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NorthEdge-backed Lights4fun, one of Europe’s leading e-commerce retailers of decorative lighting, has appointed a new Chair and CFO, as it enters its next phase of growth which includes expansion in the US.
David Stern joins as the business’ first Chair. Stern was formerly Global CEO of bath, body and hair care brand Crabtree & Evelyn and now sits as Non-Executive Chair for Bleach London and Duke & Dexter.
Originally from New York with experience in digital marketing roles in America, Stern’s network in the States will play a key role in Lights4fun’s growth in the US, assisting with the
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has made a further investment into Fresh Relevance, following on a record quarter of growth for the company, to accelerate product roadmap roll out and support scaling.
Some members of the management team have participated in the funding round, demonstrating strong support for the business and its growth.
Based in London, Fresh Relevance is a SaaS-based personalisation and decision engine for online businesses and was co-founded in 2013 by Mike Austin, Pete Austin and Eddy Swindell. Fresh Relevance’s versatile platform analyses transactional data in real-time and optimises the customer
Maguar Capital Partners (Maguar) has held the final closing of its debut fund, Maguar I, at its EUR104 million hard cap.
Despite challenging market conditions, the Maguar 1 fund attracted significantly more demand than it could accept, and was oversubscribed with commitments from leading European and US-based institutional investors, such as Aberdeen Standard Investments, Adams Street, Commonfund, Bregal, Golding or the European Investment Fund (EIF), various family offices as well as a significant GP team commitment.
Founded by the software entrepreneurs Gunther Thies and Matthias Ick, as well as the private equity investor Arno Poschik, Maguar exclusively invests in small
ThinCats, an alternative finance provider to mid-sized SMEs, has added another experienced member to its London and SE regional team, James Osbiston, who joins from Clydesdale Bank.
Osbiston has over 12 years’ experience in financial services whilst working at both BNY Mellon and Clydesdale Bank, covering credit research, securitisation and business banking, with the last two years spent supporting the Origination of Acquisition and Leveraged Finance clients. Osbiston is a CFA charter holder and joins as Business Development Manager.
Osbiston will be responsible for the execution of lending transactions within the business community and private equity backed acquisitions, alongside the London
Daniel Repfennig has joined Polaris Private Equity as Director. Repfennig most recently held a position as Investment Director at private equity firm Solix and has been based in Copenhagen from 2018, overseeing several of the firm’s Swedish deals.
Prior to that, Repfennig worked at Nordic investment firm Ratos after beginning his career as a consultant with Arthur D Little AB in Stockholm. He holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and simultaneously completed his economics education from Stockholm University.
“We are pleased to welcome a strong profile such as Daniel to
Mobeus has agreed to sell Ludlow Wealth Management, a North West-based financial advice business, to Mattioli Woods plc, for an enterprise value of GBP36.1 million, subject to regulatory approval and completion of a share placing by Mattioli Woods.
Mattioli Woods is an AIM-listed provider of advice on wealth management and employee benefits that is acquiring Ludlow as part of its ambitious growth plans within the wealth management sector.
Mobeus backed CEO Ian Hemingway in a GBP12 million buyout from founder Sid Ludlow in June 2017, when the business had GBP865 million of Assets under Advice (AuA). Mobeus introduced chairman Phil
The London Technology Club (LTC), has invested in Sharebite, a mission-driven food ordering platform built exclusively for workplaces.
LTC has invested as part Sharebite’s USD15 million ‘Series A’ funding round to drive exponential growth and further strengthen its leadership in the corporate food ordering space.
LTC took part in the round alongside leading impact fund Lafayette Square, Essential Capital, the founders and former executives of Seamless (now part of GrubHub) and Delivery Hero and other prominent technology investors including Liberty City Ventures, Percy Capital, Reign Ventures, River Park Ventures.
Sharebite’s laser-focus on developing food ordering solutions for the workplace has
Linklaters has launched MFNiQ, a new tool built by the firm’s investment funds practice, technology and innovation teams in collaboration with iManage to automate the generation of ‘most favoured nation’ side letter matrices, reducing a task that could take several days to, in essence, the push of a button.
The tool has already been used in fundraising deals in London and New York with excellent client feedback and has now been rolled out across the firm’s investment funds practice globally, including in offices in the key financial hubs of Paris, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Matt Keogh, global head
Mr Green Africa has become the first waste management and recycling company in Africa achieve certification as a B Corporation. The company is backed by DOB Equity, a Dutch family-backed impact investor.
Mr Green Africa collects waste plastic from local communities and recycles it into a “new” high-quality raw material which can be used by manufacturers in their packaging for products. Through DOB Equity’s investments, Mr Green Africa has been able to replace virgin plastic packaging with up to 100 per cent recyclable plastic for multinational companies such as Unilever.
The B-Corp certification establishes Mr Green Africa as a pioneer
Based near Lugano in Switzerland, 1MED is a fast-growing clinical research organisation that helps MedTech companies secure regulatory approval for new medical devices and pharmaceuticals, providing specialist services including regulatory strategy, clinical trial management and quality assurance services.
FRP’s debt advisory team advised Apposite Capital on sourcing a stretched senior financing package to support the leveraged acquisition, and to provide further financial firepower to support a buy-and-build strategy. Financial details of the investment are undisclosed.
Apposite Capital will work with the 1MED management team to continue to strengthen and widen the company’s service offering and further expand its geographic
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