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Hampleton Partners’ latest analysis of the Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) M&A global market reveals that this nascent sector is already showing signs of maturity, with later-stage funding, valuations and transaction volumes on the up and gaining momentum.
M&A transaction volumes increased from a total of only 11 in 2014 to a total of 26 in 2018. North America is poised to establish a leading position in AR/VR M&A, as it is home to 62 per cent of all targets and to 60 per cent of buyers involved in an M&A transaction.
Meanwhile, later-stage funding for AR/VR is
Finistere Ventures, a global agrifood investment specialist, Israeli venture investor OurCrowd, Tnuva, an Israeli food manufacturer, and Tempo Beverages, an Israeli beverage company, are teaming up to focuse on investing in FoodTech and AgTech innovation in Israel.
Centered on Israeli technologies throughout the food and beverage value chain – from alternative proteins and nutritional value improvements, to functional ingredients and supply chain efficiency – the consortium will invest up to USD100m in local best-in-class agrifood startups.
The partnership was created following the Israeli government’s establishment of an innovation incubator in Northern Israel focused on FoodTech. Finistere Ventures, OurCrowd, Tnuva and
Ares Management Corporation is to become a minority shareholder in Volery and provide capital to support the firm’s operating and investment activities.
Volery is a private equity firm that provides growth equity and strategic support to leading investment managers that generate positive environmental and social impact. The firm also selectively pursues direct, co-investment and other opportunistic transactions alongside its core mandate.
“We are thrilled to be in business with Ares, a market leader that shares our strategic vision and will expand the breadth of our firm’s capabilities,” said Emanuel Citron, a Managing Partner of Volery. “The partnership will be instrumental
Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has led a GBP500,000 investment in back & posture care product specialist, Handsome Limited (Handsome).
A total of GBP250,000 was invested by NPIF – Maven Equity Finance (‘NPIF’), managed by Maven and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, and GBP250,000 provided by the GMC Fund, along with the company’s lead China manufacturing partner.. The funding will allow the company to execute its ambitious marketing strategy to expand overseas, invest in product development and will create five new jobs in the region.
Cheshire based Handsome has developed a range of innovative, award winning products to
Regulatory compliance consulting firm, Argus Global has fully integrated two business acquisitions: Ace Success, a Singapore based secretarial, accounting and tax practices company; and Argus Compliance India Private Limited, a subsidiary company, based in India, offering a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive bouquet of services in Singapore and India.
“The company is already looking to expand in Asia within three years and has set a revenue target of SGD50 million within five years,” says CEO Sachin Gandhi.
Argus Global’s clienteles in Singapore are mostly entities who are regulated by, or wish to be regulated by, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) effective
Global tax software provider Sovos is to acquire Istanbul-based Foriba, a specialist in e-invoicing, e-delivery notes, e-receipts and periodic value-added tax (VAT) reporting in Turkey and beyond.
Following Sovos’ recent acquisitions of other real-time tax compliance leaders Invoiceware, Paperless and TrustWeaver, Foriba will further strengthen Sovos’ global tax solution built for a digital world, with tax determination, e-invoicing compliance and tax reporting solutions that help multinational companies Solve Tax for GoodTM everywhere they do business. With expert teams in Latin America, North America, western Europe and now Turkey, Sovos has the global capability to address the challenge of continuous VAT compliance as
Purpose Financial (Purpose) has acquired CreditGenie, a Canadian technology company that aims to support Canadian small and medium-sized businesses by providing a fully digital alternative payment solution, enabling their customers to increase purchasing power through instant credit adjudication at the point-of-sale.
CreditGenie, based in Toronto, was founded in 2016 by entrepreneurs Alex Kaplunov and Daniel Shain, currently partners with nearly 500 merchants across a broad range of industries, in 12 Canadian provinces and territories.
The acquisition of CreditGenie follows Purpose’s investment in the building of Ario, a Toronto-based banking-as-a-service technology platform provider, and its March 2018 acquisition of Thinking Capital,
ARQIS has advised Sumitomo Electric Industries. on the acquisition of the European manufacturer of powdered metal components Sinterwerke Herne (SWH, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) and Sinterwerke Grenchen AG (SWG, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland).
The Company’s Powder Metal Products Division operates globally, with Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy Ltd. (headquarters: Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture; President: Toshiyuki Kosuge) as its mother plant. The division provides a wide variety of products primarily for Japanese manufacturers of cars, automotive components and air conditioners.
Taking advantage of these acquisitions, the Company will strive to expand its sales channels to cover European automakers and components manufacturers and increase
Canadian institutional investors are seeking to further increase their overall allocations to alternative investment strategies, including real estate, private equity, infrastructure, private debt and hedge funds, according to a new study published by CIBC Mellon.
The report, “Race for Assets: Canada vs the World,” found that among the various alternative sub-asset classes, real estate (42 per cent) is most favoured among Canadian investors surveyed, followed by infrastructure (20 per cent), private equity (18.7 per cent), private debt / loans (17.9 per cent), and hedge fund investments (1.4 per cent). Private equity led the way in terms of satisfaction, with 47
Macfarlanes has advised Tarsus Group, a London-listed international business-to-business media group with interests in exhibitions, conferences, publishing and online media, on its recommended takeover by private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP for a consideration of approximately GBP560 million.
As part of the transaction, Tarsus Group’s existing management team will stay in place and roll over part of their holdings into the Charterhouse Capital Partners acquisition structure. Completion is expected to take place in the third quarter of 2019, subject to shareholder approval and regulatory consent being obtained.
The Macfarlanes team was led by corporate and M&A partner Harry
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