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Oddbox, a London-based independent ‘wonky’ fruit and veg box scheme, has reached its crowdfunding target in record time to enable it to expand its service.
The company initially hoped to raise GBP350,000 but managed GBP520,000.
The purpose-driven business has captured people’s imagination by offering a quality, sustainably-sourced product which is conveniently delivered to your door. Oddbox’s weekly boxes are filled with delicious wonky and surplus fruit and veg that have been rescued from farms and would otherwise have been wasted. It pays farmers a fair price for their produce and donates up to 10 per cent to tackle food
Fund administrator Apex Group (Apex) has expanded its US team with the addition of several new senior hires in the firm’s New York office.
Apex continues to grow rapidly in markets across North America, expanding its global footprint following a series of successful acquisitions teamed with organic growth.
The Group now has a strong presence across the Americas region with offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, New York, Santa Ana and San Francisco, in addition to Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Toronto and Uruguay. Apex’s focus on expanding its brand and service capabilities across North America sees the addition of seven new senior
San Francisco Equity Partners (SFEP) has acquired a majority stake in Portland-based Brazi Bites, a US producer of naturally gluten-free Brazilian-style cheese bread.
The new partnership aims to develop new business around the strength of the Brazi Bites founding team that has been leading a movement among consumers toward authentic, ethnic, better-for-you frozen foods offerings.
“San Francisco Equity Partners is the ideal partner for Brazi Bites based on their experience guiding authentic consumer brands to a broader audience,” says Junea Rocha, Co-Founder and CEO of Brazi Bites. “The popularity of our Brazilian Cheese Bread line has positioned the company
Pollen Street Capital, an independent alternative asset investment management company focused on the financial and business services sectors, has acquired a majority stake in BIK, a Polish insurance services provider.
BIK is a rapidly-growing insurance services platform focused primarily on the Corporate Motor insurance market in Poland. The business was established in 1999 and has since evolved into a leading specialist, offering an end-to-end service from initial policy search and selection advice, to documentation fulfilment, in-life administration and claims management.
The stake was acquired by funds managed by Pollen Street Capital from Syntaxis Capital, a CEE-focused growth credit manager, and BIK’s founding shareholders, one of whom will retain a significant minority stake
One on One Physical Therapy and JAG Physical Therapy, providers of outpatient orthopaedic physical therapy services, have combined as a single platform and entered into a strategic relationship with Pamlico Capital.
The formation of JAG-ONE Physical Therapy, led by three of the nation’s most accomplished physical therapists, John Gallucci Jr, Chief Executive Officer, Richard Bodian, Chief Clinical Officer, and Joseph Saraceno, Chief Operating Officer, brings together their years of experience, clinical aptitude, and business acumen to create a forward-thinking, patient-centred approach to rehabilitation. Pamlico Capital has signed a definitive agreement for an investment in a management service organisation formed to
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan has advised The Ultimate Software Group on its acquisition of PeopleDoc SAS, an HR service delivery platform based in Paris, France, for approximately USD300 million in a combination of cash and stock.
Ultimate is a leading provider of cloud-based human capital management solutions, with more than 40 million people records in the Ultimate cloud. Ultimate’s award-winning UltiPro product suite delivers HR, payroll, talent, and time and labour management solutions that connect people with the information they need to work more effectively.
The Stroock team was led by Christopher Doyle, co-chair of Stroock’s Corporate Group, and
YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has backed the MBO of DSP Database Managed Services (DSP), a provider of database and data platform managed services.
Charlie Robinson and Ian Waterfield led the investment for YFM, which marks the sixth investment from the firm’s Buyout Fund I.
DSP is a UK-based supplier of data platform support & consulting services, whether on-premise, in-the-cloud or hybrid. The company has both Oracle and Microsoft delivery teams that deliver support, consultancy and managed cloud services to a wide range of mid-market and FTSE 100 clients.
DSP was founded in 1999 and set out to become
If one looks at Private Equity & Real Estate (PERE) assets, they’ve been growing substantially over the past decade. Since December 2007, PERE assets have more than doubled from over EUR3 trillion to EUR6 trillion.
In some respects, private equity has become a victim of its own success with approximately USD1 trillion in the form of dry powder (or capital yet to be invested). Factor in the increased level of competition as a result of large institutional investors directly investing, which is pushing valuations higher, and the net result is that it is becoming harder for PE and RE fund
Hazy, a London-based AI company focused on ethical, GDPR-compliant data sharing for responsible businesses, has secured an additional USD1.8 million in a seed funding round led by UCL Technology Fund, alongside Nationwide Building Society, Pentland, Amadeus Capital Partners, AI Seed and other investors.
This takes Hazy’s total seed funding to USD2.8 million following a USD1 million investment from M12 and Notion, awarded to the company in May, after Hazy was declared the European winner of global startup competition Innovate.AI.
Hazy, founded less than 18 months ago, was spun out of UCL (University College London), and raised GBP340,000 pre-seed in October 2017 in a round led by the UCL Technology
UK holiday park operator Coppergreen has acquired Kenwick Park Golf Hotel and Spa and Lodge Park in Lincolnshire and Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire, doubling the size of its portfolio.
BGF, the UK’s most active growth capital investor, has invested a further GBP10 million of growth capital while HSBC has provided GBP15.3m towards these purchases and general group capital expenditure. The new funding takes BGF’s total investment in Coppergreen to GBP21 million.
In addition to the two new acquisitions, Coppergreen owns and operates Woodland Lakes in North Yorkshire and Piperdam Golf & Leisure Resort in Scotland, which has been awarded
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