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Windsor Circle, a provider of predictive lifecycle and retention marketing software and services for retailers, has raised USD4.1 million in an over-subscribed funding round, and secured a USD2.5 million line of credit from Square 1 Bank, a division of Pacific Western Bank.
This latest funding will help Windsor Circle continue to expand product development and enhance predictive algorithms and data science capabilities to power more effective automated marketing campaigns for retailers. They will also add new talent to their sales and ecommerce professional services teams, plus engage in other high-growth endeavours.
“We’ve got big plans for these new funds,” says
Salvepar has increased ts stake in Asten Santé to 22.3 per cent of the capital and voting rights by acquiring a portion of the interest held by Gemmes Venture which remains the majority shareholder for EUR12 million.
The Asten Santé group is a French multiregional homecare provider, from the voluntary sector and medical world, operating in Pays de la Loire (Aliséo), in Midi-Pyrénées (Sadir Assistance), in Haute-Normandie (Adir Assistance) and, since 2015, in Franche-Comté (DDS Assistance). Several entities complement the group for the development of operations in Ile-de- France (S2A Santé Ile-de-France) and the development of innovative technologies, especially focused
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised specialist European financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap) on the sale of UK online insurance distributor Simply Business, to New York-based Aquiline Capital Partners.
Completion of the transaction is subject to the approval of the Financial Conduct Authority.
The exit comes just short of three years since AnaCap acquired Simply Business and will generate a return of 4.5 times its original investment.
The Norton Rose Fulbright team in London was led by partner Richard Bull and included senior associate, Andrew Houghton.
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised
Isomer Capital has launched a EUR150 million investment fund to help investors capitalise on the boom in European technology-based businesses.
According to Tech.eu ‘European Tech Exits Report for 2015’, last year nearly 600 disclosed European tech company exits generated EUR137 billion. A figure which, according to Isomer, most traditional institutional investors missed out on given how difficult and resource intensive research, selection, and execution of small technology investments can be.
Many of the best deals in the European technology market are private, move fast, require specialist expertise and still have high individual risk profiles. In fact, initial start-up funding for
Bryan Garnier has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to tado°, the European market leader in intelligent home climate control, on a USD23 million equity financing from Inven Capital, the venture capital arm of the CÌŒEZ Group.
This brings total funding of the Munich-based IoT company to $57 million, and establishes tado° as one of the world’s best-funded IoT startups.
The tado° Smart Thermostat and Smart AC Control products connect any heating and air conditioning system to the internet. The geo-aware tado° smartphone app automatically senses when nobody is at home and turns down the heating or AC to save
Osprey Capital Partners has assisted Moulure Alexandria Moulding in completing a partnership and recapitalisation with Industrial Opportunity Partners.
Osprey Capital was engaged by Alexandria to find a partner and investor that could bring additional resources, experience and expertise to enable them to capitalise on the unprecedented opportunities within the marketplace.
Alexandria is a manufacturer and distributor of wood mouldings and related millwork products for the Canadian and Northern US markets selling directly to retailers, wholesale building product distributors and industrial customers. The Company, headquartered in Alexandria, Ontario, Canada, has a manufacturing and distribution facility in Alexandria and a hardwood manufacturing
Five new investment platforms have joined the Millennium Trust Company’s Millennium Alternative Investment Network (MAIN), bringing the total number listed to nine.
In addition to Lending Club (NYSE: LC), announced earlier this month, EquityZen, iCapital Network, Prodigy Network, and RJ Oasis are now available through MAIN.
Millennium Trust collaborates with leading online investment platforms and service providers to create solutions that use technology to provide qualified investors with an easy way to find and research alternative investments, and then purchase and custody the investment through their Millennium account.
Alternative assets are expected to grow to as much as USD15.3 trillion
France-based SME lending platform Lendix has raised USD13.5 million in a series B funding round led by CNP Assurances.
Its existing shareholders inckuding Decaux Frères Investissements, Partech Ventures, Sycomore Factory, Weber Investissement et Banque Wormser Frères also took part in the round, together with institutional investors Matmut and Zencap AM, a subsidiary of OFI AM.
This capital raise also comes with significant commitments in excess of USD22 million to lend on the platform via its new fund, Lendix SME Loan Fund II.
Hélène Falchier, head of Private Equity Investments at CNP Assurances, will become a member of the
Private equity investor Advent International is to acquire Viakem SA, the Mexican crop-protection-chemicals producer. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2016, have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1938, VIAKEM is the only Latin America-based custom and toll manufacturer of fine crop protection chemicals serving global agrochemical companies. The company has developed strong relationships with the largest agrochemical players and is focused on offering integral solutions to the chemical industry. VIAKEM will continue to serve its clients worldwide as its excellent geographic location and competitive cost structure provide the company with a unique
Z Capital Partners, the private equity management arm of Z Capital Group, has acquired Twin-Star International, a designer and manufacturer of electric fireplaces and home furnishings.
Headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, Twin-Star designs, manufactures and markets a broad line of decorative electric fireplaces, heaters, home furnishings and consumer electronics. With a track record of cutting-edge innovation, exceptional product quality and outstanding customer service, the Company has achieved the leading market position in the growing electric fireplace category and is the primary supplier to many retailers across North America. Twin-Star's energy-efficient products are purposefully designed to provide a more economical and
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