Allocations
ETF Partners, Inventure, KPN Ventures, TESI (Finnish Industry Investment) and Vito Ventures have invested EUR14.4 million in Wirepas, a Finnish software company that has built a wireless connectivity platform solving the major challenges of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and enabling broad adoption of Massive IoT.
The additional funding, including the participation of existing investors, takes the total investment in Wirepas to EUR22 million.
“I am delighted to have Tesi and KPN Ventures joining as Wirepas investors and board observers. It is now clear that massive IoT networks are at the breakout phase and mesh networking from Wirepas is
Challenge TRG Group – a logistics recruitment and distribution company – has acquired training specialist, Phoenix Training Services, as it looks to tackle the HGV driver skills shortage in the UK.
The company, which recently rebranded from Challenge Group following the acquisition of TRG Logistics earlier this month, completed the undisclosed deal of the Birmingham-based company, taking its overall turnover to GBP120 million. As part of the acquisition, founder and director, Trevor Cox, will remain in the business as a non-executive director, with operations director, Simon Bladon, who worked at Staffline Recruitment for 12 years, also moving over to Challenge
Triple Point has announced nearly GBP1 million of funding to back the two latest companies in the firm’s Impact EIS Investment Fund.
The fund targets fast-growing companies in the health, environment, youth and inequality sectors that are having a positive social impact, and are expected to generate significant capital growth.
The Impact EIS fund has invested GBP525,000 in GripAble, a company that has developed a digital hand grip to help rehabilitation for people living with a range of upper limb impairments, and GBP400,000 in We Are Digital (WaD), a digital and financial training provider, targeting the estimated 3 million people
Osmosis Investment Management, a sustainable investment specialist with USD1.5 billion in client assets, has closed a significant equity investment from the Oxford Endowment Fund.
The fresh injection of capital into the sustainable investment firm is a further endorsement of Osmosis’s systematic investment approach which targets superior risk-adjusted returns from companies that display strong resource efficiency metrics. A non-targeted, natural outcome of the approach is a significant reduction in the environmental footprints of the funds and strategies relative to their respective benchmarks.
This strategic equity investment is growth capital, which Osmosis will deploy to deepen the firm’s portfolio management, research and
A Greater Lincolnshire-based horticulture producer and supplier has secured a GBP200,000 debt funding package from Maven Capital Partners and the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
Jepco Glebe Limited will use the finance to invest in a new hydroponic lettuce production facility – the first of its kind in the UK.
Now in its third generation, the family-run company produces and sells a wide range of salad and vegetable products to the manufacturing, retail, food service and wholesale sectors in the UK and overseas markets.
Although Jepco already offers hydroponically-grown salad and vegetables to ensure its products are available beyond
JPW Industries (JPW), a designer, manufacturer and distributor of branded metalworking and woodworking equipment and specialty shop tools sold under the JET, Powermatic, Wilton, Edwards and Promac brand names, has acquired Baileigh Industrial Holdings (Baileigh).
JPW is a Gamut Capital Management (Gamut) portfolio company. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1999, Baileigh is a leading marketer, manufacturer and distributor of over 500 metalworking and woodworking products sold under the Baileigh brand across the US and Europe. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, RMD, Baileigh designs and manufactures high-quality, “made-in-the-USA” Baileigh-branded metalworking machinery. Baileigh’s operations in Manitowoc, WI,
Dunedin, a UK mid-market private equity house, has backed the management buyout of Acquis Insurance Management (Acquis), an independent insurance broker and administrator that provides specialist solutions to the finance and leasing industry.
The deal (which is subject to regulatory approval) enables the current management team, led by CEO Nick Leader, to drive the business’ international growth with support and funding from Dunedin.
This is Dunedin’s third platform investment in twelve months, following investments in digital technology specialist, Incremental Group; and innovative payments software business, GPS. The investment in Acquis follows on from Dunedin’s 2016 investment in specialist broker
Private equity firm West Lane Capital Partners (West Lane) has acquired a majority stake in Fantasy Files Group (Fantasy Files), a California-based developer, manufacturer and distributor of specialty cosmetic products under the Blossom, Blue Cross and Savina brands.
Ron Tinero and Mark Friedman, the founders of Fantasy Files, will remain as executives and shareholders of the business. No material changes in the operations of the business are planned. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Nick Sternberg, Managing Partner of West Lane, says: “We are very excited to partner with Ron, Mark and their team to continue growing the Company’s
Hampleton Partners, an international mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advisory firm for technology companies, has advised Simi Reality Motion Systems, a developer of fully markerless video-based motion capture and analysis software, on its acquisition by ZF Friedrichshafen, a global automotive supplier and specialist in autonomous vehicle technology.
This is the second transaction that Hampleton has closed with ZF Friedrichshafen in two months.
“We are excited about the opportunity ahead of us as we embark on this journey with ZF,” says Pascal Ruß, CEO of Simi. “Hampleton led a structured process and after considerable interest from other parties, was able
Fund raising activity for PE funds focused on Asia Pacific proved to be buoyant in 2018, with an estimated USD37.8 billion of net inflows recorded through the first nine months of the year according to Private Equity International’s Q3 2018 Fundraising Report. This compared to USD37.7 billion raised for the entire calendar year 2017.
“Hillhouse Capital Group raised USD10.6 billion for its Fund IV, while Carlyle Group raised USD6.55 billion for its Asia Partners V fund,” comments Rajindar Singh (pictured), Sub Regional Director APAC, Private Equity & Real Estate & Capital Markets at TMF Group, based out of the
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