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Delivery Hero-backed DX Ventures has invested in Bluu Biosciences as part of the company’s seed funding round.
Bluu Biosciences is the first company in Europe to specialise in the development and production of cell-based fish using advanced biotechnology. Cell-based or cultivated fish is sustainable fish meat produced from real fish cells that is grown in a bioreactor. It is an animal product that, unlike wild-caught fish, is obtained without compromising animal welfare.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, about 90 per cent of all edible fish stocks are already considered maximally exploited or overfished, while
finncap Cavendish (Cavendish), part of financial advisory firm, finnCap Group, has has advised on the sale of a majority stake in Xexec Ltd (Xexec), an employee engagement tech firm, to funds advised by Castik Capital (Castik) and Boston-based private equity firm, Abry Partners (Abry).
Headquartered in London, Xexec is an employee engagement provider that offers a wide range of employee discounts and reward & recognition solutions through its scalable cloud-based platform. The company also offers customer loyalty programs which enables corporate clients to engage with and retain their own end-customers.
Xexec has proven to be a fast growing and
Global Energy Storage (GES) has launched, with the intention of investing USD250 million, with the backing of private equity firm Bluewater, in energy transition.
GES has been set up by the management team from Global Petro Storage (GPS), the leading independent hydrocarbon storage and logistics company. The team will build on the successful model they developed at that company. The management team will continue to work across both GPS and GES. GES will focus on key global hubs and growth locations, international cross-linking business, and long-term relationships with top-tier energy suppliers. Its focus will be on low carbon and energy
Family Legacy Capital Management (FLC), a private investment manager for family offices, has launched FLC Credit Partners, a private credit fund manager.
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Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed a significant growth equity investment in regulatory technology (regtech) company FundApps.
As a Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) business, FundApps addresses the way investment managers deal with the regulatory burden by combining cloud technology, regulatory expertise, market data and the unique FundApps Community. Previously, compliance managers were overwhelmed by ever-increasing complexity, but services covering Shareholding Disclosure, Sensitive Industries and Position Limits have truly made compliance simple.
Today, London-headquartered FundApps has over 100 clients, ranging from hedge funds, asset managers and sell-sides, to the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. Collectively, FundApps’ services monitor over 10 per cent
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, and Norgate Holdings have signed a definitive agreement with THG PLC (THG) to sell Bentley Laboratories LLC (Bentley), an developer and manufacturer of prestige skincare and haircare products.
UK-based THG is a proprietary technology platform specialising in taking brands direct to consumers. The transaction is expected to close following regulatory approval, which is anticipated within 30 days.
Established in 2002, Bentley’s product portfolio includes creams, lotions, gels, powders and fragrances used for skin care, haircare, cosmetics and bath and body products. Bentley boasts a
Polaris has acquired 51 per cent of the fast-growing e-commerce operator, Stronger, a Sweden-based lifestyle brand making activewear for customers in over 100 countries.
Through this partnership, Polaris will now join Stronger’s founders and leadership team, to support the company’s continued growth journey.
Since its inception in 2014, Stronger has grown to become a leading brand within the global fitness and leisurewear market, with rapid, profitable growth and sales exceeding SEK300 million in 2020.
Stronger’s ”Direct to Consumer” (DTC) e-commerce model enables the company to build strong relationships with its customers through its own brand and channels, which has resulted
Private investment firm Pelican Ventures has launched Tango Specialty, a modern, commercial lines managing general agency (MGA), and appointed Greg Wolyniec as President and CEO.
Tango Specialty will establish several sizeable programs with leading underwriting expertise supported with insurance capacity partnerships that will serve the complex needs of select specialty market clients and brokers.
As part of the launch, Tango acquired V3 Insurance Partners LLC, an existing MGA focused on specialty workers’ compensation and commercial property products. V3 will continue to operate its well-known underwriting divisions and will also serve as a turn-key shared-services operating platform supporting the new underwriting
Oak Hill Capital Partners has appointed Nicole Arnaboldi as a Partner. Arnaboldi brings over 30 years of professional and investment experience, most recently as a Senior Advisor and Vice Chairman of Credit Suisse Asset Management, where she also served as the head of the Direct Equity Partners business and oversaw the bank’s legacy private equity portfolio.
“We are delighted to welcome Nicole to the Oak Hill team. Steve [Oak Hill Capital Managing Partner Steve Puccinelli] and I worked together with Nicole at DLJ Merchant Banking and I have tremendous admiration for her as an outstanding leader who has a strong
New Water Capital (New Water), a lower-middle market private equity firm, has sold Custom Made Meals (CMM), a leading US provider of fresh, handmade, oven-ready entrees, appetisers and sides for grocery retailers, to middle-market private equity firm Stellex Capital Management.
“Our goal at New Water is to support and invest in businesses with enduring value propositions,” says New Water Capital partner Jason Neimark. “We are very proud of CMM’s success, and we have every confidence the company will continue its remarkable growth trajectory and success under its new ownership.”
“As consumer demand for fresh, ready-to-cook foods has skyrocketed in recent
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