Allocations
Nautic Partners (Nautic) has completed the acquisition of Harrington Industrial Plastics (Harrington), in partnership with company management.Founded in 1959, Harrington is a leading distributor of corrosion-resistant fluid conveyance, control, and measurement products for industrial fluids and high purity applications (eg, valves, filters, pumps, and tanks). Harrington’s products are used in a variety of end markets, and the company focuses on corrosive applications that generally require higher end specialty products. The company is a vital supply chain partner to its vendors and serves a diverse set of customers including contractors, OEMs and other product end users across a number of markets
The Columbia Threadneedle European Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (ESIF) announces that it has completed the acquisition of Condor Ferries, an operator of lifeline freight and passenger ferry services between Guernsey, Jersey, the United Kingdom, and the Port of St Malo in France.The acquisition was made in consortium with Brittany Ferries, a leading French ferry operator, which has a minority stake. Condor Ferries has been acquired from Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund II, managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets.
ESIF is a new open-ended fund that invests in European mid-market equity assets, managed by leading global asset management group Columbia Threadneedle Investments.
ClearCourse Partnership (ClearCourse), a group of technology companies providing digital services, work-flow solutions, and payments capabilities to the membership, events & bookings, sports & leisure and healthcare sectors, has acquired Felinesoft, a provider of digital and operational solutions for some of the UK’s most established businesses and charities.Since its foundation in 2001, Felinesoft has built its position as a well-respected industry provider of technology products and digital service solutions, including user experience design, Microsoft Dynamics 365, digital transformation and website and app development. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, its customers have access to in-house Microsoft certified developers offering the highest
The UK Creative Content EIS Fund has invested in Raindog Films, a UK-based production company co-founded by Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth and music industry veteran Ged Doherty, it has been announced by the Fund’s manager, Calculus Capital, and Stargrove Pictures. Writer and producer, Trish D Chetty joins the new look company to oversee the strategic expansion into high-end small screen content.
Firth and Doherty established Raindog Films in 2012 and subsequently produced an award-winning slate of premium filmed entertainment. Recent projects include Official Secrets directed by Gavin Hood, starring Keira Knightley and Matt Smith, which opened to critical acclaim; Loving, directed by Jeff Nichols
Pemberton, a diversified asset manager backed by one of Europe’s largest insurers, Legal & General Group, has worked with funds advised by BC Partners on a second lien PIK loan as part of a refinancing of their portfolio company The Aenova Group, a provider of contract pharmaceutical manufacturing and development services.The Aenova Group, headquartered near Munich, is among the largest contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) in Europe and serves a blue-chip customer base of pharma and healthcare customers.
The pharmaceutical firm operates 15 production sites, primarily in Germany and other European locations. The firm is well placed to
Imperial College London (Imperial) has launched its first Innovation Fund to invest in early-stage, high-growth, knowledge-intensive companies spun out of the world top ten university. It offers alumni and investors the opportunity to support the commercial development of Imperial’s discoveries into tomorrow’s solutions in medicine, engineering, biochemistry, genetics, materials, quantum computing, data science, and beyond.
Imperial has a long history of producing ground-breaking scientific research and disruptive technologies, as well as a flourishing entrepreneurial ecosystem. Its strong recent performance has seen the number of startups more than double in the last five years, attracting approximately £800m of new investment. Notable spinout
Property technology company Goodlord, which provides software and services to transform how people rent, has been backed by some of the UK’s most respected investors in a GBP10 million Series B round.Goodlord has raised GBP10 million from investors including Latitude Ventures, the Series B+ sister fund to LocalGlobe known for backing scaling European success stories such as Transferwise, Zoopla, Monzo, TravelPerk, and SecretEscapes. This round was also backed by Finch Capital, leaders in the European fintech space, and welcomed Oxx as a new investor. Oxx recently raised USD133 million to back “Europe’s most promising SaaS companies” at Series A and beyond.
Shoreline Equity Partners (Shoreline), a purpose-driven lower middle market private equity firm, has partnered with management to acquire Engelman Baking Company (Engelman’s).Engelman’s is a wholesale bakery offering a complete line of artisan breads and rolls ranging from European and hearth breads, Kaiser and twisted egg rolls to specialty dinner rolls and hand-crafted hamburger and hot dog buns. Engelman’s operates a 50,000 sq ft SQF Level II bakery and serves restaurants and entertainment venues in the greater Atlanta Area on a daily and just-in-time basis via local delivery routes as well as national accounts via distribution.
Since being founded by Sammy
LUX Global Label, a portfolio company of Resilience Capital Partners, has acquired Labelworx, a specialist in digital label and packaging. This strategic acquisition broadens the operational capabilities of LUX Global Label, formerly known as National Label, into the high-growth area of digital printing while further diversifying its customer base and markets.
Founded in 2004, Labelworx is a pacesetter in digital labelling, known for its expertise in prime-pressure-sensitive, shrink sleeves and flexible packaging and serving a diverse group of fast-growing consumer brands. Labelworx also is known for its environmentally-sustainable printing capabilities. The HP Indigo Digital Press, for example, is manufactured CO2-neutral, with
Five, a UK-based, self-driving company, has raised USD41 million in a Series B round of equity funding. New investors are Trustbridge Partners, Direct Line Group and Sistema VC. Existing investors Lakestar, Amadeus Capital Partners, Kindred Capital and Notion Capital also participated in the round, which makes Five one of Europe’s best-funded self-driving startups, with USD77 million raised to date.
The next decade is expected to bring the widespread roll-out and commercialisation of advanced self-driving technology. However, before the industry can get there, it must overcome some formidable challenges. These include how to integrate many new and existing components into a self-driving system that is functional
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