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Semcon has acquired the German product information company HAAS-Publikationen.
HAAS-Publikationen is based in Troisdorf, Dessau and Berlin and has more than 25 years of experience in technical documentation and product information primarily for the German railway industry. Presently, HAAS-Publikationen engages almost 50 employees. Turnover for 2017 totalled close to SEK50 million. The acquisition is expected to have a positive effect on operating margin as well as earnings per share in 2018.
“With the extended knowledge from multiple industries and a solid service offering, from both HAAS-Publikationen and Semcon operations globally, we will become an even stronger partner to both
SWORD Health, the creator of the AI-powered digital physiotherapist SWORD Phoenix, has closed a USD4.6 million seed funding round. The investment, provided by Green Innovations and Vesalius Biocapital III and other investors from Europe and the US will be used to accelerate the development of new digital therapies and drive SWORD Health’s global growth.
SWORD Health is a technology platform pioneering a new approach to physical rehabilitation. Using a combination of high-precision motion tracking sensors and the latest advances in AI, SWORD Health’s core product, SWORD Phoenix, offers patients interactive physical rehabilitation exercises from the comfort of their own home,
Family-owned Kids Planet has received a further GBP6.5 million investment from BGF as it plans to double the number of nurseries within the group in the next five years.
Since BGF’s initial investment, the Greater Manchester-headquartered business has expanded from 17 to 23 sites across the North of England, including most recently in Preston, Stockport, Billinge and Swinton. Last year, it was awarded the top spot in the Nursery World Childcare League Table – a compilation of Ofsted ratings for the 20 largest nursery groups in Britain.
Kids Planet has a number of new sites already in the pipeline,
Guernsey Finance has appointed Adrian Norman as its new London Representative.
Permanently based in London, Norman’s remit is to further promote awareness of the island’s finance offering, to educate about Guernsey’s financial services, and to connect London professionals with Guernsey practitioners.
Norman (pictured) is Guernsey-born and has 25 years of finance experience, more than 20 of those on the island, where he has worked across funds, private wealth and banking at firms such as Credit Suisse, Northern Trust, Carey Group, Ogier and Odey Wealth. His role at Odey took him to London in 2014, where he was Head of
THL Credit Advisors has appointed Christopher Todisco as Director on the Business Development team in New York. His responsibilities include business development, client relationship management, and fund marketing for THL Credit’s growing Direct Lending and Tradable Credit platforms.
Todisco will be involved in the development and management of institutional investor relationships across consultants, pension funds, insurance companies, endowments and foundations.
Before joining THL Credit, Todisco spent 12 years in Business Development at GAM USA Inc, a USD150 billion AUM alternative investment manager. At GAM, he represented absolute return credit, real estate private debt, emerging market debt, alternative risk premia and
Chelverton Asset Management Limited (Chelverton), a specialist investor in sub-FTSE 100 quoted equities and unquoted SMEs, has completed its first transaction of 2018 with an additional investment in VeloVixen.
Having supported the company initially in 2016, Members of the Chelverton Investor Club – a syndicate of High Net Worth private investors – have committed a further six figure sum as the VeloVixen looks to build on its recent rapid growth, with the launch in 2018 of its first own-brand products, as well as a concerted focus on its increasingly significant export markets.
Oxfordshire-based Pedalling Forth Limited, T/A VeloVixen, which
Aquis Technologies, the financial and regulatory technologies services arm of Aquis Exchange, has been appointed to supply trading technology to Estates and Infrastructure Exchange (EIE).
EIE will take Aquis’ complete suite of exchange technology including the Aquis Matching Engine (AMS), its state-of-the-art Aquis Market Surveillance (AMS), as well as operations tools and assistance in the post trade environment.
EIE, which is aiming to become a Registered Investment Exchange, is the world’s first infrastructure trading platform to create a bridge between the billions of underinvested capital and the thousands of globally unfunded projects. EIE was launched in mid-2017 and works
Investcorp has acquired KSI Trading Corp (KSI), a supplier of aftermarket auto body parts in the US.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1984, KSI is an industry-leading distributor of quality replacement auto body parts servicing over 10,000 collision repair shop customers across 25 locations in 14 states. In addition to top quality products, KSI has succeeded in providing superior customer service, rapid order turnaround and competitive pricing over the last three decades. Headquartered in South Plainfield, New Jersey, KSI has over 600 employees across the US.
KSI will be led by Christopher
A company backed by Private equity firm Permira has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Exclusive Group, a specialist in value-added services and technologies (VAST) for cybersecurity and cloud migration, for an undisclosed value.
Selling equity holders include former majority owner Cobepa and Andera Partners (formerly Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners).
The investment secures substantial new funding to fuel the next stage of the Company’s development. The Exclusive management team led by CEO Olivier Breittmayer will maintain a significant equity stake in the firm and continue to lead the company in their current roles.
Established in 2003 and
White Oak Global Advisors, on behalf of its institutional clients, has partnered with C2FO to offer new receivable financing options to C2FO’s extensive network of businesses throughout the US.
Established in 2008, C2FO is an industry leader in true dynamic discounting for businesses around the world. The C2FO “Name your rate” model lets businesses improve cash flow by offering their customers a discount they determine in exchange for early payment of invoices.
With the White Oak partnership, C2FO can provide businesses access to additional funding options when early payment is not available from out-of-network customers. In addition to this
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