Deals
Cadman Capital Group, a privately owned, independent private equity firm specialising in real estate, has acquired a 3.87-acre residential development site, located in the Midlands.
The site, which is situated in the hamlet of Knaptoft on an area of historic importance, is surrounded by the open Leicestershire countryside and offers a small-scale residential development opportunity with scope for 13 individual homes of varying sizes. Whilst much of the site is cleared for the build, it is also home to the Grade ll Listed remains of Knaptoft Hall, along with some heritage farm buildings, which will be sympathetically retained to form
Enreach, a European provider of unified communications solutions (UCaaS), has formed four new partnerships via acquisitions – with the Finnish UCaaS market leader Benemen, Enreach expands its presence in Northern Europe and strengthens its product portfolio with leading cloud telephony and contact centre solutions with a particularly high compatibility with Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce.
The acquisition of Netherlands-based Go2the.cloud (G2C) will enable Enreach’s partners and clients to gain simplified access to Microsoft Cloud Services. With UK-based Pace Telecom, Enreach continues the expansion of its UK client base; similarly, the acquisition of Netherlands-based Prewest allows Enreach to expand in its Dutch home
EyeSouth Partners (EyeSouth) has completed an affiliation with Retina Care Specialists (RCS), it’s fifth such deal in the state of Florida and twenty-fourth affiliation overall.
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led an investment round in Horizon Technologies (Horizon) for an undisclosed amount.
The UK aerospace OEM is a specialist in airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) systems. Additionally, the company’s business segment, Horizon Aerospace, is a leading developer of airborne Sat Phone monitoring systems for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications.
The transaction features a significant equity investment from Maven’s VCTs alongside a debt facility from Virgin Money. This round of financing will advance the anticipated late summer launch of Horizon’s space-based Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) technology Amber™ data service.
The Amber platform uses a proprietary method
Three members Aurica Capital’s management team – Ferran Conti, Ramón Mas and Iván Plaza – have acquired a majority stake in the Spanish growth capital firm. The trio have led Aurica’s management team since its creation in 2015. Banco Sabadell will retain the remaining ownership.
This management buyout was decided and signed in 2020, and it finally came to fruition after securing the required regulatory approval from the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV). Aurica Capital does not plan to alter the current members of its executive and investment committees, nor its investment policy or fund structure, following the transaction.
Grupo Axo, a leading Latin American multi-brand retail platform and partner to global fashion brands, has secured an equity investment from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.
Grupo Axo will leverage the new funds to continue its expansion across Latin America as a premier brand steward and operator, with a particular focus on continuing the expansion of its digital channels. The funds and accounts managed by BlackRock join Grupo Axo’s global investor base, including existing shareholder General Atlantic.
Grupo Axo’s differentiated platform encompasses a diversified brand ecosystem underpinned by nearly three decades of experience as a multichannel operator and
Growth capital investor BGF has completed a GBP5.2 million investment in Odro, a Scottish-headquartered tech business that provides video interviewing and engagement software to the recruitment industry.
BGF has acquired a minority stake in the business in order to help fund a global expansion plan that will see the company opening offices in Australia and North America, as well as adding more than 20 staff within the next two years.
Alongside the fresh capital, Rob Crossland has joined as chairman in connection with the deal. Former founder of the Optionis Group, Crossland is an award-winning entrepreneur turned advisor who has
ARQIS has advised SkyFive AG on its Series A investment round led by Safran Corporate Ventures together with STAR Capital, a European private equity fund manager with a track record of developing emerging infrastructure businesses.
This is the first equity interest acquired in Germany by Safran Corporate Ventures, the venture capital arm of Safran which is one of the largest suppliers of aircraft systems globally.
SkyFive with its seat on the AIRBUS Campus in Taufkirchen close to Munich provides true broadband connectivity services and technology to airlines and other aircraft operators in key aviation markets worldwide, based on its
Q-Energy, a global platform investing in renewable energy, has closed a non-recourse debt refinancing of three solar thermal plants in Spain, with a total installed capacity of 120 MW, for a total amount of EUR732 million.
Located in Andalusia, the three solar thermal plants have been operating since 2011 and have a salt storage system that allows them to produce electricity throughout the day, even at times when there is no solar resource (at night or on cloudy days), guaranteeing the supply of programmable and manageable renewable energy. Two of them are parabolic solar thermal power plants (Valle 1 &
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has invested GBP50 million on behalf of its strategic partner Phoenix Group (Phoenix) in Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (the Bank) supporting the implementation of its climate change strategy.
Specifically, proceeds will be used for projects financed directly, or through financial intermediaries, that will target the following areas:
Lower carbon and efficient energy generation;
Renewable energy;
Energy efficiency in industries and buildings both brownfield and greenfield;
Sustainable agricultural practices;
Waste and wastewater treatment that reduce GHG; and
Green transport systems.
The Bank supports economic development and regional co-operation in the Black Sea region through trade
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