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Nozomi Networks, a specialist in industrial cybersecurity and operational visibility announced today it has raised USD30 million in Series C financing.
The company’s first institutional investor, Giovanni Canetta Roeder, led the efforts of Planven Investments SA, GGV Capital, Lux Capital, Energize Ventures (formerly Invenergy Future Fund) and THI Investments, bringing Nozomi Networks’ total funding to date to USD53.8 million. This latest round quickly follows a USD15 million round in January 2018. Funding will be used to fortify Nozomi Networks’ market lead by further broadening its global presence and continuing expansion of research and development. The company is solidly positioned to
Iron Bow Technologies, an IT solution provider serving government, commercial and healthcare clients, has announced an equity partnership with private equity investment firm HIG Capital.
The partnership will accelerate Iron Bow’s rapid growth in prospective markets across the public and private sectors.
With USD25 billion of equity capital under management, HIG’s investment and commitment to the business is critical to maturing the Iron Bow vision and mission. Iron Bow plans to continue its organic investment strategy and, through the HIG partnership, target strategic acquisitions that will help the company expand its existing portfolio, broaden its offerings and gain greater
Duke Royalty Limited, a provider of alternative capital solutions to a diversified range of profitable and long-established businesses in Europe and abroad, has contributed a further GBP1 million into its existing royalty partner, Lynx Equity (UK) Limited (Lynx UK).
Lynx UK will allocate Duke’s further contribution towards the acquisition of Day 2 Interiors (“Day2”) which was recently closed by Lynx and represents its fourth European acquisition.
Based on the new increased aggregate investment of GBP10 million, Duke will be entitled to higher monthly distributions from Lynx UK, beginning in October 2018, which will total GBP1.25 million per annum. The
Clearwater International UK has advised the shareholders of Pyroguard, an independent manufacturer of fire resistant glass, on its MBO backed by ESO Capital Partners (ESO).
Pyroguard manufactures and supplies high performance fire glass to architects, specifiers, contractors and construction professionals, enabling them to meet all their fire safety glazing requirements via a single source. The business has expanded from its initial target markets of the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands to supply customers in France, Germany, Scandinavia and further afield.
The company has experienced significant organic growth over the past four years, and this investment from ESO will allow
Alternative investment specialist Cerberus Capital Management has launched Cerberus Technology Solutions (Cerberus Technology), a new operating subsidiary that will lead technology transformations and modernisations across Cerberus’ global portfolio and facilitate new investments in technology, advanced analytics, and data companies.
The firm also announced that Len Laufer has joined as Senior Managing Director and will serve as Chief Executive Officer of Cerberus Technology, which will be chaired by Cerberus President Matt Zames.
Cerberus Technology will work closely with Cerberus investment and operating professionals to unlock and create value across the firm’s existing portfolio of companies. It will have broad responsibilities
SLAMcore, a UK company developing spatial artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for robots and drones, has raised USD5 million in a funding round led by global technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners.
Existing investors Mirai Creation Fund and Toyota AI Ventures joined the round alongside newcomers MMC Ventures and Octopus Ventures.
“The robotics revolution may seem just around the corner but there is still a big gap between the videos we see on the internet and real-world robots,” says CEO, Owen Nicholson. “SLAMcore is helping robot and drone creators to bridge the gap between demos and commercially-viable systems.”
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Värde Partners is to make a strategic GBP60 million equity investment in UK specialist bank Masthaven.
The equity investment, along with Masthaven’s existing capital base, will enable the bank to significantly increase lending to consumers and SMEs over the next three to five years as well as provide innovative deposit solutions to Masthaven’s customers.
By serving borrowers without access to the traditional high street banking brands, Masthaven has become a force in the UK challenger banking market. The bank has demonstrated significant growth in its chosen market niches – namely retail savings, SME lending, short- and long-term property financing
Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), is to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Urgent Cargus from Abris Capital Partners. The transaction is subject to customary clearance by anti-trust authorities and is expected to close in Q4 2018.
Urgent Cargus is a leading courier, express and parcel (CEP) service provider in Romania, offering last mile delivery to over 85,000 customers, including business clients, e-commerce retailers and private individuals. Urgent Cargus operates a dense network of 5 hubs and 71 stations connected by 360 linehaul routes, which together with its
Rockpool has acquired a majority stake in Primrose, a European online-only garden products retailer. Founded in 2003, Primrose offers consumers a range of over 10,000 garden and outdoor leisure products from ranges including water features, awnings, sail shades, pest control products, planters and screening.
Primrose primarily sources its products from a network of suppliers based in the Far East and sells direct to consumers via its UK and European websites. The company generates half of its sales to UK consumers, a quarter to European customers and the remainder through intermediary websites. Primrose grew revenues to GBP38 million and EBITDA to
Trading, risk and analytics technology provider LightPoint Financial Technology (LightPoint) has completed a Series A funding round led by The Citco Group of Companies, and Ares Management.
TAP Advisors advised LightPoint on the transaction and will take a Board Observer seat.
Michael Arougheti, Chief Executive Officer and President of Ares Management, has been appointed as a board member and will be joined by Citco’s Head of Fund Services, Jay Peller, who will provide strategic consulting and insight into future product development to build upon Citco’s domain knowledge of fund servicing and alternative investment operations.
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