Deals
UK plant-based start-up Tiba Tempeh has closed a GBP500k seed round to accelerate its growth as it prepares for listings with major UK supermarkets and international expansion.
The funding will be used to launch new product innovation, grow the team, and support marketing efforts to drive consumer awareness and trial of tempeh. The investment round was taken by Lever VC, a leading global investor in the alternative protein category whose partners are investors in Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, THIS, and many other category leaders.
Tiba Tempeh was founded in 2019 by Alex and Ross Longton, food industry veterans with
Susquehanna Private Capital (SPC), a middle market private equity firm, has invested in Spherix Global Insights (Spherix), a pharmaceutical market insights firm focused on the dermatology, gastroenterology, nephrology, neurology, ophthalmology, and rheumatology specialties.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2015 by Jennifer and Kevin Robinson, Spherix provides pharmaceutical market insights and intelligence through its proprietary network of over 3,000 active specialty providers and their patients.
360 Ventures, LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor and WilmerHale and Walder Wyss served as legal advisors to Spherix. Troutman Pepper served as legal advisor to SPC. Monroe Capital provided debt
Osceola Capital-backed IT staffing company Talent Group has acquired EdgeLink, another IT staffing firm, and will be merging operations of both organisations.
EdgeLink was co-founded in 2003 by staffing industry veterans Jeff Miller and Mike Miadich, who will join the senior leadership team of the combined company.
EdgeLinkm, which is based in Portland, Oregon, with offices in Denver and Salt Lake City, will continue to operate under its brand name.
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company HomeVestors of America (HomeVestors) to funds managed by Bayview Asset Management (Bayview), a global investment management firm focused specifically on investments in finance, mortgage and consumer credit.
HomeVestors generates proprietary real estate investment opportunities through advertising campaigns that utilise the “We Buy Ugly Houses” national brand. HomeVestors was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
The sale of HomeVestors is LLCP’s seventh successful exit in the last year, following West Academic, Best Lawyers, Caring Brands, FlexXray, Trinity Consultants and Nothing Bundt
Marcone, a distributor of home appliance, HVAC, and plumbing repair parts and equipment across North America and current portfolio company of Genstar Capital, has acquired Munch’s Supply (Munch’s), a distributor of HVAC equipment, parts and supplies, from Ridgemont Equity Partners.
Combined with its recent acquisition of plumbing distributor Professional Plumbing Group (PPG), the deal dramatically expands Marcone’s service offering. Ridgemont and the Munch’s management team will retain a meaningful minority stake in the combined entity.
Mercer Global Advisors (Mercer Advisors), a full-service wealth management firm and national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) backed by Genstar Capital, has acquired Cordasco Financial Network (CFN), wealth management firm headquartered in Naples, Florida.
CFN serves over 400 clients with assets under management (AUM) of approximately USD510 million. CFN was founded by Steve Cordasco, CEO, in 2011. CFN offers comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, families, and corporate clientele. CFN’s team will be joining Mercer Advisors.
With a staff of retirement specialists, CPAs, insurance consultants and more, CFN’s team combines expertise in a variety of fields to
Diligent, a specialist provider of SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance and ESG, has acquired Insightia, a SaaS provider of expert insights and intelligent analytics for listed companies, with a focus on shareholder activism, proxy voting and corporate governance.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Formed from the 2020 merger of Activist Insight and Proxy Insight, Insightia offers a single source of global public company information to a range of global investment banks, law firms, proxy solicitors, and other corporate advisors. Representative clients include PJT CamberView, Glass Lewis, Morrow Sodali, FTI Consulting, and Georgeson.
District Capital Partners
Chicago-based private equity firm CORE Industrial Partners (CORE), has formed a new platform with ithets acquisition of RE3DTECH, a provider of additive manufacturing services with a focus on high-volume production parts.
RE3DTECH offers a comprehensive suite of in-house manufacturing services, including 3D printing, finishing, quality and assembly. The Company specialises in 3D printing utilising multi-jet fusion technologies and direct metal laser sintering to manufacture production-grade parts across both polymer and metal materials.
Worldwise, a portfolio company of middle-market private equity investment fund A&M Capital Partners (AMCP), has acquired Furhaven Pet Products, (FurHaven), a pet industry eCommerce specialist.
After the close of the transaction, FurHaven will operate under the Worldwise platform, which was acquired by AMCP in September 2021.
Headquartered in Bellingham, WA, FurHaven is a leading North American eCommerce platform for pet accessories, including bedding, home and travel supplies, apparel and more. FurHaven is also an innovator in branded product development, providing creative supply chain solutions to both eCommerce-centric businesses and omni-channel brick and mortar retailers.
Worldwise, headquartered in Novato,
Tikehau Capital, a global alternative asset management group, has acted as sole-arranger of a unitranche facility to support IK Partners’ acquisition of DA Languages (DAL), a UK-based language services provider, from Foresight Group.
The financing, extended via Tikehau Capital’s Direct Lending strategy, includes an acquisition facility to fund M&A-led growth and an ESG ratchet mechanism, which should enable DAL to reduce its borrowing costs, subject to its performance in certain ESG criteria.
Through the provision of this facility, Tikehau Capital is partnering with DAL’s management team and IK Partners to support the company’s organic and inorganic growth strategy which
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