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Mid Europa Partners, a private equity investor focused on Central and Eastern Europe, has completed the acquisition of JS Hamilton, partnering with its founder, Jan Olszowski who will remain involved in the business.
JS Hamilton is a testing, inspection and certification company in Poland engaged in food, non-food, fuel and environmental testing, as well as cargo and engineering inspection.
The Company operates 13 laboratories across Poland and CEE serving customers in Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania.
Green Acre Capital (GAC) has launched the Green Acre Capital Fund II which is exclusively dedicated to making investments in the cannabis industry.
This is the second cannabis fund in the GAC umbrella which follows Green Acre Capital Fund I, a USD25m fund with a focus on ancillary Canadian opportunities that launched in 2017.
The Fund’s strategy is to invest in early and growth stage private companies that are well positioned to grow rapidly in the burgeoning global cannabis industry. The team continues to be led by Managing Directors, Matt Shalhoub and Tyler Stuart, with an advisory board that
ARQIS has advised AVS Verkehrssicherung (AVS) on its acquisition of KMK Projekts, a provider of traffic safety products and permanent road marking in Latvia.
The purchase price has not been disclosed.
Founded in 1994, KMK Projekts provides and installs crash barrier systems and offers horizontal road marking, on both urban roads and highways. In addition, KMK Projekts designs and plans permanent traffic flow and temporary traffic organization solutions. The company’s clients include both public authorities and municipalities as well as private companies and individuals. Headquartered in Riga, KMK Projekts is a member of Latvian road construction companies’ association (Latvijas
Noerr has advised the investment company Mutares and its subsidiary Donges SteelTec on the strategic acquisition of Tata Steel’s roof and facade system division operating as the Kalzip Group.
Donges, headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, has so far been operating in the steel bridge and structural steel construction business in the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region, whereas Kalzip is a supplier of aluminium steel envelopes. Kalzip, which is headquartered in Koblenz, Germany, and has major sites in England, Dubai and India, achieved sales of more than EUR60 million last year. The newly founded Donges Group combines these complementary product portfolios
Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), a UK fund manager and social enterprise, has invested GBP1.1 million in responsible lender, Five Lamps, based near Stockton-on-Tees.
The investment is part of a GBP5 million deal over six years that will help vulnerable households across the UK break out of the cycle of high-cost debt. SASC is one of nine investors and the deal represents the largest-ever single investment in a UK community lender.
The funding will mobilise over GBP60 million of lending, enabling Five Lamps to offer over 100,000 affordable personal loans under its Conduit brand, through a dedicated subsidiary called
Teamleader, known for its SaaS platform for CRM, project management and invoicing, has closed a Series C funding round of USD22 million (EUR18.5m).
The Series C round was led by a new investor, London-based Keen Venture Partners. Existing investor Fortino Capital & Sage Capital, which led Teamleaders A and B Series, and new investor PMV also joined the round.
Alexander Ribbink, General Partner of Keen Venture Partners, says: “Teamleader had been on our radar for a while now. Their track record up until now is impressive, and we admire the entire team’s drive. Keen VP will back up its
Crayhill Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm that specialises in private credit investments, has appointed Sloan Sutta as Managing Director.
Sutta (pictured), will be a senior member of Crayhill’s investment team, and his responsibilities will include helping to source, underwrite, structure, execute and manage asset-based investment opportunities, augmenting Crayhill’s differentiated approach to private credit.
“Private structured credit investing requires specialised skillsets, and Sloan’s deep expertise in the space will be an excellent complement to our investment team’s ability to deliver tailored capital solutions to specialty finance companies,” stated Josh Eaton, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Crayhill.
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Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has made 113 promotions, including five senior appointments to director and associate director roles in the biggest round of promotions in the Group’s history.
The promotions came into effect on 1 July, with nearly 15 per cent of the Group’s 720 employees being recognised and rewarded. Combined with the Group’s mid-year promotions, which took place in January, nearly 200 staff have been promoted in the last 12 months.
Of those promoted, five senior appointments to director and associate director positions were announced, significantly strengthening the Group’s leadership team.
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BlackRock has appointed Elga Bartsch as Head of Economic and Markets Research for the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII). In her new role, Bartsch will lead BII’s research on global macroeconomic topics and will be based in London.
Prior to joining BlackRock, Bartsch had a very successful career at Morgan Stanley spanning more than two decades and was most recently Morgan Stanley’s Chief European Economist & Global Co-Head of Economics.
Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman of BlackRock, says: “We are delighted that Elga Bartsch has joined the BlackRock Investment Institute. She is a world renowned market economist with extensive experience notably
Cavendish Corporate Finance, a specialist sell-side M&A firm, has advised the shareholders of Neilson Active Holidays (Neilson), a provider of overseas active holidays, on its investment by to mid-market private equity investor, LDC to support management’s expansion strategy.
Neilson offers a fantastic range of award-winning, activity-focussed holidays across seven countries in Europe where it operates beachclubs, ski hotels and chalets and 65 yachts, exclusively for its guests who number almost 80,000 every year.
In recent years Neilson has successfully capitalised on the increasing demand for activity and wellness holidays at the premium end of the market. This investment will
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