Managers
Zeus Capital, an independent investment bank, has advised on eight transactions across public and private markets since June 2019, with a gross value of approximately GBP600 million.
Zeus Capital has been particularly active in the consumer market, working with a number of technology-enabled businesses. The firm acted as the sole financial advisor to Manchester-based retail company, boohoo.com, on its acquisition of of two British brands, Karen Millen and Coast. The deal saw boohoo purchase the online operations and intellectual property rights of the two companies.
Zeus Capital also acted as financial adviser to Gousto, a supplier of subscription meal
Fried Frank has advised Balderton Capital (Balderton), an early stage venture capital investor, on a new USD400 million VC fund, Balderton VII (the Fund).
The Fund was oversubscribed having attracted support from investors internationally. It will primarily invest in European technology companies at Series A-stage. Balderton invests in entrepreneurs building global businesses.
Mark Mifsud, London managing partner at Fried Frank, says: “The Fried Frank team is delighted to be a part of Balderton’s latest fund raising, continuing our long-standing relationship with the firm and further demonstrating our expertise in the areas of venture and growth capital funds.”
Halal baby food manufacturer for aisha has secured the backing of the Foresight Group, an independent infrastructure and private equity investment firm.
The investment will enable for aisha to develop its UK and international expansion plans, bolster its management team and further invest in its trade and consumer marketing activities.
For aisha was founded by Mark Salter in 2015. It is currently the only halal baby food manufacturer in the UK.
“for aisha is aimed at all parents who want to feed their children nutritious meals with real ingredients,” says Salter. “We have a wide variety of meals
Private equity firm New Water Capital (NWC) has made a significant investment in the Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) sector, with the recapitalisation of DataED and Bestronics – two Tier III manufacturers focusing on high-mix, low/medium-volume printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) and box builds.
Founded in 1980, Salem, New Hampshire-based DataED’s manufacturing capacity includes 75,000 square feet of state-of-the-art facilities in Salem, including a New Product Introduction facility, as well as two manufacturing plants totaling 85,000 square feet located in Shenzhen, China.
Bestronics, founded in 1990, operates a world-class, 145,000-square-foot campus, including high-tech manufacturing and dedicated box build manufacturing facilities, in
Puma Private Equity (Puma), the private equity division of Puma Investments, has completed a GBP2.75 million investment in MyKindaFuture (MKF).
The capital injection will enable MKF to expand its mission to help employers access a broader and more diverse talent pool, improve retention rates and tackle skills shortages.
As the UK’s largest emerging talent specialist, MKF offers a one-stop-shop for businesses looking to build meaningful relationships with future employees, especially at apprentice and graduate level. The outcomes have already proven hugely successful, reducing drop-out rates through the recruitment process by as much as 44%, and improving retention rates once
SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has held the final close of SKCP Catalyst Fund I (SK Catalyst I) at its hard cap, with limited partner capital commitments of USD400 million.
SK Catalyst I will focus on control investments in the lower middle market utilising the same sector-focused, operationally intensive investment strategy that SK Capital has executed throughout its history. The closing of SK Catalyst I, significantly above the initial USD300 million target, follows the successful fundraising of SK Capital Partners V earlier this year.
Barry Siadat,
LawnStarter, an on-demand platform for outdoor services, has secured a USD10.5 million growth investment from growth investor Edison Partners.
The new funding will enable LawnStarter to continue its growth in lawn care across the US and add new outdoor service lines including landscaping, fertilisation, pest control, and tree care.
Austin-based LawnStarter began by creating an easy way for consumers to order, manage, and pay for lawn mowing using services provided by a network of high-quality and insured service providers. The company has since been welcomed in 120 U.S. markets, grown 100% year over year and reached profitability.
“In the highly
Epic Games has acquired Quixel, the creator of a photogrammetry asset library and bundled toolset. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Teddy Bergsman and Waqar Azim founded Quixel in 2011 with the vision to substantially speed up how creators build digital environments. GP Bullhound invested in Quixel in 2018.
Since its foundation, Quixel has given creators access to a vast and ever-expanding library of 3D building blocks and easy-to-use tools to simplify the creative process. These assets and tools have become indispensable to the artists behind some of the most iconic digital productions of our time, such
Angular Ventures has closed its debut fund, which will invest in early-stage deep technology enterprise companies with global expansion plans based in Europe and Israel, at USD41 million in capital commitments.
The firm, which has been operating in stealth mode for nearly two years, has already built a portfolio of 12 companies with plans to make five-seven new investments per year.
The fund’s current portfolio spans Israel, the UK, Finland, Romania, and other countries. Gil Dibner, its General Partner and founder, wanted to reimagine early-seed venture capital in Europe and Israel by building a sector-focused firm; removing geographical boundaries to
BGF has invested a further GBP11 million into Molson Group, a UK-based independent distributor of capital equipment to the construction and waste management sectors.
The investment will be used to develop Molson’s existing sites and brands, as well as expand its international and waste management offerings.
Founded in 1996 and based in Bristol, Molson provides a wide range of equipment for the construction industry, including excavators, dump trucks, dozers, demolition rigs and waste and materials handlers. The business, which has additional depots in Warrington, London, Kent, Stratford-upon-Avon and Doune, is currently one of the largest suppliers of construction equipment
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