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European venture capital firm Dawn has closed the Dawn Capital Opportunities Fund at USD125 million. The fund will see the firm double down on investments in the most promising European tech companies in Dawn’s portfolio and elsewhere, with a specific focus on C-rounds and beyond.
The new fund, which is the largest B2B Opportunities Fund ever raised in Europe, will enable Dawn to invest up to USD70 million in European entrepreneurs that are building scalable, game-changing technology to solve the greatest tech challenges facing businesses today.
Europe is now increasingly the home of global tech category leaders which are
Following a GBP6.3 million equity investment in 2018, pioneering airspace developer Apex Airspace (Apex) has secured a further GBP3 million equity investment from BGF, the UK’s most active investor in growing businesses, to help roll out airspace developments across the UK and support business growth.
The latest wave of funding, which brings Apex’s tally to GBP22 million in 2019, will help fund the delivery of its growing pipeline of opportunities in London, Bristol and Birmingham as well as positioning the company for continued growth. This will include investment in new technology, market research to identify further airspace development potential across
Thomas H Lee Partners (THL), a private equity firm investing in growth companies, is to acquire AutoStore, a robotics and software company providing automation technology to warehouse & distribution facilities around the world.
Members of AutoStore’s senior management team and EQT, among others, will continue to hold minority positions in the Company. EQT will also remain on the Board alongside THL going forward. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close during the third quarter of 2019, have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1996 and located in Nedre Vats, Norway, AutoStore designs and engineers patented high-speed robots, highly modular
British Patient Capital, a subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has committed GBP48.8 million into Dawn Capital’s new Opportunities Fund, as it closes at USD125 million.
The new fund will enable Dawn to invest up to USD70 million in European entrepreneurs that are solving the greatest tech challenges facing businesses with scalable, game-changing technology.
The fund will see the Dawn double down on investments in the most promising companies in European tech in their portfolio and elsewhere, with a specific focus on C-rounds and beyond. In addition, Dawn will also be looking to invest in other high-performing late-stage European
Business-to-business (B2B) auto parts trading platform Haoqipei has closed a USD60 million Series D financing round led by Access Technology Ventures, with David Yang joining the Haoqipei Board of Directors.
Additional participants in the financing included existing investors XVC Venture Capital, Jeneration Capital, DCM and SIG.
Founded in 2016 and now having raised more than USD150 million in private capital, Haoqipei is an online, technology-driven trading platform connecting vehicle repair shops with auto part suppliers. The company provides market price comparisons and online payments through its software as a service (SaaS) system, and offline warehousing and logistics services.
The
Crystal Capital Partners, the operator of an alternative investments platforms for financial advisors and their qualified purchaser (QP) investors, has reported 46 per cent growth in its advisory partnerships since January 2018.
CEI Steven Brod says: “With 25 years of alternative investment experience, it is our ongoing commitment to remove the complexities and barriers to entry associated with alternative investments, and work with a network of willing partners that want to leverage our expertise, technology and infrastructure. We are forever grateful to all of our partners, and fully intend to evolve and flourish with them every step of the way.”
Angelo Gordon has raised over USD2.75 billion in equity commitments for AG Direct Lending Fund III, exceeding the Fund’s USD2 billion target and making this the Firm’s largest direct lending fund to date. The Fund is managed by Twin Brook Capital Partners (Twin Brook), Angelo Gordon’s middle market direct lending subsidiary.
Consistent with Twin Brook’s distinctive approach, the Fund will seek to capitalise on the long-term investment opportunities in middle market direct lending by sourcing, underwriting, and actively managing a diversified portfolio of middle market, floating rate, senior secured loans, with a focus on providing first lien secured debt to
Xirgo Technologies (Xirgo), a portfolio company of private equity firm HKW, has acquired UAB Baltic Car Equipment (BCE) based in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Founded in 2006, BCE provides a variety of fleet management solutions, including hardware and software suites for light vehicles, trucks, heavy machinery, and agricultural equipment targeting a variety of industries.
Shawn Aleman, CEO of Xirgo, says: “We are very excited to welcome the BCE team to Xirgo. The joining of our companies will allow Xirgo to establish a European footprint improving our access to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, enabling our companies to target new customers
Fortino Capital Partners has expands its portfolio of Travel & Expense management companies with an investment in Declaree.
Founded in 2014 by Bas Janssen, Bart Jochems and Jasper Spoor with the ambition of simplifying and facilitating paper-based and cumbersome expense management processes, Declaree has 20 employees and 750 clients mainly located in the Netherlands and Germany. In the Netherlands and Belgium, Declaree serves large customers such as KLM, Hunter Douglas, Schiphol and KPMG, as well as many small and medium-sized companies. For Germany, it is about companies such as Lemonaid, Suitepad and Lufthansa Group Business Services.
Expense management is a
Connected Energy, a specialist in site-integrated energy storage solutions, has secured a GBP5 million investment to realise ambitious growth plans on a global stage.
The significant investment, made by Sumitomo Corporation, ENGIE and Macquarie Group, will provide the UK company with a platform to deliver its next phase of international growth having developed the world’s only commercially-available, stationary, energy storage system which uses electric vehicle battery packs after they have completed their useful lives on-board vehicles.
With rapidly increasing, global electric vehicle sales, Connected Energy is at the forefront of worldwide innovation having developed a means of reusing electric
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