Allocations
Kester Capital (Kester) has made an investment in Optibrium, a drug discovery software provider to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
The business’ customer base includes five of the top ten global pharmaceutical companies.
This off-market deal is Kester Capital’s third investment in the Life Sciences sector and follows the successful closing of its latest fund, Kester Capital II, which had its final close in August 2020 at its hard cap. Despite challenging market conditions, the fundraise was oversubscribed and exceeded its target with a diverse group of new and existing institutional investors.
Optibrium was founded in 2009
Inflexion has reinvested in the British Engineering Services Group (BES) to support the company’s continued growth. Inflexion has been an investor in the engineering testing, inspection and consultancy services specialist since it led the carve-out from RSA plc in October 2015.
Homa Games, a mobile developer and publisher with more than 30 apps in its portfolio, has raised a record USD15 million Seed round from Idinvest Partners, e.ventures & renowned business angels.
Since its foundation in 2018, Homa Games has chosen HyperCasual as its main focus and has created multiple worldwide game hits of the genre such as Tower Color, Sky Roller and NERF Epic Pranks!. Combining in-house made tech and its own creative studio, Homa Games provides the service of unique excellence to its studio-partners with the focal point on automation and optimization at every step of app production and
BV Investment Partners (BV), a middle-market private equity firm focused on the tech-enabled business services, software and IT services sectors, has made a majority investment in SupportNinja, a high-end outsourcing solutions provider.
SupportNinja provides scalable customer and technical support and back-office solutions for the world’s fastest growing and most innovative companies across a range of industries, including technology, ecommerce, consumer services and business services. It is experienced in helping high growth companies outsource for the first time by building a training program and knowledge base, improving support process and providing best-in-class offshore teams. Founded in 2015, SupportNinja is based in
Following the close of its recent GBP35 million Series C investment round, digital mortgage and home-buying company Habito has secured additional backing from Bootstrap Europe, a technology growth debt fund that works with disruptive scale-ups making an impact.
Backed by the British Business Investments, Bootstrap Europe recognised the potential in Habito’s plans to shape vision to transform the UK’s GBP1.3 trillion mortgage market.
Since its launch in 2016, Habito has delivered free, whole-of-market regulated advice through its digital brokerage to more than 350,000 customers, resulting in mortgage submissions worth over GBP5 billion. Habito is the UK’s Best Mortgage Broker as
BCF Equity Partners (BCF) has completed the acquisition of CF Social Work (CFSW) with the support of an acquisition funding package from Allied Irish Bank (GB) in Nottingham.
Based in Ipswich, CFSW provides high quality social work intervention and education services to assist busy Local Authorities and helps children and young families avoid a lifetime of care and state intervention. CFSW has a growing reputation for its preventative services.
CFSW will continue to be operated day to day by Ross Evans, a 36 year old former head teacher. Ross has a deep understanding of the market’s needs and he heads
There is growing familiarity with Dutch hedge fund structures among investors which has been driving the jurisdiction’s fortunes as a continental alternative to Luxembourg and Ireland. Service providers in Amsterdam are welcoming this progress while also being discerning in their approach.
Allocations to hedge funds are set to increase in 2021, “2020 was largely driven by volatility and global macro-economic uncertainties. The defensive approach adopted by hedge funds, the ability to demonstrate uncorrelated performance as well as navigate these choppy waters successfully has positioned managers to draw in more institutional capital and also encourage more fund start-ups” comments Delphine Amzallag
By A Paris – The outlook for growth in the Amsterdam financial services industry is optimistic, driven by the Brexit fallout, an increased need for political stability and access to a diversified support eco-system which can help alternative asset managers thrive.
An affiliate of middle-market private investment firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock) has completed its acquisition of AMB SpA (AMB) in partnership with the Marin family, AMB’s founders and current owners, and the management team of the company.
AMB is a manufacturer of rigid and flexible films for use in food packaging. The Company also offers design, prototyping and tooling services to its diverse customer base, which includes food manufacturers and packaging thermoformers. AMB specialises in food grade recycled plastic and is a leader in developing more sustainable and recyclable plastic packaging. Headquartered in San Daniele, Italy, AMB has operations
Funds advised by KLAR Partners Limited (KLAR) are to acquire Sandbäckens, one of Sweden’s leading providers of technical installation and service of Sprinkler, Heating & Sanitation solutions for buildings.
Sandbäckens is KLAR Partner’s first acquisition in Sweden. The objective is to develop the company into the Nordic region’s leading technical installation and property services company.
Sandbäckens’ operations specialise in technical installations and service in the areas of Heating and Sanitation, comfort cooling, sprinklers and district heating. Sandbäckens has a strong geographical presence with 800 employees established in close to 30 locations in Sweden. The company has a market-leading position in
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