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Private investor Rcapital completed a franchisee-led buyout of Cash Generator on 1 March 2019.
Cash Generator is a well-established retail business, focussed on being the first place to which customers come to sell and buy second-hand items.
The franchisee buyout follows a successful and complex restructure of what was a distressed business when it was owned by its former US parent, CNG Inc. The business was acquired by Rcapital in September 2017 after its owners had designated its wider UK operations as non-core.
Rcapital and the Cash Generator management team immediately returned the business to a Franchise-only model by
Therapixel, the AI company winner of the DREAM Digital Mammography challenge, has secured EUR5 million in Series A financing, with Omnes and M Capital Partners joining its existing pool of investors.
Sacha Loiseau, Chairman and Founder of Mauna Kea Technologies, has been appointed as independent Board Member and subsequently elected Chairman of the Board. Maximilien Fournier-Sourdille, an associate at Omnes and an experienced MedTech executive and investor, also joins the Board of Director, along with Yoann Bonnamour from M Capital Partners.
Olivier Clatz, co-founder of Therapixel, has recently been named by the French Innovation Council as ‘AI for diagnosis’
Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has held the first and final closing of its new fund, Keensight V, at the fund’s EUR1 billion hard cap, exceeding the fund target of EUR750 million.
The fund was substantially oversubscribed with strong support from existing LPs, as well as new investors from Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia. The globally diverse LP base for Keensight V comprises circa 90 per cent of subscriptions from institutional investors (asset managers, pension funds, insurance companies, banks and sovereign wealth funds), and c10 per cent from former portfolio
London-based VC fund Fuel Ventures has expanded its portfolio of early-stage companies, investing GBP2 million in CreditDigital which provides instant finance of up to GBP250,000 to businesses online or at point of sale.
CreditDigital is an instalment payment option where businesses can spread the cost of their purchase over 12 months, whilst their vendors and suppliers get paid upfront and in full.
The platform can approve purchases of up to GBP15,000 instantly and up to GBP250,000 within one working day with competitive rates and flexible payment options.
Founded in 2017 by Daniel Lipinski, CreditDigital promises better rates than
Alternative investment specialist Aquila Capital has mandated KlimaInvest Green Concepts, a Hamburg-based energy and climate protection agency, to offset all CO2 emissions related to this year’s Global Summit 2019 by PEI Alternative Insight in Berlin, one of the world’s biggest conferences on infrastructure investments.
The emissions, caused by travel and accommodation of the participants as well as the venue’s consumption in terms of water, heating, catering, and others, will be compensated by targeted investments in certified climate protection projects. The event’s CO2 footprint will amount to approximately 1,100 tons.
Roman Rosslenbroich, Co-Founder and CEO of Aquila Capital, says: “As
BlueGem Capital Partners portfolio company The Private Clinic Group has acquired acquisition of The Cosmetic Skin Clinic (CSC) to create a high-end invasive and non-invasive cosmetic treatment provider in the UK and leader in Europe.
The combined group will have revenue of approximately GBP30 million, with approximately 20 per cent EBITDA margin in 2019.
The Private Clinic operates out of 12 clinics nationwide with undisputed leadership in specific areas such as hair transplants, plastic surgery and liposuction. The Company’s emphasis on providing a 5- star experience and absolute confidentiality has gained them a following amongst VIPs flying to their Harley
Time is Limited, a productivity software analytics company, has raised a EUR3 million investment led by Mike Chalfen with participation from Accel.
The investment will be used to continue building the platform for big enterprises that want to approach productivity by recognising the key patterns that drive it.
Productivity is often top of mind for companies and employees alike. For example, according to a study by HBR in 2017, 71 per cent of meetings are deemed unproductive by CEOs and top managers. This has created a wave of productivity software tools over the past few years, with each one
New venture capital fund, King River Capital (KRC), has held first close of its initial fund and the completion of its first two investments in FinClear and Cover Genius.
KRC provides early stage Australian and overseas-based software companies with the capital, knowledge and international relationships to enable global expansion opportunities.
Based on this initial early stage fund close, KRC will be looking to invest in 15-20 companies with an average investment of AUD10 million, over three to four years. Though stage-agnostic, KRC will be focusing on late-Series A and Series B investment opportunities in the technology and software sector.
TPA Capital has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Pallet-Track Limited, a provider of services to the palletised freight sector. Pallet-Track comprises almost 90 haulier members who leverage the network to provide nationwide coverage to their customers.
Established by Nigel Parkes, Managing Director, in 2002, the business now processes circa 3.5 million pallets a year through its main central hub in Wolverhampton and its two regional hubs in Wigan and Welwyn Garden City.
Pallet-Track was recently named as the fastest growing business in BDO’s ‘The Black Country Growth Barometer’ report as well as one of the UK’s
Rothschild & Co has completed the final closing of Five Arrows Principal Investments III (FAPI III), its third European corporate private equity vehicle.
This is the 15th fund raised above its expected target by Rothschild & Co over the last 10 years, which brings the total assets under management in the Merchant Banking business to approximately EUR11 billion across four strategies: corporate private equity; senior and junior credit; primary and secondary fund investing; and co-investments.
The Fund was oversubscribed and reached its hard cap with total capital commitments of EUR1.25 billion. Investors in the Fund represent a globally diversified
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