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RED Capital Partners, a new venture capital firm with offices in Madrid and Tel Aviv, is to launch RED Ventures Fund I, EMEA’s largest VC fund investing exclusively in high-growth tech companies founded or co-founded by women.
RED Ventures Fund I channels the exchange of technology between Israeli and European companies and opens opportunities for Israeli companies to enter the European market. The fund also invests in European technology companies, with a particular focus on Spain, looking to expand internationally, or to access Israeli innovative technology.
With a target size of EUR50 million, the fund will back up to
O’Melveny has represented workforce software developer Sapho in its USD200 million sale to multinational software company Citrix Systems.
The addition of Sapho will expand Citrix’s software offerings to include Sapho’s leading micro app workforce productivity platforms.
Founded in 2014, Sapho is used by customers in all industries to streamline their internal workflows, enable smart decision-making, and increase employee effectiveness and engagement. Citrix is a leader in workplace software systems, with more than 400,000 organisations – including 98 per cent of the Fortune 500 – using Citrix solutions.
The O’Melveny team was led by partner and M&A partner and
Inflexion Private Equity has completed a minority investment in European LifeCare Group (ELCG), Europe’s largest provider of vaccinations. The investment is being made by Inflexion Enterprise Fund IV, Inflexion’s dedicated lower mid-market fund.
Founded in 1998, today ELCG has over 50 specialist clinics in Denmark and the UK where the company trades under a number of brands, including London Travel Clinic. ELCG also works for both the Danish and English NHS as a contracted service provider of immunisation programmes in schools and national influenza vaccination programmes. In 2018, ELCG is forecast to vaccinate approximately 400,000 individuals on behalf of the
Seasoned investment banker and former Head of Plc Advisory of Zeus Capital, Ross Andrews, has launched Guild Financial Advisory which will focus on providing independent corporate finance advice to both private and publicly listed companies based in the UK and internationally.
With strong industry experience and a vast network of relationships built up over 30 years the Company will support fast growing ambitious businesses through its core service offerings of IPO support, fund raisings, transaction project management, corporate governance and the provision of Non-executive director services.
David Battle will be joining Guild Financial Advisory shortly. David Battle has
FairMoney, a fair loan comparison website, has commenced its pre-series fundraising found of GBP1 million.
The funds raised will be used primarily for enhanced targeted customer marketing efforts, including machine intelligence, to provide customers with the very best and fairest deals for them. It will target the areas of the country which are most affected by sub-standard lending practices – many of which are building consumer debt and exacerbating poverty. In addition, following unique and exclusive research commissioned by FairMoney exploring Brits and their finances, the raise will fund even greater customer research to help focus services in the regions
ACProducts (acpi) is to acquire Elkay Wood Products Company (EWP), a manufacturer of kitchen and bath cabinetry.
EWP is a renowned manufacturer with an iconic brand portfolio including Medallion, Design-Craft, Yorktowne, Schuler, Medallion at Menards, MasterCraft, and American Cabinetry Collection.
The combined company will represent the most diverse and balanced cabinet company in North America. With an expansive portfolio across both framed and frameless product offerings, the combined company will be a leader in serving the dealer, direct-to-builder, and home centre channels. The combined plant network spans a national footprint with infrastructure to effectively serve cabinet buyers in all
The Riverside Company has signed a definitive agreement to sell its investment in Euromed Botanicals SA (Euromed) to Dermapharm Holding SE.
Barcelona-based Euromed provides standardised herbal extracts and natural active substances for the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement and cosmetic industries. The transaction is expected to close in the next few months upon receipt of antitrust approval.
Riverside invested in the company back in 2015. Euromed processes more than 5,000 tons of raw materials every year to produce high-quality extracts to meet the needs of more than 300 customers in 35 countries worldwide.
“Euromed’s already-premier brand and quality product
Oxane Partners, a technology-driven solutions provider to the alternative investments industry, has signed long term engagements with four New York based firms in the last six months, strengthening its foothold in the US market.
The new clientele, all credit-focussed investment firms with interests in real estate, specialty finance and alternative lending would be leveraging Oxane’s portfolio management, reporting and analytics solutions.
The common theme, across the newly added clients, was the challenge in managing the growing volume of unstructured data and to consolidate, standardise, process and analyse it for efficient portfolio management. The firms were saddled with increasing complexity
DIP Capital’s Disruption Investment Platform (DIP) Fund I has invested GBP1.5 million in wejo, a leading UK technology company which collates data from connected vehicles.
DIP Capital was established in February 2018 and focuses on investing in disruptive businesses. Founded and led by Riccardo Cirillo, DIP has a first fund of EUR40 million for deployment globally and is sponsored by Platina Partners, an independent European investment firm focusing on renewable energy and private equity.
DIP’s investment in wejo was part of a larger round that also included the participation of the majority of existing wejo investors. The investment will
Maples Fiduciary, a division of MaplesFS and leading global provider of specialised fiduciary, entity formation and management, insurance and administration services, has appointed Campbell Congdon and Wendy Zhang as independent directors.
They will provide fiduciary services to a wide range of alternative investment funds, including hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity funds, unit trusts and segregated portfolio companies.
As governance issues have come to the forefront and investors and regulators are increasing their demand for stronger oversight, Maples Fiduciary has enjoyed a long standing reputation in the industry as one of the premier independent professional service providers that
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