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Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has, on behalf of its clients, agreed to acquire a significant minority stake in Swiss watchmaker Breitling from CVC Capital Partners Fund VI and management.
Founded in 1884, Breitling is already one of the leading Swiss watchmakers, with a unique heritage in the industry as the inventor of the modern wrist chronograph and a particular positioning as a casual, inclusive, and sustainable luxury brand. Breitling has a diverse range of watch collections centered around air, land, and sea themes, and its unique modern-retro design style appeals to an increasingly broad consumer base globally.
London and the UK are at the forefront of a global boom in climate tech investment since the Paris Agreement, according to a new report by London & Partners and Dealroom.co.
NorthEdge-backed Altia has acquired VeriSaaS, a field intelligence and evidence collection software business.
Altia is a leading global provider of specialist intelligence and investigation software for government department and law enforcement agencies across the UK, Canada and Australia. The business, which is based in Nottingham and Glasgow, supports police forces and investigation teams to automate processes using technology – reducing time and money spent on investigations and improving prosecution rates.
Australia-based VeriSaaS develops software to support organisations to collect actionable intelligence. The business’ core proposition Verinote, a digital note-taking system, replaces the need for paper notebooks to document conversations, decisions
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, announced today that it has sold its portfolio company Caring Brands International, (Caring Brands) to Wellspring Capital (Wellspring).
Headquartered in Sunrise, Florida, Caring Brands is the largest franchisor of home healthcare services globally and the only franchisor offering the full continuum of care at home, including skilled nursing, assistance with daily living activities and end-of-life hospice care. The Company operates under three brands: Interim HealthCare (U.S.), Bluebird Care (U.K. and Ireland) and Just Better Care (Australia). The three brands represent over 585 locations operated by more than 290 franchise
3i Group- backed (3i) A-Z Gartenhaus (GartenHaus), an online specialist in garden homes, sheds, saunas and related products in Northern Europe, has acquired Outdoor Toys, an online D2C retailer of outdoor garden toys in the UK.
As part of the transaction, 3i will invest cEUR56 million of additional capital.
Founded in 2006 by James Owen and based in Mid Wales, Outdoor Toys is among the largest outdoor garden toys specialists in the UK. The company offers over 1,000 products and specialises in Modular Toys, including swing sets, slides and climbing frames, as well as ride-on toys, trampolines, sandpits and
HIG Capital (HIG) is to sell CONET to private equity firm IK Investment Partners. HIG acquired a majority stake in the Company in 2017. The transaction is subject to clearance by the relevant antitrust authorities.
CONET is a digital transformation partner focused on public sector clients and with a dedicated SAP practice. The Company offers its blue-chip customer base services and solutions in the areas of IT consulting, software development and high-security IT operations. CONET, founded in 1987 and headquartered in Hennef, Germany, employs over 1,100 specialists across 13 locations in Germany, Austria and Croatia.
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The innovation lab for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, IDB Lab, announces a USD4 million investment commitment, along with an additional technical cooperation grant of USD500,000, to support innovative solutions to tackle the growing problem of plastic waste ending up in the oceans and waterways of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
This circular economy investment will be combined with a capacity development program specifically for the Caribbean region, that would enhance the building of a potential investment pipeline in the Caribbean, through the support of regional innovation ecosystem actors. The investment will be managed by Circulate Capital, the
Archwest Capital (Archwest Capital) has completed a strategic minority investment by Aspida Holdings (Aspida), an indirect subsidiary of Ares Management Corporation (Ares).
As part of the transaction, Aspida will enter into a flow agreement, through which Archwest Capital will provide Aspida with multifamily and mixed-use first mortgage assets to help support Aspida’s growth initiatives. The Ares team plans to provide its experience in connection with the acquisition of these first lien mortgages originated by Archwest Capital and overseeing the ongoing surveillance and monitoring of these investments.
Archwest Capital’s chief executive officer, Shawn R Miller, says: “The perennial housing supply shortage
Airbus Ventures has invested in ispace, inc, a company pioneering the future of commercial lunar exploration. ispace’s state-of-the-art lunar lander is on schedule to launch on its first mission, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in the second half of 2022.
Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has secured a significant investment from August Equity to fast-track ambitious growth plans and realise AAB’s strategic vision of becoming a key UK regional player in the accountancy and wider business services market.
AAB is currently a leading Scottish regional player, with offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and plans to build its market share across the Central Belt of Scotland alongside growing the number of regional hubs it operates from in key major cities across the UK. AAB also has a London office focused on payroll, global mobility and virtual finance which supports some
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