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Surge Private Equity has invested in its 10th platform, Contractor Connect (CC), a B2B networking lead-generation platform within the home improvement and remodeling space.
The transaction closed with debt financing provided by Modern Bank and Assurance Mezzanine Fund with BakerHostetler acting as lead counsel.
Since its founding in 2014, CC has connected hundreds of thousands of homeowners to local contractors through its proprietary lead aggregator, screening, and live-transfer platform. The Company primarily specialises in various home remodelling verticals including bathrooms, windows, roofs, gutters, and sidings. Its recognised brand is highly regarded across the 25+ states it currently serves. Founder Joseph
Global private markets firm Partners Group has acquired a significant equity stake in Milestone Equipment Holdings (Milestone) and will partner with Barings to continue and accelerate the company’s growth story as one of the largest providers of transportation equipment and supply chain solutions in the US.
Through this significant recapitalisation, which Barings led, Milestone raised over USD1.0 billion in equity commitments from institutional investors in a transaction that valued the Company in excess of USD1.4 billion. As part of the transaction, Partners Group acquired a co-control ownership stake in Milestone and joined the Company’s board of directors alongside Barings.
Milestone
Audax Private Equity’s portfolio company, Emplifi, a global provider of SaaS-based, omnichannel consumer experience software, has acquired SYM-SYS (Go Instore).
Headquartered in London, UK, Go Instore is a specialist in live commerce software. Go Instore leverages immersive HD live video to connect customers with a brand’s data driven product experts. Their leading-edge video technology provides brands with a new channel via which they can engage with and serve their customers, strengthening Emplifi’s omnichannel CX approach along all stages of the customer journey.
“We are thrilled to partner with the Go Instore team and welcome their outstanding people, culture, platform, and
Umbrella Network, a decentralised Layer-2 oracle solution, has acquired of Lucidity, a blockchain-based digital advertising oracle.
This deal will be accretive to Umbrella Network as early as Q1 2022. At the time of this transaction, Lucidity had processed over 600 million transactions, with significant transaction growth anticipated this year. With Lucidity’s integration, the Umbrella Network will now be the highest transaction volume oracle in the world, achieved through its unique design that allows the aggregation of data.
In digital advertising, over USD30 billion dollars are wasted every year and advertisers are demanding transparency. Lucidity’s technology solves this problem by unlocking
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has sold Y International, high-end Japanese bike retail chain, to Daiwa PI Partners. Terms of the transaction have to been disclosed.
Riverside invested in Y International in 2013. The company serves as an E-commerce and big box retailer of bikes, frames, components, maintenance and fitting services, accessories and apparel for high-end cycling enthusiasts including road bikers, triathletes and mountain bikers.
“We are proud of what we have accomplished with the Y International team, transitioning the organisation from a traditional 100-year-old family-owned business to a
Eurazeo is to raise its stake in Kurma Partners, a French venture capital firm specialising in biotechnology and medical innovation, to 70.6 per cent.
This transaction coincides with Kurma’s launch of a third investment strategy, Growth Opportunity, to support more mature companies, with late stage clinical or early commercial stage asset, in which Eurazeo will be a leading investor.
With nearly EUR500 million in assets under management and more than 45 investments made since its launch in 2009, Kurma Partners has built up strong and widely recognised expertise in the financing of innovation in the health care sector and
Apax, a global private equity advisory firm, has held the the final close of Apax Digital Fund II (ADF II) at its USD1.75 billion hard cap.
onefourzero has assisted Elysian Capital by conducting early-stage commercial diligence of D3O, an company that creates pioneering protective products used worldwide by consumers, military personnel, athletes and industrial workers.
As part of early-stage commercial diligence, onefourzero investigated market demand and growth. This involved a focus on brand resonance through search and social mentions. By focusing on these mentions, we could answer several vital questions, such as what is driving changes in consumer demand, engagement and sentiment, how customers are searching, visiting and engaging, and the potential for achievable growth.
onefourzero also focused on brand recognition and NPS to determine sentiment
LBO France, through its Small Caps Opportunities II fund, has acquired a majority stake in the French company Baobag, alongside BNP Paribas Développement, AfricInvest and the management team – the latter led by Fabrice Saffré, to increase the company’s position in its markets.
Baobag originated from the merger of Sacherie du Midi and Framapack in 2007. The company is a pure distributor of Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC), commonly known as big bags. The company operates throughout the value chain, including design, sourcing, transportation and storage. Through the development of tenured and exclusive relationships with trusted manufacturing partners around the
Jscrambler, a technology company specialising in cybersecurity products for web and mobile applications, has raised USD15 million in Series A financing.
The round was led by Ace Capital Partners, with the participation of existing investors including Portugal Ventures. With previous investor Sonae IM and now Ace Capital Partners, Jscrambler is supported by two of the largest cybersecurity-focused growth investors in Europe.
The funding will be used to augment marketing and sales resources in the US and European markets, as well as strengthen and accelerate the product roadmap to meet current customers’ expanding requirements.
In tandem, Jscrambler also announced
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