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Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a GBP750,000 equity investment into innovative ecommerce platform, Aero Commerce (Aero).
A total of GBP550,000 was provided via the North East Development Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Maven, GBP200,000 was provided by existing shareholders in this round taking the total investment to date to over GBP1 million. The funding will enable Aero to invest in its sales and marketing activities and open an office in Newcastle. This will also allow the business to create a number of new roles and deliver on its ambitious expansion plans, while
Weak economic indicators, uncertainty surrounding Brexit and growing protectionism in global trade have contributed to a shift in sentiment in the M&A community and the beginning of a downturn in dealmaking activity, according to the seventh edition of the European M&A Outlook, published by CMS in association with Mergermarket.
The report is a comprehensive assessment of dealmaking sentiment in the European M&A market. It has canvassed the opinions of 230 senior Europe-based executives, from corporate and private equity firms, about their expectations for M&A in the year ahead.
Over the last 12 months, European M&A value has dropped 22
Elliptic, a provider of crypto-asset risk management solutions for crypto businesses and financial institutions, has raised USD23 million in a Series B round led by Tokyo-based SBI Group, along with new investment from AlbionVC, and participation from existing investors including SignalFire, Octopus Ventures, and Santander Innoventures.
Tomoyuki Nii from SBI Group will be joining the Board of Directors, along with Ed Lascelles of AlbionVC.
The new investment will fuel Elliptic’s continuing expansion into Asia, with new offices opening in Japan and Singapore. Revenue from clients based in Asia has increased 11X over the past two years. The funding will
HC Private Investments (HCPI), a Chicago-based private investment firm, is investing in Epicurean Butter Company, a manufacturer of finishing butters for the retail and foodservice industries.
As part of the deal, company founders Janey and John Hubschman are remaining in senior leadership roles and maintaining a significant minority ownership stake in the Company. Additionally, HCPI is providing capital that will support the Company’s strong sales growth and ability to execute on strategic investments in manufacturing capabilities and personnel to better serve the company’s existing customer base. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2004, Epicurean Butter enables consumers,
Bristow & Sutor, a judicial services and debt recovery group, and a portfolio company of private equity firm Sovereign Capital Partners, has acquired Credit Style.
This is the second acquisition Bristow & Sutor has made since Sovereign backed the management buy-out of the business in June 2017 following the Group’s acquisition of DRP.
Established in 1977 and headquartered in Redditch, the Bristow & Sutor group today fully-employs a team of over 450 staff who support the collection of commercial and local authority debt types. The expanded Group will manage circa 1.9 million cases per annum.
The acquisition of
Innova Capital, a private equity firm operating in Central and Eastern Europe, has held the final close of Innova VI (Innova/6) at EUR271 million.
Over 60 per cent of the committed capital came from prior fund participants, with remaining commitments provided by new investors. The fund has received backing from institutional and commercial players from Europe and North America.
“We highly value the trust of our existing and new LPs, institutions, entrepreneurs and family offices, and we would like to express our sincere thanks to all of them. We are also extremely pleased to have received the strong endorsement
Private equity investors in companies with reputational challenges may see valuations discounted at IPOs or other strategic exits, according to a new white paper published by Steel City Re, which provides insurances and reputation risk governance advice for companies and their executives.
Uber is a notable recent example, says Steel City Re CEO Nir Kossovsky.
“Its S1 filing discloses reputational issues, warning that ‘failure to rehabilitate [Uber’s] brand and reputation will cause [the] business to suffer.” he says. “The performance of its stock since its IPO, should be a wakeup call to private equity investors that what happens pre-IPO, no
FlowStone Partners, which provides private equity investment opportunities to qualified High Net Worth investors, has launched the FlowStone Opportunity Fund, a closed-end, non-exchange-listed investment management company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ’40 Act).
The new ’40 Act Fund, which began operations on 30 August, offers qualified investors a simplified way to access private equity investments through a broadly diversified, professionally managed portfolio.
The fund launches with a completed transaction and has several other opportunities in process which may close prior to the end of 2019.
The FlowStone Opportunity Fund will invest in a mix
Industrial edge computing platform provider, Litmus Automation, has secured USD7 million in a Series A funding round led by Mitsubishi Corporation.
Litmus Automation’s products LoopEdge and Loop allow businesses to implement Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions. Working with original equipment manufacturers and other industrial companies, Litmus Automation’s IIoT solutions offer data and device management so companies can optimise how they run their business and how their customers’ businesses operate.
Litmus Automation’s customer base includes Siemens, HPE, Intel and SNC Lavalin.
“We already have key customers and channels scaling up nicely but we are seeing the market expand
Centaur is planning a series of celebrations to mark the tenth anniversary of its launch in the fund administration space, having first opened its doors to business in Dublin back in 2009.
The firm will be celebrating what it describes as ‘an exceptional first decade of fund administration’ with events on both sides of the Atlantic including a 10th birthday party in New York in September.
Over the last 18 months Centaur, which provides independent fund administration and regulatory services to hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity and real estate funds, insurance-linked securities funds, family offices and institutional investors,
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