Managers
Winch & Co, the Leeds-based boutique private equity firm have recently acquired GBP4 million haulage and logistics company Eclipse Distribution.
The firm plans to continue its acquisition trail aimed at logistics and distribution businesses based in the UK that compliments its platform.
Shaun Swinburn, Operations Director at Winch & Co, says: “It’s been several months in the making, but we are happy with what we have bought, and succession planning was already in place. The business is very clean and has proven to be the perfect platform for what we plan to build.”
David Ash, the previous owner of Eclipse
Main Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Zig Websoftware, a developer of solutions for housing corporations, student accommodation, commercial property management, and housing allocation.
Today, over 160 real estate organisations and 1.8 million tenants and housing market entrants use Zig’s software.
Zig has been active in the real estate industry for more than 20 years. The core offering of Zig’s solution is an innovative smart platform aimed at efficient housing and rental allocation. In addition, Zig offers solutions that enable tenants to manage their own affairs online or via an app such as payments, reporting complaints, submitting repair
UK-based proptech startup Evo has secured GBP1 million investment Via the GroVentive investment platform.
At the next stage of growth, Evo plans to build partnerships with a variety of providers, including rent payments, utilities, grocery deliveries and transactions with local governments.
Co-founder and CEO Dean Shepherd says: “Renters are screaming for better ways to communicate with landlords and real estate managers. Our site helps a lot to improve the usually slow and frustrating process.“
Co-founder and Head of Services, Mark Iandri, adds: “The landlord wants a lessor who manages his property and pays the rent on time. Every lessor wants
Actis company BTE Renewables (BTE), working in close coordination with Craftskills Limited and global environmental non-profit The Nature Conservancy (TNC), have arranged an innovative financing agreement for the Kipeto Wind Power Project (Kipeto), in Kenya, to advance local conservation efforts.
Located 45km from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Kipeto is the second-largest wind power project in Kenya, with the capacity to provide clean energy to 250,000 households. In an initiative that will deepen Kipeto’s ties to the area and its residents, BTE is implementing an ambitious Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) that works in partnership with the local community to safeguard the surrounding
Wynnchurch Capital (Wynnchurch), a middle market private equity firm, has sold Critical Process Systems Group (CPS) to Exyte Group (Exyte), a specialist in the design, engineering, and delivery of high-tech facilities.
Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, CPS is a provider of mission-critical process solutions for highly demanding industries and applications, including the semiconductor, biopharmaceutical, life sciences and wastewater markets.
Brian Crumbaugh, Partner at Wynnchurch, says: “CPS represented an opportunity to invest in a company with a market leading product and service offering. We are very proud and appreciative of the management team’s leadership and accomplishments during our ownership period. Exyte is
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a GBP2.5 million funding round in Power Roll, a developer of ultra-low-cost and lightweight flexible film for energy generation and storage.
The transaction comprised two investments from Maven managed regional funds including a GBP500,000 investment from the Finance Durham Fund, established by Durham County Council and overseen by Business Durham and a GBP250,000 investment from the North East Development Capital Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund. A further GBP1.75 million was invested by existing shareholders.
Newly headquartered in County Durham, Power Roll originally secured investment from the Finance Durham Fund last year
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) and Helios Investment Partners (Helios) are working together to establish a pan-African investment vehicle: Climate, Energy Access and Resilience (CLEAR).
ClearList, an equities marketplace for private companies, has partnered with Lagniappe Labs to market the Prime Unicorn Index, a benchmark targeting and tracking US-based private companies valued at a billion dollars or more.
Closed Loop Medicine has closed a GBP13 million investment round from a range of top UK and European venture capital investors.
The money has been raised to finance its personalised drug + digital therapy (DTx) combination products which are being developed to improve outcomes for patients and clinicians through precision dosing.
Round led by Ananda Impact Ventures and BGF, joined by a strong syndicate of investors including LifeArc, Longwall, Meltwind, IQ Capital, Downing Ventures and Cambridge Angels.
The financing was oversubscribed.
Closed Loop Medicine (the Compan), the global leader in the development of single prescription drug plus
SRP Companies, a portfolio company of Aurora Capital Partners and North American category manager and solutions provider to more than 50,000 retail outlets, has acquired Aerial Bouquets, a US distributor of popular foil and latex balloons as well as coordinating gift items, such as plush products and floral accessories.
This addition provides access to a new merchandise category for existing SRP customers and an opportunity for SRP’s further growth into the grocery channel.
The acquisition, which closed on October 29, 2021, will complement the product assortment provided by SRP, which includes electronics, eyewear, plush toys and other essential consumer products,
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