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The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, the professional body for the global alternative investment industry, has launched a Latin America Chapter, CAIA LatAm, that will bring together CAIA Members and candidates from across Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
Led by Chapter Head Daniel Mueller, CAIA, Partner, Head of Latin America with Alpine Capital Advisors, the new LatAm Chapter will focus on providing opportunities for CAIA Members across Latin America to network, share ideas and insights, discuss best practices, and engage in an environment that will foster the continued growth of the local alternative investment industry and
West Sussex-based home furnishing retailer Swyft Home has secured a GBP1 million invoice discounting facility from the alternative funder Growth Lending to support the company’s strong direct-to-consumer sales strategy and drive its business-to-business sales.
Founded in 2019, Swyft Home provides sofa-in-a-box deliveries direct to customers within 48 hours of orders being placed. The range comprises four customisable sofa models, which are assembled using no tools in just five minutes, making the product an ideal option for city living, rental properties and show homes.
This summer, the retailer gained a large listing with John Lewis, as well as other significant
STP Investment Services (STP) has acquired third-party fund administrator Tower Fund Services (Tower).
Infrastructure and construction veteran Haydn Mursell has been appointed as chair of fire protection specialist Checkmate Fire as part of a strategic plan to grow the business following the company’s acquisition of Rosse Systems earlier this year.
Checkmate Fire is backed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), which supported a management buyout in 2018. The business supplies a comprehensive range of third-party accredited survey, installation and compliance services to public and private sector customers throughout the UK. With nationwide coverage, Checkmate maintains passive fire safety in around 1,500 buildings, and completes more than 12,000 fire door remediations or replacements every year.
TorQuest Partners (TorQuest) has completed the acquisition of North West Rubber Ltd (NWR), a manufacturer and distributor of recycled and virgin rubber matting and other flooring products.
Founded in 1968 and based in Abbotsford, BC, NWR’s products are sold throughout North America into a variety of end markets including the farm, consumer, athletic facility, and industrial channels. NWR is led by Leighton Friesen, President & CEO, who has served in this role since 2007. Under the leadership of Leighton and the management team, NWR has grown rapidly over the last 14 years, supported by a dedicated workforce of over 220
Procare Solutions (Procare), a specialist in child care management solutions, has acquired ChildPlus Software (ChildPlus), a provider of Head Start management software. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The transformative acquisition of ChildPlus further expands the breadth of Procare’s solutions and supports the Company’s mission to meet the complete management and parent communication needs of all child care businesses and organisations, including both private pay centres and federally-funded Head Start agencies.
Procare is the leading provider of child care centre management and parent engagement software in the US, with software solutions to automate every area of child
European money management app Plum has successfully raised a total of USD24 million from a Series A funding round that will help propel the company’s expansion into Europe and grow its product offerings.
The fintech’s first close of funding, announced in October, raised USD14 million and saw notable investment from investors including dmg ventures, Ventura Capital, Global Brain, Venture Friends and 500 Startups.
Following this, Plum ran a highly anticipated second round on crowdfunding platform Crowdcube which raised USD8 million. The campaign was the fourth most popular Crowdcube fundraise of all time in Europe by number of investors, which reached
NovaQuest Capital Management (NovaQuest), a biopharma and life sciences investment firm specialising in human and animal health investing, has acquired TechAccel’s ownership stake in Covenant Animal Health Partners (Covenant).
Covenant is a novel product development partnership originally formed by TechAccel and Reliance Animal Health Partners (Reliance) in 2018.
The acquisition leverages NovaQuest’s capital and expertise, and Covenant’s development and registration know-how and ability to bring “revenue-ready” animal health products to market. Covenant will address critical market needs across production and companion animals and will advance new assets into industry partner portfolios.
“We are truly excited to be a part of
FSN Capital’s FSN Capital IV has agreed to sell EET A/S (EET) to funds advised by Pamplona Capital Management.
Headquartered in Birkerød, Denmark, EET is a leading value-added distributor of technology products and spare parts in Europe, serving customers across six business lines through operations in 24 countries. EET has more than 600 employees of which more than 70 per cent are customer or vendor facing. Through a combination of organic growth and 25 add-on acquisitions EET has grown its EBITDA by ~2.5x since it was acquired by FSN Capital IV in April 2015.
FSN Capital has since the acquisition
Solutions by Text, provider of a text messaging platform for consumer financial services institutions, has raised USD35 million in growth financing. Edison Partners led the transaction with participation from Stifel Venture Bank, a Division of Stifel Bank.
The company is also announcing the appointment of payments industry leader David Baxter as Chief Executive Officer. Under Baxter’s leadership, the company will use investment proceeds to accelerate the adoption and extensibility of compliant text-based solutions across the consumer finance lifecycle.
More than 1400 consumer finance organisations, including leading auto finance, banking and lending brands, trust Solutions by Text (SBT) to power compliant
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