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Kpler, a provider of technology-led data, analytics, and market insight, has secured a strategic growth investment led by Five Arrows and Insight Partners with the two firms invest over $200 million to acquire a minority stake in the business.
The investment is the first external fundraising initiative for Kpler, which has been bootstrapped since its foundation in 2014. In doubling its Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in the last 18 months and conducting two self-funded acquisitions (ClipperData & JBC Energy) since last September, the company has positioned itself as a leading firm in the next generation data & analytics space.
EMZ Partners (EMZ) has sold its shareholding in Hamburg-based spice manufacturer, Ankerkraut, to Swiss food conglomerate, Nestlé.
The sale marks the debut exit of EMZ’s Munich office and returns well over 2.0x MoM in less than two years. The transaction is subject to antitrust clearance, while the parties have agreed not to disclose terms.
EMZ invested into Ankerkraut in September 2020 alongside the founder and the management team. The company grew rapidly during EMZ’s holding period into one of the leading spice brands in the DACH region.
The new partnership with Nestlé seeks to combine Ankerkraut’s direct-to-consumer and omni-channel knowhow
OSF Digital, a provider of digital transformation services to companies worldwide, has raised USD100 million in a Series C investment round led by Sunstone Partners.
Existing investors Delta-v Capital and Salesforce Ventures also participated in the round.
OSF Digital will utilise the funding to accelerate service capability expansion, sales and marketing, industry-focused solutions, and aggressive mergers and acquisitions. In addition, OSF will focus on innovative product development and providing leading digital transformation solutions to its customer base at a greater velocity using AI and a tech-enabled team of consultants.
Wagestream, a financial wellbeing app founded by charities and designed for frontline workers, has closed a $175 million Series C funding round as it prepares to scale up support for underserved, financially stressed workers across North America and beyond.
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has closed One Equity Partners VIII (OEP VIII), with committed capital of $2.75 billion.
Thanks to strong demand from investors, the fund was significantly oversubscribed, and the hard cap was increased.
The closing of OEP VIII brings the firm’s combined assets under management and committed capital to approximately $10 billion.
OEP VIII is the firm’s largest independent fund to date since OEP completed its spin out from JP Morgan in 2015. The fund attracted commitments from limited partners in 25 countries around the world, including financial institutions, public and private pension
Newly-formed Meriwether Group Capital (MWGC) has launched this month to make commercial loans available to businesses that fall outside the criteria required by traditional lenders.
The MWGC Hero Fund focuses on small to mid-sized companies that meet the fund’s revenue qualifications and financial needs. The new lender operates in partnership with Meriwether Group, the 20-year Portland firm known for the accelerator and advisory services it has provided to companies like Voodoo Doughnuts, Dave’s Killer Bread, Stumptown Coffee, Alpenrose Dairy, and dozens of other well-known brands in the Pacific Northwest.
Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has launched a private infrastructure investment business in North America.
The new platform will apply the firm’s global expertise and track record in real estate and private equity to make investments in critical infrastructure companies and projects across North America.
Michael Ryder has joined Investcorp as a Senior Advisor to lead the infrastructure business. He has a long history of successfully investing in the private equity and infrastructure spaces, previously holding leadership positions at Morgan Stanley, Blackstone and OMERS Infrastructure.
Gridiron Capital, an investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, has invested in in Vertical Supply Group (VSG), a supplier of high-cost of failure, fall protection equipment and arborist tools serving the tree care industry and other work-at-height professionals.
VSG’s customers include arborists, climbers, technical rescue, and other work-at-height professionals, who depend on VSG’s ropes, technical equipment, tools, and personal protective equipment (PPE) to work safely, efficiently, and comfortably high above the ground. VSG boasts an impressive brand portfolio, including Notch Equipment, Sterling Rope, Atlantic Braids, and Rope Logic. VSG is also the exclusive Americas importer
Lower middle-market defence and government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firmG odspeed Capital Management (Godspeed Capital) has made strategic investment in Huckabee & Associates, a echnology-enabled architecture, engineering, and consulting services and solutions firm specialising in innovative design, planning, and infrastructure solutions for education facilities in Texas.
The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Through this investment, Godspeed Capital will partner with Huckabee leadership to establish the Company as the platform brand for a new architecture, engineering, and consulting (AEC) services and solutions growth strategy focused on providing cutting edge, technology-driven education design and engineering
General Mills’ venture capital arm, 301 INC, is to invest a combined $15 million into two early-stage venture capital funds, Fearless Fund and Supply Change Capital.
These investments are part of General Mills’ commitment to standing for good and promoting racial and gender equity in representation through economic opportunity for minority and female food entrepreneurs.
Fearless Fund, a fund built by women of colour, invests in women-of-colour-led businesses seeking pre-seed, seed-level or series A financing, with a mission to bridge the gap in venture capital funding for founders building scalable, growth aggressive companies.
Supply Change Capital, a women and Latina
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