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ADM Capital Europe’s Cibus Enterprise Fund acted as one of eight cornerstone investors in The Kingfish Company’s equivalent EUR50 million private placement, which successfully completed on 9 November 2020.
Kingfish is a company based in the Netherlands producing the Dutch Yellowtail, a high-quality, high value marine finfish, using technologically advanced methods to grow the fish in a Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS).
Seafood is the most efficient and sustainable way to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and an increasing demand for protein. It is estimated that it takes around 1.2kg of feed to grow 1kg of fish or
Kredivo, a digital credit platform for retail borrowers across Indonesia, has secured a debt facility of up to USD100 million from Victory Park Capital (VPC), a global alternative investment firm, to fund consumer loans for Kredivo’s borrowers in Indonesia.
The deal marks major milestones for both firms: the transaction is VPC’s first in Southeast Asia and Indonesia overall. For Kredivo, it is the largest deal in its history with a credit provider and represents one of the largest ever credit lines secured by any digital credit platform in the region.
“We look forward to our partnership with Kredivo, as
Vanti Analytics has closed a USD4.5 million seed funding round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm True Ventures and Israel’s More VC.
The round includes participation from Israel’s i3 Equity Partners, who invested in 2019 alongside Ariel Maislos.
The manufacturing AI company is developing a self-service platform that helps manufacturing operations teams increase yields and throughput for electronic products. As part of the raise, Vanti has welcomed Rohit Sharma, partner at True Ventures, to the company’s board, along with Meir Ukeles, partner at More VC. Including this round of funding, Vanti has raised $6 million total since Co-founders Smadar
Covid-19 has stalled the emergence of new credit fund investment strategies and has pushed managers to focus on their existing credit platform products, according to a new report from global law firm Ropes & Gray.
The report, “Challenges and Opportunities in Post-Covid-19 Credit Fund Platforms 2020” analyses the responses of 100 senior-level executives at US- and UK-based credit funds. To get a sense for how credit fund managers are shaping their investment strategies in light of the economic upheaval and uncertain market conditions brought about by Covid-19, executives were surveyed twice: prior to the introduction of lockdown restrictions and again
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has successfully exited it investment in Panther Logistics to US-based AIT Worldwide Logistics (AIT). Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.
Northampton-based Panther Logistics is the UK’s largest independent two-man home delivery firm. Specialising in the retail and ecommerce sectors, its customers include Wayfair, Silentnight, Dunelm, Maze, Decathlon and Habitat.
LDC’s Midlands team originally invested in 2016 as part of a GBP17 million management buyout, backing Chief Executive Colin McCarthy and his leadership team. The investment enabled the business to expand rapidly over the next four years with new services, locations and
DataLink Software (DataLink), a provider of integrated population health applications for healthcare providers and payors, has received a significant growth investment from an investor group led by DWS’s global private equity business.
DWS joins existing investor Revelstoke Capital Partners (Revelstoke). With this investment, DataLink will bolster its provider engagement services and pursue strategic M&A initiatives, focused on acquisitions that enhance product functionality to benefit new and existing customers.
“DataLink is pleased by the addition of such accomplished investors to our team as we enter our next phase of transformative growth,” says Kevin Steele, Chief Executive Officer, DataLink. “Since Revelstoke’s
BGF – the UK’s most active growth capital investor – has completed a multi-million pound investment for a minority shareholding in a Teesside-headquartered Engineering Information Management (EIM) software company, Datum360, to accelerate growth and address significant market demand.
Datum360’s software platform connects disparate systems, providing a trusted data backbone which manages the life cycle of critical engineering and asset management data for a range of blue-chip customers from the fields of energy, mining, utilities, road and rail infrastructure.
The fast growth technology company was founded by CEO Steve Wilson, alongside CTO Dave Mitchell and CCO James Michael. The management team
DOB Equity, a Dutch family office, is investing in Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farm to allow the firm to scale up its production capacity and expand its reach across the Kenyan market.
By investing in Victory Farms, the Private Equity fund with offices in Kenya and the Netherlands will be seeking a slice of the estimated USD500 million Kenyan fish market.
Established in 2015 and based in Homa Bay, Kenya, Victory Farms supplies tilapia for the Nairobi market. Victory Farms aims to become the world’s first carbon neutral fish farm and has ambitious growth plans to provide
SK Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has expanded its team with the appointment of George Gregory as Senior Director.
Gregory has over 30 years of experience in the chemicals and adjacent sectors, leading businesses with sales ranging from USD250 million to nearly USD2.5 billion. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of HMT LLC, a provider of engineered products and services for the above-ground storage tank industry. Prior to HMT LLC, Gregory was the President and CEO of Kraton Polymers LLC, a global supplier of specialised polymers, and KoSa,
The UK-focused Blue Impact Fund, with a pipeline of an estimated value of up to GBP90 million, launched at the Natural Capital Finance & Investment Conference today (24 November).
The fund focuses on ocean recovery and resilience and aims to harness the power of seaweed, mussels and oysters in order to counteract the impact of climate change.
Dr Bruce Howard, director of the Ecosystems Knowledge Network – the conference organiser – believes this is the missing piece of the jigsaw in the UK’s commitment to reaching net zero by 2050.
“Nature based finance is a critical asset class which needs to be
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