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Global private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has acquired Ducares (Triskelion) from First Dutch Innovations (FDI).Triskelion, operating under the trade names Triskelion and Ducares, is a specialised provider of high-end food & feed testing services, complemented by compliance & risk management services. The Company’s service offerings span a broad range of niche capabilities including nutrient, residue, bio- and genetically modified organisms (GMO) analyses. From its centrally located and state-of-the-art laboratory headquarters in Utrecht, the Company is well-positioned to support clients with high-end, innovative testing and consultancy services.
Robert-Jan Raterink, Managing Director of Triskelion, says: “We believe that
Pemberton, an asset manager backed by one of Europe’s largest insurers, Legal & General Group, is supporting Oakley Capital’s acquisition of a majority stake in WindStar Medical, a German over-the-counter consumer healthcare company, as the sole provider of debt financing.WindStar Medical designs, develops and commercialises a range of both branded and private label consumer health products, primarily in the German market. It is a strategic partner to the leading drugstores in Germany, who benefit from WindStar’s portfolio of attractive branded products, and the company’s experience in developing innovative health products for their private label portfolios.
Oakley will support the
Silixa, a specialist service company delivering distributed fibre optic monitoring solutions for data acquisition, backed by Lime Rock Partners, Chevron Technology Ventures, and Equinor Ventures, has reported a 96 per cent increase in global turnover to GBP20.35 million in 2019. In the same period, profit margins also increased from 48 per cent to 51 per cent and EBITDA grew to GBP2.75 million despite significant reinvestment into the business.
CEO, Glynn Williams, says: “Since 2007 Silixa has focused on serving the oil and gas sector, deploying and developing the highest quality distributed fibre-optic sensing-based monitoring solutions on the market. In 2019,
Early-stage Israeli proptech investor BuiltUp Ventures has invested in Trusstor and StructShare, two Israeli construction tech (contech) startups.
Other proptech companies BuiltUp Ventures has invested in over the last two years include data analytics tool MyTower, asset tokenisation platform SolidBlock, virtual marketing company Augmind, AI-based platform Innovesta, and Everflow.
“With Covid-19 continuing to impact the real estate market, technology solutions are becoming more essential to building owners, developers, and managers than ever before,” said Oded Eliashiv, principal and founding managing partner of BuiltUp Ventures.
BuiltUp Ventures is a Tel Aviv- and New York-based venture capital firm, with a focus on
Global law firm White & Case has advised Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa) on the sale of 24 per cent of the issued share capital of Waberer’s International Nyrt (Waberer’s), a Hungarian-based provider of truckload transportation, to Trevelin Holding Zrt, the Hungarian-based member of Indotek Group.“Mid Europa is a long standing client that we have successfully advised on a number of strategically important acquisitions and disposals over the years,” says White & Case partner Ken Barry, who co-led the Firm’s deal team. “This transaction follows a period of growth and internationalisation at Waberer’s, enabled and accelerated by Mid Europa’s investments
The Riverside Company, a private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in Geroline Inc, a virtual manufacturer of footwear traction aids serving diverse industrial end-markets in Canada and the United States. Geroline is an add-on to Riverside’s SureWerx platform, a leading supplier of professional safety products, tools and equipment.
Geroline has transformed the ice cleat market over the last five years. Under the K1 brand, the company developed a unique ‘twist’ to the traction aid industry by providing a mid-sole ice cleat that can be easily rotated from the sole to the top of
Abris CEE Mid-Market II LP fund, managed by Abris Capital Partners,
is to sell its stake in Cargounit, an independent locomotive lessor in Poland, to Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund (advised by Amber Infrastructure Group). Closing of the transaction is subject to the customary conditions precedent and is expected to take place by year-end.
Cargounit is the largest independent locomotive lessor in Poland, providing a comprehensive service offering, and is led by a highly experienced management team. Abris acquired a majority share in this company in May 2016 and subsequently invested additional capital for fleet expansion.
During Abris’ investment, the company
Bixin Ventures has launched a USD100 million proprietary capital fund to support the global blockchain ecosystem and infrastructure necessary for the future of open finance through a permissionless and decentralised network.Bixin Ventures participated as co-lead investor in a strategic round for O(1) Labs, the team incubating Mina Protocol, contributing USD2 million to the raise, and has invested in projects including Microbit, xDai, Algorand, Nervos, Arweave, Conflux, Certik, and Marlin.
Earlier in 2020, Bixin Ventures announced a USD66 million proprietary fund of funds enabling hedge funds and liquidity providers to strengthen the global liquidity framework in bitcoin markets, with qualifying fund
British Patient Capital has made a USD35 million commitment to The Evolution Technology Fund II. The Fund is expected to achieve a targeted USD250 million final close in the coming months and is already investing in growing cybersecurity and enterprise software companies.
Evolution Equity Partners has been investing in cybersecurity companies over the past 20 years, building global leaders over several economic cycles, including to IPO. Their strategy targets companies that are making use of big-data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and SaaS.
Fund II portfolio companies include Quantexa, a London based big data intelligence and risk analysis firm where Evolution
DSW Angels, the venture capital investment business of the Dow Schofield Watts group, has changed its trading brand to DSW Ventures to reflect the increasing scale and reach of the business at a time of a massive increase in market activity.DSW Ventures will continue to work as an angel investment network – funding EIS qualifying venture capital deals for its growing network of over 100 individuals, as well as institutional investors including British Business Investments, the commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank.
The Cheshire-based investment house has so far built a portfolio of six high-growth companies but plans to
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