Deals
On-demand laundry and dry-cleaning platform Laundryheap has raised USD3.5 million as part of Series A round led by Sova VC, the firm’s second deal since launch following its investment of USD2.5 million in the Series B round of translation platform Smartcat.
Secure Trust Bank’s Commercial Finance division has provided more than GBP70 million in funding to private equity-backed businesses in 2020.
Despite the challenges faced across the sector in 2020, this figure reinforces Secure Trust Bank’s continued appetite to write new business and support existing clients. Of the GBP70 million of new facilities provided, GBP20 million related to CBILS and CLBILS support provided to existing PE-backed clients.
Key transactions across the country included a GBP7 million asset-based lending facility for Moda Furnishings, completed in October. The high-quality garden furniture provider, backed by Endless LLP, required funding to increase inventory and
The Clarison Group has been formally launched, bringing together four leading companies in the façade industry, Alucraft Limited, Alucraft Systems Limited, Williaam Cox and EAG, to create a new force in the design, manufacture and installation of architectural glazing and façade systems in the UK & Ireland.
Alucraft Limited and Williaam Cox are based in Ireland and Alucraft Systems
and EAG in the UK.
The Clarison Group is majority owned by Elaghmore, a UK-based private equity fund, which acquired the Alucraft and Williaam Cox businesses in 2018 and EAG in 2019.
The combined group has over 400 employees and operates
Legrand, a global specialist in electrical, digital building, and data centre infrastructures, has acquired from A&M Capital Opportunities the Champion ONE (C1) family of brands, providers of optical networking components and solutions for the telecommunication, content provider, data centre, and enterprise markets.
The news marks the latest move by Legrand to support data centre and mission-critical IT’s ever-growing need for reliable, highly available and scalable power and connectivity solutions.
With lab, office and warehouse locations in both Lake Forest, CA and Independence, OH, the C1 family of brands, which include Champion ONE, Approved Networks, and US Critical, will join
Gulf Capital, a leading growth markets alternative investment firm, has successfully completed the sale of its 70 per cent stake in Turknet Iletisim Hizmetleri (Turknet), an internet service provider in Turkey, to a consortium of buyers including the incumbent Celebiler Family and Re-Pie Portfoy Yonetimi (Re-pie).
The sale generated a significant return for Gulf Capital Credit Opportunities Fund which focused on providing growth capital to companies in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. The investment in Turknet builds on Gulf Capital’s strong track record in investing in technology companies and in those that provide next-generation digital connectivity.
Turknet, led
3i Group (3i Group) is to acquire USD120 million of equity in Wilson Human Capital Group (WilsonHCG), a specialist in talent solutions.
Market engagement platform for virtual and in-person events, Grip, has announced USD13 million (USD) in series A funding, taking its total amount raised to USD14.5 million.
CVC Credit has supported Pollen Street Capital and Qatar Insurance Corporation’s investment in UK insurance company, Markerstudy Group, with GBP85 million in senior debt facilities.
The business will use the investment to fund an organic and acquisition-led expansion programme to build on its rapid development over recent years, following its evolution into a Managing General Agent.
Founded in 2001, Markerstudy is the fifth largest motor insurance provider in the UK, one of the largest privately owned insurance groups, and the largest Managing General Agent in the UK. With over 1.8 million policyholders, it is known for its investment in
Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) has raised USD9.5 million in Series A funding. The investment was co-led by IQ Capital, Parkwalk Advisors and BGF, and includes investment from Foresight Williams, Cambridge Enterprise, Martlet Capital, Cambridge Angels and Cambridge Capital Group.
The funding will be used by CGD to expand its product portfolio of energy-efficient power devices and to double the size of its team.
CGD was spun out of the renowned power device group at the Engineering Department of the University of Cambridge in 2016 to exploit a revolutionary technology in power devices, a market worth in excess of $30 billion.The
3t Energy Group has exchanged contracts with Petrofac on a major transformational acquisition for the purchase of its UK training centres. The purchase includes Petrofac’s Survival and Marine, Health and Safety, Fire, and Major Emergency Management capability and facilities in Scotland. The value of the acquisition is undisclosed.
The purchase adds Marine training and further Major Emergency Management capabilities to the Group, extending its capability to service customers’ needs. 3t Energy will now become a supplier to Petrofac for its in-person UK training requirements, which consolidates it as the UK’s largest provider of global energy training services.
The purchase of
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