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Russian plant-based meat startup Welldone has closed a USD1.5 million funding round to significantly expand production capacity to meet the company’s rapid growth in sales.
The round was led by Phystech Ventures, an international fund investing in deep tech startups globally, with participation from Lever VC, a leading global investor in the alternative protein category. The funding will be used to accelerate Welldone’s R&D, launch additional product lines, and increase production capacity to up to 150 tons per month.
The plant-based sector is beginning to grow quickly in Russia. Sales of plant-based milk have grown sevenfold in the past two
Summa Equity Fund II (Summa) has acquired a majority stake in Axion BioSystems, a provider of MEA and impedance technology for single-cell analysis. Axion BioSystems provides an integrated technology platform for cell activity monitoring, based on its unique Bioelectronic Assay technology. The instruments are used by academia and biopharma customers, the Assays allow for non-invasive, real-time study of cells.
Founded in 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia, by Tom O’Brien and Jim Ross PhD, Axion BioSystems originally developed its technology from a graduate research project at Georgia Tech. Now operating across North America, EMEA and APAC, the company has placed more
Shore Capital Partners (Shore), a strategic private equity firm focused on microcap investing in the healthcare, food and beverage, business services, and real estate industries, with offices in Chicago and Nashville, has announced the first and only closings of its fourth institutional healthcare private equity fund, Shore Capital Healthcare Partners Fund IV (HC Fund IV), its first business services fund, Shore Capital Business Services Partners Fund I (BS Fund I), and its first real estate fund, Shore Capital Real Estate Partners Fund I (RE Fund I). HC Fund IV raised USD366 million, BS Fund I raised USD213 million, and RE
General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has announced the formation of BeyondNetZero (BnZ), a new venture targeting growth equity investments related to climate change. BnZ is being established in partnership with Lord (John) Browne of Madingley, Senior Advisor to General Atlantic, who will serve as Chairman of the venture. BnZ combines General Atlantic’s significant growth equity expertise, along with a new team of proven climate investors and industry executives, to create a unique capability to identify growth climate investment opportunities.
The BnZ team will identify and scale innovative solutions that focus on meeting and exceeding Net Zero emissions targets.
GED Capital, a private equity group specialised in the Iberian lower mid-market segment, has acquired a majority stake in the artisan bakery chain Levaduramadre. GED Capital’s investment has been made through its portfolio company Comess Group, a restaurant group that manages a network of 380 establishments under its brands: Lizarran (pinchos tavern), Pomodoro (Italian restaurants), Cantina Mariachi (Mexican restaurants), DonG (Spanish fast food), Casa García (traditional Spanish bar) and others. Apart from GED Capital, Oquendo Capital and Manuel Robledo are also shareholders in Comess Group.
Founded in 2006, Levaduramadre is a chain specialised in the gourmet bakery and patisserie sector
Dechert and AZB & Partners were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers by value and volume, respectively, in the Asia-Pacific region during the first half (H1) of 2021.
Dechert advised on 10 deals worth USD39.1 billion, the highest among all the advisers. Meanwhile, AZB & Partners led in volume terms having advised on 30 deals worth USD20.1 billion. A total of 3,536 M&A deals were announced in the region during H1 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
GlobalData’s report, ‘Global and Asia-Pacific M&A Report Legal Adviser League Tables H1 2021’, reveals that deal value
US Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (pictured) announced on Thursday that a procedural floor vote in the Senate on President Biden’s USD1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill will take place next Wednesday. As Democrats are also asked to back a larger USD3.5 trillion budget blueprint, what will the much-debated upcoming US infrastructure bill – of which nearly USD600 billion would be new spending – mean for PE infrastructure mandates in the country?
“The most exciting thing happening now is that the state and federal policy is transitioning from supporting clean electrons to comprehensive zero emission targets,” Adam Bernstein, Boston-based partner at
Multi-family investment office, Arete, has announced a significant investment as part of a multi-million-pound deal in North West based, Vivify.
Pre-mixed drinks maker Soho Street Cocktails is raising a new round of funding through the private equity firm Growthdeck as demand surges for its ready-made, premium cocktails.
Soho Street Cocktails sells pre-mixed, bar-quality cocktail pouches, which allow bars and restaurants to improve serve consistency, reduce service time and make industry leading margins.
The funds raised through Growthdeck will fund Soho Street Cocktails’ core strategy of growing sales through retailers and in bars and restaurants, as well as continuing to increase its production.
Although the company has only recently begun the rollout of its products, it has already sold them to
Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt LLP, a full-service boutique law firm, has opened its first West Coast office in Los Angeles, California.
This expansion reflects Reitler’s national client base in the areas of venture capital, private equity, mergers & acquisitions, intellectual property, commercial litigation and entertainment matters.
“As the only boutique full-service law firm focused on venture capital and emerging technology markets, expansion to the West Coast is a natural next step,” says Ed Reitler. “Our firm has been built from the beginning to support the nationwide venture community, its pioneering companies and the funds that invest in them, all of
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