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Funds managed by Searchlight Capital Partners have made a significant investment in EOLO SpA (EOLO) in partnership with the Company’s founder, President and CEO, Luca Spada.
Spada will remain the CEO and a significant shareholder of the Company, which he has led since 1999. Under his leadership, EOLO has a demonstrated track record of delivering high speed broadband connectivity to “digital divide” areas in Northern Italy.
“Our unique business model raised the interest of many investors over time and we are excited to partner with Searchlight, which has strong expertise and a deep relationship network in our industry and
Sodexo has taken a majority stake in French food-tech start-up FoodChéri. The move is in line with Sodexo’s strategy to continually adapt its offers to meet emerging consumer trends and reinvent the customer experience.
Sodexo’s investment enables FoodChéri to consolidate its strategic positioning as a “virtual restaurant” with a focus on serving businesses, and to expand nationally in France. FoodChéri will continue to be managed by its co-founders.
Founded in 2015, FoodChéri now has 70 staff and delivers over 12,000 fresh meals prepared by professional chefs every week, in the Paris metropolitan area. With a healthy, balanced and diversified
Hunter Street Partners (Hunter Street) has officially launched as a new Minneapolis-based alternative investment management firm that will provide capital solutions to operating partner teams and lower middle market companies across corporate finance, real estate, and specialty finance.
Neal Johnson, who previously served as Managing Partner and Co-CIO at Isles Ranch Partners and spent nearly a decade at Värde Partners, serves as CEO and CIO of Hunter Street. The other Partners include Peter Hommeyer – President, Andrew Platt – Investments, and Jason Hegrenes – COO and CFO. The Partners have an average of 21 years of industry experience, have previously
Wellspring Capital Management (Wellspring) has closed Wellspring Capital Partners VI with capital commitments totalling the hard cap of USD1.415 billion.
The 2011 Wellspring Capital Partners V LP was fully invested at USD1.2 billion and has generated positive returns for its investors to-date.
Fund VI brings the firm’s assets under management to more than USD4.4 billion. Limited partners include leading pension funds, endowments, fund of funds and family offices from the US, Europe and Asia.
Fund VI will continue to pursue Wellspring’s investment objective to acquire or invest in middle-market companies that are well-positioned to capitalise on change and can
Clearlake Capital Group has acquired Perforce Software (Perforce), a developer of a scalable and secure version control and collaboration platform, from growth equity investor Summit Partners.
The Company will continue to be led by Janet Dryer, CEO, and Mark Ties, COO, who will both join the Board of Directors alongside Clearlake. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Perforce is a leading provider of enterprise scale software solutions to technology developers and development operations (“DevOps”) teams requiring productivity, visibility and scale during all phases of the development lifecycle. Enterprises across the globe rely on its agile project management, developer collaboration, version
Octopus Investments is to utilise the GBP80 million over allotment facility in its current fundraise for the UK’s largest VCT, Octopus Titan VCT, after investor demand took the total fundraising amount to record-breaking levels.
Octopus Titan VCT rapidly reached its initial target of GBP120 million within just four months and is now offering an additional GBP80 million of fundraising capacity to meet investor demand ahead of tax year end. The target of GBP200 million will be the largest ever fundraise by a VCT and, once fully subscribed, would increase the total fund size to over GBP600 million.
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Sheprd – The On-Demand School Bus – has secured USD1 million in venture capital funding from InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm.
In addition to funding, the relationship includes providing Sheprd, on a non-exclusive basis, with a fleet of Land Rover SUV vehicles.
“With this funding, Sheprd can expand its service to meet customer demand and further develop our proprietary technology platform to improve the transportation experience for families,” says Nick Jasset, CEO and founder of Sheprd. “The investment by InMotion Ventures further validates the positive feedback we continue to receive from parents; Sheprd’s service provides a desperately
Premium bar and restaurant, The Alchemist, has secured an additional GBP16 million finance package from existing debt funders, Santander, to support its continued growth plans across the UK.
The new capital from Santander will be invested into the continued innovation of the brand, rejuvenating existing sites and the acquisition of new locations. The Alchemist recently opened a purpose-built venue at MediaCityUK, a new regional site in Oxford and has since confirmed openings in Nottingham, Bristol and Cardiff for the year ahead.
Established in 2010, The Alchemist has 12 venues across the UK and employs over 700 team members. The
Walker Precision Engineering, a high-precision component manufacturer, has secured a GBP4 million investment from BGF to expand its operations in the UK and mainland Europe.
From premises in Glasgow, Basildon and Poland, the family-owned business manufactures and assembles complex parts for the aerospace, defence and industrial sectors.
Founded in 1979, the company is run by brothers Gary and Mark Walker and employs more than 250 staff.
BGF’s funding will allow Walker to invest in specialist machinery, further increasing its high accuracy machining capacity. The business has experienced an increase in demand from existing and new customers, particularly in
Automotive alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi has launched Alliance Ventures, a new corporate venture capital fund that plans to invest up to USD1 billion to support open innovation over the next five years.
In its first year, the fund expects to invest up to USD200 million in start-ups and open innovation partnerships with technology entrepreneurs focused on new mobility, including vehicle electrification, autonomous systems, connectivity and artificial intelligence.
With further annual investments, Alliance Ventures is set to become the largest corporate venture capital fund in the automotive industry over the period of Alliance 2022, the strategic midterm plan launched last year by
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