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Browne Jacobson’s national corporate tech lawyers have advised specialist e-mobility and cyclist insurtech business Laka on its USD12 million series A investment round which was led by US mobility investor Autotech Ventures.
Sustainable mobility and energy fund Ponooc (a Dutch, sustainable mobility investor with close ties to the world’s largest bike seller, Pon) and ABN AMRO Ventures also particpated, while existing investors including Creandum, LocalGlobe, 1818 Ventures and Elkstone Partners made follow on investments, with new angel investment coming from Zwift CEO and co-founder, Eric Min.
The cash injection will allow Laka to expand its operations across Europe and support
Asia Alternatives, one of the largest independent Asian private equity fund-of-funds, has held the the final close of of new commitments across Asia Alternatives Capital Partners VI, LP and several fund vehicles at a combined USD2 billion.
Private equity firms value their legal departments more as a result of the pandemic – and it’s causing them to shuffle their legal spend priorities.
That’s according to a new report from Apperio titled, Controlling Costs in Private Equity: The PE Legal Spend Landscape for 2022 which reveals that 71 per cent of respondents – lawyers and finance professionals working in PE – say the legal team is more valued in the wake of the pandemic.
The heightened appreciation has been hard-earned because the in-house team’s work volume has grown too. Indeed, 73 per cent of respondents say workload, headcount
Post Road Group (Post Road), an alternative investment firm focused on middle-market corporate strategies and real estate, has closed the Post Road Special Opportunity Fund II LP with total capital commitments of more than USD300 million, exceeding the Fund’s target.
SOF II received significant backing from existing Post Road limited partners as well as new investors globally, including pension funds, fund of funds, university endowments, private foundations, and family offices.
SOF II invests in a range of corporate strategies, including secured credit, structured equity, and special situations in middle-market technology, media, telecommunications, and business services sectors. The Fund seeks
Jebbit, provider of a zero-party data platform, has received a USD70 million strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses.
The growth capital will help the company scale across all departments to further accelerate its mission to help brands deliver personalised digital experiences that collect data that is willingly and intentionally shared by a consumer (“zero-party data”).
Jebbit’s no-code platform enables companies to build interactive product and personality quizzes, lookbooks, trivia, lead generation forms and more that gather zero-party and first-party data.
The investment in Jebbit
Powerhouse Retail Services (Powerhouse), a portfolio company of private equity firm Lincolnshire Management, has acquired Advanced Service Solutions (Advanced), an outsourced business services provider.
The acquisition will provide additional estimation and contractor capacity to Powerhouse’s existing facilities maintenance service offering particularly in the pharmacy, grocery, and retail markets.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Advanced is the fourth acquisition for Powerhouse since Lincolnshire acquired Powerhouse and Security Vault Works in 2019 to create a leading national platform company providing refresh, remodel and facilities maintenance services to a roster of blue-chip customers nationwide including retail, foodservice, financial
HarbourView Equity Partners (HarbourView), a global alternative asset management focused on media/entertainment assets, backed private equity firm Apollo, has acquired the music catalogue of Luis Fonsi.
Financial terms of the deal, which was negotiated and closed in just two weeks, have not been disclosed.
Fonsi is an award-winning global artist from Puerto Rico, and one of the leading Latin Music figures of his generation with successful artistic career spanning over two decades. From his debut album “Comenzaré” (1998) to his latest studio album “Vida” (2019), Fonsi has continuously broken sales records while topping the charts.
Globalization Partners, a global employment platform, has secured a USD200 million investment from Vista Credit Partners (VCP), a subsidiary of Vista Equity Partners (Vista).
Khalid Kahn has joined Aeon Investments, a London based credit-focused investment company, as a Managing Director in the firm’s investment team.
With more than 20 years of experience, Kahn joins Aeon from Federated Hermes International where he was Senior Credit Structurer in the Fixed Income Group responsible for managing structured credit portfolios comprising regulatory capital trades and CLOs.
As a senior member of the investment team, Kahn is responsible for originating and structuring new investments, and managing existing credit portfolios in commercial real estate and SME lending.
Epic Gardening, an online gardening destination founded by Kevin Espiritu has secured an investment of USD17.5 million from The Chernin Group (TCG).
Founded in 2013, Epic Gardening is a trusted resource for millions of enthusiast and aspiring gardeners who want to grow their own food and learn creative gardening techniques. Originally started as a hobby for Espiritu, Epic Gardening now has over three million social followers, 10 million lifetime podcast downloads and 10 million blog visits in 2021.
The investment will be used to bolster Epic’s operations, commerce, and content teams and aggressively scale its offering of gardening products and
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