Managers
MMC Ventures, a UK Series A investor, has promoted three individuals to its senior leadership team, and added a partner, following a record year in 2021 – during which MMC’s portfolio companies raised more than USD1 billion in funding.
Two sport and exercise scientists who established an app to improve employee wellbeing and performance have raised GBP800,000 from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia, to fund the next stage of growth.
ECI Partners has completed the successful sale of Travel Chapter, a platform for high-quality self-catering holiday rentals, to the management team, supported by investment from ICG.
Spouting Rock Asset Management (Spouting Rock), a multi-boutique manager platform providing investment solutions and services, is to merge with Old Hill Partners Inc (Old Hill), an alternative asset manager focused on asset-based lending transactions with small- and medium-sized businesses.
A newly formed subsidiary of Spouting Rock, Spouting Rock Alternative Credit, LLC (SR Alternative Credit), will house the Old Hill asset-based lending business and serve as the investment advisor to Old Hill’s existing funds and other investment vehicles.
The new subsidiary will be operated by former Old Hill employees, Jeff Haas and Peter Faigl as president and chief investment officer, respectively.
Sound Point Capital Management (Sound Point) has closed on a senior secured term loan financing to a subsidiary of Perry Ellis International (Perry Ellis), an owner of several well-established retail brands.
Funding provided by Sound Point will be used to pay down the Company’s existing debt.
The Company has been in business for 54 years and was formerly a public company before a take-private transaction in 2018. Perry Ellis owns a diversified suite of brands which generate ample cash flow through licensing to third-party manufacturers.
Alternative asset manager Gresham House has invested GBP164 million in Borderlink Broadband Limited through its British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (BSIF) strategy to improve digital inclusion in underserved communities in the UK.
Inflexion Private Equity Partners (Inflexion) supported 97 new investment opportunities for its portfolio in 2021, helping to drive value and accelerate sustainable growth in the UK and internationally.
Myzone, a global manufacturer of wearable fitness tracking technology, has secured a USD17.2 million investment from BGF, the UK’s most active growth capital investor, alongside tech entrepreneur Vin Murria OBE, who also joins as Non-Executive Chair.
Created in 2011 by fitness industry expert Dave Wright, Myzone has experienced impressive growth since inception and currently serves over 9,000 facilities in 84 different countries, boasting over two million shipped devices.
BGF invested more than GBP100 million in tech businesses in 2021 and announced seven successful exits in the sector this year. Of the over GBP500 million invested in tech businesses
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a GBP5.5 million funding round for Liftango, a cloud-based technology platform which enables transport operators to optimise route planning in real-time based on passenger demand.
The transaction includes a GBP1.75 million investment from the Maven VCTs with follow-on funding from Liftango’s existing investors, which include Transdev, Taronga Ventures and GUD. Scottish Enterprise are also new investors in this round.
Liftango’s technology centres around its three core products, on-demand bus (ODB), fixed-route shuttles and carpool. The ODB and fixed-route cloud-based platform allows public and corporate transport operators to manage their services on a single platform.
BPOC, a pure-play healthcare investors, has made a strategic growth investment in Networking Packaging Group (Network Partners), a provider of consulting services to medical device and pharmaceutical companies.
Founded in 2015, Network Partners serves many of the world’s largest medical device and pharmaceutical companies, providing specialised expertise to help bring life-saving products to market. The company employs a team of over 250 professionals across the United States, offering packaging engineering, labeing, regulatory affairs, quality assurance and project management consulting services.
Financial terms of the transaction, which is effective immediately, have not been disclosed.
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