Managers
Macfarlanes has advised Tembo Capital Management, an investment advisor in the metals and mining sector, on its third fund, Tembo Capital Mining Fund III LP (Tembo III), which has successfully held a final closing at USD380 million, exceeding its target of USD300 million.
LK Bennett, the luxury women’s clothing and fashion brand, has received a GBP4 million inventory facility from Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance to support it as it looks to invest in future performance.
A&M Capital Europe (AMCE), a London-based middle-market private equity firm managing EUR650 million of equity capital, has acquired a majority stake in Ayesa, an international provider of technology and engineering services.
Headquartered in Seville, Ayesa has 5,400 employees in 17 countries across Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.
The company generated record sales of EUR256 million in 2020. Through a combination of European market consolidation within digital services and continued expansion of the firm’s engineering division, Ayesa plans to double its turnover to over EUR500 million over the next five years. The delivery of the company’s growth
Cairngorm Capital Partners portfolio company, Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) has acquired DW Burns & Partner Ltd (Burns), expanding its network of specialist plumbing and heating merchants.
Established in 1963, DW Burns is a highly successful family run plumbers’ merchant and bathroom showroom, supplying both trade and retail customers across Surrey. A trusted local brand with a reputation for outstanding customer service, Burns has trade counters in Woking and Farnham, plus an extensive showroom in Woking.
Following its recent merger with Grant & Stone, this acquisition continues IBMG’s strategy of developing its divisions through a combination of acquisition, new site
Pet-sitting network TrustedHousesitters has secured USD10 million in Series A funding to continue expanding into the US market and, despite travel restrictions over the last 18 months, is already seeing revenue at twice pre-pandemic levels.
The pandemic saw a huge increase in global demand for pets, with 3.2 million UK homes acquiring a pet over lockdown, according to the Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association annual pet population report, bringing the total number of UK pets to 34 million. In the US this has translated to an historic high of USD8 billion spent on pet services including animal-sitting.
As pet ownership
Borrower wellbeing app, ilumoni has officially launched and is now available to download on Android and iOS devices.
The app, which has received GBP1.63 million in investment since inception and gained FCA authorisation earlier this year, has successfully completed its Beta testing and is now available to the wider market.
The free to use, AI-driven app helps its users to understand and manage their borrowing in four simple steps. It asks users to set their priorities and brings together financial information from credit reports, credit cards, personal loans, mortgages, and bank accounts to give users visibility of
Driverama, a unique new tech-driven online platform for retail buyers and sellers of used cars across Europe, is continuing the roll out of its retail buying branches across Germany with another opening in Berlin this month.
As part of its strategic partnership agreement with the nationwide automotive workshop chain stop+go, the Berlin branch follows the opening of branches in Dussledorf, Herne and Dortmund over the last three months.
Since opening the first branch, Driverama has become the most trusted used car platform on German Trustpilot. This is testament to Driverama’s innovative and real-time algorithmic pricing model, which when buying cars,
Funds managed by Harvest Partners (Harvest) have acquired Fortis Solutions Group (Fortis), a best-in-class provider of specialty packaging solutions, from Main Post Partners.
The Company’s management team, led by founder and CEO John Wynne, will continue to lead Fortis and remain significant owners of the business alongside Harvest. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Fortis is a converter of pressure sensitive labels including multi-ply coupon and booklets, flexible packaging printing, shrink sleeves, folding cartons, and label applicators. The Company serves a blue-chip customer base across the food and beverage, health and beauty, retail,
Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity firms, has acquired a majority stake in Gardengate, a European manufacturer of aluminium gates and doors.
Crest Capital Partners will retain a minority stake alongside the founder and management team.
Founded in 1997 in Braga, Portugal, Gardengate has established a strong position within an attractive market and achieved robust and consistent year-on-year growth. By focusing on innovation, product quality, and service delivery, the group’s experienced management team has developed relationships with key French DIY players and built a strong position in the French market, which currently accounts for
Clearlake Capital Group has completed its acquisition of Cornerstone OnDemand, a specialist leader in talent management software.
The acquisition was previously announced on 5 August, 2021, and was approved by Cornerstone OnDemand shareholders on 12 October, 2021. Under the terms of the agreement, Clearlake has acquired the outstanding shares of Cornerstone common stock for USD57.50 per share in cash. As a result of the transaction, Cornerstone is now a privately held company and shares of Cornerstone common stock are no longer listed on the public market.
The acquisition combines Cornerstone’s product and industry leadership with Clearlake’s proven software investment experience
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