Allocations
Pemberton, a specialist European private debt manager transforming traditional credit markets, backed by one of Europe’s largest insurers, Legal & General Group PLC, has provided financing to support two bolt-on acquisitions by Cupa, the largest producer of natural slate in Spain and a distributor of roofing materials in the UK, backed by The Carlyle Group.
Cupa has acquired Rinus Roofing, an independent UK distributor specialising in roofing materials, and Proinor, a producer of natural slate in Spain. The acquisitions are the latest steps in Cupa’s expansion plan and will consolidate its leading position in the slate market. As an existing
One Utility Bill, the Newcastle-based business which simplifies the utilities experience for consumers, landlords and letting agents, has raised a further GBP1.6 million in its second fundraise within a year.
The follow-on investment round was led by incumbent investors DSW Ventures, the venture capital business of the Dow Schofield Watts group, alongside the North East Innovation Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Northstar Ventures.
The latest investment, which takes the funding raised to date by the business to circa GBP5 million, will allow it to improve scale and efficiency, further enhance its technology and create
LiveEO, an Earth Observation (EO) asset monitoring startup based in Berlin, has closed an investment round with the venture capital firms btov Partners, Helen Ventures, DvH Ventures, and Motu Ventures as well as deep tech investor Andreas Kupke and a renowned investor from the Silicon Valley tech ecosystem.
The Series A investment of EUR5.25 million (USD6.35 million) allows LiveEO to further accelerate the development of their market leading infrastructure monitoring solution as well as their international expansion. LiveEO analyses satellite imagery with artificial intelligence to monitor infrastructure grids such as railways, electricity grids or pipelines and enables the operators
Kainos Capital (Kainos), a food and consumer-focused private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company Ferraro Foods to funds managed by Kelso & Company.
Headquartered in Piscataway, NJ, Ferraro Foods is a specialty foodservice distributor delivering quality food and supplies, primarily to the Italian restaurant and pizzeria segment in the Eastern US. The Company, which had its first sale in 1975, today sources over 7,000 products from around the world and distributes to over 6,000 end customers. Kainos partnered with Ferraro Foods in May of 2018 after having developed a prior relationship with Ferraro’s owner Michael Giammarino through the
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to MPB on a USD70 million investment led by Vitruvian Partners, with participation from existing investor Acton Capital.
Headquartered in Brighton, UK, MPB is the world’s largest reseller of photo and video kit. The used kit market is in a period of significant expansion as more consumers purchase sustainably in the circular economy.
Supported by this new funding, and with established locations in the UK, US and Germany, MPB is well-positioned to take advantage of this growing trend.
The transaction underlines Arma Partners’ position as a market-leading advisor on private capital
European private equity firm Silverfleet has invested in the fast-growing, SaaS provider, OneStock, a European specialist in modern and agile OMS software for retail. Silverfleet will hold a significant minority stake in OneStock.
Headquartered in Toulouse, France, and with offices in Paris and London, OneStock’s sector leading SaaS OMS platform allows omnichannel retailers to unify their stock – from warehouses, distribution centres and stores – in order to enhance customer experience (CX) while improving profitability for the retailer.
By creating a single view of stock on an integrated platform, OneStock’s solution makes the retailer’s entire pool of inventory available
Gresham House Ventures – a growth equity investor specialised in software and digitally driven businesses in the healthcare, consumer and services sectors – has invested GBP2.25 million into Metrion Biosciences, a contract research organisation (CRO) catering to the drug discovery market.
Metrion Biosciences (Metrion) is a specialist contract research company providing drug discovery services to the worldwide pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. The Company is a leader in the field of ion channel biology and works with life science companies to assess the activity of innovative new compounds on human ion channels associated with disease, as well as to screen potential
Cyance, a provider of global, third-party intent data, has secured a new round of additional funding from existing investors — including Blackfinch Ventures and Nexus Investments — in the amount of GBP860,000.
The funding follows a period of significant growth for the startup company with revenues increasing by 18 per cent and customer value rising by 30 per cent in the past year, in spite of the pandemic.
The company will leverage the funding to continue to grow its internal team, which has already doubled in size over the last 12 months. It will also be used to accelerate the
Venture capital firm Sky9 Capital’s portfolio company Smart Share Global, has completed its IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker ‘EM’, at a market capitalisation of USD1.7 billion at closing.
SK Capital Partners, LP, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has completed its previously announced acquisition of IPACKCHEM Group SAS (IPACKCHEM), a specialist in sustainability-oriented barrier packaging.
Founded in 1987 by Jean-Philippe Morvan as a division of Air Products Group, IPACKCHEM is a leading global supplier of innovative and specialised barrier packaging solutions. IPACKCHEM’s leading market positions in the Crop Protection and Specialty Chemical markets are further underscored by its commitment to providing 100 per cent recyclable plastic barrier packaging. IPACKCHEM is headquartered in Paris, with global operations spanning seven countries and four
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