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LeapFrog Investments, a Profit with Purpose investment firm, has invested USD30 million in India’s leading health and wellness app, HealthifyMe.
As the lead investor in a USD75 million Series C round, which includes Khosla Ventures and several existing investors, LeapFrog has acquired a significant minority stake in the healthtech company. This is LeapFrog’s fifth healthcare investment, and second during Covid-19, following Medgenome, a global leader in genomics, in 2020. HealthifyMe provides a comprehensive solution for fitness, diet, and disease management in a region where 66 per cent of the population – or 860 million – suffer from lifestyle related diseases.
Clearlake Capital Group is to acquire BakeMark USA (BakeMark) from Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
With over 100 years of service to the baking industry, BakeMark operates as a link between diversified bases of suppliers and customers, serving approximately 1,200 suppliers and about 19,000 customers across the US and Canada. Covering substantially all channels in the bakery industry, BakeMark serves retail bakery, in-store bakery, wholesale bakery, foodservice operators, and beyond. Its diverse base of customers includes both street accounts such as local independent bakeries and national accounts such as coffeehouse and donut
Limerston Capital has completed its exit of Arch Sciences Group (Arch Sciences), a provider of outsourced analytical solutions to the laboratory research and testing sector, following its sale to Element Materials Technology Group (Element).
The sale realised a return for Limerston Capital in excess of 30 per cent IRR.
Manchester-headquartered Arch Sciences operates across five locations and three countries providing outsourced analytical services and solutions to the laboratory research and testing sector. Since Limerston Capital’s investment in 2017, the company delivered on an ambitious organic growth strategy, significant investment programme including the move to a new larger laboratory in Manchester
BPD Global Group, an IBM Maximo enterprise asset management partner for global asset-intensive organisations, has secured a significant loan from the alternative lender BOOST&Co.
Worldr, the developer of a communications and messaging platform built around privacy, security and data protection in team communication without compromising usability, has secured USD3 million in seed investment from some of the biggest names in deep tech, defence and finance as it heads into public launch later this year.
Government agencies, law firms, banking institutions and those handling sensitive information face growing security challenges as the use of third-party communications platforms become embedded in the daily routines of a remote and work-from-home workforce. Since with third-party platforms, data is both stored outside the user’s control and often encrypted by
GP Bullhound has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Bliss Point Media on its sale to Tinuiti, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital.
Bliss Point Media is the largest independent purchaser of streaming/OTT media in America, with over USD500 million in media currently under management. Bliss Point Media uses an algorithmic approach based on proprietary machine learning technology for unparalleled insight and efficiency in the media buying and attribution process. The company helps establish, optimise, and scale TV and streaming video advertising campaigns for innovative direct-to-consumer brands like Fabletics, Instacart, Square, Thumbtack, and Tonal.
Launched in 2014 with
According to the first estimates obtained by the Spanish Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (ASCRI), through the European platform EDC, the volume of investment in Spain reached EUR2,056.8 million in the first half of the year in a total of 394 investments, 27 per cent more than in the same period of 2020.
Venture Capital has surpassed all record highs, with EUR731 million in a total of 316 investments.
Aquilino Peña, President of ASCRI, says: “International investors continue to bet on Spain, which shows that, despite the uncertainty of this period, our country remains attractive and the Venture
Treblle, a startup providing developers and companies with an API (application programming interfaces) monitoring and analytics platform has raised EUR1.2 million in a funding round led by Nauta Capital.
With a mission to make working with APIs easier and more efficient, Treblle saves developers and companies time and money in every stage of the API lifecycle from development to post-production.
The use of APIs has exploded exponentially: APIs represent 83 per cent of all web traffic with the number of API calls made in some of the biggest digital brands exceeding tens of billions per day. However, the biggest
Future Fund: Breakthrough, announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Budget 2021, is now open for applications. This UK-wide programme will deliver GBP375 million of government funding via British Patient Capital, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank.
Due to high research and development costs, breakthrough technology companies typically require more capital than other companies, to fuel the later stages of their growth. Because of their ability to grow rapidly and have a significant economic impact, the growth of these innovative companies is critical to the UK’s future prosperity and economic recovery.
Through the Future Fund: Breakthrough programme,
GCA Altium has advised Aspria, a London headquartered, founder-led operator of super premium health focused clubs and hotels across Europe, on a EUR53 million investment from funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group (Fortress).
Aspria, founded in 2000 and headquartered in London, UK, is a collection of Europe’s finest private members’ clubs in unique locations across Belgium, Italy and Germany. The exclusive clubs feature a wide range of sports, leisure, health, wellness, childcare and educational facilities, restaurants and hotel accommodation, and currently serve a member base of around 40,000.
Founded in 1998, Fortress manages approximately USD53.1 billion of
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