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Early stage venture investor Leo Capital is planning to launch a third fund as India is set to receive a record USD35 billion in venture funding from global investors.
Over the past three years, Leo Capital has raised USD106 million for two funds from investors around the world seeking technology centric opportunities in India and Southeast Asia.
Leo Capital was established by Rajul Garg and Shwetank Verma in 2017. Rajul has been a serial entrepreneur for over two decades before setting up Leo Capital. He founded Pine Labs (valued at USD5B in private valuation), GlobalLogic (valued at USD10 billion
Klingel medical metal group (Klingel), owned by the IK Partners’ funds, is to acquire Ruetschi Technology Holding AG (Ruetschi), a contract manufacturer for medical devices, with a special focus on sterile packaged single-use procedure kits for orthopaedic, spinal and dental surgery.
This transaction represents the fourth acquisition for Klingel since IK Partners (IK) acquired a majority stake in 2018.
Ruetschi was founded in 1960 and employs more than 200 people at three production sites in Muntelier (CH), Yverdon (CH) and Renquishausen (DE). Like Klingel, Ruetschi is a leading one-stop-shop with profound expertise in engineering, product innovation and development as well
Gradiant, a global end-to-end cleantech water treatment solutions provider and projects developer, has raised over USD100 million in Series C funding.
UK eCargo bike brand Eskuta Limited, has received a total of GBP1 million worth of funding from The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), West Mids Debt Finance Fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners, and backed by the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS).
The business, which has headquarters in Nuneaton, had already received funding from MEIF to support the business’s ambitious growth plans, but has now received a second funding round of GBP500,000, bringing the total to GBP1 million.
The capital injection will support several growth opportunities for the business as it seeks to expand into new markets and enhance its current
ENGIE has acquired Abengoa’s indirect stake in Xina Solar One (Pty) Ltd. Following completion of the transaction, ENGIE will now hold a 40 per cent equity stake in the 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, as well as a 46 per cent of the Xina Operations & Maintenance Company (Pty) Ltd.
The Xina Solar One plant, located at Pofadder in the Northern Cape, provides approximately 400 GWh of clean, sustainable and dispatchable electrical energy to 95,000 South African households and prevents the emission into the atmosphere of approximately 348,000 tons of CO2 each year. The plant uses parabolic trough
ACA Group (ACA) and Foreside Financial Group, LLC (Foreside), two providers of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions to clients in the financial services industry, are to combine their two companies.
Genstar Capital (Genstar), a leading private equity firm, invested in Foreside earlier this year. Genstar will be the majority owner of the combined business as a result of acquiring a controlling interest in ACA from Starr Investment Holdings, LLC upon completion of the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2022.
The combination of ACA and Foreside will bring together the industry’s most
3i Group (3i) is to invest in Mepal, a Dutch lifestyle consumer brand that is known for its sustainable products for storing and serving food and drink.
Headquartered in Lochem, the Netherlands, Mepal offers food storage boxes, tableware and on-thego items (eg lunchboxes, bottles and flasks) for adults and children which are sold through mass and specialty retail channels, e-commerce partners and Mepal’s own online channels. 3i is investing to support further growth in Mepal’s existing core markets of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany as well as develop new markets in Europe. In addition, 3i will support Mepal in growing
Deep Detection has secured EUR1 million funding to launch its PhotoAI technology, which is a next-generation X-ray camera with deep learning capability for continuous inspection across high-speed manufacturing and detailed security scans.
A member of The Collider, the tech accelerator of Mobile World Capital Barcelona, Deep Detection has secured investment from specialist photonics VC Vigo Ventures, Clave Capital (through Tech Transfer Agrifood), ESOM and public financing.
Founded in July 2020, Barcelona-based Deep Detection´s mission is to protect consumer safety by significantly enhancing the capabilities of inspection machine systems, where its technology can be used to simultaneously detect issues and measure
ESG criteria are ‘important’ or ‘very important’ for investment decisions for nearly 70 per cent of institutional investors, according to a survey by Empire. Article 8 and Article 9 funds are also attractive.
Bridge Alternatives, a specialist global alternative investment advisor, has launched Bridge Alternative Investment Solutions, an outsourced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operations Officer (COO) business focused on meeting the institutional needs of investment management firms.
Kyle Fields, formerly of SS&C Technologies and PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Bridge Alternatives and will lead this new business based in Evansville, Indiana and Lake Forest, Ilinois. He has over 15 years of extensive experience in accounting, finance, and technology, helping clients streamline processes, maximise performance, and increase profitability. At SS&C, he orchestrated and grew the Evansville, Indiana office
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