Deals
NextPhase Medical Devices LLC, a provider of electronic manufacturing services (EMS) and single-use disposable devices to leading medical device OEMs, has acquired Proven Process Medical Devices Inc.
Located in Mansfield, Massachusetts, Proven Process expands NextPhase’s expertise in R&D, engineering, design and manufacturing of FDA Class II and III therapeutic and diagnostic devices. Proven Process’ areas of expertise include implantables, hand-held devices, combination devices, wearable devices and electro-mechanical capital equipment. Proven Process also adds a New England EMS Center of Excellence to NextPhase’s manufacturing locations in New Jersey, New Hampshire and Mexico. NextPhase is a portfolio company of Kidd & Company,
Dubin Clark, a private equity firm focused on building niche market leaders in the lower middle market, has sold portfolio company Sila Heating & Air (Sila) to funds affiliated with Morgan Stanley Capital Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Sila is a specialist provider of HVAC replacement, service, maintenance, plumbing solutions, and water treatment. The company is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA and services residential customers in the greater Philadelphia, Boston, DC, NY/NJ/CT tri-state area, and Hudson Valley regions.
Dubin Clark launched the Sila HVAC platform in July 2019 and subsequently led the acquisition of
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has made a further investment into Fresh Relevance, following on a record quarter of growth for the company, to accelerate product roadmap roll out and support scaling.
Some members of the management team have participated in the funding round, demonstrating strong support for the business and its growth.
Based in London, Fresh Relevance is a SaaS-based personalisation and decision engine for online businesses and was co-founded in 2013 by Mike Austin, Pete Austin and Eddy Swindell. Fresh Relevance’s versatile platform analyses transactional data in real-time and optimises the customer
Mobeus has agreed to sell Ludlow Wealth Management, a North West-based financial advice business, to Mattioli Woods plc, for an enterprise value of GBP36.1 million, subject to regulatory approval and completion of a share placing by Mattioli Woods.
Mattioli Woods is an AIM-listed provider of advice on wealth management and employee benefits that is acquiring Ludlow as part of its ambitious growth plans within the wealth management sector.
Mobeus backed CEO Ian Hemingway in a GBP12 million buyout from founder Sid Ludlow in June 2017, when the business had GBP865 million of Assets under Advice (AuA). Mobeus introduced chairman Phil
The London Technology Club (LTC), has invested in Sharebite, a mission-driven food ordering platform built exclusively for workplaces.
LTC has invested as part Sharebite’s USD15 million ‘Series A’ funding round to drive exponential growth and further strengthen its leadership in the corporate food ordering space.
LTC took part in the round alongside leading impact fund Lafayette Square, Essential Capital, the founders and former executives of Seamless (now part of GrubHub) and Delivery Hero and other prominent technology investors including Liberty City Ventures, Percy Capital, Reign Ventures, River Park Ventures.
Sharebite’s laser-focus on developing food ordering solutions for the workplace has
Based near Lugano in Switzerland, 1MED is a fast-growing clinical research organisation that helps MedTech companies secure regulatory approval for new medical devices and pharmaceuticals, providing specialist services including regulatory strategy, clinical trial management and quality assurance services.
FRP’s debt advisory team advised Apposite Capital on sourcing a stretched senior financing package to support the leveraged acquisition, and to provide further financial firepower to support a buy-and-build strategy. Financial details of the investment are undisclosed.
Apposite Capital will work with the 1MED management team to continue to strengthen and widen the company’s service offering and further expand its geographic
NetDocuments, a secure cloud-based content services and productivity platform for law firms, corporate legal teams, and compliance departments, has secured a significant investment from Warburg Pincus, a global growth investor, along with existing investor Cove Hill Partners.
Warburg Pincus’ investment alongside Cove Hill will support the Company’s continued rapid growth and innovation. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
For more than two decades, NetDocuments has delivered innovation through its world-class content services and productivity platform. NetDocuments is used by over 3,150 professional services firms and corporate legal departments and recently announced unprecedented growth in Q1 2021, continuing its record
Human Layer Security company Tessian has raised USD65 million in Series C venture capital funding to accelerate its mission of quantifying and preventing human risk in global enterprises, and empowering people to do their best work without security getting in the way.
The round is led by March Capital, a venture-growth firm which has previously invested in cybersecurity unicorns such as CrowdStrike and KnowBe4. Existing Tessian investors Accel, Balderton Capital, Latitude and Sequoia Capital also participated in the Series C funding round, along with new investor Schroder Adveq, bringing Tessian’s total funding to-date over USD120 million. The deal values Tessian
On the heels of record revenue in 2020, Sentieo, the next-generation financial and corporate research platform provider, has raised USD20 million in a Series B round of funding. The round was led by Ten Coves Capital with participation from existing investors Centana Growth Partners and Studio Management. Ned May, a founder and Managing Partner at Ten Coves Capital, will join Sentieo’s board of directors. With this latest funding Sentieo has now secured USD62 million in total capital.
More than 1,000 clients around the globe, including Schroders, Magellan Asset Management, and Roivant Sciences, rely on Sentieo to deliver the insights, speed,
Private equity and special situations institutional investor Sandton Capital Partners (Sandton) has announced an enhanced partnership with AWH Solicitors (AWH), Credit Style and Tresartis to offer a one stop shop solution to support Insolvency Practitioners (IPs).
Sandton has a proven track record of providing funding in situations too complex for traditional capital sources. To date the team has executed over GBP1.3 billion transactions with certainty and speed of execution. The partnerships with AWH, Credit Style and Tresartis demonstrates Sandton’s commitment to deliver a reliable turnkey solution that makes it easier for IPs to maximise value for creditors. Launching the new
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