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Law firm Trowers & Hamlins has advised founders Daniel and Thomas Lowe, on the sale of Fourpure, a Bermondsey based craft brewer brand, to the UK subsidiary of Lion Pty, a large international FMCG company based in Australia.
Set up by brothers Daniel and Thomas Lowe in 2013, Fourpure supplies brands including Session IPA and Pils Lager to larger stores such as Marks & Spencer and Tesco as well as independent outlets.
Trowers corporate partner Nick Harrisingh says: “It was a pleasure to successfully complete another transaction for Daniel and Thomas. The Fourpure brand has grown significantly since its origin and
UK private equity firm Sovereign Capital Partners has exited investment in Xendo – an independent consultancy and project management organisation in the of (bio)pharmaceutical products, medical devices and healthcare space – to ProPharma Group, a portfolio company of US-based Linden Capital Partners.
This is Sovereign’s third exit in recent weeks and swiftly follows the sale of veterinary services provider Linnaeus Group to Mars Petcare’s Veterinary Health Group, and accident management services business Kindertons to ExamWorks. Xendo is also Sovereign’s first exit from its GBP395m fund SCLP IV.
Sovereign originally completed the management buy-out of Xendo in 2016. During the
Parimala Pakalapati, a financial technology executive with more than a decade of fintech and startup experience, has been appointed director of engineering of MPOWER Financing.
Pakalapati will oversee the company’s global engineering team, drive technology initiatives and work closely with internal and external stakeholders to establish technology solutions at a business and technical level.
“Parimala brings a wealth of knowledge in the fintech and startup spaces to MPOWER Financing and will help develop a clear vision for the company as we continue to explore new technology paths,” says Manu Smadja, CEO and co-founder of MPOWER Financing. “Her passion for
Palamon Capital Partners (Palamon), a pan-European growth investor, has acquired a majority stake in FairConnect, a provider of connected insurance services.
Palamon and its financing partners have invested and committed more than EUR100 million of funding to the Company.
FairConnect is a leading provider of connected services to insurers that are transforming the insurance industry with usage-based premiums and value-added services. For example, customers with “connected motor insurance” can benefit from reduced premiums and access a range of new services (such as accident and emergency assistance, breakdown diagnostics and theft recovery) which is driving rapid growth in the sector of
OakNorth has appointed Amir Nooriala, former MD of BGC Partners, as its Chief Operating Officer.
After graduating with a degree in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham, Amir Nooriala spent four years working in California for Cisco Systems as a system engineer, before returning to the UK to work for Accenture in its Global Technology Consulting division. In 2006, he joined Barclays Investment Bank, leaving a decade later as a Director running its Regulatory Technology divisions. Whilst there, he architected a programme whereby the operations and technology teams were combined into a single holistic service, enabling them to streamline
Nexus Investments, a division of Harry Hyman’s Nexus Group, has launched its first EIS Scale-Up Fund which it believes to be the first of its kind since the June announcement of the UK Government’s GBP2.5 billion British Patient Capital programme.
The Fund aims to address a large gap in the market by providing UK investors with access to exciting but curated UK entrepreneur-led private companies that have successfully passed the start-up stage and are ready to scale up on a global basis.
It will focus on four of the most exciting areas of change in the world today where
MPEP Management Luxembourg has secured a double-digit million Euro commitment from an alternative investment fund managed by Degroof Petercam, one of Belgium’s leading independent investment services institutions.
With its history dating back to 1871, Degroof Petercam today manages more than EUR54 billion for wealthy families, business owners and investment professionals. MPEP Management Luxembourg S.à r.l. and its sister company Munich Private Equity Partners GmbH (together “MPEP”) offer private equity programmes, managed accounts and further investment services for institutional clients out of their offices in Oberhaching (Greater Munich Area) and Luxembourg.
“Private equity plays an important role in the investment
BlackRock’s European Private Debt team has successfully closed its EUR1.1 billion first-time European Middle Market Private Debt Fund alongside several separate accounts, bringing the total AIM of the strategy to EUR1.8 billion.
The capital raise was a result of the team’s strong experience in middle market investing, their differentiated sourcing approach through local originators, and a global effort across the BlackRock platform.
The Fund’s final close exceeded the initial target of EUR750 million. The strategy saw strong demand from a diverse client base of around 50 investors globally, including insurers, public pension plans, foundations, endowments and family offices.
Fortino Capital is investing EUR2.2 million in Dobco Medical Systems, a Belgian software company specialising in online solutions for medical imaging.
Fortino Capital will help Dobco Medical Systems’ management with the further development of their platform and their international expansion.
Dobco Medical Systems was founded in 2011. Its PACSonWEB platform, is used in nine out of 10 Flemish hospitals. PACSonWEB is a secure cloud platform that provides an efficient way to exchange medical images and reports between all involved parties. Dobco is able to simplify complex processes within medical imaging and provide doctors and patients with medical information faster,
Eurazeo PME, Eurazeo’s division specialising in medium-sized companies, is to sell its stake in the Odealim Group, a French insurance brokerage firm for real estate professionals, to private equity firm TA Associates.
Eurazeo PME purchased AssurCopro in July 2016, working with founders Olivier Scemama and Vincent Mancel and the company’s management team. The transaction should be finalised in October 2018, once the preliminary operations have been completed. Eurazeo PME’s proceeds from the sale should be twice its initial investment.
With Eurazeo PME as its majority shareholder, Odealim has consolidated its leading position with five acquisitions, including InterAssurances, Jacques Boulard
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