft, Ridge Ventures, Super{set}, and Global Founders Capital.
Intel Capital investment director, Divya Sudhakar, will join the company’s board.
The funding will accelerate the Company’s mission to ensure every digital interaction can be built on accurate and measurable Trust & Safety infrastructure. Spectrum Labs will scale the adoption of its leading AI-powered content moderation platform for online communities into new areas of the
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