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Bowmark Capital, a mid-market private equity firm, has completed an investment in Kubrick Group, a provider of next-generation technology consulting.
Founded in 2016 by Tim Smeaton and Simon Walker, Kubrick addresses the acute global technology skills shortage, enabling companies to implement digital and data transformation. The business is at the forefront of creating a high quality, diverse workforce, and has trained and deployed close to 1,000 graduates into data, AI and cloud engineering roles at approximately 100 blue chip clients.
Since 2018, revenues and profits have increased by more than 50 per cent per annum, reflecting Kubrick’s unique capabilities in
Crestbridge has appointed Cheryl Bai as Director, Head of Funds UK.
Bai has significant experience supporting complex fund structures across asset classes and domiciles and has worked with some of the largest fund management names in the UK and United States. Her experience also includes client relationship management, building service teams capable of high-quality delivery and specialist expertise in both financial and investor reporting.
In her new role, Bai will lead the UK Funds team and contribute to the evolution and growth of Crestbridge’s UK private equity and real estate fund services proposition. Cheryl will help continue to drive Crestbridge’s
Mixpanel, a product analytics solution powering nearly 6,000 of the world’s most innovative digital companies, has secured a USD200 million Series C growth investment from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities. The funding was raised at a USD1.05 billion valuation.
To date, USD277 million has been invested in Mixpanel, including its previous USD65 million Series B investment led by Andreessen Horowitz in 2014.
The investment will be used to accelerate product development and expand Mixpanel’s reach to new digital-first businesses, which already include customers like Discord, Monday.com, Noom, and Xero. Mixpanel plans to scale its team in North America, EMEA,
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap) portfolio company MRH Trowe (MRHT) has closed on a new financing facility in support of its organic and acquisition-driven growth strategy.
MRHT is one of the ten largest German industrial brokers, offering extensive expertise in most insurance lines for both industrial and commercial customers, as well as affluent private customers.
Having been identified by AnaCap as the ideal platform to achieve scale in its market, MRHT has accelerated its buy and build execution in 2021, signing or closing 11 bolt-on acquisitions since December last year. In line with its strategic roadmap, the Group remains well positioned
Growth capital investor VGC Partners has sold its stake in Iconic Images in a GBP20 million sale to New York-based Authentic Brands Group (ABG), a brand development, marketing and entertainment company.
Headquartered in London, Iconic Images owns and manages some of the world’s most famous photography archives. Its collections feature millions of images spanning the history of fashion, rock and roll, film, politics, royalty and pop culture. It brings long standing active relationships within key markets around the world including New York City, Paris, Los Angeles, Dubai and Tokyo.
ABG was set up by Jamie Salter in 2010 to
Glasgow-based space company Craft Prospect has received a GBP870,000 grant award through the UK Space Agency National Space Innovation Programme for its ROKS Mission, coupled with a first investment of GBP300,000 from the University of Strathclyde, a leading university in quantum technologies.
The funding supports the company’s Smart Secure Space vision to provide quantum and onboard AI products and services for next generation space systems. It follows on from successful investment of over GBP1 million from Capital for Colleagues, a fund that advises and invests in employee-owned businesses and Scottish Enterprise earlier in the year.
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Bridges Fund Management, a specialist sustainable and impact investor, has invested in Tier 1, a circular economy business that specialises in IT asset disposal (ITAD), IT refurbishment and the reselling of used IT hardware.
Bridges will support Tier 1 with its organic growth plan, while also scaling the business further via acquisitions in a fragmented market.
Electronic waste is a growing global challenge. According to the UN, 54 million tonnes of e-waste was produced globally in 2019, and 83 per cent of this was not recycled sustainably, typically ending up in landfill (where it can be extremely toxic). The UK
HSBC Asset Management has held the final closing of its second directly-managed secondaries fund, Private Equity Opportunities II (PE Opps II), which launched in August 2021.
African blockchain disruptors and early-stage startups have joined CV Labs Global Incubation Program Batch_03. The African contingent of incubatees is reflective of Crypto Valley Venture Capital’s (CV VC) global investment strategy, to invest in blockchains’ wider applicability to solving problems and creating new markets, beyond crypto.
The incubation program is a precursor to CV VCs’ public-private partnership with the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), which intends to see CV VC build the first-ever, blockchain-focused Accelerator for Africa. The goal of this Accelerator is to invest in 100 startups from the African continent over the next four years. This
Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has partnered with management to invest in Owen Family of Companies (Owen), a provider of infrastructure equipment, aftermarket parts and services including street sweepers, sewer cleaners, hydro excavators, specialty drilling equipment, and vegetation management equipment.
CentreGate Capital Partners has exited its Position in the business as a result of this transaction.
“The entire Owen team is thrilled to partner with Wynnchurch to accelerate growth through continued investment in our team, capabilities, and product offering,” says Earl Rose, CEO of Owen. Earl added, “We have built strong relationships with our customers by offering premium
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