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Oggi Foods Inc, a manufacturer of gluten-free, organic, non-GMO frozen pizza and other food products sold in grocery stores and restaurants across North America, has secured a growth equity investment from Bregal Partners, a middle market private equity firm.
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Montreal, Oggi has rapidly become a leader in the “better-for-you” frozen food products category. Oggi’s proprietary gluten-free recipes and hand-stretching crust production process give the Company’s signature Neapolitan-style pizzas a doughy, naturally rising crust that is unmatched among its competitive set. In addition to traditional gluten free pizzas, Oggi has also pioneered several 100 per
European PropTech VC, Pi Labs, has secured three new investors who will join as limited partners (LPs) of its third institutional fund, Fund III.
The new funding will support Pi Labs’ investment strategy of identifying the next generation of proptech start-ups and build on its position as Europe’s leading proptech VC. These latest investments in the Pi Labs fund demonstrate the sustained appetite for exposure to the proptech sector amongst both UK and international investors.
With headquarters in the US, Gaedeke are the latest American name to invest in Pi Labs demonstrating the VC’s geographical growth outside of Europe. They
Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, today announced it has expanded its value creation and operational leadership team.
The firm has named three industry veterans as senior operating leaders: Craig Hayman, Operating Advisor for Vista’s Flagship Fund; Angela Pecoraro, Operating Managing Director who will further extend the firm’s commitment to integrating ESG practices across its private equity funds and throughout the investment lifecycle of its portfolio of companies; and Dirk Wakeham, Operating Managing Director for Vista’s Foundation Fund.
Each brings experience from across Vista’s ecosystem as well as the
Riata Capital Group (RCG), a Dallas-based private equity investment firm, has closed the sale of West Coast-based WSS, an Hispanic-focused specialty retailer of athletic, fashion, and work-related footwear and accessories, to Foot Locker for USD750 million.
Since completing the recapitalisation of WSS in late 2016, RCG actively contributed to the growth and expansion of WSS, including:
Doubling revenue and increasing EBITDA five-fold
Successfully entering the Texas market with 14 new stores to date
Driving customer loyalty through community engagement and digital initiatives
Forging strategic partnerships, including a strategic marketing partnership with the Dallas Cowboys Organization
RCG’s Co-Managing Partner
In the last 12 months, PGC – the minority and growth capital investment strategy of Perwyn – has had a productive year, successfully expanding its team and investing in six well-known tech and consumer businesses in UK and Europe, deploying in excess of GBP100 million of capital.
Recent investments include leading a USD30 million funding round in Lookiero, the online personal shopping service; and leading a EUR10 million funding round in Secret Sales, a premium ecommerce marketplace for fashion, footwear, accessories, beauty, and homeware; as well as backing a major supplier to a Europe wide consumer retail brand.
Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, has received total client commitments of USD15 billion for its fourth private equity buyout programme.
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has partnered with iCapital Network 1, to provide a customised technology, service, advisory and distribution solution for financial advisers and their high-net-worth clients seeking access to the NB Crossroads Private Markets Access Fund (Access Fund).
Launched in January 2021, the Access Fund is a 1933 and 1940 Act registered, continually offered closed-end fund designed to provide increased access to private equity investments to a broader group of investors than traditional private equity funds. The Access Fund invests across a variety of private equity sponsors, industries, geographies, market caps and vintage years. Its
Illumina Ventures, an independently-managed, healthcare-focused venture firm, has closed its second investment fund with total commitments of USD325 million, bringing its total capital under management to USD560 million.
The latest fund is anchored by Illumina, Inc (Nasdaq: ILMN), with the majority of the total committed capital from other strategic and financial investors, including the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF). The fund will support early-stage companies that are pioneering breakthroughs in life science tools, clinical diagnostics, therapeutics platforms, digital health, and other applications of genomics.
“Genomics and precision medicine are revolutionising the healthcare industry,” says Nick Naclerio, Illumina Ventures’ Founding Partner.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, is to acquire a significant stake in ICR, a specialist in strategic communications and advisory services.
CDPQ will join with existing shareholders Investcorp, a leading global provider and manager of alternative investment products, and ICR team members, in order to continue the Company’s growth and expansion.
Founded in 1998 by a team of former Wall Street analysts, including Thomas M Ryan, ICR’s Chief Executive Officer, the Company has been one of the fastest growing agencies in the world over the past 20 years, establishing itself as a leading
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, has announced commitments totalling USD50.9 million to expand digital infrastructure, boost rural connectivity and accelerate digital technology access for rural and underserved communities across sub-Saharan Africa.
The capital will support the continued growth of the ICT sector in the continent, helping to boost development of necessary infrastructure and providing rural and underserved communities with access to affordable mobile connectivity.
The first investment is a USD40 million commitment to Convergence Partners Digital Infrastructure Fund (CPDIF), managed by Convergence Partners – a specialist Africa-focused ICT fund manager – supporting a
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