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On the dot, a machine learning-driven last mile delivery start-up, and part of CitySprint Group, has secured an additional investment of GBP8 million from its parent company, which is itself private equity-funded.
This new round will help fund On the dot’s further growth: product development, senior hires and international expansion, and builds on the GBP17.7 million invested in On the dot since its establishment in 2015. Globally, more than USD11 billion (GBP8.5 billion) has been invested in start-ups disrupting the last mile delivery market since 2007.
On the dot – which now combines On the dot and LastMileLink Technologies
City law firm Wedlake Bell has advised Global Risk Partners (GRP) on its third acquisition in the past month. GRP’s Northern Irish retail broking hub, Abbey Bond Lovis (ABL), has acquired a majority share in Digney Grant Ltd, a Northern Irish insurance broking firm, for an undisclosed fee.
The deal completed on 15 August 2018 and has received regulatory approval.
GRP’s acquisition of Digney Grant through its ABL hub demonstrates the effectiveness of GRP’s hub strategy across the UK which enables the group to pursue acquisitions of companies who are experienced specialists in their regions. This latest deal –
LaLiga, Spain’s top-flight soccer competition, and Relevent, a multinational media, sports and entertainment group, have formed a 15-year, equal joint venture to promote football in the US and Canada.
As part of the agreement, LaLiga plans to bring a regular season club match to the United States, the first to be played outside Europe.
Called ‘LaLiga North America’, the newly founded organisation will work to cultivate football culture in the US and Canada.
The agreement marks an inflection point for football – the world’s most popular sport in numbers of participants and spectators – in the US and
Deposit Solutions, a specialist in Open Banking and provider of a platform for savings deposits, has closed a new funding round led by private equity firm Vitruvian Partners.
Vitruvian was joined by Kinnevik and existing shareholders including Deposit Solutions’ first institutional shareholder e.ventures in a transaction worth a total of USD100 million, valuing the company at USD500 million.
Dr Tim Sievers, CEO and founder of Deposit Solutions, says: “We are delighted to welcome Vitruvian and Kinnevik as new shareholders. They are experts in supporting high-growth companies, which makes them ideal partners for us. Their deep industry expertise and financial
Brian R Hall, OBE, former Chairman of the Board of Oyster Consulting (Bermuda) Ltd, has become Chairman Emeritus.
Hall (pictured) has served as Chairman of the Board since the company’s inception. His son, B Robert (Rob) Hall, a Founding Principal and Managing Director of Oyster Consulting, will now take on the role of Chairman .
Virginia-based Oyster Consulting provides financial firms across the United States the sophisticated, expert support necessary to navigate today’s volatile economic environment, complex regulatory schemes, and evolving technologies. In 2012, Oyster Consulting launched a platform for its services in Bermuda through Oyster Consulting (Bermuda), formerly known as Inter-Ocean
Pre-funding of the Robinhood Equity Token (RHET) is now live on the Swarm platform, the blockchain for private equity. Accredited investors can now reserve their stake in a fund created for the purpose of holding equity in Robinhood.
The first security token of its kind, once the minimum funding goal is reached a Swarm syndicate manager will form an entity using Swarm, acquire equity through established relationships with former employees and other equity holders, and convert committed funds into RHET equity tokens.
“Secondary equities transactions and refinancing of legal entities which hold private company equity are not new in
Ogier’s Jersey listings team is continuing to see strong flows of private equity and intercompany group-related debt listings as The International Stock Exchange (TISE) announces a general increase in listings for the first six months of 2018.
Peter Longstaffe (pictured), counsel in the Banking and Finance team in Jersey, says that the listing team continues to be busy with private equity and intercompany group-related debt listing work – and that the team is also active in other growth areas for the exchange including High Yield Bonds.
Ogier is one of the leading listings agents in relation to TISE, having
Great Rock Capital, an asset-focused commercial finance company specialising in middle market lending, has appointed Jeffrey Peckitt as Managing Director of Originations.
Peckitt will be based in Toronto and will be responsible for sourcing new investment opportunities to expand the firm’s footprint in the Greater Toronto area and establish a presence in the Canadian markets.
“We are excited to have Jeffrey join Great Rock as we expand into the Canadian market,” says Stuart Armstrong, CEO of Great Rock Capital. “Jeffrey’s depth of industry knowledge, experience, and relationships will be a great asset to the firm, as we believe it’s
Eagle Merchant Partners and JLM Financial Partners have closed their investment in the Recreational Group, a leading provider of residential and commercial recreational surfacing products across the country.
The move capitalises on the rapidly-growing artificial turf and sports surfacing industry, with products used across a wide range of markets and customers. Founded in 1998, Recreational Group has grown to more than USD45 million in sales through strategic acquisitions and organic growth. The recreational surfacing industry has become more popular as it is environmentally sustainable, affordable and maintenance free, which has driven both residential and commercial uses. It allows families to
Peer-to-peer business lender Assetz Capital has revealed that over GBP50 million has been invested into its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) since its launch at the beginning of the year.
The popularity of the Assetz Capital ISA has been consistently strong, to the extent that ISA investments now account for over 15 per cent of all loans funded through the platform.
Many investors have made the switch to the Assetz Capital ISA from Cash and Stocks and Shares ISAs, with the platform seeing over GBP20 million of completed or in-progress transfers. This is on top of investors putting new money
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