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Circularity Capital, a private equity firm supporting growth stage European SMEs in the circular economy, has sold its portfolio company ZigZag Global Limited (ZigZag) to Global Blue Group (Global Blue), a specialist in Tax-Free Shopping and Added Value Payment Services.
ZigZag is a multi-award-winning SaaS platform enabling retailers to reduce the costs and waste associated with returns, whilst dramatically improving and simplifying the customer returns experience and speeding up the time to refund. ZigZag grades returned products and can consolidate, refurbish, locally redistribute, recycle or even resell stock internationally.
E-Commerce return volumes are growing at 10-20 per cent per annum.
CDC Group, the UK Government’s development finance institution and impact investor in South Asia and Africa, has closed a USD20 million investment round in Ecom Express, a leading tech-enabled end-to-end logistics solutions provider to the Indian e-commerce industry.
This will be CDC’s second round of investment in Ecom Express after its initial investment in December 2019.
CDC’s latest commitment will support Ecom Express in advancing the company’s sustainable development and impact agenda of enhancing skills and boosting job creation in the Indian hinterlands. With the high demands for jobs in India, the country needs to create 8.1 million jobs
In this week’s podcast Private Equity Wire sat down with Andrew Shannon, partner at Circularity Capital, a specialist private equity firm backing growth stage European SMEs in the ‘circular economy’, to talk about the symmetric relationship between investment and circularity, and what the green initiatives in Rishi Sunak’s 2021 budget could mean for private equity.
Abris Capital Partners, a private equity investor focused on Central Europe, has launched ESG Universe 2023 – a comprehensive program of environmental, social and governance initiatives that commits the firm to achieving a carbon neutral portfolio by 2025.
The strategy, which has been developed over the past three years, encompasses 17 initiatives across governance and culture, standards, education, and carbon neutrality that will set new standards in firm’s ESG best-practice. ESG Universe 2023 retains the clear goal of assisting in risk mitigation and value creation across the Abris portfolio, but at the same time includes the ambitious target of achieving a
SteelBridge Consulting (SteelBridge), a boutique services firm which provides expertise exclusively to the private capital industry, and CEPRES, an award-winning provider of investment decision solutions for private markets, have formed a strategic partnership.
Bridgepoint Development Capital has partnered with IDHL to provide a substantial investment to support the ambitious growth plans of the Harrogate-based connected agency group.
IDHL employs over 240 people and serves a nationwide customer base supporting businesses throughout the process of digital transformation. This is achieved through a connected group of specialist companies, recognised for their specific expertise but underpinned by the IDHL growth platform. Its expertise is centred principally around search engine marketing, eCommerce, web design and build, and automated email marketing.
This unique growth platform has enabled the group to rapidly evolve a number of recent complementary
Kerogen Capital (Kerogen) is to sell Zennor Petroleum Limited (Zennor) to NEO Energy Upstream UK Limited (NEO) and HitecVision for a total consideration of up to USD625 million, including deferred and contingent payments.
The transaction completion is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
Since Kerogen’s initial investment in 2015, Zennor has transformed from an early-stage exploration company into a full-cycle E&P player in the UK North Sea through successful appraisal and development of the Finlaggan field, two separate producing asset acquisitions and multiple licence awards in the offshore licensing rounds. In January 2021 Zennor and Kerogen announced its Net Zero
TiG, one of the UK’s leading Cloud, Data Analytics and Managed Services providers to the financial services sector, has acquired ThirdSpace, a UK-based provider of Microsoft Identity and Cyber Security solutions.
Ropes & Gray has appointed Chris Townsend as counsel in its asset management team, based in London.
Townsend advises European and global sponsors on the establishment and structuring of private funds. He is also experienced in spin-outs and secondaries transactions, particularly GP-led solutions, fund restructurings, portfolio sales and other liquidity solutions.
Townsend joins one of the world’s leading asset management law firms. Within EMEA, the firm’s 30-strong team stands out for its deep experience representing both sponsors and investors across a diverse range of private fund formation work and its full service capability, including tax and regulatory.
His
Livingbridge, a UK-based leading mid-market private equity investors, has sold disguise, a specialist in Extended Reality (xR1) technology, to The Carlyle Group.
Livingbridge is re-investing alongside management. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2000, disguise is a technology platform which enables creatives and technologists to imagine, create and deliver spectacular visual experiences. The platform combines real-time 3D visualisation software with high-performance media server hardware. The company is one of the main providers of xR and virtual production technology to film & TV studios, broadcasters, corporates and the e-gaming sector globally.
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