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Private investment firm Weatherford Capital has closed Weatherford Capital Fund I, which was oversubscribed with USD355 million in commitments from a diverse group of investors.
“Companies are increasingly seeking investors who can serve as genuine strategic partners in addition to providing capital,” says Will Weatherford, Managing Partner of Weatherford Capital and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. “We’re building our firm to be long-term partners to great companies, and we’re deeply humbled by the confidence our limited partners are showing in us. As a family-owned firm, we understand that trust is our cornerstone, and we look forward to
NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) has invested in XR Games Limited (XR Games), a game development studio in Leeds specialising in immersive AR and VR content.
Existing investor ACT Capital Partners also followed on from their previous investment. The funding will allow the business to invest in product development and create 20 new roles in the Leeds based studio.
XR Games designs and develops Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) games for licensed IP holders and also operates as a ‘work-for-hire’ studio. The business
Spectra A&D Holdings (Spectra), a diversified designer and manufacturer of highly engineered avionics and electronics solutions for leading aerospace and defense platforms, has acquired Galleon Embedded Computing AS (Galleon).
Galleon is the first strategic add-on acquisition since the formation of Spectra. Spectra is a portfolio company of Vance Street Capital, forming the company in February 2021 by simultaneously merging three defense technology businesses.
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices in the UK and Texas, Galleon designs and sells advanced Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS)-based embedded computing solutions for a variety of military and commercial applications that require high bandwidth,
INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund portfolio company Eco Baltia, the largest environmental and waste management group in the Baltics, with backing from the European Bank for the Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), has completed a deal to acquire an 85 per cent stake in the leading Lithuanian environmental solutions company, Ecoservice.
The 85 per cent stake was acquired from BaltCap Private Equity Fund II (BPEF II). Financing for the transaction on the amount above EUR20 million was provided by Luminor, the third-largest provider of financial services in the Baltics. Shareholders of Eco Baltia are INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund (52.81 per
HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of global investment firm HIG Capital (HIG), has arranged a financing package for Groupe Astek (Astek), which includes a significant growth capital component.
Founded in 1988 and still controlled by its founder Jean-Luc Bernard, Astek is the last independent and fully private global French engineering & IT consulting specialist. It is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France with over 500 employees operating in 17 countries. Led by Julien Gavaldon since 2013, the Group has grown significantly through a mix of organic and external growth, with six targeted acquisitions completed over the past two years.
HIG WhiteHorse has
Harris Williams, a global investment bank specialising in M&A advisory services, has advised RQM+, a portfolio company of DFW Capital Partners (DFW) and Chartwell Investments Entrepreneur & Founder Capital (Chief Capital), on its sale to Linden Capital Partners (Linden).
RQM+ provides regulatory and quality consulting and engineering for medical devices, in vitro diagnostics and combination products. The transaction was led by Paul Hepper, Nick Owens and Nathan Robertson of the Harris Williams Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS) Group.
“We are thrilled to have represented RQM+ and believe that the company is well-positioned to benefit from the growth in outsourcing from
Generational Equity has acted as adviser to MediSuite, on it’s acquisition by ADDvise Group AB. The deal closed on 4 August, 2021.
Located in Cary, North Carolina, MediSuite is a national, mail-order pharmacy, MediSuite provides men’s health generic drugs at significant cost savings. MediSuite only dispenses FDA-approved pharmaceuticals. MediSuite’s most popular drugs are the generics of Viagra (Sildenafil) and Cialis (Tadalafil).
ADDvise Group AB, (ADDvise) headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden is a leading supplier of equipment and services to healthcare and research facilities. The Group’s subsidiaries are organised into two business areas: LAB and HEALTHCARE. Sales are global. The Group has
Andreas Höfner has joined GARBE Institutional Capital, the investment and asset manager of GARBE, focusing on residential, office, retail and specialist properties, as Head of Strategy.
Höfner has more than twelve years of experience in real estate investment and alternative investment products. The 37-year-old can draw on his extensive experience in the structuring and implementation of institutional investment strategies as well as complex real estate transactions. Before joining GARBE Institutional Capital, Andreas Höfner worked as Head of Consulting Real Estate & Alternative Investments for Helaba Invest, where he was responsible, among other things, for providing strategic advice to German institutional
Marketing analytics platform Adverity has closed a USD120 million Series D financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with existing investor Sapphire Ventures also participating in the round.
Adverity’s mission is to transform marketing performance through intelligent data-driven insights. The Vienna-born business – with offices in London and New York – has seen a 120 per cent client uplift in the last 12 months amid an expanding portfolio of global brands and agencies that include IKEA, Red Bull, Unilever, MediaCom, and Vodafone. This follows the best quarter in company history, a compound annual growth rate of 105 per cent
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger and Bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support Quad-C Management’s (Quad-C) investment in Village Gourmet.
Village Gourmet is a producer of premium authentic branded and private label fine meats, charcuterie and specialty snacking products.
Village Gourmet offers products through five specialty brands, including Three Little Pigs, Fabrique Délices, Longhini Sausage, Uncle Charley’s Sausage Co and Esposito’s Finest Quality Sausage.
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