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Click&Boat, a leading boat rental platform in Europe, has secured significant investment from funds advised by Permira, a global private equity firm, alongside Boats Group.
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in France, Click&Boat’s unique, technology-enabled platform matches boating enthusiasts with over 40,000 boats in more than 600 destinations globally, enabling them to rent a boat easily and efficiently. The company has experienced significant growth over the last seven years to establish a clear, well-renowned brand and leadership position in the pan-European market. Click&Boat boasts one of the largest supply of boats in Europe as well as the highest demand for
Partners Group is to acquire an equity stake in EOLO, the largest fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband provider in Italy.
Partners Group will acquire its stake in EOLO from Searchlight Capital Partners and a vehicle controlled by Luca Spada, EOLO’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer, in a transaction that values the Company at an enterprise value of over EUR1.2 billion. The remaining 25 per cent of equity will continue to be owned by the vehicle controlled by Luca Spada.
EOLO owns and operates more than 3,400 Base Transceiver Stations, which transmit fixed wireless internet between its network and end users,
Global private markets firm Partners Group has, on behalf of its clients, agreed to acquire Pharmathen, a European pharmaceutical company, from international investment firm BC Partners.
The transaction values the Company at an enterprise value of around EUR1.6 billion.
Founded in 1969, Pharmathen is a contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) specialised in advanced drug delivery technologies for complex generic pharmaceutical products. With best-in-class Research & Development (R&D) capabilities, the Company is a specialist in the development of “sustained release” technologies that improve patient compliance, such as long-acting injectables, slow-releasing oral medicines and ophthalmics. Pharmathen’s differentiated B2B model attracts a
MacNeill Pride Group (MPG), a diversified global designer and manufacturer of outdoor products and sporting goods, has acquired Klymit, an outdoor gear designer.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. MPG is a portfolio company of Centre Partners.
Based in Kaysville, Utah, Klymit has been challenging the conventional approach to outdoor gear since 2007 with the idea that the experience of outdoor enthusiasts can be enhanced with new technologies that produce comfortable, lightweight, and rugged products through comfort innovation. Klymit gear — lightweight outdoor sleeping pads, pillows, blankets, tents, sleeping bags, and other camping accessories that are comfortable,
Russian plant-based meat startup Welldone has closed a USD1.5 million funding round to significantly expand production capacity to meet the company’s rapid growth in sales.
The round was led by Phystech Ventures, an international fund investing in deep tech startups globally, with participation from Lever VC, a leading global investor in the alternative protein category. The funding will be used to accelerate Welldone’s R&D, launch additional product lines, and increase production capacity to up to 150 tons per month.
The plant-based sector is beginning to grow quickly in Russia. Sales of plant-based milk have grown sevenfold in the past two
Summa Equity Fund II (Summa) has acquired a majority stake in Axion BioSystems, a provider of MEA and impedance technology for single-cell analysis. Axion BioSystems provides an integrated technology platform for cell activity monitoring, based on its unique Bioelectronic Assay technology. The instruments are used by academia and biopharma customers, the Assays allow for non-invasive, real-time study of cells.
Founded in 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia, by Tom O’Brien and Jim Ross PhD, Axion BioSystems originally developed its technology from a graduate research project at Georgia Tech. Now operating across North America, EMEA and APAC, the company has placed more
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, with offices in Chicago and Nashville, has announced the first and only closings of its fourth institutional healthcare private equity fund, Shore Capital Healthcare Partners Fund IV (HC Fund IV), its first business services fund, Shore Capital Business Services Partners Fund I (BS Fund I), and its first real estate fund, Shore Capital Real Estate Partners Fund I (RE Fund I). HC Fund IV raised USD366 million, BS Fund I raised USD213 million, and RE
General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has announced the formation of BeyondNetZero (BnZ), a new venture targeting growth equity investments related to climate change. BnZ is being established in partnership with Lord (John) Browne of Madingley, Senior Advisor to General Atlantic, who will serve as Chairman of the venture. BnZ combines General Atlantic’s significant growth equity expertise, along with a new team of proven climate investors and industry executives, to create a unique capability to identify growth climate investment opportunities.
The BnZ team will identify and scale innovative solutions that focus on meeting and exceeding Net Zero emissions targets.
GED Capital, a private equity group specialised in the Iberian lower mid-market segment, has acquired a majority stake in the artisan bakery chain Levaduramadre. GED Capital’s investment has been made through its portfolio company Comess Group, a restaurant group that manages a network of 380 establishments under its brands: Lizarran (pinchos tavern), Pomodoro (Italian restaurants), Cantina Mariachi (Mexican restaurants), DonG (Spanish fast food), Casa García (traditional Spanish bar) and others. Apart from GED Capital, Oquendo Capital and Manuel Robledo are also shareholders in Comess Group.
Founded in 2006, Levaduramadre is a chain specialised in the gourmet bakery and patisserie sector
Dechert and AZB & Partners were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers by value and volume, respectively, in the Asia-Pacific region during the first half (H1) of 2021.
Dechert advised on 10 deals worth USD39.1 billion, the highest among all the advisers. Meanwhile, AZB & Partners led in volume terms having advised on 30 deals worth USD20.1 billion. A total of 3,536 M&A deals were announced in the region during H1 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
GlobalData’s report, ‘Global and Asia-Pacific M&A Report Legal Adviser League Tables H1 2021’, reveals that deal value
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