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AIM-listed Falanx Group (AIM:FLX), a global intelligence, security and cyber defence provider, has secured a substantial investment that will enable the Reading-based firm to strengthen its core cyber division, in addition to supporting its plans for organic growth. An initial GBP1 million growth loan from the alternative lender BOOST&Co is expected to rise to GBP2.5 million.
The business has a long track record of providing organisations with comprehensive cyber defence, intelligence and technology to deliver targeted threat prevention. With businesses subject to increasing cyber security and geopolitical threats, Falanx offers specialist services in areas around cyber security monitoring, cyber security
Benefit Street Partners (BSP), a credit-focused alternative asset management firm and a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, and Malk Partners (Malk), an adviser to private markets on ESG and impact investing, have published a co-authored white paper detailing environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) integration and considerations in the private credit investment process.
TPG Real Estate Partners (TREP), the dedicated real estate equity investment platform of alternative asset firm TPG, has signed an agreement to acquire a significant stake in Studio Babelsberg.
TREP will acquire the stake from Studio Babelsberg’s main shareholder, Filmbetriebe Berlin Brandenburg GmbH, which is controlled by Dr Carl L Woebcken and Christoph Fisser, CEO and COO of Studio Babelsberg, respectively. Woebcken and Fisser will maintain ownership in Studio Babelsberg. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of several closing conditions.
As part of the transaction, TREP intends to launch a public tender offer to the shareholders of Studio Babelsberg
THG Ingenuity, the technology division of THG, has invested GBP1.4 million to acquire a minority stake in Civo, cloud native service provider.
Civo’s developer-focused Kubernetes platform will strengthen and accelerate development of the technology stack that underpins THG Ingenuity, its cutting-edge proprietary technology platform.
The deal is THG Ingenuity’s first strategic investment since it announced in May 2021 that Softbank Group had invested USD730 million in THG with an option for a further USD1.6 billion investment in THG Ingenuity, THG’s cutting-edge proprietary technology platform.
The funding comes at an important phase of growth for Civo as it creates
Sophie’s Kitchen, a specialist in the plant-based food industry, has secured a USD5.6 million investment in a funding round led by Billy Goat Brands, a publicly-listed venture capital platform with a focus on the blue economy.
Shore Capital Partners (Shore), a strategic private equity firm focused on microcap investing in the healthcare, food and beverage, business services and real estate industries, has appointed Brad Morehead as partner and head of the firm’s business services fund.
In his role, Morehead will continue the firm’s strategy to deploy industry-focused funds. He is responsible for partnering with business services entrepreneurs and companies with USD1 million to USD10 million in EBITDA to drive transformational growth. Morehead will lead partnerships and transactions, including investment sourcing and valuation, transaction structuring and corporate development. Within business services, the team will initially target pest
Santé Ventures (Santé), an early-stage healthcare and life sciences investment firm, has held the final close of its oversubscribed Fund IV at USD260 million.
Consistent with Santé’s industry focus, expertise, and previous success, the new fund will make strategic investments across early-stage Biotech, Healthtech, and Medtech companies.
Fund IV secured capital commitments from more than two-dozen limited partners, including the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) and new institutional investors in Asia and Latin America. Returning limited partners in previous Santé funds accounted for nearly 90 per cent of the total capital.
“The confidence and commitment of our investors
Omaze, a social impact fundraising platform that offers the chance to win once-in-a-lifetime prizes to support charities around the world, has secured USD85 million in new capital.
EGYM, a global fitness technology developer, has received USD41 million in a Series E financing round from Mayfair Equity Partners, a tech and consumer growth investor.
Following the investment, Mayfair Equity Partners will own a minority stake, along with existing investors HPE Growth, Highland Capital Europe, Kreos, and others. Additional financial details have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2010, EGYM offers a range of products that create a digital, connected exercise experience for gyms and their members. Its EGYM Workouts are a range of proprietary Smart Strength and Smart Flex gym equipment that guide a user through connected strength
Irving Place Capital (IPC), a middle-market private equity firm is to sell Alpha Packaging (Alpha), a leading provider of bottles and jars serving the health & wellness markets as well as other attractive, growing markets, to Pretium Packaging, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, LP.
“It has been a pleasure to work with the team at IPC, who has supported Alpha and our growth strategy,” says Terry Moody, CEO of Alpha. “We are excited to merge with Pretium and leverage our highly complementary product portfolios and process technologies to better serve our customers, while simultaneously continuing to provide a
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