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IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap II Fund is to acquire Mabtech, a specialist in immune monitoring. The founders and management team will continue to be invested in the business, while Merieux Equity Partners (MxEP) will also acquire a minority stake.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in Sweden in 1986, Mabtech has gained worldwide recognition for its monoclonal antibodies and technical innovation capabilities and is viewed as a pioneer within the growing detection platform techniques of ELISpot and FluoroSpot. To complement its offering, the Company successfully entered the instruments market by launching its first
Global growth private equity firm TA Associates has completed its previously announced strategic growth investment in premium tea provider Gong cha. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2006 in Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan, Gong cha is one of the most recognised Taiwanese tea brands in the world. Gong cha, which translates to “tribute tea for the emperor,” provides quality tea, products and services, sourcing ingredients from selected suppliers and offering customers freshly brewed tea. The Company’s leading product is its famous Taiwanese-style bubble tea, which is sweet milk tea infused with pearl-shaped tapioca. Utilising primarily
More than two thirds (67 per cent) of senior leaders within the alternative investments industry think regulatory bodies are not doing enough regarding Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) regulation, according to the results of a new survey by Duff & Phleps.
ESG governance considers a number of factors that determine the sustainability and ethical impact of an investment. As such, greater regulation of ESG investments could help ensure they meet the standards required, ranging from a company’s energy use to how much pollution it creates.
Ethical investors need to know that any claims made in these areas are accurate
Private investment and alternative finance specialist IW Capital is making a GBP2 million investment in Impact Recycling Limited. The investment will be used as development capital to drive growth by upgrading existing equipment in Newcastle, increasing the level of shift patterns, employing additional staff resource and funding the initial licence opportunities.
Impact Recycling Limited has developed a breakthrough plastic recycling technology which separates the components of post-consumer, mixed plastic waste to recover two consistent streams of plastic; polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), each with over 95 per cent purity. The water based, density separation process is known as BOSS (Baffled Oscillation Separation
An affiliate of private investment firm Sun Capital Partners acquired National Tree Company, an e-commerce wholesaler of seasonal and holiday décor, with a particular focus on the Christmas holiday market. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded by Sal Puleo, Sr in 1990 and headquartered in Cranford, New Jersey, National Tree Company is a family-operated business led by the original founder’s three sons, Joe, Sal (Jr) and Rich Puleo. The Company offers more than 4,500 SKUs and has strong relationships with many of the most popular online retailers.
“The Puleo family has done a tremendous job with
Alpha Associés Conseil (Alpha), led by Patrick Herman since 2017, has appointed Pierre‐Olivier Desplanches as Managing Director in France.
Alpha has been present in France for more than thirty years and is now entering a new phase of development.
Desplanches, (45), a graduate of Paris Dauphine, has spent most of his career in private equity having joined Arthur Andersen in 1997. In particular, he spent more than 18 years at Carlyle in France (from 1999 to August 2017) where he participated in the investment of the first four European LBO funds. After a stint at Montagu he was attracted by
Omnes has added two new analysts to its team – Guillaume Blavier, who joins the Venture Capital team under the management of Michel de Lempdes, Managing Partner, and Camille Léonard, who joins the Renewable Energy team under the management of Serge Savasta, Managing Partner.
With more than 60 trade sales and nearly 15 IPOs in 20 years (including Novaled, Biovex, arGEN-X and Direct Energie), Omnes Venture Capital team is a leading French player in financing innovative SMEs with dual expertise in the deep-tech and healthcare sectors. Its current portfolio includes AB Tasty, BlaBlaCar, Scality and Sigfox.
Omnes also focuses on
Independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group’s (Foresight) Foresight Capital Management Team (FCM) has raised GBP500 million in less than two years since the launch of its first open-ended investment company (OEIC).
The team cites the growing demand for ESG and sustainable investing, predictable cash yields, and lower market volatility, as key drivers for its success.
Established in 2017, the team manages two OEICs, FP Foresight UK Infrastructure Income Fund (FIIF) and FP Foresight Global Real Infrastructure Fund (GRIF). FIIF focuses on renewable energy and infrastructure investment companies in the UK. GRIF invests into the publicly traded shares of
Fintech-focused investment firm MiddleGame Ventures (MGV) has raised a new fund targeting post-seed, series A and series B lead investments in Europe and North America.
MGV’s Venture Fund I has achieved its first close, with a final close target size of EUR150 million. It will invest in and partner with B2B and B2B2C startups driving the transformation of financial services from analog to digital and from centralised to decentralised, with an emphasis on middleware and back office solutions. Its remit extends to enabling technologies such as RegTech, Digital Identities, “FinData” and crypto-enabled infrastructure across banking, asset management, insurance, payments, and
BGF has invested GBP2.4 million in bf1systems, the market-leading provider of electronic and electrical solutions for the motorsport and automotive industries.
Founded in 1994, bf1systems designs, manufactures and distributes high-precision components, including steering wheels, tyre pressure and temperature monitoring systems, as well as force measurement components and wiring harness assemblies. Based in Diss, Norfolk, bf1systems’ components are used in every major motorsport series around the world, including Formula 1TM, GT racing and Formula E, as well as by performance road cars, with a client list that includes Bugatti, Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin and McLaren.
The business employs more than 100
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