Managers
California Tacos is to acquire OnPlate, a mobile app technology company.
California Tacos owns and operates California Tacos Fast-Casual restaurants, Bandito Hot Sauce, and Bag-it-to-go Mobile app technology.
Upon the closing of the transaction, scheduled for 27 October, 2021, California Tacos will merge Bag-it-to go mobile app technology with OnPlate and consolidate all mobile app technologies under the OnPlate technologies brand going forward.
Robert Reynolds, CEO of California Tacos, says: “OnPlate has done an incredible job building their mobile app technology in a user-friendly, practical, and authentic way. We are excited to have OnPlate as our new foundational piece of
Analytics company Baresquare has raised USD2.5 million in a seed funding round led by European venture capital firm btov Partners.
Founded in Greece, Baresquare has developed an AI-powered analytics platform to transform the way Marketing, eCom and Retail professionals work with data. Rather than continue sifting and sorting through endless static data reports in search of insights and answers, Baresquare’s action-driven analytics platform pinpoints traffic, conversion and customer experience optimisation opportunities—providing teams with clear next steps to act fast for the greatest business impact.
“People are drowning in data, paralysed by high data volume and complexity,” says Georgios Grigoriadis, Baresquare
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, is to make a strategic growth investment in Caprock, a privately-owned, multi-family office. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Established in 2005, Caprock provides customised wealth solutions for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families and select foundations. The firm acts as an outsourced chief investment officer and chief financial officer, serving as a trusted partner for those who seek objective advice on the entirety of their balance sheet. Caprock advises on over USD7.5 billion in client assets, with a particular focus and expertise in non-public markets. In addition, Caprock is a market
PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies, has closed PSG V, its fifth US flagship fund, at its hard cap with USD4.5 billion in third-party limited partner commitments.
IK Investment Partners is changing its name to IK Partners (IK) and has launched a new website.
The Firm has chosen to reinvigorate its brand and visual identity to ensure it is forward-looking and reflective of its journey to date. In line with an aesthetic change to the look and feel of the brand, IK has also developed a new website, with the strapline “People-First Private Equity”. Launching today, the website becomes www.ikpartners.com.
Announcing the change, Christopher Masek, Chief Executive Officer, says: “The entire private equity industry has evolved considerably over the last three decades and so has IK.
HIG Growth Partners (HIG), the growth capital investment affiliate of HIG Capital, has completed a strategic investment in GLD, a digitally native jewellery, accessories, and apparel ecommerce brand in the large, high-growth streetwear/urban category.
Based in Miami, FL, GLD provides high-quality, aspirational product at an accessible price point – including a full suite of both classic as well as on-trend jewellery and accessories. GLD’s focus on community, authenticity, and inclusivity has fostered a highly engaged, diverse, and loyal customer base, with which the Company connects through a multi-faceted, digital-first marketing model.
CEO Mark Seremet says: “We are very excited to
Healthcare technology company Stellar Health (Stellar) has raised over USD60 million in a Series B funding round led by General Atlantic, with participation from Point72 Ventures and Primary Venture Partners, who led Stellar’s Series A financing in 2020.
New investors also include Mike Pykosz and Geoff Price, two of the co-founders of Oak Street Health, a leading network of value-based primary care centres for adults on Medicare. With the additional capital and resources provided by this new round of funding, the Company plans to focus on growing and investing in its team, as well as advancing product development, engineering, and
Conexiom, a SaaS provider of sales order and invoice automation solutions, has secured a USD130 million growth investment from Warburg Pincus.
Warburg Pincus is joining existing investors Luminate Capital, who retains a majority stake, and ICONIQ Growth.
Conexiom’s platform delivers touchless AP and Sales Order processing capabilities to manufacturers and distributors and is the only vendor that automates these key processes with 100 per cent data accuracy. Annually, more than USD15 trillion dollars of order to cash and procure to pay transactions are manually processed in North America and Europe. Conexiom eliminates expensive and error-prone manual processing, enabling customers to
BrightPay, a provider of payroll and HR software solutions, and Relate Software (Relate), a specialist in post-accounting, practice management and bookkeeping software, have agreed to join forces to create a software company serving payroll and accounting bureaus and SMEs across the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Paul Byrne, co-founder and CEO of BrightPay, and Ray Rogers, co-founder and CEO of Relate, will remain as significant investors in the combined business and will become co-CEOs. Ross Webster and Richie McMahon, also co-founders of BrightPay and Relate respectively, will also remain as investors and will continue to focus on developing
Rolls-Royce is to sell 100 per cent of ITP Aero to Bain Capital Private Equity, a consortium of investors, for approximately EUR1.7 billion. The consortium includes interests to be held by Spanish co-investors SAPA and JB Capital.
The proposed sale is a key element of Rolls-Royce’s disposal programme, announced on 27 August 2020, to raise proceeds of at least GBP2.0 billion, and is consistent with the company’s strategy of reducing capital intensity while maintaining a key long-term strategic supply relationship. Rolls-Royce will receive total cash proceeds (excluding any cash retained by Rolls-Royce) of approximately EUR1.7 billion, which will be used
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
