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Edison Partners is to exit portfolio company Bento for Business, which has been acquired by US Bank (NYSE: USB). Upon closing, the transaction will deliver a strong cash return and 60 per cent IRR.
Chicago-based Bento for Business helps small and mid-sized businesses regain control of monthly expenses and improve cash flow with its card-based digital spend management platform. Since the company’s inception, small businesses have spent close to USD800 million using the Bento for Business platform. Bento has enjoyed consistent, capital-efficient growth since Edison Partners’ investment and operating performance was the strongest to date over the last 12 months.
Car Wash Owners Network (CWON), a portfolio company of Baltimore-based Access Holdings, has closed its investment in Flagship Car Wash Center (Flagship), a car wash operator in the Mid-Atlantic.
As a mid-market investment firm specialising in buy-and-build strategies, Access Holdings partners, scales, and innovates to build enduring businesses. Access Holdings and CWON will support their partnership with Flagship by bringing best-in-class processes and technologies to bolster Flagship’s position within its existing markets and expand into new geographies through de novo development and M&A initiatives.
“We are always looking to partner with entrepreneurs who share our level of ambition and drive
Breega, backer of Moneybox, and Connect Ventures, backer of Truelayer, have closed a GBP5m seed equity round into Keebo, a credit card approved by the FCA to use open banking data.
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in Tiger Lights, an add-on to Riverside’s Arrowhead Engineered Products (AEP) platform.
Tiger Lights is a provider of aftermarket LED lighting accessories for agricultural and industrial applications.
Founded in 2013 and based in Tangent, Oregon, Tiger Lights focuses on developing lighting products for frequently used agricultural and industrial equipment including tractors, combines, forklifts and skid steers. Tiger Lights’ LED lighting products provide better illumination and last longer than traditional halogen lighting for work in low-light situations.
“We are excited to add Tiger
Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has agreed, on behalf of its clients, to sell Hortifruti Natural da Terra (Hortifruti), Brazil’s largest fresh food retail chain, to Brazilian conglomerate Americanas SA (Americanas). The transaction values Hortifruti at an enterprise value of BRL2.4 billion.
Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Hortifruti is Brazil’s largest retail chain specialising in fresh products such as fruits, legumes, and vegetables (FLV), with 73 stores. Hortifruti is the most technologically advanced fresh food retailer in the country, with 16 per cent of sales stemming from digital channels in 2020, providing a critical service
Kainos Capital, a private equity firm specialising in acquiring and managing food and consumer businesses, has partnered with Mitch and Chad Felderhoff to acquire their family business, Muenster Milling (Muenster), a fourth-generation pet food and ingredient manufacturer based in Texas.
Andrew Rosen, Managing Partner of Kainos, says: “We are excited to add Muenster to the Kainos portfolio of companies and to partner with owners Mitch and Chad to build a broader platform in the pet food and ingredient space. We believe Muenster has a powerful value proposition to pet owners seeking clean-label, high-protein and convenient pet food and treats. The
Sageview Capital, a private investment firm focused on providing growth capital and operational support to tech-enabled businesses, has held the final closing of Sageview Capital Partners III (Fund III).
The Fund exceeded its target of USD600 million and was oversubscribed, closing at USD710 million. Consistent with prior funds, the Sageview Capital team is the largest single investor in Fund III, creating strong alignment with the firm’s investors and the entrepreneurs it backs.
Fund III will continue Sageview Capital’s successful strategy of providing growth capital and operational support to fast-growing software and tech-enabled businesses that are well-positioned to be industry
Navint, an advisory and technology firm that helps enterprise organisations drive growth and operational efficiency, today announced it has acquired Hansen, an EMEA-based specialist consultancy that helps organisations maximise ROI from lead-to-cash solutions on the Salesforce platform.
The strategic acquisition will augment Navint’s recent EMEA expansion, amplify its lead-to-revenue capabilities and deliver enhanced services to the company’s burgeoning global client base.
Hansen helps businesses unlock value from investments in CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote), Billing, Unified Commerce and Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) on the Salesforce platform. The company’s on-site, near-shore and off-shore experts combine their deep understanding of Quote to
Reactive Technologies, a UK and Finland based grid technology company, has announced a new group of investors as part of a USD15 million fundraise – the business’ largest ever.
The funding round was led by BGF, alongside Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Eaton (NYSE:ETN, a global intelligent power management company.
Reactive will use the proceeds to expand its international activities and export its technology to countries around the world that are experiencing rapid renewable energy growth and already beginning to manage the challenges of decreased grid stability caused by a loss of inertia. Reactive’s GridMetrix technology is like ‘sonar’ for
NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, has supported water filter treatment technology business, G2O Water Technologies Limited (G2O) with a GBP250,000 follow-on investment.
Since the original investment in 2018, NPIF has invested a total of GBP970,000 to support the business following a period of growth which has included creating a further facility at Sci-Tech Daresbury, expanding its team and customer reach and developing its product portfolio.
After celebrating a number of milestones, G2O’s core water filtration product has been successfully tested on a full scale industrial laundry
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