Managers
Fondo Agroalimentare Italiano (FAI) has successfully completed its first exit with the sale of its stake in Sfoglia Torino.FAI’s 2017 investment in the company, alongside CEO Enzo Perrino and his family, enabled Sfoglia Torino to carry out an external growth strategy with the aim of consolidating the Italian frozen puff pastry sector and becoming an Italian market leader.
The successive acquisitions of Righi and Idea Quick reinforced Sfoglia Torino’s product range and distribution channels and tripled the group’s sales to nearly EUR30 million. The Group’s operational profile was also enhanced with a strengthened management team and investments to expand
US-based Private equity investor Advent International (Advent) has completed its controversial GBP4 billion takeover of UK defence and aerospace company Cobham plc. Founded by Sir Alan Cobham in 1934, Cobham has approximately 10,000 employees around the world, and operations in North America, Europe, Australia and South Africa.
The Cobham investment is made by Advent’s USD17.5 billion private equity fund raised in 2019. Advent is a global firm, with a track record of more than 350 investments across 41 countries. Since the firm opened its London office in 1989, it has invested almost GBP4.6 billion in 40 British businesses. Cobham is the firm’s third
Demica, a working capital fintechs, has successfully closed a USD30 million Series C financing round led by Simcah Management LLC.Over the past five years, Demica has built a rapidly growing Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to manage working capital for over 500 large corporate multinationals financed by 50 global financial institutions. During this time the company has grown funded programmes from USD3 billion to USD16 billion, established a commercial presence across Europe and North America and expanded its development centres in UK, India and Poland.
Uniquely in the market, Demica’s vision is to give treasurers access to the
Evallon Global Investment, a New York and Hong Kong-based asset manager and alternative investment solutions provider, is making its alternative investment offering available for qualified investors from January 2020 onwards. Initially reserved for institutional investors, Evallon’s alternative platform is focused on a number of strategies ranging from secondary market transactions to private equity and to the delivery of hedge fund access.
Seeking alternative forms of investment for the diversification of portfolios is a rapidly growing trend amongst institutional investors as prevailing market conditions force capital into taking on excessive equity risk, in order to accommodate rising equity valuations throughout the major
Kreab, a communication and public affairs consultancy firm founded in Sweden in 1970, has topped Mergermarket’s ranking of PR advisors in Spain for the third consecutive year. More specifically, Mergermarket, a provider of M&A data and intelligence which is part of the Acuris Group. has credited a total number of 29 transactions advised by Kreab with a total deal value of more than EUR4 billion, which positions the international group at the top of the Spanish ranking by number of transactions and in the 17th position at the European level.
In addition to the transactions credited by Mergermarket (which must
The trend for dedicated funds targeting GP equity stakes is likely to remain strong as investors seek out opportunities in early stage and middle-market PE groups.
Just as private equity provides strategic capital investment to help global businesses grow, likewise PE groups need growth capital to expand and evolve. And with investors only too keen to deepen relationships with GPs, over the last five or six years it has led to a vibrant market for acquiring GP equity stakes.
Home, a Berlin-based company dedicated to creating a better housing experience, has raised an EUR11million Series A round from Capnamic, the EQT Ventures fund (EQT Ventures), FJ Labs and Redalpine. The latest round of investment will be used to increase product innovation, particularly on the tenant side, as well as drive the expansion of Home’s offering into new cities.
Anyone who has either rented a home or been a landlord knows that it can be time-consuming, stressful and complicated for everyone involved. For owners, there is the barrier of having to become an expert in many different areas – from what
Brand Velocity Partners (BVP), a private equity (PE) firm focused on acquiring lower-middle market consumer businesses in search of marketing muscle, has purchased Original Footwear Inc. Original Footwear, with its Altama and Original SWAT brands, is globally known for its military and law enforcement footwear and, to be announced tomorrow, an expanded line of consumer active and fashion footwear.
This is the first deal consummated by BVP, a firm founded in 2019 and run by partners with deep experience in both PE and brand marketing.
Kevin Cole, founder and CEO of Original Footwear, says: “Over the past 50 years, Original Footwear’s
Albion Capital has closed its 2019/2020 VCT top up offers earlier than scheduled after existing and new shareholder support resulted in full subscriptions totalling GBP34 million. Five trusts in Albion’s VCT range announced their fundraising offers in October.

The fundraising targeted varying amounts for each trust as a result of different levels of exposure to substantial exits across 2019. The fundraising targets were: GBP10m for Kings Arms Yard VCT PLC, GBP8 million for Albion Development VCT PLC, GBP6 million for both Albion Enterprise VCT PLC and Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC, and GBP4 million for Crown Place VCT PLC.
The
FeedStock, an AI-driven SaaS business that leverages the latest natural language processing technologies to enable financial services companies to meet both their compliance requirements and commercial goals, has secured a GBP2.5 million investment in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures.
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