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YFM Equity Partners has sold its stake in Gill Marine Holdings Limited (Gill) for an undisclosed sum to the Myers family office, working in conjunction with Pop Capital, a specialist brand investor.
Gill has more than 40 years of heritage in designing technical clothing, footwear and accessories for elite sailors and marine enthusiasts within its global distribution network. The Company is led by CEO Jamie Tunnicliffe and his team of COO Ian Poore, Commercial Director Dominic McCarthy and Product Director Matt Clark.
YFM and its advised funds, including British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc, backed
Egress, a provider of data privacy and compliance software designed to secure unstructured data, has raised USD40 million in a Series C financing round led by FTV Capital, with continued participation from existing backer AlbionVC.
Egress will use this investment to build on its ongoing rapid growth in Europe and North America, as well as accelerate development of new technology across its data security platform.
A market leader in privacy and risk management, Egress helps enterprises protect unstructured data to meet compliance requirements and drive business productivity. The company’s AI-powered platform enables users to control and secure the data
Foresight Group has made a substantial investment into Caphan Trading Limited, trading as The Children’s Furniture Company, on behalf of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
Based in Milton Keynes, The Children’s Furniture Company designs, manufactures and sells a wide range of children’s furniture. After developing its own e-commerce store, the firm now supplies several national retailers – offering durable furniture at an affordable price point compared to its competitors.
Founders, Paul and Clare Hanson, started the company after spotting a gap in the market when sourcing furniture for their own children. Since the firm’s birth in 2012, it has
ARQIS has advised AVS Verkehrssicherung (AVS), a portfolio company of Triton Fonds IV, on its acquisition of Traffics A/S (Traffics), a Danish construction and traffic safety provider based in Gadstrup, Denmark.
The deal price has not been disclosed.
Founded in 2006, Traffics offers complete solutions, services and equipment for construction sites- and traffic security. Its customers are road construction companies as well as public works and communities.
“We have a long-standing and trusting business relationship with Traffics. Together, AVS and Traffics can offer their customers in the Danish market a comprehensive product and service portfolio that meets the
Norwest Venture Partners has made a growth equity investment in Jolyn Clothing Company, a leading women’s performance swimwear and active wear brand based in Huntington Beach, California.
Jolyn was founded in 2010 by a lifeguard who saw a need for better looking, functional swimwear. The company’s broad network of decorated female athletes, including Olympic medalists and NCAA champions, are a key part of the company’s design, brand and sales efforts.
Jolyn joins other female-focussed brands in Norwest’s portfolio including Kendra Scott Designs, Minted, Ritual, Bailey 44 and Madison Reed, and also embraces the firm’s broader strategy of investing in
LDC has invested in British Waterways Marinas Limited (BWML), the largest operator of inland marinas in the UK, backing the existing management team.
Established in 2004, as part of the Canal & River Trust, BWML operates and maintains 18 marinas across the UK with more than 2,500 boat moorings across its sites. Its locations offer a wide range of services including residential and leisure moorings, chandlery, maintenance and repair works.
The investment, for an undisclosed sum, will support the development of the existing marina estate to continue to improve the customer experience, broadening leisure services and adding new locations.
Limerston Capital has acquired Prism Medical UK (Prism) from LDC. Prism specialises in moving, handling and bathing equipment for elderly, disabled and mobility disadvantaged clients.
Prism supports customers in a range of care environments, such as schools, hospitals and care homes, and provides a full-service that includes the design, installation and servicing of its equipment across the homecare, long-term and acute care markets.
Prism operates from eight UK locations, employs circa 450 highly skilled staff delivering a portfolio of 180 products, driving growth in the GBP600m UK market and a number of international markets including China and Australia.
Mandarin Capital Partners (MCP) alongside Atlante Private Equity, the founding families and other minority shareholders, is to sell the entire share capital of Hydro Holding SpA (The Group) to NB Renaissance Partners (NBRP).
The Vaghi, Facondini, Cerase and Brivio families (founding families) reinvested a minority interest and will retain management roles in the Group.
Hydro Holding is a leading player specialised in the manufacturing of fittings and hoses for the hydraulic sector and is the result of the business combination of four leading Italian companies: (i) Tieffe, acquired in 2015, is engaged in the production of carbon steel fittings;
Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) has launched and held the initial closing of Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund II (NVCF II) as part of the Government of Canada’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative.
NVCF II provides investors with access to Canada’s top venture capital funds as well as direct investments in high-potential, innovative Canadian companies.
“We are delighted that the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative is receiving strong support from investors and that Northleaf has achieved this important milestone,” says Mary Ng, Canada’s Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion. “Our government’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative strengthens and broadens the Canadian venture capital
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as administrative agent and lead arranger on a senior secured credit facility to support the investment of Giraffe Foods Inc (Giraffe) by Graham Partners.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Giraffe is a manufacturer of custom sauces, marinades, dips, and dressings for industrial food processor, retail, and foodservice customers throughout the US and Canada. Giraffe is benefiting from multiple conversion-driven growth catalysts, including increased demand for private label, global flavours, organic, and better-for-you foods, all of which are fuelling brand, flavour, and product proliferation. Giraffe is well positioned to capitalise on growth within the foodservice, retail,
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