Allocations
Aurelius has acquired all shares of Panasonic’s European Consumer Battery Business Units (Panasonic Consumer Energy) from Panasonic Europe.
From its European sales headquarters in Zellik Belgium, Panasonic Consumer Energy operates two manufacturing facilities, one located in Belgium and one in Poland. Across its locations Panasonic Consumer Energy today employs around 900 people and generated revenue of approximately EUR230 million in 2019.
Panasonic Consumer Energy is one of the leading producers in the European consumer batteries market and has a long-standing history of high-quality manufacturing and distribution in the European market dating back to 1970. Its key products include alkaline
Accelmed Partners (Accelmed), a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in US commercial stage, lower middle market HealthTech companies, has closed its oversubscribed second fund, Accelmed Fund II (Fund II) at the fund’s hard cap of USD400 million, exceeding its original USD300 million target.
Fund II received significant backing from new investors globally, including pension funds, insurers, family offices, and high net worth individuals, as well as from existing Accelmed limited partners.
For more than a decade, Accelmed has leveraged its deep HealthTech industry experience, operational and financial expertise, and strong relationships across the field to help
Mainspring Fund Services and Aspida Group have partnered to provide Guernsey-domiciled private equity and venture capital funds with a comprehensive solution for fund administration, compliance, governance and reporting.
At the same time, the partner firms confirmed their very first launch – a USD550m Private Investor Fund. The Guernsey-domiciled Fund, which has completed its first close, is run with a global mindset, investing in growth-stage technology companies across Europe, Asia and North America. The Fund is structured with a dedicated feeder for employees, advisers and affiliates.
Through the partnership, fund managers will benefit from the focused, specialist services of Aspida for
IronNet Cybersecurity (IronNet), a cybersecurity specialist backed by private equity investor C5 Capital, is to merge with LGL Systems Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).
The transaction will see IronNet list on the New York Stock Exchange and trade under the ticker symbol IRNT.
IronNet merges industry-leading cybersecurity products with expert service to create a platform designed to deliver the most advanced, real-time cyber defense globally, protecting both private and public sectors. Bringing together some of the best minds in cybersecurity from industry, government and academia, IronNet was created to more effectively defend enterprises, sectors and nations
The New, one of Latin America’s fastest-growing plant-based meat brands, has secured funding from Lever VC, a global investor in the alternative protein space, and Paulo Veras, Founder and CEO of 99, Brazil’s first tech unicorn. Funding will be used to complete expansion of a 1,000 sq m production facility amid heavy demand for the company’s products at national and regional retailers.
Launched in September 2019 by Bruno Fonseca, The New produces plant-based salmon, cod, chicken, and beef products. All products are non-GMO and free of all common allergens including soy and gluten, positioning The New alongside Beyond Meat as
Peloton Capital Management and Stephen Smith have acquired Glass Lewis from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’) and Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo).
Glass Lewis is a provider of independent global governance solutions. Its unbiased research reports that provide analysis and recommendations on every proxy vote, including M&A and other financial transactions, along with its industry-leading proxy vote management solutions, aim to drive value across all governance activities for institutional investors.
“Peloton Capital Management and Stephen are committed to long-term, sustainable value creation through good governance. This aligns strongly with the core values we have established at Glass
PatSnap, a global leader in Innovation Intelligence, has secured USDD300 million in Series E funding.
The investment round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Tencent Investment with participation from CPE Industrial Fund and existing investors Sequoia China, Shun Wei Capital, and Vertex Ventures.
PatSnap plans to use the funds to further advance its innovation intelligence platform, accelerate product development, and acquire additional domain expertise in the industry sectors where its technology is used by research and development (R&D) and intellectual property (IP) teams. The funds will also enable PatSnap to expand its sales presence around the world
MintGreen has closed a seed financing round, led by CoinShares Ventures, the investment arm of the publicly listed digital asset investment firm, as it looks to deploy the first large-scale commercial project to harvest heat from bitcoin mining.
MintGreen is a Canadian clean tech company that recovers waste heat from cryptocurrency mining and sells it via heat off-take agreements with industrial clients. MintGreen’s proprietary immersion bitcoin mining systems use clean sourced electricity twice; first to mine bitcoin, and then to produce zero carbon heating. The persistent and predictable heat loads generated year-round are complementary to the needs of industrial processes
Guernsey-based 1818 Venture Capital has made a substantial equity investment in Level, a UK-based and FCA regulated lender within the family and private client law sectors, and set up a dynamic new debt facility for the company, representing a combined total investment approaching GBP20 million.
Since its launch in 2017 Level has become the UK’s top ranked lender in the family law sector according to Chambers & Partners, the world’s leading provider of legal research and analysis. Level unlocks future liquidity for clients and law firms in family law proceedings, probate, and other related matters. This allows clients to access
Inovia Capital has held the closing of its second growth fund with USD450 million in committed capital.
The fund, which saw strong support from existing and new investors, will invest in tech-focused growth-stage companies in industries such as financial services, healthcare, commerce, the future of work, and travel. The closing of this fund brings Inovia’s total capital under management to over USD1.5 billion.
Growth Fund II is built on the proven track record of our first growth fund, a USD400 million fund announced in February of 2019, and will continue investing in innovative, globally-minded companies primarily in Canada, but also
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