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The London Technology Club (LTC), has invested in Rollick Inc, which operates the GoRollick Powersports, RV, and Boat Buying Program Marketplace, as part of a USD8.5 million fundraising round.
LTC’s investment is made alongside strategic investors Sandbox Insurtech Ventures and TechNexus, as well as Dallas, Venture Capital and Congress Avenue Ventures. Liveoak Venture Partners, Silverton Partners, Autotech Ventures, Manchester Story, Anthem Venture Partners, and Capital Factory continued their support in this round of financing.
The current round brings the total capital invested in the company to $22M. Rollick executed initial program rollouts with several strategic partners in the second half
Leading global investor services group IQ-EQ has today announced plans to expand its Irish operations with the launch of a dedicated Funds business in Ireland.
Enhancing the group’s existing fund services offering, this move signifies the increasing importance of Ireland as a funds domicile, particularly in light of Britain’s recent exit from the European Union and the changes to the Irish Investment Limited Partnership (ILP) legislation. Ireland is already popular among US fund managers, having cemented its status with the Irish Connective Asset Management Vehicle (ICAV), which complements US tax planning.
The IQ-EQ Group, which includes Blue River and
EQT Private Equity, through the EQT Mid Market US fund, has agreed to sell Dorner to Columbus McKinnon Corporation for an Enterprise Value of USD485 million.
Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Hartland, WI, Dorner is a global provider of high precision conveyor solutions for high growth and resilient end markets including e-commerce, life sciences, food & beverage, industrial automation, packaging, and CPG. Dorner supports the quickly evolving automation industry, which is backed by the accelerating adoption of automated solutions. Dorner’s robust product portfolio extends across modular standard and highly engineered solutions along with aftermarket parts and services. Dorner’s proprietary
Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Corporate and M&A practice with the recruitment of partner Dr Gesine von der Groeben who has joined the firm’s Frankfurt office. She will advise on venture capital matters, expanding Dentons’ advisory services for investors, start-ups and founders.
Von der Groeben has extensive experience in advising on M&A and venture capital transactions as well as on corporate, group and transformation law. Her clients include national and international companies, groups, start-ups, founders, venture capitalists and investors, including FinTech companies. In addition to transactional work, she regularly advises on transformation measures in general corporate law as
Cision is to acquire Brandwatch, a leader in digital consumer intelligence and social media listening, for USD450 million.
This strategic move will combine two leaders in their respective industries and will bring to customers the substantial benefits of their complementary capabilities to deliver the future of PR, marketing and digital customer engagement.
The forces of digital transformation reward those organisations and boardrooms that listen to and quickly capitalise on digital insights from their consumers. Leading companies are quickly adapting and using these insights to create tailored, authentic communications and direct connections with customers at scale. This paradigm shift to real-time,
Blue Wolf Capital Partners (Blue Wolf), a New York-based private equity firm, has acquired Colson Group (Colson), a leader in caster and wheel product solutions. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
BGF has invested in Northern Building Plastics to support its growth ambitions.
Northern Building Plastics is a specialist distributor of high-quality uPVC plastics and building products to trade customers. Led by co-founders, Judah Wilson and Richard Lindop, the business opened its first super depot in Leeds in 2010, followed by a second site successfully opened in Bolton in May 2018 on the back of strong growth and a proven model.
John Browett joins the business as non-executive chair and brings leadership experience from high profile CEO and board roles at Dixons, Dunelm Group, Tesco.com and Apple. Browett’s appointment
August Equity has realised its investment in Pet Cremation Services (PCS), the UK’s leading operator of pet crematoria through a sale to VetPartners, in a deal led by the M&A team at Deloitte in the Midlands.
Headquartered in Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, PCS operates a national network of high quality pet crematoria well as delivering bereavement training for veterinary professionals. August led a growth equity investment in 2015, backing CEO Glenn Tuck and team to grow the business and capitalise on the structural demand from pet owners for increasingly human style pet funerals.
During August’s ownership, PCS has completed eight acquisitions,
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has backed Wireless CCTV (WCCTV), a supplier of redeployable surveillance solutions, with a GBP30 million investment for a minority stake.
The partnership with LDC will accelerate WCCTV’s ambitious domestic and international expansion plans and support the launch of new products and services.
Headquartered in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, WCCTV is the UK’s leading Equipment as a Service provider of wireless surveillance products including redeployable CCTV, site security solutions and body worn cameras. Its products are utilised by the infrastructure, utilities, retail, transport and construction sectors, as well as local authorities and housing associations across the
TMF Group, a provider of critical compliance and administrative services, has appointed Paul Adamiak as Commercial Director for Fund Services. Adamiak will start in his position today, on 1 March 2021.
Previously at TMF Group from 2008 to 2019, Adamiak’s new role will see him focus on scaling up TMF Group’s service offering to Australian and offshore asset managers and institutions investing in Australian real assets.
Adamiak is a qualified Chartered Accountant, with broad financial services industry experience. During his previous 11-year stint at TMF Group, Adamiak was an associate director in the global fund services business line. He
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