Allocations
Female-led venture capital firm Anthemis Group, which focuses on investments in the fintech sector, has closed multiple funds wit combined commitments of in excess of USD700 million, bringing the firm’s total AUM to USD1.2 billion.
To support the growth of the firm’s full stack investment platform, Anthemis Chief Executive Officer, Amy Nauiokas has announced her transition to co-Chief Investment Officer and co-Chair of the board alongside her co-founder, Sean Park. Briana van Strijp, who has served as Anthemis’ Chief Operating Officer since 2018 has taken on the role as Chief Executive Officer and Gavin Holland transitioned from Ecosystem Development Partner
LocalGlobe has lead a GBP4 million Seed funding round in Academy, a UK startup that attracts, trains and accelerates a new diverse generation of tech leaders.
Current and former leaders from Microsoft, Facebook, Slack, Farfetch and GoCardless are amongst the high-profile angel investors participating in the round, as well as Emerge Education.
Academy’s CEO and Founder, Ashley Ramrachia, was Chief People Officer at THG, building the talent investment blueprint that powered the firm to a USD7 billion IPO – London’s largest ever tech IPO at the time.
Great Point Partners (GPP), a Greenwich-based private investment firm focused exclusively on the health care industry, has sold Softbox Systems (Softbox) to to CSafe Global, a portfolio company of Frazier Healthcare Partners and Thomas H Lee Partners.
UK-based Softbox is a provider of passive temperature-controlled packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical, life science, cold chain and third-party logistics industries, and is Pfizer’s primary supplier for Covid-19 vaccine temperature-controlled shipping needs.
FFL Partners (FFL), a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies, has completed a significant investment in Optomi Professional Services (OPS), a provider of high-end technology consulting and staff augmentation under the Optomi brand and domestic rural outsourcing services under the Provalus brand.
Financial terms of the private transaction, which is FFL’s fifth HR services investment in five years, have not been disclosed.
FFL has a history of investing in and building high-growth, technology and services firms that have defined, defensible niches and strong internal cultures, including Velocity Global, a market-leading provider of international expansion
Pretium Packaging (Pretium), a designer and manufacturer of packaging solutions for a diverse set of applications backed by private equity firm Clearlake Capital Group, in partnership with management, has completed the acquisition of Ediplast, Edipacks, Refrepet, and Ediprint (collectively, Grupo Edid). a family-owned rigid packaging manufacturer and paperboard printer.
The combination of Pretium and Grupo Edid represents the ninth acquisition for Pretium since 2014 and the second major acquisition this year, following the acquisition of Alpha Consolidated Holdings in October. Financial terms of the transaction, which was financed with an add-on to Pretium’s existing credit facility, led by Credit Suisse,
Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Grantham Trust’s Neglected Climate Opportunities, have lead a USD10 million series A financing round in Sustaera, a a direct air capture (DAC) carbon dioxide removal company spun-out of Susteon Inc.
Pet health and insurtech company, Bought By Many, has acquired VetBox, a UK pet health subscription and fulfilment business, in a major step in the extension of its offering beyond insurance.
The full acquisition of the business, announced today, follows an initial investment from Bought By Many in VetBox in 2020.
The acquisition of VetBox draws on investment from a USD350 million Series D funding round in June 2021 after the company gained unicorn status with a valuation of over USD2 billion through its holding company Many Group. The investment in Many Group represented one of the largest funding
Blue Cloud Ventures (BCV) has held the final close of its oversubscribed fourth fund, Blue Cloud Ventures IV at USD350 million including co-investment commitments from its LPs.
Mavis Tire Express Services Corp (Mavis), an independent US-based automotive service platform backed by private equity firm BayPine and TSG Consumer Partners is to acquire Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Centers (Tuffy).
Tuffy’s CEO and President, Roger Hill, will join the leadership team of the combined company.
Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close before the end of 2021, have not been disclosed.
Private investment firm Auxo Investment Partners has acquired Ferrovia Services, a provider of railroad and Department of Transportation (DoT) vegetation management services with locations across the US.
The addition follows Auxo’s recent purchase of Genesis Rail Services, LLC, a full-service railroad maintenance company, as Auxo develops a leading, diversified platform serving the railroad maintenance and mechanical services industry.
Auxo plans to integrate Ferrovia and Genesis Rail under one platform, facilitating the cross-selling of services to improve offerings to existing customers.
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