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Pi Labs, Europe’s most active PropTech investor, has backed WAKU Robotics, Europe’s largest mobile robot marketplace and robot fleet hardware analytics platform.
WAKU Robotics is a Berlin-based company that uses AI-powered software to optimise the performance of robots operating in the logistics and manufacturing sector.
It has now secured funding from the UK, Germany and Silicon Valley, reflecting advancements in technology which mean that by 2030 nearly 20 million warehouse jobs are predicted to be undertaken by robots.
WAKU’s business model aligns with this technological revolution in robotics by helping its customers to determine the robot specification that is best
Private equity firms invested in a record 566 companies in Central and Eastern Europe in 2020, as the industry supported dynamic SMEs and start-ups that will fuel the recovery from the impact of Covid-19 and underpin long-term economic and social development across the region.
Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, today released its 2020 Central and Eastern Europe Private Equity Statistics. The report shows that the number of companies receiving private equity investment increased by 15 per cent on the previous year’s record and beat the five-year average
Marston Holdings, a UK-based provider of integrated technology solutions to the transportation and enforcement sectors, has appointed Steve Callaghan as Chairman of its board of directors.
This appointment follows significant new investment from Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP and Intermediate Capital Group plc.
Marston Holdings supports organisations implementing transportation and enforcement-related public policy, from streetscape design to installation and monitoring of video cameras. As part of its focus on transportation, Marston Holdings has a strong commitment to supporting sustainability.
Callaghan brings a wealth of experience in technology, transportation and sustainability, as well as leadership experience and commercial acumen
Rothschild & Co has completed the final closing of Five Arrows Growth Capital (FAGC), its fourth European corporate private equity vehicle.
This is the 18th fund raised above its expected target by Rothschild & Co since 2009 when the Merchant Banking business was established. Total assets under management now exceed EUR16 billion across four strategies: corporate private equity; senior and junior credit; primary and secondary fund investing; and co-investments.
The Fund held its final close at EUR450 million, ‘above its target’, with a globally diversified group of investors comprised of institutions, corporations, international family offices and entrepreneurs from Europe, North
WeMaintain, a proptech company based in Paris and London, has raised EUR30 million in Series B funding.
The raise follows WeMaintain’s acquisition of fire alarm solutions company Shokly, and allows WeMaintain to accelerate its international expansion and extend its state-of-the-art proprietary technology across the built environment. Supported by Eurazeo since its Series A round in 2019, WeMaintain raises its Series B with Red River West, BPIFrance Digital Ventures, and Swiss Immo Lab. Eurazeo is renewing its support to the company.
WeMaintain’s latest million-dollar cash-backing moves the company closer to realising the company’s ambition to manage the critical elements of
Phoenix American, a full-service fund administration provider for alternative investment funds, has published a new white paper examining the long anticipated emergence of the Regulation A+ fund structure after nine years of development following its creation in the 2012 JOBS Act.
Reg A+ Comes of Age: Industry Insights on Regulation A analyses the trajectory of the two-tiered offering vehicle over recent years, profiles the sponsors and managing broker-dealers involved in its utilisation and offers perspectives from key industry participants on its prospects for the future.
The paper draws on Phoenix American’s observations as a fund administration provider, market data from
Marstone, a digital wealth technology firm, has held the second close of a USD5 million Series A financing round bringing the company’s total funding to over USD20 million.
The first close, led by Apex Fintech Solutions LLC, the “fintech for fintechs” powering innovation and the future of digital wealth management, was completed in May 2020, with Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTB and AMTBB) (Amerant) leading the latest with a USD2.5 million investment. Other Series A participants include Peter Kraus, John Thain, Kristen Dickey, Tom Freeman, Michael Rafferty, Richard Wastcoat, and other early investors. Founded in 2013 by Margaret Hartigan and
The Kempen Private Markets Fund has acquired a direct interest in UK healthcare consultancy Channel 3 Consulting (Channel 3). Channel 3 designs, implements and optimises digital transformation programmes for the health and care sector.
Established in 2009, Channel 3 helps its clients harness the power of technology to deliver better patient outcomes, improve services and operate more efficiently. Over the past decade, Channel 3 has worked with over 90 organisations across the National Health Service (NHS), private healthcare, local government, the Ministry of Defence and the wider public sector. It is currently appointed to several key NHS frameworks.
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EQT’s EQT IX fund (EQT Private Equity) has agreed to acquire PRO Unlimited Global Solutions Inc (PRO Unlimited), a specialist in contingent workforce management solutions, from funds managed by Harvest Partners, LP and its affiliates (Harvest Partners) and Investcorp.
Following the close of the transaction, EQT Private Equity will be the majority shareholder and the existing PRO Unlimited management team will continue to operate the business.
PRO Unlimited was established in 1991 to assist large companies in managing their contingent workforce to better attract specialist talent seeking a more flexible work solution. The Company’s integrated solutions have grown to
Columbia Pacific Business Finance (CPBF), a fully capitalised fund providing direct financing to emerging growth and middle market companies, has provided a USD9.5 million term loan to CGL Holdings, owner of Chicago Grade Landfill in San Luis Obispo County, California.
CGL Holdings will utilise the funds provided by CPBF to refinance existing debt on the non-hazardous municipal waste landfill and recycle centre and distribute proceeds to parent company Allos Environmental.
“The Chicago Grade Landfill has been serving the surrounding area for five decades, and we expect its business fundamentals to remain strong well into the future,” says Trent Stedman,
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