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Fruition Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm, has partnered with an iconic family entertainment centre in Branson, Missouri, The Track Family Fun Parks (The Track).
The Track will continue to be led by Craig Wescott and Mike Russell, who have been involved since The Track’s inception 40 years ago.
Jay Coughlon, Managing Partner and co-founder of Fruition Partners, says: “What Craig, Mike and the entire Track team have built over the years is great entertainment for people of all ages! The Track offers an incredible collection of family attractions including multi-storey go-kart tracks, thrill rides, arcades and
DWS has closed the third investment commitment by the Clean Energy and Environment Fund (CEEF) in ESSE, a cleantech firm based in China specialising in greenhouse gas emission reduction and industrial solid waste recycling.
Established in 2013, ESSE has quickly grown into one of China’s leading companies specialising in greenhouse gas emissions mitigation. ESSE uses advanced technology to safely treat industrial emissions by extracting toxicity – including sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide – creating an additional by-product that can be used in new catalyst, desulphurisation, denitrification and construction materials.
ESSE operates across China’s major coastal and
BC Partners has announced a new Single Asset Acquisition Fund, led by funds advised by Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager.
In total, the fund has attracted more than EUR1 billion of investment, making it one of the largest such vehicles in Europe.
The Fund was formed to extend BC Partners’ investment in Springer Nature, a Fund IX asset in which BC Partners sees multiple opportunities for continued growth and additional value creation. The Fund will allow BC Partners to realise capital for Fund IX investors, while continuing to create value for its investors via robust organic
Glassbox, a strategic investment of Alicorn Global Ventures (Alicorn) Ltd an investor in late-stage tech companies, has started trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker GLBX.
Alicorn is the global venture arm or Arowana International, the established B Corporation accredited investment group.
Glassbox is a UK-headquartered global technology company that has developed an analytics platform that provides a complete view of all customer interactions across internet and mobile channels. The technology encompasses Traditional Web Analytics and Application Performance Management (APM), providing real-time analysis to identify issues and improve digital customer experience.
Today’s listing values Glassbox at
Companies hit hard by the pandemic may be attractive targets for SPAC vehicles. In this podcast Private Equity Wire speaks to Nina Kelleher, director at US-based advisory firm EisnerAmper, about some trending themes surrounding SPACs & PE, probing her outlook regarding the growth trajectory of SPACs.
Kelleher shares the impact of SPACs that she’s seeing across the PE vs.growth equity vs VC space, the potential long-term effects of the SPAC craze on the private equity world, and explores the question of whether this is, in fact, the way of the future.
wajve – a Berlin-based financial app for Gen Z – has raised a EUR5 million seed round, led by EQT Ventures with participation from 468 Capital.
The funding will be used to accelerate the roll-out of the platform, which has just launched, for the first customers in Germany before expanding into other European markets.
A frictionless experience, wajve enables excellent financial decisions in seconds for the younger generation, combining banking, financial education, and advice in one app – with a special focus on Gen Z. Now the largest generation, constituting 32 per cent of the global population, these digital natives
Compusoft Group, a leading global visual CPQ provider and portfolio company of TA Associates, has acquired InnovaItalia, the Pesaro, Italy-based distributor of Compusoft’s 3CAD software in Russia and neighbouring countries.
The acquisition of InnovaItalia is a natural extension of Compusoft’s furniture business unit and will expand their presence into new geographies, as well as broaden their strong customer base. Direct access to this market will open up further opportunities in a growing vCPQ market in Russia and provide Compusoft with a solid base for expansion.
David Tombre, CEO, Compusoft says: “InnovaItalia have forged an excellent reputation and business in Russia
VenueScanner, a UK-based online venue booking platform, has secured a USD1.5 million in a funding round led by Rianta Capital and ACF Investors.
Launched to enable individuals, businesses and event organisers to find better and more affordable venues, it is helping undiscovered and independent venues reimagine how they use their space and fill their downtime.
Rebecca Kelly, founder and CEO of VenueScanner, says: “While the last year has taught us that we don’t need to be sitting next to each other to get our work done, it has also taught us how important it is to be together to
British Patient Capital has made a USD75 million cornerstone commitment to Balderton Capital Growth I, as Balderton Capital announces its final close at USD680 million.
Balderton is one of the most established technology investors in the UK, with over two decades of experience of backing some of the country’s most ambitious founders from a very early stage. Darktrace and The Hut Group, which have both recently listed in London, are two notable Balderton successes. This new venture growth fund, one of the largest in the UK and Europe, is able to support founders as they scale their businesses with the
Valmet has entered into agreements to acquire EWK Umwelttechnik, a German company manufacturing and supplying air emission control systems and after-installation services, and ECP Group, a Finnish manufacturer and maintainer of air emission control systems.
These acquisitions complement Valmet’s customer offering in environmental technologies and related services.
The values of the acquisitions, which are expected to close in July 2021, have not been disclosed. After the acquisitions are completed, Valmet’s Environmental Systems offering covers technologies and services for wet and dry flue gas cleaning, flue gas desulfurisation, NOx reduction and burner systems for energy and process industries, and marine
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