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The Stable, a commerce agency back by private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP) that supports consumer brands across retail and direct-to-consumer (DTC) channels, has acquired Arkansas-based Walmart agency The Retail Firm.
Founded in 2018 by Josh Breeden and joined later by Chad Goss and Kevin Head, The Retail Firm offers full-service sales support, supply chain services, intuitive data analytics, and category insights to help accelerate sales and improve efficiencies for national brands including Hello Bello, Oculus, and private-label suppliers at Walmart and Sam’s Club.
“We have been following The Retail Firm over the last couple years and have
CVC Credit has provided debt facilities to support Bridgepoint’s acquisition of a minority stake in ACT, the market-leading environmental products provider.
CVC Credit will support the acquisition through its Capital Solutions Strategy, which focuses on providing primary junior capital to medium and large European and US companies.
Founded in 2009, ACT is the world’s leading provider of market-based sustainability solutions. Its expert teams in Amsterdam, Shanghai, New York and Paris deliver tailor-made solutions to help their clients reduce their carbon footprints and accelerate their climate action activities. ACT offers more than 80 products across high-impact climate projects, green electricity
Ensuring Private Equity firms set Science Based Targets as part of their commitment to decarbonise their portfolios is crucial to achieving net zero, as private equity-backed companies represent an ever-larger part of the world’s economy.
Exus Management Partners’ (Exus) North American division has surpassed 3GW of assets under management after securing 1.1GW of wind and solar capacity in the third quarter of 2021.
Econergy, an investor, developer and operator in renewable energy projects across Europe, has completed an acquisition from Portland Trust of a ready-to-build 155MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in northwest Romania with Nofar Energy.
The total investment in the Rătești solar project will be EUR100 million and will see Econergy and Nofar Energy acquire a 50 per cent stake each in the project from Portland Trust. Econergy will also provide the management services, including EPC and O&M negotiations, construction management and PPA and project finance management. Once operational, Econergy shall also provide a long-term Asset Management service.
The 155MW project
Wavenet, a UK supplier of business telecommunication and technology solutions, backed by Macquarie Capital, is advancing its cloud and workspace offering by adding the experience and infrastructure of Excell Group into its solution and service portfolio.
This acquisition will significantly bolster Wavenet Group’s market share in the cloud and workspace market and strengthen its place as one of the UK’s leading managed service providers to businesses for fully converged data, voice, cloud, and IT.
Excell Group has grown steadily since its inception through both organic and acquisitive means, expanding its network, portfolio and creating a hugely successful business centre
Twelve Capital has introduced a revised organisational structure to prepare for future growth whilst preserving focus on performance generation and client orientation.
Marcel Wildhaber and Nils Ossenbrink assume responsibility for day-to-day management as Co- Managing Partners and head the Group Management Committee. This committee oversees all aspects of operational business activities including client services and distribution efforts.
Additionally reflecting the firm’s focus on performance generation, an Investment Oversight Committee has been established as a focal point for investment activities and governance. The committee is chaired by Urs Ramseier who maintains his role as Executive Chairman and CIO, and continues to
Blackfinch Ventures has completed on four new investment deals totalling GBP3.27 million in a move which demonstrates its ongoing commitment to facilitating the growth of innovative technology and tech-enabled companies.
Business intelligence platform WatchMyCompetitor received a total of GBP1.0 million, and Culture Shift, an online platform that is designed to identify and prevent harassment and bullying in the workplace, received GBP775 thousand.
In addition, llluma Technology, a contextual advertising company which uses AI to learn from online browsing behaviour during live campaigns to reach target audiences, has received GBP1.1 million, and job management software company Payaca received GBP330
Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc (LSE: SSIT), the world’s first listed fund focused on SpaceTech, has made a new USD25 million investment into HawkEye 360, a commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics.
PSG, a growth equity firm focused on partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled service companies, is to acquire a majority stake in Universign, a provider of SaaS-based electronic signature solutions.
Universign will join Signaturit and Ivnosys to offer one of the widest catalogues of digital transaction management and trust services in Europe.
Headquartered in France, Universign was founded in 2001 and has evolved into a leading e-signature, e-seal and timestamping software solutions provider, serving more than 9,000 clients. Universign has built longstanding relationships with large corporates and expanded towards the SMB segment. As one of the sector’s pioneers and
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