Deals
London-based unified communications firm TelcoSwitch has secured a substantial investment to fund the acquisition of SureVoIP, the firm’s third acquisition in just seven months.
As part of this deal, TelcoSwitch will gain an Aberdeen office, its third regional office in the UK, and will incorporate the SureVoIP team into the wider TelcoSwitch Group, broadening the company’s presence in northern UK regions. Founder and managing director at SureVoIP, Gavin Henry, will also join the TelcoSwitch Group as its newly appointed chief information officer.
TelcoSwitch specialises in unified communications and enables organisations to communicate and collaborate using software that delivers voice,
Livingbridge, a UK-based mid-market private equity investors, has invested in social media publishing business, Jungle Creations. The investment was made through Livingbridge’s Enterprise 3 fund, which invests in fast-growth SMEs.
Worldwide Produce (WWP), a portfolio company of industrial-focused private equity firm Sole Source Capital, has acquired Vision Produce (VP), a premier importer and distributor of fresh produce to US and Canadian markets. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Established in 1980 with facilities in both Los Angeles and Phoenix, Vision Produce is a fresh produce importer and distributor selling primarily to retail, wholesale, and foodservice distribution customers in the Western United States. The company offers a variety of produce including mangos, limes, melons, chili peppers and more, which are sourced primarily from Mexico and South America. Additionally, VP
Private equity firm Parallel49 Equity has closed closing the sale of Indianapolis-based Kinetrex Energy to Kinder Morgan, (NYSE – KMI) for USD310 million. Parallel49’s Fund V acquired Kinetrex in December 2016.
Kinetrex is a supplier of liquefied natural gas in the Midwest and a rapidly growing player in producing and supplying renewable natural gas (RNG) under long-term contracts to transportation service providers.
Under Parallel49 ownership, Kinetrex completed a significant expansion into landfill-based RNG production, transforming Kinetrex into a leading alternative energy company and helping its customers achieve carbon negative mandates as well as their environmental, social and governance objectives.
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Law Business Research (LBR), a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), has acquired Hopkins Bruce Publishers LLC (Docket Navigator). Headquartered in London with offices in Hong Kong and Washington DC, LBR is a provider of business information, legal analysis tools and networking for global legal markets.
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Docket Navigator is a provider of patent litigation information across the United States. Its proprietary technology tracks, processes, organises and synthesises every significant event across US district courts, the Court of Federal Claims, the International Trade Commission, and certain Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Echion Technologies (Echion), a developer of next generation materials for Lithium-Ion batteries, has raised GBP10 million in a Series A founding round led by led by CBMM – the world’s leading supplier of niobium products and BGF.
BurdaPrincipal Investments (BPI), the growth capital arm of media and tech company Hubert Burda Media, has invested in UK-based Oddbox, a platform that is leveraging technology to fight food waste.
Breakwater Management (Breakwater), a leading capital provider to the US lower middle market, has expanded its investment management platform to include a control private equity strategy.
This new effort builds upon Breakwater’s 12-year history providing growth capital and acquisition financing through both private debt and structured equity. The platform extension will focus on partnering with outstanding management teams and founders to create significant value through operational improvements, the execution of organic growth opportunities, as well as add-on acquisitions.
“With this new vertical, we’ve expanded our ability to meet the full range of financing needs a lower middle market company may
Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has raised USD210 million as part of a Series B financing on a valuation of USD3.2 billion. Investors include Baillie Gifford and iFinex.
The new funding comes alongside the acquisition of Spondoolies’ intellectual property, and the core team joining Blockstream to build Blockstream’s ASIC arm. Spondoolies is a bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer founded by top Israeli semiconductor veterans. Since its inception in 2013, the Spondoolies team successfully designed and built five different mining products and was one of the earliest teams in the bitcoin mining industry to deliver energy-efficient and high-performance mining hardware.
“Blockstream is bringing
Private investment firm Auxo Investment Partners has acquired Altus Industries Inc, a Grand Rapids, MI-based designer, manufacturer, assembler and marketer of medical, point-of-care workstations used across the healthcare industry.
As part of the deal, Spectrum Health Ventures, one of Altus’s larger customers, will join as a strategic partner in the transaction.
Serving the healthcare sector, Altus’s product portfolio includes powered and non-powered mobile technology workstations (also known as workstations on wheels, medical mobile carts or mobility workstations) and wall-mounted workstations, along with related accessories. The transaction is part of co-founders’ Craig VanderHeide’s and Eric Kahkonen’s succession plan for Altus,
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