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Circularity Capital, a specialist private equity firm targeting high-growth European SMEs in the circular economy, has made its maiden investment in Winnow Solutions (Winnow).
Headquartered in London, with offices in Dubai, Shanghai and Singapore, Winnow has developed a solution for designing out food waste in commercial catering facilities. The business has operations in 29 countries working with thousands of chefs and cooks to reduce food waste. Sites using the solution typically see food waste cut in half within 12 months from point of installation, resulting in an increase in gross margin of 2 - 6%.
The technology is being
As part of a dedicated build-and-build strategy, funds managed by Alpina Partners (Alpina) have invested in Syncos.
Founded in 2014 as a spin-off from innotec Systemtechnik, Syncos offers its “Mittelstand” customers in the manufacturing sector holistic MES solutions (Manufacturing Execution Systems). The software covers production and machine data acquisition (“PDA” / ”MDA”), advanced planning and scheduling (”APS”), track-and-trace as well as computer-aided quality assurance (”CAQ”). The current version of the software combines production and quality management in a highly integrated, modular system.
Alpina invested in Syncos via a holding company, which already holds shares in ERP companies oxaion and
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) is making a GBP3million investment in Altra Consultants Limited (Altra) to fund the growth of its Lloyds of London registered insurance brokering subsidiary, Parker Norfolk & Partners Ltd (PNP).
Following its acquisition of PNP, Altra obtained all requisite FCA approvals to enable it to use PNP’s Lloyds brass plate thereby delivering significant advantage to Altra’s service offering, enabling the firm to generate revenues via a mixture of direct sales to corporate entities and wholesale insurance from other insurance brokers.
Altra will initially offer Structured Trade Credit insurance broking services, which is the shareholders’ main area
Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organisation, has announced new investments totalling more than USD60 million in 15 technology startups, bringing its year-to-date investing to more than USD566 million.
“The world is undergoing a data explosion,” says Wendell Brooks, Intel senior vice president and president of Intel Capital. “By 2020, every autonomous vehicle on the road will create 4 TB of data per day. A million self-driving cars will create the same amount of data every day as three billion people.
“As Intel transitions to a data company, Intel Capital is actively investing in startups across the technology spectrum
London-based impact investment firm Red Ribbon Asset Management has launched the Red Ribbon Private Equity Fund and the Red Ribbon Real Estate Fund.
The funds will focus on socially responsible investments in emerging and growth markets, and India in particular.
The new Funds, both of which are listed, will restrict investment to ventures whose commercial objectives conform strictly to Mainstream Impact Investment criteria. Red Ribbon Asset Management’s Chief Executive Officer, Suchit Punnose, says: “As a firm, we are choosing to invest in well-governed, profitable businesses operating in mainstream markets that have a positive impact on society and the environment. This
Sheridan Capital Partners has completed a majority recapitalisation of existing portfolio company Smile Doctors. Through the recapitalisation, Linden Capital is joining as lead investor while Sheridan and management are both rolling over equity.
“Working with the entire Smile Doctors team to build the national leader in orthodontics has been a true pleasure,” says Jonathan Lewis, Managing Partner at Sheridan Capital Partners. “Together we have expanded the business from its 12 clinics in Texas and Georgia to over 90 clinics across 11 states. This recapitalisation validates the exceptional growth of the business during our ownership, and our continued investment in the
PNC Bank has closed a USD150 million revolving line of credit for CDI Corp, a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners. PNC Bank served as administrative agent.
CDI Corp will use the funds, in part, to repay existing debt, partially finance the acquisition by AE Industrial Partners, LLC, and provide for ongoing working capital needs. Products associated with the transaction include treasury management services.
Based in Philadelphia, CDI Corp is a global staffing business that delivers solutions based on highly skilled technical and professional talent. Founded in 1950, the company delivers expertise in engineering and information technology solutions encompassing
Legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised RJD Partners (RJD), the UK Private Equity investor, on the management buyout of Class Tours Limited (Class Tours), a leading provider of language programmes and educational tours to schools in the UK.
This is the fourth investment from RJD’s third buyout fund, following the investment in Barber of Sheffield, and follows RJD’s successful investment track record in the education and leisure sectors.
Based in Hove, Class Tours is a well-respected provider of language programmes to schools with its Château de la Baudonnière courses in Normandy perhaps the most well-known. The business also provides
DataSine has raised EUR1 million in funding from investors including C Entrepreneurs, Sistema_VC and Force Over Mass at the close of the company’s seed round.
DataSine’s proprietary technology analyses transactional and biographical data to determine a customer’s personality, needs, behaviours, and life situation. This enables companies to offer products and services that are directly relevant to their customers and explain them in a way that resonates with each individual.
“DataSine’s technology is unique because it bridges the gap between machine learning, psychology and finance. Put simply – it is the ultimate personalisation engine for banks,” says Igor Volzhanin, Chief
Limerston Capital has acquired Crawford Scientific Holdings Ltd (Crawford), comprising Crawford Scientific Ltd and Hall Analytical Laboratories), from Maven Capital Partners.
Crawford is one of the UK’s leading independent providers of outsourced chromatography consumables and services to the laboratory research and testing sector. This is the third investment of Limerston Capital’s debut fund, Limerston Capital Partners I.
Scotland based Crawford Scientific (founded in 1985) and Manchester based Hall Analytical Laboratories (founded in 1987) provide an array of products and services encompassing consumables distribution with expert advice, training and specialist analytical services to offer the UK’s leading pharmaceutical, research and laboratory
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