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Permira has acquired a 36 per cent stake in New Immo Group, a specialist in digital real estate in France through the SAFTI and megAgence brands, via its Permira Growth Opportunities Fund.
The company’s co-founders and managers are the majority shareholders. Qualium Investissement, who originally invested in New Immo Group in 2018, will retain its stake in the company.
“In addition to the growth achieved by SAFTI and megAgence, this investment reinforces our strategic vision. Customers and real estate agents are always looking to reduce the time transactions take, costs and the lack of transparency. We think that our
O’Melveny has advised private equity firm Diversis Capital on its acquisition of Performance Designed Products, LLC (PDP), a developer of video game accessories and peripherals.
The transaction was announced 26 April.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Diversis partners with software and technology enabled companies to help build value and drive growth. Diversis currently has more than USD350 million in assets under management.
Headquartered in San Diego, PDP markets a full suite of video game accessories including headsets, controllers, chargers, and protective cases for Xbox, Nintendo, and PlayStation. PDP sells hardware and software products under their own brands—PDP Gaming, Afterglow, Rock Candy
TPA Capital has completed its investment in Bis Henderson, a provider of professional services in the Supply Chain sector. The investment will help accelerate the company’s growth ambitions across its Consulting, Space solutions and Recruitment offerings.
Established by Andy Kaye in 2000, Bis has grown into a multi-faceted logistics and supply chain solutions group, helping clients solve mission critical issues that underpin their operations and growth objectives. Bis has proven its ability to innovate and tailor its solutions to the rapidly evolving backdrop in logistics and supply chain, further exacerbated by recent global developments.
Over the last two decades the
Supersapiens has secured USD13.5 million in a capital raise led by MICA Ventures AG.
The new energy management ecosystem, powered by Abbott’s Libre Sense Glucose Sport Biosensor, has secured the largest investment in the sports continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) space, garnering investment from preeminent fitness and performance brands including the founder of Zwift and Wahoo.
Joining lead investor Michael Hartweg, founder of MICA Ventures AG, is Ed Baker, former VP of product and growth at Uber and head of international growth at Facebook, Harvey Schwartz, former co-president and CFO of Goldman Sachs, Rémi Duchemin, co-founder of OC Sport, and Eric
Funds advised by Corten Capital (Corten) are to acquire Matrix42, a provider of Digital Workspace Management software, from EMERAM Capital Partners (EMERAM).
The financial terms of the transaction, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals, are not disclosed.
Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, Matrix42 provides innovative solutions for digital workspace management and was recently ranked the top vendor for Enterprise Service Management and Secure Unified Endpoint Management. The Matrix42 platform, used by more than 5,000 customers worldwide, automates mission-critical IT and business support processes, license and cloud expense management, and related enterprise workflows, while delivering operational
Barkyn, a subscription service for pets that combines personalised healthy food with tele-vet services, has announced a further EUR3 million investment, extending its Series A to EUR8 million.
Barkyn had an impressive 2020 where it scaled fast to meet growing demand from dog owners. Due to its fast growth, FoodTech specialist Five Seasons Ventures has invested in Barkyn and will support its further expansion and future product development.
Five Seasons Ventures joins previous investors Indico Capital Partners, All Iron Ventures, Portugal Ventures and Shilling Capital, in supporting the company. Since its launch in 2017, the Portuguese business has raised a
Aksiom Services Group, a partnership between Ara Partners and the Aksiom Group, have px Group in partnership with company management.
px Group will continue to be led by its current senior management team and chairman, assuring complete continuity for px Group’s employees, customers, and other stakeholders. The transaction facilitates the exit of private equity firm Bluewater from px Group’s shareholder base, following a highly successful five-year partnership for both parties.
Geoff Holmes, px Group CEO, says: “For decades, px has provided safe and reliable operations to major infrastructure asset owners across the energy and industrial sectors. Working in partnership
Signaturit and Ivnosys, two providers of trust service and secure digital transaction management software in Southern Europe, have signed definitive transaction documents to join forces.
By combining Signaturit’s core cloud-based e-signature platform with Ivnosys’ suite of innovative, secure digital identities, digital notifications and digital signature solutions, the transaction seeks to create a full-service digital transaction management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, offering a broad suite of advanced tools to securely manage digital identity within the enterprise and provide trust-based process, contract and transaction management across functions and sectors. Going forward, customers are expected to benefit from the expanded combined product offering that
Dorilton, the private investment firm that acquired UK Formula 1 team Williams Racing in 2020, has launched Dorilton Ventures to lead significant minority investments in early to mid-stage technology companies focused on data-centric segments such as enterprise IT infrastructure, data science, and cyber security.
Matthew Savage, Dorilton’s co-founder and Chairman, says: “Dorilton Ventures brings the strength of our team and our approach – investing capital, time and expertise in long-term partnership with management – into the venture market.”
The Dorilton Ventures team includes investment professionals, data scientists, and IT infrastructure specialists. Dorilton Ventures will focus on delivering Dorilton’s capital, resources,
Private equity company Bluewater has sold px Group (px), having transformed the business during its five years of ownership to a market leader operating energy and energy transition assets throughout the UK.
Bluewater has overseen 27 per cent average annual growth, a near trebling of turnover, highly cash generative operations, and a seven-fold increase in EBITDA, from circa GBP2 million the year before acquisition to over GBP15 million in 2021.
Graeme Sword, Founding Partner at Bluewater, says: “I am pleased that this growth has been achieved during one of the most challenging economic climates in memory, impacted by the Coronavirus
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