Managers
GI Partners, a private investment firm, has recapitalised Patriot Growth Insurance Services (Patriot), in partnership with the company’s founder and CEO, Matt Gardner.
Summit Partners, which invested in Patriot in 2019, and Patriot management will maintain significant minority ownership positions in the company.
Based in Fort Washington, PA, Patriot was founded in January 2019 by CEO Gardner, a 30-year veteran of the insurance distribution industry. The company has differentiated itself in a highly competitive marketplace through its strategy of partnering with high-growth, well-run agencies, and an unwavering commitment to enhancing collaboration across the Patriot network. Since the company’s founding
London-based Wiserfunding, a provider of credit risk assessment for SME lenders, has secured GBP3 million investment from BGF. This investment will support Wiserfunding in accelerating international expansion and strengthening its global position.
Wiserfunding currently serves more than 60 customers across three continents, a mix of bank and non-bank lenders, insurance firms, payment providers and asset managers. Combined, Wiserfunding’s clients have lent almost almost GBP3 billion to SMEs in the last year.
Wiserfunding is one of the UK’s few profitable fintechs. Dr Gabriele Sabato and Dr Edward Altman, creator of the famous Altman Z-score, founded the business in April 2016,
Unified Comms, Contact Centre and Cyber Solutions provider, Babble, has acquired 8020. The deal provides scale to Babble while delivering a Scottish presence for the tech business as it continues its expansion.
Founded in Dumfries, Scotland in 2005, 8020 provides mobile, connectivity and IT services to over 750 customers across Scotland and the North of England, including multinational Fortune 500 and Insider Top 300 companies.
The announcement continues Babble’s outstanding growth over the last 24 months, as it has deployed a highly successful buy and build strategy complemented by robust organic growth. With more deals in the pipeline for
Assembly, an eCommerce software and data platform, has secured a significant capital injection led by private equity investor Advent International (Advent).
Oggi Foods Inc, a manufacturer of gluten-free, organic, non-GMO frozen pizza and other food products sold in grocery stores and restaurants across North America, has secured a growth equity investment from Bregal Partners, a middle market private equity firm.
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Montreal, Oggi has rapidly become a leader in the “better-for-you” frozen food products category. Oggi’s proprietary gluten-free recipes and hand-stretching crust production process give the Company’s signature Neapolitan-style pizzas a doughy, naturally rising crust that is unmatched among its competitive set. In addition to traditional gluten free pizzas, Oggi has also pioneered several 100 per
European PropTech VC, Pi Labs, has secured three new investors who will join as limited partners (LPs) of its third institutional fund, Fund III.
The new funding will support Pi Labs’ investment strategy of identifying the next generation of proptech start-ups and build on its position as Europe’s leading proptech VC. These latest investments in the Pi Labs fund demonstrate the sustained appetite for exposure to the proptech sector amongst both UK and international investors.
With headquarters in the US, Gaedeke are the latest American name to invest in Pi Labs demonstrating the VC’s geographical growth outside of Europe. They
Riata Capital Group (RCG), a Dallas-based private equity investment firm, has closed the sale of West Coast-based WSS, an Hispanic-focused specialty retailer of athletic, fashion, and work-related footwear and accessories, to Foot Locker for USD750 million.
Since completing the recapitalisation of WSS in late 2016, RCG actively contributed to the growth and expansion of WSS, including:
Doubling revenue and increasing EBITDA five-fold
Successfully entering the Texas market with 14 new stores to date
Driving customer loyalty through community engagement and digital initiatives
Forging strategic partnerships, including a strategic marketing partnership with the Dallas Cowboys Organization
RCG’s Co-Managing Partner
In the last 12 months, PGC – the minority and growth capital investment strategy of Perwyn – has had a productive year, successfully expanding its team and investing in six well-known tech and consumer businesses in UK and Europe, deploying in excess of GBP100 million of capital.
Recent investments include leading a USD30 million funding round in Lookiero, the online personal shopping service; and leading a EUR10 million funding round in Secret Sales, a premium ecommerce marketplace for fashion, footwear, accessories, beauty, and homeware; as well as backing a major supplier to a Europe wide consumer retail brand.
Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, has received total client commitments of USD15 billion for its fourth private equity buyout programme.
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has partnered with iCapital Network 1, to provide a customised technology, service, advisory and distribution solution for financial advisers and their high-net-worth clients seeking access to the NB Crossroads Private Markets Access Fund (Access Fund).
Launched in January 2021, the Access Fund is a 1933 and 1940 Act registered, continually offered closed-end fund designed to provide increased access to private equity investments to a broader group of investors than traditional private equity funds. The Access Fund invests across a variety of private equity sponsors, industries, geographies, market caps and vintage years. Its
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