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Northstar Capital (Northstar), a provider of junior capital for middle market private equity transactions, has invested in Drake Waterfowl Systems (Drake), a portfolio company of Weinberg Capital Group (WCG).
Drake is a provider of branded apparel and accessories for hunters and outdoor enthusiasts. Founded in 2002, Drake was one of the first providers of a complete waterfowl hunting solution and has since become one of the most prominent waterfowl brands in the industry. Additionally, Drake offers products for deer hunting (non-typical), turkey hunting (‘Ol Tom), fishing (DPF), and casual wear.
Northstar provided debt and an equity co-investment to help WCG
Included VC, a global initiative building diversity within venture capital backed by 12 top-tier global funds and hundreds of community partners, has completed its second Fellowship programme.
From the start to completion of the Fellowship, of 29 Fellows actively looking for roles in VC, 22 (76 per cent) have secured job opportunities – so far – in only nine months to-date. That is almost half (49 per cent) of Included VC’s total 45 Fellows securing careers in the global venture capital ecosystem since beginning the nine-month and fully-funded programme.
The international collaboration of global venture capital partners which support the
Nordic Capital has announced the IPO of Cary Group Holding AB (publ) (Cary Group), a vehicle glass repair and replacement provider, on Nasdaq Stockholm.
The offering attracted very strong interest from large Swedish and international institutional investors as well as the general public in Sweden. The offering was multiple times oversubscribed. Trading on Nasdaq Stockholm commenced on 23 September, 2021. The Offering price was set at SEK70 per share, corresponding to a market value for all outstanding shares of approximately SEK9.2 billion.
In 2018, Nordic Capital VIII invested in Cary Group (previously Ryds Bilglas) with the ambition of building
SWS Equipment (SWS), a Northwest USA environmental waste equipment distributor, has received a majority growth investment from Montlake Capital, a Northwest growth equity firm and Cascadia Private Capital, the private capital arm of Cascadia Capital.
The investors will partner with SWS founder Paul Cochran and his team to drive growth and geographic expansion throughout the Northwest.
Founded in 1990 by President Paul Cochran, SWS provides waste, recycling, sewer, and sweeper equipment, service, parts and rentals to the greater Northwest region. Over three decades, SWS has grown its product and service offering and expanded its customer base across Washington, Idaho, Montana
Underdog Pharmaceuticals, a key investment of Michael Greve’s rejuvenation biotech VC Kizoo, has closed a USD10 million round of capital. Kizoo led the company’s Series Seed II round, which saw participation from both existing and new investors.
Accounting for up to 40 per cent of deaths in Europe and the United States, cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, and strokes are by far the world’s most life-threatening conditions. Their primary cause is atherosclerosis—the buildup of plaque in the arterial walls. Underdog’s engineered synthetic carbohydrate compound, UDP-003, is designed to target and remove toxic oxidised cholesterol, a key driver of arterial plaque accumulation.
Invest Europe, in partnership with the European Investment Fund (EIF), has published ‘The VC Factor – Pandemic Edition’, a new report illustrating European venture capital’s continued strong support for innovative and fast-growing start-ups in the immediate aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
The study is the second edition of the ground-breaking collaboration between Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, and the EIF – Europe’s largest investor in venture capital funds. It draws on data from 2,611 firms investing into VC and 32,114 start-ups between 2007 and 2020.
CAPZA, an independent management company and specialist in private investments in European SMEs – has held the first closing of its CAPZA Growth Tech Fund for an amount of EUR200 million, above its initial target of EUR150 million.
This first closing was carried out with the support of CAPZA’s historical investors and new investors (insurance, public institutions, banks, family offices).
CAPZA Growth Tech targets high-growth and profitable European digital and tech SMEs. The Fund will mainly target minority investments as a lead investor alongside the management teams to ensure an alignment of interests.
CAPZA Growth Tech has a dedicated team
Bluefield Partners (Bluefield), a UK based investment adviser, and Arcano Capital have launched an Italian Co-Investment “special situation” vehicle, focused on Italian operational solar assets.
777 Partners, a Miami-based alternative investment firm, has acquired full ownership of Genoa Cricket and Football Club, Italy’s oldest professional football team.
Genoa CFC (Genoa), which plays in Italy’s prestigious Serie A, was established in 1893 and has won the Italian championship nine times.
The new ownership group will purchase 99.9 per cent of the share capital in Genoa, inject fresh capital into the club and will assume certain related liabilities. 777 Partners will use its expertise in the sports, media and entertainment industries to help further commercialise the operations of the club. The Club’s previous owner, Enrico Preziosi,
21 Invest France has acquired a majority stake in Edukea group alongside Christophe Caporossi, Chairman of the group.
Edukea is a training platform made up of three schools: ESO – a pioneer school for osteopathy training in France, founded in 1991; IFOA – a school dedicated to animal osteopathy, acquired in 2020; and ESNAT – a school dedicated to naturopathy, launched in 2021.
The group’s purpose is to train health professionals and practitioners specialising in alternative and natural medicine. It has thus structured a unique academic offer around human as well as animal health and well-being. Each school meets
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