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Private industrial investment company HLD Group has acquired Thurston Group – a specialist in modular building solutions for the education, commercial and healthcare sectors.
This major acquisition, which will ensure the ongoing operation and growth of Thurston Group, was facilitated by Independent Growth Finance, through a GBP16 million asset-based lending (ABL) facility that formed part of the total acquisition cost.
The acquisition is the largest deal in HLD Group’s 10-year history and is an important addition to its portfolio of companies. It also marks an ambitious step in the group’s investment strategy.
Demis Ohandjanian, CEO, HLD
Future Planet Capital, a global university, impact and innovation investment group, has completed the acquisition of two venture capital firms: Milltrust Agricultural Investments and RT Capital.
Ericsson is to acquire Vonage Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: VG) for USD21 per share. This represents a total acquisition price of approximately USD6.2 billion (Enterprise Value).
Eatron, a fast-growing scale-up with its unique ‘intelligent automotive software’ platform for the edge and the cloud, has raised USD11 million in a Series-A round led by MMC Ventures with participation from Aster Capital and Vinfast.
Eatron has a long-standing collaboration in different projects with Vinfast to explore and accelerate deployment of the company’s software platform into Vinfast’s rapidly expanding range of electric cars. Eatron entered into a similar strategic partnership with the Hirschvogel Group from Germany in the summer of 2020 when Hirschvogel also invested USD1.5 million-plus.
Eatron, which is headquartered in the UK with a world-class
North west-based multi-family investment office, Arete, has announced it has led a GBP3 million investment into experience analytics platform, Uncrowd.
Created by retail and systems experts Richard Hammond and Rocky Howard, Uncrowd is a cutting-edge platform that allows global retailers and brands to measure customer experience through innovative methods of data collection. It was recognised as one of Silicon Valley’s best retail tech start-ups at this year’s Plug and Play Fall Summit and has earned a place on the Plug and Play accelerator programme.
Unlike traditional customer analytics, Uncrowd works by collecting objective data and observations to generate an
Global privateer equity investor Advent International (Advent) is to to acquire Caldic BV (Caldic), a global premium provider of value-added life sciences and specialty chemicals solutions, from Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Caldic will then merge with Advent portfolio company Grupo Transmerquim SA (GTM), one of the leading chemical distributors in Latin America.
Caldic’s product portfolio includes innovative food ingredients, natural products and functional solutions for a variety of life sciences and industrial end-market segments. With a leading presence in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, Caldic employs around 1,200 people across 35 locations. The business generated sales of about EUR1 billion
Boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan, described as “Wall Street’s best-kept secret”, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a legal adviser to investment funds and entrepreneurs, including many pioneers in the funds industry.
Founded by Fred Kleinberg, Myron Kaplan and Norris Wolff in November 1971, with Jim Cohen joining a few months later, Kleinberg Kaplan has grown into a multi-disciplinary firm with more than 100 lawyers and staff. With an international practice, the firm serves the global interests of its clients from an office in New York City, the financial capital of the world.
Since its inception, Kleinberg Kaplan has maintained
Yukon Partners has held the successful final closing of Yukon Capital Partners IV and its associated parallel funds (collectively Fund IV) at USD625,945,000.
Fund IV will provide mezzanine capital to middle market businesses and is a continuation of the strategy from prior funds, most recently Yukon Capital Partners III, a 2017 vintage, USD558,740,000 fund.
Investors in Fund IV include domestic and international pension funds, international banking conglomerates, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, consultants, and family offices. Dorsey & Whitney LLP served as legal counsel and Credit Suisse’s Private Fund Group acted as advisor and exclusive placement agent for Fund IV.
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WSO2, a specialist in digital transformation technology, has closed USD90 million in financing from client vehicles advised by Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private Credit (Goldman Sachs).
The flexible capital solution will be used to accelerate WSO2’s worldwide business expansion, drive growth of the company’s global partner network, and support rollout of its next-generation, cloud-native solutions for securely delivering APIs, applications, and digital services. The new solutions, powered by Ballerina, will offer a seamless blend of low code and pro code experience for enterprises and deliver the power of DevOps and modern SDLC practices including integrated reuse within the organisation and
OTA Insight, a specialist in cloud-based hospitality business intelligence, has raised USD80 million from Spectrum Equity, a growth equity firm focused on internet-enabled software and transformational data companies.
Spectrum Equity joins existing OTA Insight investors Eight Roads, F-Prime Capital and Highgate Technology Ventures. This latest investment will support the company in furthering its mission to enable smarter commercial decisions and outputs across the industry as it expands its global footprint.
OTA Insight delivers powerful data and analytics to optimise commercial decision-making across the hospitality industry. As the industry rebounds in the wake of the global pandemic, many hospitality operators are
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