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Ravesncroft has announced plans to acquire the Channel Islands’ operation of MitonOptimal Group.
European venture capital fund KOMPAS has launched a USD160 million early-stage fund that will back breakthrough innovations that accelerate the adoption of digital technology and industrial automation in the real estate, construction, and manufacturing sectors, and dramatically reduce waste and CO2 emissions.
The new fund will be managed by Partners Sebastian Peck and Talia Rafaeli.
Increasing regulatory pressure to reduce CO2 emissions and promote a circular economy in the building sector, and the prospect of stranded assets coupled with rapid technological advancements, create a unique opportunity for nimble, innovative companies to capture immense economic value. This is a familiar pattern
Judo, a mobile experiences platform company, has secured seed funding of USD3 million, in a round co-led by TenOneTen Ventures and Freestyle Capital.
The company raised capital after operating profitably to realise the market potential of its category-defining platform, which has been built to meet the needs of the most demanding mobile publishers. The company’s no code, server-driven UI technology, which is used by dozens of leading mobile applications, supports efficient delivery of rich contextual user experiences at scale without updates typically saving between 20 and 80 hours of development time.
To date, the company has built a market leading
Private industrial investment company HLD Group has acquired Thurston Group – a specialist in modular building solutions for the education, commercial and healthcare sectors.
This major acquisition, which will ensure the ongoing operation and growth of Thurston Group, was facilitated by Independent Growth Finance, through a GBP16 million asset-based lending (ABL) facility that formed part of the total acquisition cost.
The acquisition is the largest deal in HLD Group’s 10-year history and is an important addition to its portfolio of companies. It also marks an ambitious step in the group’s investment strategy.
Demis Ohandjanian, CEO, HLD
Future Planet Capital, a global university, impact and innovation investment group, has completed the acquisition of two venture capital firms: Milltrust Agricultural Investments and RT Capital.
Ericsson is to acquire Vonage Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: VG) for USD21 per share. This represents a total acquisition price of approximately USD6.2 billion (Enterprise Value).
Eatron, a fast-growing scale-up with its unique ‘intelligent automotive software’ platform for the edge and the cloud, has raised USD11 million in a Series-A round led by MMC Ventures with participation from Aster Capital and Vinfast.
Eatron has a long-standing collaboration in different projects with Vinfast to explore and accelerate deployment of the company’s software platform into Vinfast’s rapidly expanding range of electric cars. Eatron entered into a similar strategic partnership with the Hirschvogel Group from Germany in the summer of 2020 when Hirschvogel also invested USD1.5 million-plus.
Eatron, which is headquartered in the UK with a world-class
North west-based multi-family investment office, Arete, has announced it has led a GBP3 million investment into experience analytics platform, Uncrowd.
Created by retail and systems experts Richard Hammond and Rocky Howard, Uncrowd is a cutting-edge platform that allows global retailers and brands to measure customer experience through innovative methods of data collection. It was recognised as one of Silicon Valley’s best retail tech start-ups at this year’s Plug and Play Fall Summit and has earned a place on the Plug and Play accelerator programme.
Unlike traditional customer analytics, Uncrowd works by collecting objective data and observations to generate an
Global privateer equity investor Advent International (Advent) is to to acquire Caldic BV (Caldic), a global premium provider of value-added life sciences and specialty chemicals solutions, from Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Caldic will then merge with Advent portfolio company Grupo Transmerquim SA (GTM), one of the leading chemical distributors in Latin America.
Caldic’s product portfolio includes innovative food ingredients, natural products and functional solutions for a variety of life sciences and industrial end-market segments. With a leading presence in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, Caldic employs around 1,200 people across 35 locations. The business generated sales of about EUR1 billion
Boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan, described as “Wall Street’s best-kept secret”, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a legal adviser to investment funds and entrepreneurs, including many pioneers in the funds industry.
Founded by Fred Kleinberg, Myron Kaplan and Norris Wolff in November 1971, with Jim Cohen joining a few months later, Kleinberg Kaplan has grown into a multi-disciplinary firm with more than 100 lawyers and staff. With an international practice, the firm serves the global interests of its clients from an office in New York City, the financial capital of the world.
Since its inception, Kleinberg Kaplan has maintained
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