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Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has agreed, on behalf of its clients, to sell Hortifruti Natural da Terra (Hortifruti), Brazil’s largest fresh food retail chain, to Brazilian conglomerate Americanas SA (Americanas). The transaction values Hortifruti at an enterprise value of BRL2.4 billion.
Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Hortifruti is Brazil’s largest retail chain specialising in fresh products such as fruits, legumes, and vegetables (FLV), with 73 stores. Hortifruti is the most technologically advanced fresh food retailer in the country, with 16 per cent of sales stemming from digital channels in 2020, providing a critical service
Kainos Capital, a private equity firm specialising in acquiring and managing food and consumer businesses, has partnered with Mitch and Chad Felderhoff to acquire their family business, Muenster Milling (Muenster), a fourth-generation pet food and ingredient manufacturer based in Texas.
Andrew Rosen, Managing Partner of Kainos, says: “We are excited to add Muenster to the Kainos portfolio of companies and to partner with owners Mitch and Chad to build a broader platform in the pet food and ingredient space. We believe Muenster has a powerful value proposition to pet owners seeking clean-label, high-protein and convenient pet food and treats. The
Sageview Capital, a private investment firm focused on providing growth capital and operational support to tech-enabled businesses, has held the final closing of Sageview Capital Partners III (Fund III).
The Fund exceeded its target of USD600 million and was oversubscribed, closing at USD710 million. Consistent with prior funds, the Sageview Capital team is the largest single investor in Fund III, creating strong alignment with the firm’s investors and the entrepreneurs it backs.
Fund III will continue Sageview Capital’s successful strategy of providing growth capital and operational support to fast-growing software and tech-enabled businesses that are well-positioned to be industry
Navint, an advisory and technology firm that helps enterprise organisations drive growth and operational efficiency, today announced it has acquired Hansen, an EMEA-based specialist consultancy that helps organisations maximise ROI from lead-to-cash solutions on the Salesforce platform.
The strategic acquisition will augment Navint’s recent EMEA expansion, amplify its lead-to-revenue capabilities and deliver enhanced services to the company’s burgeoning global client base.
Hansen helps businesses unlock value from investments in CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote), Billing, Unified Commerce and Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) on the Salesforce platform. The company’s on-site, near-shore and off-shore experts combine their deep understanding of Quote to
Reactive Technologies, a UK and Finland based grid technology company, has announced a new group of investors as part of a USD15 million fundraise – the business’ largest ever.
The funding round was led by BGF, alongside Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Eaton (NYSE:ETN, a global intelligent power management company.
Reactive will use the proceeds to expand its international activities and export its technology to countries around the world that are experiencing rapid renewable energy growth and already beginning to manage the challenges of decreased grid stability caused by a loss of inertia. Reactive’s GridMetrix technology is like ‘sonar’ for
Ocorian, a specialist in fund administration, corporate, fiduciary and capital markets services, has hired Nathaniel Luker as a new Partner of its Cayman Islands legal arm, Ocorian Law (Cayman) Limited.
He advises on capital markets, private equity, corporate and finance transactions and will head up the legal arm’s capital markets and investment funds practices.
Luker previously worked in the Cayman Islands office of Mourant where he was Counsel in the Finance, Corporate and Funds team. Before moving offshore, he worked in the corporate teams of Freshfields in London and Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy in Moscow. He was identified
NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, has supported water filter treatment technology business, G2O Water Technologies Limited (G2O) with a GBP250,000 follow-on investment.
Since the original investment in 2018, NPIF has invested a total of GBP970,000 to support the business following a period of growth which has included creating a further facility at Sci-Tech Daresbury, expanding its team and customer reach and developing its product portfolio.
After celebrating a number of milestones, G2O’s core water filtration product has been successfully tested on a full scale industrial laundry
YFM Equity Partners-backed (YFM) passive fire protection specialist Checkmate Fire has joined forces with Rosse Systems, enabling the enlarged group to offer a more extensive portfolio of solutions for the active and passive fire protection industry and increasing its access to the market across the UK.
Checkmate Fire, which was supported by YFM in a management buyout in 2018, supplies a comprehensive range of third-party accredited survey, installation and compliance services to public and private sector customers throughout the UK. Headquartered near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, it maintains passive fire safety in around 1,500 buildings, and completes more than 12,000 fire
Ryde, formerly Ryders, a SaaS platform for last-mile delivery, has raised GBP2.5 million to continue to expand its vision as ‘the world’s first fully-integrated delivery management system’.
Ryde’s mission is to unlock hyperlocal last-mile delivery for every business in every industry through their all-in-one solution.
Ryde (formerly Ryders), the SaaS (Software as a Service) platform for last-mile delivery, has announced today that it has raised GBP2.5 million to continue to expand its vision to become the world’s first fully integrated delivery management system.
“We want to unlock last-mile delivery for every business in the UK as we strongly believe hyper-localisation
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed infrastructure and SME investment manager, has made a GBP4.75 million investment into Callen-Lenz Associates Limited (Callen-Lenz).
Callen-Lenz was founded in 2007 by Jonathan Webber, CEO, initially focused on technical consultancy for aviation research and development. The Company has developed novel hardware and software products which are sold globally, along with wider design and operational services.
Based near Salisbury, Wiltshire, the company develops, designs and manufactures air vehicles, vehicle components and navigation and communication software for high performance UAVs globally. Callen-Lenz provides a comprehensive range of UAV products, operating within extremely tight tolerances outside pilot
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