Managers
Verdant Capital has closed four private equity-related transactions in South Africa with important fundraisings for Bridge Taxi Finance and Retail Capital, the sale of Nedan Oil and the sale of Baxi to MFS Africa.
Verdant Capital has successfully raised ZAR300 million (approximately USD 20 million) in debt financing for Bridge Taxi Finance from a small group of leading international impact investors. The funding will be used to grow the institution’s lease portfolio. In addition, Verdant Capital has raised ZAR150 million (approximately USD10 million) in debt funding for Retail Capital, a leading technology-enabled SME-financer. The first tranche of ZAR50 million was
Riveter Capital, a private equity firm focused on investing in women- and minority-led companies, has completed the acquisition of Healthy Lunch Box, Inc, a food service provider of meals to children and adults.
Based in Texas and founded in 1996 by Theresa Barajas, Healthy Lunch Box provides cafeteria-style meals to charter schools, private schools, Head Start programs, health clinics, and adult-care centres. The company uses simple, traditional cooking methods to prepare nutritious menu items from scratch and operates out of its licensed commercial kitchen in north Houston.
“The Healthy Lunch Box team is very excited to partner with Riveter Capital
Nyriad Inc has raised an additional USD28 million of funding, primarily from existing investors. The funds will be used to accelerate the company’s global go-to-market and engineering efforts for its reimagined storage solution based on a new architecture that redefines how data is stored and managed.
“Nyriad will deliver a breakthrough data storage solution,” says Guy Haddleton, Nyriad Chairman of the Board and lead investor. “Equally important, the company’s vision is backed up by a seasoned executive leadership team, exceptional engineering talent, and a strategy that focuses on delivering business value for customers. That this round of funding is coming
Customer data specialist business, Edit, has been sold to The Salocin Group (Salocin) in a deal financed by NVM Private Equity (NVM). The deal which has seen NVM invest GBP14.8 million will also see Edit’s leadership team take a stake in the business.
The Salocin Group is a data driven marketing services group, headed by serial marketing services and customer communications entrepreneur, Nick Dixon.
Edit, formerly part of Kin + Carta, delivers unified data solutions, acquisition, and retention campaigns for some of the world’s most recognised brands, including Jaguar Land Rover, Tesco Bank, The British Heart Foundation, and Shell.
Funds managed by Blackstone GP Stakes are to acquire a minority ownership interest in Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive companies.
Blackstone GP Stakes specialises in value-added, long-term investments in the management companies of leading private equity firms.
Managing Directors, Chris Gaffney, Michael Kumin, Mark Taber and Matt Vettel of Great Hill Partners, say: “Today is a significant milestone for Great Hill. Throughout our history, we have had the good fortune to partner with high-caliber limited partners, invest in innovative companies and collaborate with leading entrepreneurs. We are excited to welcome Blackstone, one of
Mondelēz International has joined Circulate Capital’s Ocean Fund (CCOF) as a limited partner and will now be supporting scalable business solutions to help develop infrastructure for the collecting, sorting and recycling of plastic waste, including flexible films.
The goal of this investment, which is part of Mondelēz International’s Sustainable Futures impact investing platform, is to enhance focus on the physical collection of flexible films – lightweight, multi-layer plastics used by the snacking industry – that have traditionally been more difficult to collect, sort, recycle and ultimately reuse.
CCOF is an investment fund dedicated to addressing India and Southeast Asia’s plastics
Generational Equity, a mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately held businesses, has advised Tesco Controls on its sale to United Flow Technologies – a holding of an affiliate of HIG Capital.
Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Sacramento, CA, Tesco Controls (TESCO) is one of North America’s pre-eminent control system integrators focused on the water, wastewater, transportation, and renewable energy sectors. TESCO provides its customers with industry-leading power and process control systems and comprehensive services via regional offices across the continental United States and Hawaii.
United Flow Technologies (UFT), is a platform established to invest in the municipal and industrial
Eurazeo is to acquire Scaled Agile, a provider of the framework, platform, professional training content and certifications for implementing business agility practices across the enterprise.
Eurazeo and its partners will hold a majority stake and invest approximately USD300 million alongside existing investors Leeds Equity Partners and the Scaled Agile management team. Definitive financial information will be disclosed once the transaction has been completed.
Founded in 2011 and based in Boulder, Colorado, USA, Scaled Agile is the provider of SAFe, the world’s leading framework for enabling business agility, a critical element to empowering digital transformation. With 1,000,000 trained professionals from
SEI has acquired Novus Partners (Novus), a global portfolio intelligence platform company, designed to expand SEI’s capabilities for both the institutional investor and investment management markets.
“The financial services landscape is ever-evolving. Our markets continue to face an unprecedented pace of change, and we continuously seek opportunities to stay ahead of and manage this change,” says Alfred P West, Jr, SEI Chairman and CEO. “By making strategic investments in our solutions and workforce, we drive growth and help our clients make confident decisions for their futures.”
Novus’ platform streamlines data management, performance measurement, reporting, attribution and look-through analysis in
Singularity Studio (SS) a metaverse development company and creator of the successful GameFi dapp, Zoo Crypto World (ZooCW) on the Binance Smart Chai, has secured investment from venture capitalist firms Spartan Capital and 40k Ventures whose seed investments will allow SS to devote itself entirely to building the Singularity Metaverse.
Additionally, the budding relationships SS is nurturing with Binance Labs and Google Cloud are playing a pivotal role in the development of the Metaverse.
SS has been greatly influenced by great minds, such as Shaan Puri, who has described digital assets like Bored Apes NFTs to Rolex and Fortnite Skins
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