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Halfords is to use the proceeds of a GBP63.4 million share placing representing 9.9 per cent of previously issued share capital, to acquire tyre and automotive servicing business, Axle Group Holdings. Efficiencies from the deal are expected to add GBP18 million to Halfords cash profits by year five, with a third of that coming in year one.
The group believes the acquisition is “both strategically and financially compelling, delivering on Halfords’ objective of evolving into a business more heavily weighted towards Motoring Services.”
Halfords shares rose 5.5 per cent following the announcement.
Matt Britzman, Equity Analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, says:
Prometheus Group, a global provider of asset management operations and optimization software backed by Genstar Capital, has acquired Ventureforth, an Atlanta-based Oracle partner specialising in mobile apps and cloud solutions for asset maintenance, supply chain, work management, and more.
Financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.
For over 25 years, Ventureforth has been a leader in mobilising Oracle, providing software solutions for essential workers in industries across the globe from manufacturing to facilities management to oil and gas, and other asset intensive industries.
“We are excited that Ventureforth will be joining our team,” says Eric Huang,
Joint venture partners SSE Renewables and Equinor have reached financial close on Dogger Bank Wind Farm C, the third phase of what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm when complete in March 2026.
SSE Renewables and Equinor are already constructing the first two phases of the 3.6GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm with Eni, joint venture partner on phases A and B of the offshore wind project to be installed off the north east coast of England. Now, with financial close being reached on the project’s third phase, Dogger Bank Wind Farm has passed the last important milestone ahead
ClearCourse Partnership, a group of technology companies providing integrated software solutions, is to acquire Secure Collections, a Bacs-approved Direct Debit Bureau based in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Secure Collections will join the Group’s rapidly growing Payments division and will bolster its direct debit offering, ClearDebit.
The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Co-Founded by Alan Richardson and Bernie Brown in 2003, Secure Collections provides commercial direct debit bureau and contingency services, handling direct debit payments on behalf of non-profit organisations such as LOROS Hospice and St Oswald’s Hospice among other charities, as well as larger organisations including
The Cibus funds’s Cibus Enterprise Fund strategy (Cibus Enterprise) has led a USD34 million Series B funding round in DMC Biotechnologies (DMC), a company producing bio-based compounds sustainably for use in everyday food and nutritional products.
Capricorn Partners, Sofinnova Partners, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, SCG, Boulder Ventures, Solvay Ventures and Michelin also participated.
Alastair Cooper, Head of Venture Investments at The Cibus funds, says: “DMC has a truly unique technology platform which allows for the efficient production of bio-based chemicals that are applicable across a range of industries, most notably the human and animal nutrition markets. This substantially reduces the economic
Blue Point Capital Partners has acquired Brimar Industries, a vertically integrated manufacturer and purveyor of high-quality safety signs, pipe markers, valve tags and parking and traffic signs.
Founded in 1988 and based in Garfield, New Jersey, Brimar serves customers primarily through its proprietary e-commerce websites, such as SafetySign.com and
PipeMarker.com.
“Over its more than 30-year history, the Brimar team has established the Company as a safety category leader with a digital-first mindset,” said Blue Point Partner John LeMay. “Blue Point is excited to help build on Brimar’s strong market position by leveraging our Data & Digital, M&A, Supply Chain and
Arteria AI, a specialist in enterprise digital documentation, is to acquire certain financial services assets of H4, an award-winning contract lifecycle management platform.
As part of the agreement, H4’s Chairman and Co-founder Joe Seifert will join Arteria AI’s team as a senior advisor.
Shelby Austin, CEO of Arteria AI, said: “This is a very exciting time for our business as we set out to unleash the power of data to help global financial institutions solve their client documentation challenges at scale. Since spinning out of Deloitte we have continued on an incredible growth journey accelerated by the market’s clear preference
Cennox, a portfolio company of York Capital Management’s private equity group (York Private Equity), has acquired FireKing Safety and Security (FireKing), a US-based financial safe and services business previously owned by Pfingsten Partners.
The deal enables Cennox to enter the traditional and smart safe manufacturing business, and further expands its deployment and maintenance services across FireKing’s 1,000-plus customers. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2006, Cennox provides integrated services and solutions to the financial services, commercial, retail, and transportation industries. Following this transaction, the Company’s global operations will span 1,700 employees across the US, UK,
Gresham House Ventures has made a USD6.8 million (GBP5 million) investments in Preservia, a specialist in Active Digital Preservation software to further accelerate product innovation in transforming the way organisations manage and protect critical long-term digital content.
Preservica’s cloud-hosted SaaS Active Digital Preservation platform – which ensures critical long-term content can always be read and accessed independently of its original format – is trusted by thousands of organisations worldwide including government (Texas State Archives, Los Angeles County, City of Boston) business (HSBC, Bacardi, Unilever), libraries and museums (New York Public Library, MoMA), academic institutions (Yale University, Manchester University), national archives
Goalsetter, a fintech platform dedicated to providing families and K-12 youth with access to banking, savings, investing, and financial education tools, has closed a USD15 million Series A round led by Seae Ventures.
Seae Ventures is joined by Fiserv, Mass Mutual, Sterling National Bank, Citizens Financial Group, Cuna Mutual Financial Group, Astia Fund, and others.
With an oversubscribed round, the new tranche of funding is dedicated to enabling Goalsetter to further its B2B partnerships with corporations and financial institutions that are committed to transforming financial education and access to wealth for all Americans. The Series A round also includes
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