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EZBob Ltd, which trades as business e-lenders Everline and EZBob, has closed a Series C investment round with a GBP20 million equity investment from Leumi Partners, the investment banking arm of Israel-based Bank Leumi, and funds managed by existing investor Oaktree Capital Management.
This latest investment round provides EZBob Ltd. with additional capital to increase its lending capacity and further develop its leading technology platform to enable more of the country’s 5.2 million SMEs to instantly access the capital needed to fuel their growth plans, any time and from anywhere.
Bank Leumi is one of Israel’s largest banks and
Wise SGR has closed Wiseequity IV at the fund’s hard cap of EUR215 million in equity commitments.
The fundraising was completed in under 6 months following strong demand from both existing and new investors. Italian institutional investors accounted for approximately 25% of the total commitments, while international investors, both from the US and Europe, represented 60% of total commitments, with the balance from the management team and HNWIs.
Wisequity IV will continue Wisequity III’s strategy targeting transformational investments in the Italian lower-mid market, with a particular focus on export oriented leaders in BtoB niches. Wisequity III, a 2011 vintage
SPARK Impact, an stage venture capital specialist has been selected, subject to the necessary regulatory and contractual confirmation, as the manager of the Isle of Man Enterprise Development Scheme (EDS.
SPARK Impact will run the Accelerator and Relocator elements of the GBP50 million Scheme approved by the Isle of Man Government (Tynwald) in October 2015.
EDS support will be available to a wide range of businesses including new Isle of Man start-ups, existing expanding Isle of Man businesses and businesses wishing to relocate to the Island. The EDS will provide grant, loan and equity investment to eligible businesses that
Mucker Capital has launched Mucker III, a USD45 million seed-stage venture capital fund which will invest in Internet-enabled software and services startups, with a focus on companies based in the greater Los Angeles area.
The fund will support seed-stage venture investments as well as pre-seed investments via MuckerLab, the firm’s renowned accelerator program.
“We are founders, just like the entrepreneurs we serve,” says Erik Rannala, co-founder and Managing Partner at Mucker Capital. “To use a startup fundraising analogy, our first fund was a small friends and family round; our second fund was a seed round that allowed us to
Westbridge Capital portfolio company Energist Medical Group has bought part of Chromogenex Technologies Limited, the Llanelli-headquartered business that recently went into administration.
Swansea-based Energist has acquired global rights outside the USA to the Chromogenex name and a range of well-recognised i-Lipo brands and products established by Chromogenex over the past decade.
Energist is a specialist in the medical aesthetic equipment industry, manufacturing a range of plasma, laser and light-based products used for the removal of hair and the reduction of fine lines, wrinkles, acne and veins.
Max Humber, Group CEO at Energist Medical Group, says: “Strategically, this deal
Private Equity is to recapitalise Gastro Health PL (Gastro Health), a gastroenterology physician practice management company with 21 centres across South Florida.
Gastro Health was founded in 2006 with the merger of GI Care Center, Gastroenterology Associates, and Gastroenterology Group. The company has acquired 16 new centres and on-boarded over 30 new physician partners since its founding.
Geoffrey S Rehnert, Co-CEO of Audax Group, says: “Gastro Health is a leading provider of gastroenterology services with an unparalleled reputation for providing exceptional care to its patients. We look forward to partnering with Dr. Jim Leavitt, Alex Fernandez, and the rest
Altus Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on middle market manufacturing companies in the US, has acquired Nichols Portland, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation.
Nichols Portland is a leading designer and manufacturer of precision powder metal fixed and variable displacement gears including gerotor gears and smart pumps for automotive and on-off highway and other industrial markets. Altus Capital along with the management team of Nichols Portland made this investment to participate in the expected growth of smart pump and advanced variable vane gears. The financial terms of the investment have not been disclosed.
Nichols Portland, was founded in
NVM Private Equity (NVM) has successfully exited from Control Risks Group Holdings (Control Risks), a specialist risk consultancy.
Control Risks, which was founded in 1975, offers a range of services addressing political risk, business intelligence, corporate and personal security and crisis response. Control Risks’ clients include corporations, governments and non-governmental organisations.
NVM and a syndicate of co-investors acquired a significant minority stake in Control Risks in 2011 and since then the investment has enabled the management team to continue driving the strong growth of the business as an independent company. Control Risks has undertaken a financial restructuring to create a
21 Concordia I, the Warsaw-based private equity fund of 21 Partners, has invested in Polish laundry services provider Hollywood SA.
Founded in 1995 by Andrzej Konieczkowski, Hollywood is the largest B2B laundry chain in Poland. Operating across six laundry facilities located in Northern and Central Poland, the company provides bed linen and work-wear laundry as well as rental services to hospitals, hotels and manufacturing companies. Hollywood makes use of the most modern and environmentally friendly equipment.
Hollywood boasts a proven track record of successful acquisitions, leading the consolidation of a highly fragmented Polish laundry market and developing a nationwide
Caledonian Optical, the lens manufacturing division of Duncan & Todd Group, is poised for expansion following the completion of a GBP1.3m refurbishment at its laboratory in Aberdeen, thanks to the support of BGF (Business Growth Fund).
Duncan & Todd has invested in state-of-the-art optical manufacturing equipment for the site, including a GBP500,000 in-house coating facility, making it the only Scotland-based prescription lens manufacturer to have this capability.
The company has also installed a second machine line, doubling the capacity in the laboratory. Installing the equipment has already cut turnaround times to market leading lows. This is part of a
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