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Overhaul, the industry’s first and only software-based, supply-chain visibility, integrity, and security solution for the world’s leading brands, announced its USD35 million Series B funding today. The current round is led by Macquarie Capital, with participation from Edison Partners and Avanta Ventures (venture arm of CSAA Insurance Group). Overhaul will use the investment to accelerate its roadmap in continuing to optmise its current category-creating products.
The Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC”, owner of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) and the largest collection of single malt single cask whiskies in the world, as well as a complementary range of premium spirits, has begun trading on AIM with an opening price of 118.75p per share.
This price delivers a return of approximately 3x cost on the price Edinburgh-based private equity firm Inverleith Fund invested into the Company nearly three years ago.
Inverleith also has majority shareholdings in consumer brands Good Hemp, which produces food & drink products from hemp seed; Montezuma’s, a premium British chocolate manufacturer; Planet
Greenleaf Power Consolidated LLC (Greenleaf), backed by Denham Capital, has secured USD36.7 million in project financing from East West Bank through its wholly-owned subsidiary Greenleaf Biomass Holdings LLC. This transaction marks one of the largest biomass power project financings in recent North American history.
This financing will be used to recapitalize two of Greenleaf’s prime assets – the 30 megawatt (“MW”) Honey Lake Power (“HLP”) project in Lassen County, California, and the 22 MW St-Félicien Cogénération (“SFC”) project in Quebec, Canada. Both HLP and SFC are power generation facilities that convert woody biomass waste into electricity that is sold under
EmergeVest, the Hong Kong-based growth-oriented private equity investment group, has become a signatory to the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)’s worldwide Diversity in Action initiative.
ILPA represents more than 550 institutional investors that together hold more than USD2 trillion in private equity funds, and the initiative seeks to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the private equity industry.
The initiative highlights support for advancing diversity and inclusion amongst both fund managers and institutional investors, encourages actions to be taken now and provides a platform for shaping and adopting best practice over time.
As a signatory, EmergeVest – with holdings
An in-depth look at how Cambridge Innovation Capital is leveraging its position within the University of Cambridge’s ecosystem to seek out disruptive innovators in technology and life science.
Stackline, a Seattle-based technology company that builds subscription-based ecommerce tools for thousands of the largest consumer brands and retailers, has received a USD130 million strategic investment from TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm.
TA’s investment comes on the heels of a USD50 million investment from the Growth Equity team within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs) in November 2020. Stackline will utilise TA’s capital to continue growing the company’s product offerings and expanding its global footprint.
Ecommerce is changing the way brands interact with consumers – and Stackline is powering that change by helping companies reach their
Prevayl, a northern start-up powering up an advanced generation of data-driven luxe sportswear has secured a GBP7.5 million investment from Stonebridge, the digital-first consumer brand investment firm.
Stonebridge is headed by DTC entrepreneur James Cox (Simba Sleep, Mahabis, Torque Brands).
Prevayl was founded by former personal trainer Adam Crofts (CEO), alongside serial entrepreneur David Newns (Chair), one of the UK’s youngest-ever FTSE executives with two exits already under his belt, in April 2019 and launching to consumers in Q4 of 2021.
The duo spotted a gap in the market for a connected clothing brand that would look considered, feel
Funds managed by KKR, a global investment firm, have provided a credit facility of up to USD150 million to Jet Edge International (Jet Edge), a specialist in full-service private aviation responsible for operating the largest fleet of managed Challenger and Gulfstream aircraft in the United States.
The funding will be used to support the acceleration of the Company’s broad infrastructure, digital initiatives, Reserve membership, and comes as Jet Edge rolls out its AdvantEdge charter management platform nationwide. Aimed at substantially optimising the inefficiencies found in the private aviation industry’s existing ownership and charter management procedures, AdvantEdge simplifies and enhances
Specialist business advisory firm FRP has strengthened its corporate finance practice in London with the appointment of Greg Cox as a director.
With more than 10 years’ experience, including a year in industry with Inchcape plc, Cox joins from Deloitte, where he worked within the mergers and acquisitions team.
Cox specialises in advising family-owned, privately-owned and private equity-backed businesses on a range of transactions, including acquisitions, disposals and management buyouts. He typically advises on deals valued between GBP10 million and GBP100 million.
With broad sector expertise, Cox’ notable past deals include advising on the sale of a major dessert
Superb, a guest experience management platform for restaurants, has raised EUR12 million in a Series A round backed by a group of investors in the hospitality, online reservation, and Point of Service space.
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