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Factorial, a Barcelona-based HR software company that streamlines people management, has closed an USD80 million Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from previous investors CRV, Creandum, Point Nine, K Fund, and Columbia Lake Partners bringing the total funding amount to USD100 million.
This is not the first time Factorial has attracted a global leader in growth-stage capital. This round comes on the heels of a 2020 USD16 million Series A led by CRV, an investor in tech giants like Twitter, Dropbox, and over 70 IPOs.
Factorial, which serves thousands of clients in more than 65
Manchester-based technology business Culture Shift has secured GBP1.5 million in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures and Blackfinch Ventures.
Compass Group Equity Partners (Compass Group) has sold Beacon EmbeddedWorks (Beacon) to discoverIE Group, a publicly traded FTSE 250 company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Beacon was an add-on acquisition and subsidiary of Compass Electronics Solutions, a current Compass Group portfolio company. Founded in 2001, Beacon designs, manufactures, and supplies mission critical System on Modules (SOMs) to the most regulated markets, notably medical, where high reliability and performance are critical.
Compass Group acquired Logic PD, now known as Beacon, in 2018 for its design and engineering expertise which reduces costs and shortens the time-to-market for new products for
Citizens M&A Advisory has served as the financial adviser to Ridgemont Equity Partners on its acquisition of Sparus Holdings (Sparus), a provider of critical outsourced field and professional services for utility and industrial customers.
Citizens also served as Administrative Agent for the senior debt financing that supported the transaction, which closed in March 2021.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Cafrolina, Ridgemont Equity Partners is a middle-market buyout and growth equity investor. The firm focuses on equity investments up to USD250 million and utilises a proven, industry-focused investment approach and repeatable value creation strategies.
Sparus and its subsidiaries, Southern Cross and
Private market investors with USD2.3 trillion of assets including M&G, Neuberger Berman and Nuveen are, for the first time, requesting standardised environmental disclosure from over 1,000 privately held portfolio companies through CDP, the non-profit global environmental disclosure platform.
A trend towards the privatisation of high-carbon assets, such as BP’s sale of its Alaska Oil and Gas business to Hilcorp Energy, risks diminishing transparency and performance on ESG issues since private companies do not have to comply with the reporting requirements of a listed entity.
To address this gap in transparency, CDP has collaborated with a global group of influential investors
The Duchossois Group, has agreed to sell The Chamberlain Group, a specialist in smart access solutions, to private equity funds managed by Blackstone (Blackstone) in a deal with a USD5 billion valuation.
Blackstone is investing in Chamberlain Group through its core private equity strategy, which invests in high-quality, market-leading companies for longer periods than traditional private equity.
Following the close of the transaction, Chamberlain Group will remain a privately held company headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. As part of the agreement, The Duchossois Group will retain meaningful ownership in the Company and two seats on the Company’s Board of Directors
APG Group – acting on behalf of its Dutch pension fund clients – has signed an agreement to strengthen its existing partnership with SiFi Networks America Limited (SiFi) by acquiring a 16.7 per cent direct stake in the Company and establishing a joint venture (Fibre JV) to rollout open-access fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks in the US.
Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has acquired Vector Laboratories, the Protein Detection business unit of Maravai (NASDAQ: MRVI).
Vector Laboratories is a manufacturer of labelling and visual detection reagents for life science researchers doing tissue-based protein detection and characterisation. The acquisition of Vector adds to TSCP’s experience in life sciences.
“Maravai has been critical in helping strengthen Vector Laboratories’ operations, including innovative solutions to better serve our academic and early development stage customers,” says Lisa V Sellers, PhD, Vector’s Chief Executive Officer. “We’re excited to partner with Thompson Street Capital Partners, as
GoKwik, an e-commerce enablement aiming to democratise the shopping experience and increase GMV realisation for e-commerce businesses, has raised a USD5.5 million Pre-Series A round led by Matrix Partners, which also saw the participation of global investor RTP Global.
Marquee Angels including Jiten Gupta (Jupiter Money), Nitin Gupta (UniClub), Utsav Somani (AngelList), Amit Lakhotia (ParkPlus), Pradeep P (Uber SE Asia Head), Manish Vij (Smile Group), Asish Mohapatra (OfBusiness), Arjun Vaidya (Dr Vaidya), Ramakant Sharma (LivSpace), Siddharth Puri (Tyroo), Umang Kumar (CarDekho), Anupam Mittal (Shaadi.com) and other leading industry figures have also contributed to the fund, which will be used to
EnteroBiotix, a biopharmaceutical company developing high-diversity microbial therapeutics that enhance the gut microbiome and target multiple indications, has held the final closing of its oversubscribed USD21.5 million (GBP15.5 million) Series A financing.
The proceeds will be used to further advance the company’s microbiome drug pipeline and underpin its product development and manufacturing capabilities.
The financing was led by Thairm Bio (Thairm) and includes new US-based investor Kineticos Ventures, joining existing investors including Scottish Enterprise and SIS Ventures.
Dr James McIlroy, CEO at EnteroBiotix, says: “This successful financing round is a strong endorsement of our pioneering microbiome approach. It gives significant
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