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Gardner Capital, a private equity firm and alternative investment platform specialising in multifamily housing and renewable energy development and investment, is partnering with Kiva through Gardner Capital’s GCRE Upward Mobility Fund to accelerate minority-led small business access to finance in Texas.
The partnership will initially focus on supporting BIPOC small business owners in the Dallas and Houston markets, and provide a revolving fund to match loans raised on Kiva’s crowd-funding platform – both increasing the total funding available and accelerating the speed of funding loans for entrepreneurs.
“We are truly thankful for the opportunity to begin our partnership with Kiva
BlueTriton Brands, a specialist in natural spring water, has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Saratoga Spring Water Company (SSWC), a producer of premium domestic spring water based in Saratoga Springs, New York.
SSWC is sold throughout the United States and delivers spring water products in premium packaging to customers in the hospitality and retail channels.
“We are thrilled to welcome Saratoga Spring Water Company’s products into the BlueTriton family,” says Tony W Lee, Managing Partner of One Rock Capital Partners, LLC and a member of the Board of Directors of BlueTriton. “As a leader in the premium
Allorion Therapeutics, a company focused on next-generation precision medicine for oncology and autoimmune disease, has completed a USD40 million Series A financing.
This financing round is led by Qiming Venture Partners and participated by IDG Capital, Octagon Capital, Firstred Capital, and Elikon Venture. Existing investors – TF Capital and Med-Fine Capital – continued to support in this round.
The proceeds will be used to support Allorion’s preclinical projects, IND-enabling studies and IND applications of two drug candidates in China and the United States. Allorion will also increase its investment in its platform technologies in the systematic screen for allosteric inhibitors and synthetic
Varagon Capital Partners is serving as Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger and Bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support Marlin Equity Partners’ acquisition of ImagineSoftware.
ImagineSoftware is a provider of medical billing automation and revenue cycle management to physician practices, outsourced medical billing companies, and health systems.
For over 20 years, Imagine has provided technology solutions that reduce the lifecycle of claims, streamline denial management, and improve profitability.
O’Melveny has advised CJ ENM, a Korean entertainment company, on its acquisition of an 80 per cent stake in the scripted business of US-based global premium content studio, Endeavor Content, from its parent company Endeavor Group Holdings for an enterprise valuation of USD850 million.
The transaction was announced on November 18 and is expected to close early in the first quarter of 2022.
Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, CJ ENM is best known for its recent multiple Academy Award-winning film Parasite. CJ ENM’s entertainment division engages in a wide array of businesses across the industry spectrum, including media content, music,
Invest Europe, an association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, has issued a that mission statement will serve as clear guiding principles for its work, both internally and externally, in the years to come.
Following an oversubscribed first closing in February, HEMEX, a bench-to-market clinical Contract Research Organisation (CRO) and early-stage healthcare investment firm, has held the second closing of it Series C fundraising round at CHF7.1 million.
All existing “Investor Club” members followed-up in this round and are joined by new investors.
Since 2015, HEMEX has been offering life science consulting services from its headquarters in Liestal, Switzerland. In 2017, the company opened a subsidiary in Germany, and in 2018, the USA followed. As of 2019, the company has signed a partnership agreement with China’s Henan province and is planning to continue its
German private equity firm capiton has closed its sixth private equity fund capiton VI, with EUR504 million in capital commitments from a diverse investor base.
The fund, capiton’s largest to date, will continue its proven sector-focused investment approach of pro-actively sourced primary deals in the German-speaking region.
“The successful closing of our sixth and yet largest fund represents an important milestone in capiton’s long-standing history,” says Manuel Hertweck, Managing Partner and Board Member of capiton. “It is a testament to our strong track record, expertise in our defined sectors and outstanding reputation amongst entrepreneurs who seek a partner to take
Aruwa Capital Management (Aruwa), an early-stage growth equity and gender lens fund investing in Nigeria and Ghana, has invested in AgroEknor International (AgroEknor), an hibiscus flower exporter and wellness brand.
AgroEknor, founded in 2013 is primarily engaged in the processing and exportation of dried hibiscus flowers, a superfood and wellness product. All flowers are sourced locally in Nigeria, processed in house, and exported all year round to international clients in the food and beverage industry, where it is typically used as flavouring in healthy teas and other drinks as well as the pharmaceutical industry, where it is used in immunity
YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has completed an investment from its Buyout Fund II into Cooper Software, a Scottish-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software specialist.
Founded in 2005 by current CEO Frank Cooper, Cooper Software is an independent provider of products, consulting services and 24/7 support for ERP, helping businesses manage day-to-day functions and bringing the flow of data between these processes into a unified platform. The business has provided more than 1,500 enterprise solutions for over 300 clients worldwide.
The company comprises two divisions: the first specialises in supplying and integrating the IFS ERP system. Having worked with the
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