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Kainos Capital, a private equity firm specialising in acquiring and managing food and consumer businesses, has partnered with Mitch and Chad Felderhoff to acquire their family business, Muenster Milling (Muenster), a fourth-generation pet food and ingredient manufacturer based in Texas.
Andrew Rosen, Managing Partner of Kainos, says: “We are excited to add Muenster to the Kainos portfolio of companies and to partner with owners Mitch and Chad to build a broader platform in the pet food and ingredient space. We believe Muenster has a powerful value proposition to pet owners seeking clean-label, high-protein and convenient pet food and treats. The
Sageview Capital, a private investment firm focused on providing growth capital and operational support to tech-enabled businesses, has held the final closing of Sageview Capital Partners III (Fund III).
The Fund exceeded its target of USD600 million and was oversubscribed, closing at USD710 million. Consistent with prior funds, the Sageview Capital team is the largest single investor in Fund III, creating strong alignment with the firm’s investors and the entrepreneurs it backs.
Fund III will continue Sageview Capital’s successful strategy of providing growth capital and operational support to fast-growing software and tech-enabled businesses that are well-positioned to be industry
Navint, an advisory and technology firm that helps enterprise organisations drive growth and operational efficiency, today announced it has acquired Hansen, an EMEA-based specialist consultancy that helps organisations maximise ROI from lead-to-cash solutions on the Salesforce platform.
The strategic acquisition will augment Navint’s recent EMEA expansion, amplify its lead-to-revenue capabilities and deliver enhanced services to the company’s burgeoning global client base.
Hansen helps businesses unlock value from investments in CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote), Billing, Unified Commerce and Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) on the Salesforce platform. The company’s on-site, near-shore and off-shore experts combine their deep understanding of Quote to
Reactive Technologies, a UK and Finland based grid technology company, has announced a new group of investors as part of a USD15 million fundraise – the business’ largest ever.
The funding round was led by BGF, alongside Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Eaton (NYSE:ETN, a global intelligent power management company.
Reactive will use the proceeds to expand its international activities and export its technology to countries around the world that are experiencing rapid renewable energy growth and already beginning to manage the challenges of decreased grid stability caused by a loss of inertia. Reactive’s GridMetrix technology is like ‘sonar’ for
NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, has supported water filter treatment technology business, G2O Water Technologies Limited (G2O) with a GBP250,000 follow-on investment.
Since the original investment in 2018, NPIF has invested a total of GBP970,000 to support the business following a period of growth which has included creating a further facility at Sci-Tech Daresbury, expanding its team and customer reach and developing its product portfolio.
After celebrating a number of milestones, G2O’s core water filtration product has been successfully tested on a full scale industrial laundry
YFM Equity Partners-backed (YFM) passive fire protection specialist Checkmate Fire has joined forces with Rosse Systems, enabling the enlarged group to offer a more extensive portfolio of solutions for the active and passive fire protection industry and increasing its access to the market across the UK.
Checkmate Fire, which was supported by YFM in a management buyout in 2018, supplies a comprehensive range of third-party accredited survey, installation and compliance services to public and private sector customers throughout the UK. Headquartered near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, it maintains passive fire safety in around 1,500 buildings, and completes more than 12,000 fire
Ryde, formerly Ryders, a SaaS platform for last-mile delivery, has raised GBP2.5 million to continue to expand its vision as ‘the world’s first fully-integrated delivery management system’.
Ryde’s mission is to unlock hyperlocal last-mile delivery for every business in every industry through their all-in-one solution.
Ryde (formerly Ryders), the SaaS (Software as a Service) platform for last-mile delivery, has announced today that it has raised GBP2.5 million to continue to expand its vision to become the world’s first fully integrated delivery management system.
“We want to unlock last-mile delivery for every business in the UK as we strongly believe hyper-localisation
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed infrastructure and SME investment manager, has made a GBP4.75 million investment into Callen-Lenz Associates Limited (Callen-Lenz).
Callen-Lenz was founded in 2007 by Jonathan Webber, CEO, initially focused on technical consultancy for aviation research and development. The Company has developed novel hardware and software products which are sold globally, along with wider design and operational services.
Based near Salisbury, Wiltshire, the company develops, designs and manufactures air vehicles, vehicle components and navigation and communication software for high performance UAVs globally. Callen-Lenz provides a comprehensive range of UAV products, operating within extremely tight tolerances outside pilot
SnapDragon Monitoring, an online brand protection business, has raised GBP1.2 million in its latest funding round – bringing the total raised to just over GBP3 million – from ACF Investors, Mercia, and Scottish Enterprise, to help brand owners identify and remove fakes, copycats and online threats, using intellectual property to do so.
The funding will be used to develop the technology and AI/ML to further extend capabilities, to scale the infrastructure, and to continue to build the team to help an expanding base of global clients fight fakes and online threats.
The funding is also a positive for female-led technology
HumanForest, a truly sustainable micro-mobility platform, has raised GBP2.3 million at the close of its pre-series A funding round.
The company, founded by former-Cabify lead Agustin Guilisasti and backed by Cabify founders Juan de Antonio and Vicente Pascual, has announced the funding ahead of its launch in London this September.
HumanForest e-bikes operate a unique advertising-led revenue model, whereby consumers receive an advert from partners before and after using a HumanForest e-bike. This allows customers to ride for free for 10 minutes each day and costs GBP0.15 per minute thereafter. It is the first micro-mobility company to develop this innovative
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