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The Riverside Company has formed a strategic partnership between its portfolio company Toolport, a European specialised online provider of professional tents and spare parts for the consumer and industrial markets, and GFP, a specialised online provider of greenhouses, raised garden beds and related products in the DACH region.
Riverside invested in Toolport in 2019 and, since then, has worked with Toolport’s management to significantly grow the business through a dedicated internationalization strategy, as well as through enhancements to key operational areas such as procurement, logistics and marketing.
GFP and Toolport share a common DNA – both companies are specialised
The number and value of acquisitions made by private equity-backed businesses across the UK in 2021 significantly exceeded levels seen in 2019 and 2020, according to Rickitt Mitchell’s Buy and Build Barometer.
The latest analysis from the corporate finance firm, conducted in partnership with Experian Market iQ, reveals 578 deals were completed across the UK in 2021, up more than 56 per cent on 2020 (370) and more than double that of 2019 (276).
The South East (58) saw the highest number of acquisitions out of any region, followed jointly by East of England and London (47). Elsewhere, Yorkshire
Olsam Group (Olsam), an ecommerce platform that acquires and scales businesses, has completed the acquisition of Colapz, a UK-based camping and outdoor brand which sells patented, collapsible outdoor and camping products.
The acquisition is a key step for Olsam, which recently raised USD165 million, into the camping and outdoor market. Colapz’s team of product designers will also be joining Olsam as part of the deal.
Olsam’s expertise as a UK based acquirer will help expand the Colapz brand globally, notably into Amazon US, EU, as well as Asia.
NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), has invested GBP580,000 in Cheshire based Intelligent Building Group (IBG).
The funding will enable the business to invest in sales and marketing as well as expand the team across a number of departments, including operations, installations and commissioning, creating new jobs in the region.
IBG has developed a suite of smart hardware and software products that capture energy usage data and reduce energy consumption for commercial, industrial and residential developments, by installing effective tamperproof controls.
IBG’s software can show and
Lucion Services, an environmental services company backed by Palatine Private Equity, has acquired Landform Surveys Ltd, an established topographical surveying firm in the North East.
Landform Surveys, which is based in Gateshead, where Lucion is headquartered, brings a skilled team and a range of highly complementary services to the group.
Working across a variety of sectors in the built environment, Landform Surveys was founded in 1994 and offers a range of surveying services including, topographic surveys, quarry and landfill site surveys, measured building surveys, utility & subterranean surveys, bathymetric surveys and volumetric stockpile surveys.
Led by founder and Managing Director
Development Partners International (DPI), an investment firm focused on Africa with USD2.8 billion in assets under management including co-investments, and CDC Group (CDC), the UK’s development finance institution that will shortly be renamed British International Investment (BII), are leading an up to USD200 million second funding round in KELIX bio.
The funding will then be used by KLEIX to finance the acquisition of Pharmaceutical Institute (PHI).
PHI is a Moroccan-headquartered producer and distributor of generic and therapeutic pharmaceuticals.
The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals in Morocco. It is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD) 2022, BluePeak Private Capital’s USD200 million targeted impact-linked fund qualified for the 2X Challenge, in recognition of its work and further commitments to accelerate women’s economic empowerment and promote gender equality both at BluePeak and within its investee companies.
BluePeak Private Capital has committed to investing with a gender lens using the 2X Challenge criteria. The 2X Challenge is a global gender finance initiative first launched in 2018 by the development finance institutions of the G7 countries, with the aim of mobilising USD15 billion by the end of 2022 to support projects
Based on a proposal made by the Compensation, Appointment and Governance Committee, the Eurazeo Supervisory Board has renewed the terms of office of members of its Executive Board, chaired by Virginie Morgon, and appointed Jean-Charles Decaux as Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
These key appointments will enable Eurazeo to maintain and amplify its growth momentum, its international development and the expansion of each of its business lines in the years to come.
Decaux, currently Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board, will become Chairman of the Eurazeo Supervisory Board after the 28 April, 2022 Shareholders’ Meeting. He will take over from Michel
Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has committed to align its portfolio to Net Zero by 2050.
Actis will continue to invest in critical infrastructure assets which catalyse systemic change and help the world to align to a Net Zero pathway. In order to identify these assets and aid its investment decision-making process, Actis has developed a Transition Tool, which is already successfully used across every Actis investment. The Tool identifies Net Zero aligned “Green” asset investment opportunities as well as “Smart Olive” assets that have a clear path to decarbonisation and which will be essential for securing a
Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European growth buyout investments, and ISAI Expansion, the ISAI platform’s Tech Growth and Growth Buyout fund, have exited their investment in M33, the holding company of the Theodo Group.
Theodo’s two founding directors, Benoît Charles-Lavauzelle and Fabrice Bernhard, will be increasing their stake in the Group.
Launched in 2009, the Theodo Group and its 10 specialised enterprises support their clients in their digital transformation using the best technologies and a methodology inspired by lean and agile. Combining speed with high quality, the Group supports large international groups such as Total, Carrefour and
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