Deals
Following the close of its recent GBP35 million Series C investment round, digital mortgage and home-buying company Habito has secured additional backing from Bootstrap Europe, a technology growth debt fund that works with disruptive scale-ups making an impact.
Backed by the British Business Investments, Bootstrap Europe recognised the potential in Habito’s plans to shape vision to transform the UK’s GBP1.3 trillion mortgage market.
Since its launch in 2016, Habito has delivered free, whole-of-market regulated advice through its digital brokerage to more than 350,000 customers, resulting in mortgage submissions worth over GBP5 billion. Habito is the UK’s Best Mortgage Broker as
BCF Equity Partners (BCF) has completed the acquisition of CF Social Work (CFSW) with the support of an acquisition funding package from Allied Irish Bank (GB) in Nottingham.
Based in Ipswich, CFSW provides high quality social work intervention and education services to assist busy Local Authorities and helps children and young families avoid a lifetime of care and state intervention. CFSW has a growing reputation for its preventative services.
CFSW will continue to be operated day to day by Ross Evans, a 36 year old former head teacher. Ross has a deep understanding of the market’s needs and he heads
An affiliate of middle-market private investment firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock) has completed its acquisition of AMB SpA (AMB) in partnership with the Marin family, AMB’s founders and current owners, and the management team of the company.
AMB is a manufacturer of rigid and flexible films for use in food packaging. The Company also offers design, prototyping and tooling services to its diverse customer base, which includes food manufacturers and packaging thermoformers. AMB specialises in food grade recycled plastic and is a leader in developing more sustainable and recyclable plastic packaging. Headquartered in San Daniele, Italy, AMB has operations
Funds advised by KLAR Partners Limited (KLAR) are to acquire Sandbäckens, one of Sweden’s leading providers of technical installation and service of Sprinkler, Heating & Sanitation solutions for buildings.
Sandbäckens is KLAR Partner’s first acquisition in Sweden. The objective is to develop the company into the Nordic region’s leading technical installation and property services company.
Sandbäckens’ operations specialise in technical installations and service in the areas of Heating and Sanitation, comfort cooling, sprinklers and district heating. Sandbäckens has a strong geographical presence with 800 employees established in close to 30 locations in Sweden. The company has a market-leading position in
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has invested in Space 48 Limited (Space 48), a digital eCommerce agency.
The investment and Foresight’s involvement will support founder and Managing Director Jon Woodall in taking the business through its next stage of growth, further building on Space 48’s success and current market-leading position.
Space 48 offers clients a full range of eCommerce consulting services with a focus on designing solutions to improve end-customer experiences and drive online sales. This includes eCommerce design, engineering, re-platforming, platform improvements, growth marketing and eCommerce consultancy.
The company, which has
UK Private Equity fund Elaghmore has acquired Formaplex, an integrated manufacturer and supplier of lightweight component solutions to the global automotive, motorsport, aerospace, medical and defence markets.
Established nearly 20 years ago and with revenues in excess of GBP60 million, Formaplex operates from four manufacturing sites based across the South Coast of England. The business started as a specialist tooling partner for the F1 motorsport sector before adding injection mould tooling and moulding to its skillset and developing its sought-after expertise in composite components. Formaplex employs over 500 employees, and, following the acquisition, the business will continue to be led
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), a mid-market private equity investor, has sold Equa bank (Equa) to Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) through its Czech subsidiary Raiffeisenbank as.
Based in the Czech Republic, Equa is a tech-enabled full-service challenger bank that focuses on private individuals and Small and Medium Enterprises segments. Equa has an omni-channel distribution strategy that combines an intuitive digital banking platform alongside a selective physical distribution network.
AnaCap has transformed Equa into a market-leading, digitally driven challenger bank. Under AnaCap’s stewardship, the bank has grown its deposit base and loan book by more than 12x, leading to increased market shares across
Kirkland & Ellis is advising Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) on its acquisition of Signature Foods from funds managed by IK Investment Partners.
Signature Foods is a leading chilled convenience food company active in the growing European market, with a strong presence in Benelux.
The team was led by transactional partners David Holdsworth and Rachel Greenhalgh and associate Sam Hare, debt finance partner Kirsteen Nicol and associates Stefan Arnold-Soulby, Jessica Kim and Maurice Walsh, antitrust and competition partner Sarah Jordan and associates Arjun Chandran and Jordan Goater and tax partner Timothy Lowe and associate Anthony Antioch.
Two West Midlands’ businesses are set to pursue new growth following funding packages from The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) totalling over GBP1.7 million.
The duo of deals includes Birmingham-based insurance services firm, Parker Norfolk & Partners Ltd (“Parker Norfolk”) which secured GBP1.6 million, with Worcestershire company, AirTube Technologies Ltd (AirTube), receiving GBP175,000.
MEIF is managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and backed by the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).
Parker Norfolk provides multi-discipline insurance services that offers businesses a range of multi-insurance asset classes across different geographical markets. The funding package from MEIF Maven Debt
EQ Health Acquisition has closed its upsized initial public offering of 21,999,960 units at a price of USD10.00 per unit, including 2,869,560 units issued pursuant to the exercise in full by the underwriters of their over-allotment option.
The units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol EQHA.U on 29 January, 2021. Each unit consists of one share of the Company’s Class A common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of USD11.50 per share. Once
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