Managers
Relay Network, a personalised mobile engagement company for the enterprise, has completed a USD30 million growth capital investment from LLR Partners.
The capital will be used to accelerate innovation of its breakthrough customer engagement platform and growth within its three primary vertical markets: healthcare, financial services and home services.
At a time when customer retention is critical, Relay enables businesses to proactively deliver education and support through individualised mobile feeds that guide customers to take specific actions during key moments like onboarding, billing and account renewals. Users receive text messages that link directly to their secure web-based feed, reducing friction
Invest Europe, in conjunction with venture capital (VC) investor the European Investment Fund (EIF), has released new research that highlights venture capital’s positive impact on fostering innovation, growth and job creation at start-ups across Europe.
The report entitled The VC Factor: Data-driven insights about VC-backed start-ups in Europe is the result of an ambitious research collaboration between the EIF and Invest Europe, the association representing venture capital, private equity and infrastructure sectors and their investors in Europe. The ground-breaking report tracked and analysed data on almost 9,000 young companies between 2007 and 2015, as well as some EUR35 billion of
Aquila Capital Holding (Aquila Capital), a manager of real asset investments, has entered into a strategic partnership with Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure Co (DEI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Group (Daiwa).
The partnership will enable Aquila Capital to further strengthen its position for real asset investments in Europe and capture additional attractive investment opportunities for investors in the Asia-Pacific region.
Roman Rosslenbroich, CEO and co-founder of Aquila Capital, says: “My partner Dieter Rentsch and I are delighted to welcome Daiwa as a shareholder. We will gain a long-term oriented partner who appreciates what we have achieved and wants
The Unión Martín Group, a company backed by Alantra Private Equity, has completed the acquisition of a significant stake in the Mauritanian fishing company Societé Mauritanienne pour la Pêche Industrielle (SMPI), which has three freezer vessels and a fishing capacity of circa 700 tonnes per year.
As a fundamental part of the agreement, its Mauritanian partner, Mohamed Lemine Laroussi, maintains a significant stake and continues managing the company.
Unión Martín already had exclusive agreements for the supply of raw material captured by SMPI, so this acquisition will allow it to obtain the margin generated by the ship-owner at sourcing.
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Venture capital firm Harlem Capital has closed its inaugural fund Harlem Capital Partners Venture Fund I, LP at USD40.3 million (Fund I). The fund was oversubscribed from its target of USD25.0 million and above its initial cap of USD40.0 million.
Established in December 2015, the firm was founded in a Harlem living room as an angel syndicate by Managing Partners Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, who worked together at ICV Partners, alongside Venture Partner Brandon Bryant. The co-founders initially met through the Management Leadership for Tomorrow program in 2011. John Henry joined Harlem Capital in early 2017 as a Venture
Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm with USD1.6 billion in committed capital in a family of investment funds, has completed the acquisition of Sportech, a supplier of cab components for utility task vehicles (UTVs”. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Sportech was founded by Chris Carlson in 1994 and is headquartered in Elk River, Minnesota. Sportech designs, manufactures and assembles cab components and systems for the powersports, golf and turf, industrial, and agricultural end markets. Sportech’s design and engineering capabilities allow the company to provide complex components and assemblies to the largest original equipment manufacturers of UTVs
Zenobē Energy, an independent UK-based owner and operator of battery storage, has secured a non-recourse GBP25 million debt facility from Santander Corporate & Commercial, to support the continued growth of the company.
This follows the successful GBP35 million of equity raised from JERA Co Inc and TEPCO Power Grid Inc earlier this year.
Zenobē is a specialist in battery storage, with 73MW of operational grid-scale battery capacity. The company focusses on the innovative use of storage, investing in bespoke software to optimise the monitoring, utilisation and dispatch of its batteries. It was the first battery owner to develop software to enter
Private equity firm Black Dragon Capital (BDC) has acquired Maginus, an e-commerce software and technology solutions developer for retailers and distributors.
BDC plans to combine Maginus and Digital Goodie, another portfolio company, as part of a strategy to carve a leadership position in the large and growing Order Management System (OMS) sector serving the grocery and general product retail industries.
“The combined Maginus and Digital Goodie company will have a one-of-a-kind cloud-based Order Management System platform to handle the complete product portfolio of retailers. The enhanced scale and expanded product suite will position the company to capture a greater share
Liquid Stock (Liquid) has closed its flagship fund, Liquid Stock Fund I, with USD161 million of capital.
Liquid is a source of liquidity for option holders and stockholders of private companies looking for tax efficient solutions to fund stock option exercise or for general liquidity needs. Through Fund I and separately managed investment vehicles, Liquid also provides company-wide tax optimised solutions for expiring option plans and employee favourable alternatives to tender offers.
Greg Martin, Founding Partner of Liquid, says: “We continue to see strong demand for financing solutions that address the needs of stockholders and employees who are looking to
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