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MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has appointed Steve Spinner as Operating Partner.
The former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Natural Foods (UNFI), Spinner has over 20 years of experience across multiple industries, bringing deep business expertise to MidOcean’s private equity portfolio. In his role as Operating Partner, Steve will work across the MidOcean platform to bring a wide range of insights and resources to the firm’s Consumer and Business Services verticals.
Spinner’s background brings a broad range of capabilities to the firm including food distribution,
The Assessio Group (Assessio), a Swedish human resource (HR) and technology company backed by software investor Main Capital Partners (Main), has acquired Eelloo, a technology company specialising in platform solutions for recruitment and employee development.
In an increasingly mobile and hybrid labour market, where the Covid-19 pandemic has also caused unemployment rates to rise, it is critically important that employers utilise the correct tools and procedures to find, recruit and develop their talent pools. Assessio, the Nordic region’s leading e- assessment company specialises in open-minded recruitment, enabling companies to work in a more inclusive and non-discriminatory manner with the help
LoveLocal, an Indian hyper-local e-commerce platform, has raised USD18 million in an oversubscribed pre-Series B investment round led by Vulcan Capital, and also including participation from Klarna Founder & CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski’s Flat Capital, Alumni Ventures Group and Commerce Ventures.
Angel investors Nami Zarringhalam, Co-founder of Truecaller, Sriram Krishnan, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, Anna Lambert, Director of Product Acceleration at Shopify, Sarah Jones Simmer, CEO of Found & ex-COO of Bumble, Arpan Sheth, Senior Partner at Bain & Company, and others also participated.
Existing investors Blume Ventures, AC Ventures, HenkelX Ventures, Chiratae Ventures also invested – with Candy
Kebony, an environmentally-friendly wood modification technology company, has raised EUR30 million in a funding round led by Jolt Capital and Lightrock.
Kebony’s vision is to reduce CO2 emissions and tropical deforestation using its patented wood modification techniques, which produce superior wood in an environmentally friendly way.
The Kebony technology permanently transforms sustainable wood species such as pine into Kebony wood with features that are comparable, and in some cases superior, to those of precious tropical hardwoods. This unique environmentally friendly process is also a superior alternative to traditional wood treatment based on impregnation with wood preservatives.
Kebony’s EUR30 million financing
Consulting company Silicom and e-learning SaaS platform Seela have announced their merger to create Pr0ph3cy Group (Pr0ph3cy), a provider of IT and cybersecurity services in France.
Pr0ph3cy will serve large private groups and government agencies to provide solutions for their critical security needs and will offer an e-learning platform aimed at upskilling or reskilling IT, network and cyber professionals.
By anchoring the Start-up mindset with a well-established SME in the French ecosystem, Silicom and Seela will demonstrate with this new group their ambition to actively participate in the emergence of European industrial sovereignty.
The Group has signed an
Filipino social entertainment platform Kumu has raised a Series C led by General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm with more than 40 years of experience scaling disruptive businesses internationally. Existing investors Openspace and SIG also participated.
This transaction marks the largest equity financing to date for a Filipino startup not founded as a subsidiary or spinoff of an established conglomerate. It also marks General Atlantic’s first investment in the Philippines.
“Kumu is rapidly emerging as a leading digital content community and social platform in the Philippines, as well as for the global Filipino diaspora,” says Sandeep Naik, Managing Director
Forester Capital, an alternative investment platform, has launched a strategic partnership with Louis Chang of Gavilan Investment Partners. Chang invests through a concentrated portfolio of investments within the technology, media, telecom and consumer industries.
Chang brings 17 years of experience and a track record of success as both a long-term, fundamental investor and trusted corporate adviser.
“We believe that Louis’ research-driven approach, and deep fundamental understanding of high-quality businesses, offers a compelling opportunity for our investors,” says Trent Carmichael, founder and managing principal of Forester Capital. “Louis has a differentiated point of view and an impressive track record.”
Prior to
Alantra Private Equity (Alantra) has formed a partnership with Aceitunas Guadalquivir SL (Agolives), a specialist in the olive table sector, aimed at boosting the Company’s ambitious growth plans, both in Spain and at an international level.
The founding family and the rest of the management team will retain a stake and continue with the Company, guaranteeing business continuity at all levels and the effective execution of the growth plans. The financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.
Alantra’s financial and strategic support will accelerate the implementation of a new business plan to support organic growth while allowing Agolives to
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, one of the largest UK pension pools, is set to launch a cGBP1.3 billion Listed Alternatives Fund, unlocking new investment opportunities for its 11 local government Partner Funds.
Crestbridge has appointed Mike Edward as Chief People Officer.
In his role, Edward will be responsible for the implementation of strategic and practical plans to support Crestbridge’s international growth objectives in order to meet evolving compliance, regulatory and legislative obligations across each of Crestbridge’s eight jurisdictions.
With a career in human resources spanning more than two decades, Edward has particular expertise in devising strategies and techniques to support change and culture management and he originally joined Crestbridge on a consultancy basis, with a remit to manage a series of major HR projects. Prior to joining Crestbridge Mike worked in a
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