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E&M Logistics (E&M), a US-based direct store delivery (DSD) distributors of ice cream, frozen and fresh foods, and beverages, has partnered with Mill Point Capital (Mill Point Capital), a middle-market private equity firm focused on control-oriented investments in the business services, industrials, and IT services sectors in North America.
The Mill Point team employs an Executive Partner model and has extensive experience investing in transactions in the distribution and business services sectors. For the E&M transaction, Jim Schubauer, an industry veteran with over 30 years of operating and management experience, will serve as Mill Point’s Executive Partner. Previously, Jim Schubauer
ILC Therapeutics, a UK-based biotechnology company and pioneer in the discovery and development of a ground-breaking new class of interferon drugs, has completed a GBP3.5 million pre-IPO funding round.
Investors include Los Angeles-based lawyer and investor, Robert Kopple; St Andrews-based Eos Angel Investment Syndicate; Scottish Enterprise; ILCT management.
Chairman Peter Bains says: “We are very pleased to complete this important funding round and to strengthen the Board with the appointment of Robert Kopple, Professor David Harrison and Chris Brinsmead. With this funding in place, ILCT is now well positioned to strengthen its novel technology platform and to advance its lead
Green entrepreneur Jo Bamford has joined forces with multi-family office Vedra Partners to launch HYCAP, a hydrogen investment fund which has set its sights on raising GBP1 billion.
contextflow, a provider of artificial intelligence for medical image analysis, has raised EUR6.7 million in a Series A funding round.
A second closing included an additional EUR2 million from new co-investor Peak Pride Management GmbH, HPH (Hans Peter Haselsteiner) Start-up Unit and current investor APEX Ventures with its “APEX Best in Class” fund. A first closing was led by B&C Innovation Investments GmbH (BCII) and included participation from new co-investor TTIP Beteiligungs GmbH and current investors APEX Ventures, Crista Galli Ventures, IST cube, Nina Capital and Novacapital.
The closing represents one of the largest Series A healthtech investments in Europe
Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s investment funds team in Jersey have advised European mid-market private equity firm Capvis on the disposal of the remaining portfolio of Capvis Equity III to a new Capvis-managed continuation structure.
The transaction was co-led by Committed Advisors SAS and Eurazeo IM, with the continuation vehicle providing time and additional capital for the exit of the existing portfolio companies, hessnatur, arena and Kaffee Partner.
Hessnatur is a German eco-fashion company with a focus on sustainability and a rapidly growing e-commerce business, arena is a global producer of swimwear and equipment for competitive swimmers and enthusiasts, and
Aurelia, the startup dubbed “IFTTT for financial admin” because it helps businesses automate tasks across third-party financial apps and services on a single platform – has raised USD3 million in seed funding from Blossom Capital and angel investors including Guillaume Pousaz through his Zinal Growth investment vehicle and Erez Mathan (ex-COO and CRO at GoCardless).
ARQIS has advised London Stock Exchange listed Oxford Metrics on the indirect acquisition of Contemplas, a specialist in video-based movement analysis.
Oxford Metrics in an international software company servicing infrastructure, life sciences, entertainment and engineering markets. Sellers are Stefan Klippel and Thomas Seeholzer who founded Contemplas in 2005.
Based in Kempten, Germany, Contemplas is one of the leading providers in the field of video-based movement analysis, developing and distributing worldwide software solutions for general motion analysis. Contemplas Templo software can record and track motion across a range of activities including walking, running, sprinting and swimming among many others, whether
Funds advised by private equity firm Apax Partners (Apax) and global growth investor Warburg Pincus, have agreed to acquire T-Mobile Netherlands Holding from Deutsche Telekom AG and Tele2 AB. The transaction values the company at an Enterprise Value of EUR5.1bn.
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), a specialist mid-market private equity investor in technology enabled financial services, has made a majority investment in WebID, a German digital identification provider.
AnaCap will provide significant growth capital and partner with the founders and existing management team to extend WebID’s product offering to other industries outside of the core financial services and telecoms space where it has a market leading position, such as eGovernment, eHealth, eCommerce and eMobility as well as support inorganic growth through future acquisitions.
WebID provides a range of digital identification solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC) purposes, such as identification via video
A company, whose software helps hospitality businesses to boost sales, has raised GBP500 thousand from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).
The funding will allow Airship Services to take advantage of increased demand following the re-opening of bars and restaurants. Despite the restrictions in place during the pandemic, the Sheffield-based company has managed to increase its customer base by 400 per cent since the start of the first lockdown. Its products are now used by around 400 brands across over 4,000 locations, including YO! Sushi, Leon,
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