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Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), a UK fund manager and social enterprise, has invested GBP1.1 million in responsible lender, Five Lamps, based near Stockton-on-Tees.
The investment is part of a GBP5 million deal over six years that will help vulnerable households across the UK break out of the cycle of high-cost debt. SASC is one of nine investors and the deal represents the largest-ever single investment in a UK community lender.
The funding will mobilise over GBP60 million of lending, enabling Five Lamps to offer over 100,000 affordable personal loans under its Conduit brand, through a dedicated subsidiary called
Teamleader, known for its SaaS platform for CRM, project management and invoicing, has closed a Series C funding round of USD22 million (EUR18.5m).
The Series C round was led by a new investor, London-based Keen Venture Partners. Existing investor Fortino Capital & Sage Capital, which led Teamleaders A and B Series, and new investor PMV also joined the round.
Alexander Ribbink, General Partner of Keen Venture Partners, says: “Teamleader had been on our radar for a while now. Their track record up until now is impressive, and we admire the entire team’s drive. Keen VP will back up its
Cavendish Corporate Finance, a specialist sell-side M&A firm, has advised the shareholders of Neilson Active Holidays (Neilson), a provider of overseas active holidays, on its investment by to mid-market private equity investor, LDC to support management’s expansion strategy.
Neilson offers a fantastic range of award-winning, activity-focussed holidays across seven countries in Europe where it operates beachclubs, ski hotels and chalets and 65 yachts, exclusively for its guests who number almost 80,000 every year.
In recent years Neilson has successfully capitalised on the increasing demand for activity and wellness holidays at the premium end of the market. This investment will
Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has sold BBB Industries (BBB Industries) to Genstar Capital.
BBB supplies non-discretionary replacement parts in the North American automotive aftermarket, primarily focused on the do-it-for-me light vehicle aftermarket and serves vehicle owners, professional technicians and franchised dealers. BBB Industries has a broad product offering, including starters, alternators, hydraulic steering, brake calipers, electric power assisted steering and turbochargers. Its 30,000+ SKUs are sold through warehouse distributors, retail outlets, and OEM service organisations. Founded in 1987, the Company is based in Daphne, AL.
Martin Schwab, Partner at Pamplona, says: “We are delighted with the growth BBB
Big Data and Enterprise Intelligence scale-up Quantexa has secured USD20 million (GBP15.2 million) in Series B funding.
The round is led by Dawn Capital, Europe’s largest B2B technology venture fund focussing on SaaS and FinTech, with return backers HSBC and Albion Capital also participating. The new funding will be used to further develop Quantexa’s unique technology and support its international expansion.
Quantexa enables companies and institutions to make better decisions from their data. Quantexa’s revolutionary technology is based on the latest developments in big data technology and uses real-time entity resolution, network analytics and AI to knit together vast and disparate data sets and derive actionable intelligence.
The investment follows continued
UK online car repair marketplace WhoCanFixMyCar.com has secured GBP4 million from investors including Shell Ventures, Sir Trevor Chinn, Active Partners and Venrex Investment Management.
The marketplace currently has 11,500 garages registered to the site, has processed over one million repair requests from UK drivers and receives 60,000 new job requests every month from drivers.
The UK’s largest online car repair marketplace has secured GBP4 million from investors including Shell Ventures, Sir Trevor Chinn, Active Partners and Venrex Investment Management.
WhoCanFixMyCar.com was launched in 2011 by two former investment bankers, Al Preston and Ian Griffiths, and has since become
iCON IV has completed the acquisition of an 80 per cent interest in Vista Credit Corporation (Vista) from Jacob Polisuk, the company’s CEO and founder, and other senior management members who together will continue to own 20 per cent of the business.
Vista is a residential equipment leasing business which focuses on water heater, and heating, ventilation & air conditioning equipment as well as other components that are essential to the proper functioning of residential homes (e.g. water treatment and alarm systems).
Vista was established in 2007 by Jacob Polisuk, an experienced and successful entrepreneur in the Canadian water
Funds affiliated to Rhône Capital are to acquire Advent International’s 45 per cent interest in the share capital of MAXAM, with the company’s shareholder group, led by Chairman and CEO José F Sánchez-Junco, continuing to hold the remaining 55 per cent of shares.
The value of the transaction has not been disclosed and is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
MAXAM’s origins date back to 1872, when Alfred Nobel founded Sociedad Española de Dinamita Privilegios A Nobel in Bilbao. Over recent years, the company has evolved from a Spanish manufacturer of explosives towards a global technology leader, which specialises in
Kaleyra, a provider of global messaging services for banks, SME and large enterprise clients, is to acquire American cloud communications company Hook Mobile.
Hook Mobile is a mobile cloud messaging services provider with extensive experience, global connectivity, and an enterprise grade CPaaS platform supporting clients worldwide and with specific expertise in the North, Central and South American markets. As of today, it reaches over 50 countries, aiming for over 100 countries by 2019.
Kaleyra offers communications services for some 8,000 enterprise customers reaching some 200 countries worldwide. Its clients include a broad range of SMEs and leading brands such
Evidation Health, a health and measurement company that helps life sciences and health care companies understand how everyday behaviours and health interact, has raised USD30 million in Series C funding.
The round was co-led by SV Health Investors, a new investor, and existing investor B Capital Group. It included participation from existing investors GE Ventures and Sanofi Ventures. With this funding, Evidation has raised a total of USD61 million.
Evidation also announced that it launched a new data platform to enable its customers to analyse and process large-scale sensor and behaviour data in clinically meaningful ways.
“Our new
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