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bpost has acquired US-based company Radial, to expand offerings and accelerate the development of its e-commerce logistics solutions.
The acquisition leverages Radial’s e-commerce service, expertise and scale with bpost to provide an industry-leading cross-border value proposition for its customers in Europe and North America.
Radial is a leading provider of integrated e-commerce logistics and omnichannel technology solutions, headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (USA). In 2016, Radial fulfilled over 306 million units for its retail customers, across 24 fulfillment centers. Radial is largely ahead of its peers in terms of scale, geographic coverage and breadth of services. In addition
Lendable has raised USD 6.5 million in a Series A round of investment from KawiSafi Ventures, Omidyar Network, Fenway Summer Ventures and a number of prominent FinTech angel investors from the United States.
They included Larry Rosenberger, the former Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) CEO. The funds will be used to scale operations, drive market expansion, and roll out new products.
Lendable has launched the first technology-enabled deal platform designed specifically for alternative lenders in frontier markets. The Lendable platform enables these companies to raise scalable forms of off balance sheet financing in weeks.
Lendable has so far completed
FX affiliate firm Investoo Group has moved in to the portfolio management space with the acquisition of RoboAdvisors.com.
With a commitment to making portfolio management affordable and accessible, RoboAdvisors.com is aiming to become the leading robo advisor comparison site.
Investoo Group CEO Adam Grunwerg, says: “Our acquisition of this dynamic robo advisor comparison site represents a major turning point in our company as we expand into the retail investments industry. Robo advisors is a rapidly growing market that we feel will revolutionise the personal investments industry. This acquisition fits nicely into our group of brands, alongside our investment and
Fund Partners (FP), a UK-based independent ACD (Authorised Corporate Director) has hired Chris Spencer as the new Managing Director for its London office.
FP was recently acquired by FundRock, one of the largest independent UCITS and AIFM investment management companies in Europe.
Over the course of his 30 year career, Spencer has gained extensive experience in the UK investment funds industry covering all aspects of retail and fund administration as well as developing brokerage capability alongside asset management. Before joining FP, Spencer was Managing Director at International Financial Data Services (IFDS), which has been renamed DST, where, over his 13
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Joh Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG, London branch, and Grant Thornton UK on the successful GBP163 million AIM market IPO of Alpha Financial Consulting Group plc, a provider of specialist consultancy services to the asset and wealth management industry.
Berenberg is acting as global coordinator and broker, and Grant Thornton is acting as nominated adviser. Admission is expected to become effective on 11 October 2017.
The placing raised a total of GBP125 million (before expenses) for the Company and selling shareholders and marks a successful exit for private equity sponsor Dunedin LLP.
Reconor Group, a portfolio company of private equity firm Agilitas, has completed its second addition of 2017 with the acquisition of Mijodan.
Reconor, one of the leading environmental services groups in Denmark, also purchased Lotra in June 2017.
Reconor handles over 2 million tonnes of waste each year, with only 0.12 per cent being sent to landfill. The majority of the waste is recycled (e.g. for renewable power resources, hardcore ballast for construction, as well as materials for plasterboard). Reconor’s expertise helps Danish industrial and construction groups meet the country’s high standards of responsible and environmentally safe recycling.
ARX Equity Partners (ARX) has exited its 2010 investment in Czech construction materials manufacturer, KVK Holding (KVK), generating an overall 3.7x cash-on-cash return multiple and an IRR exceeding 20 per cent in the process.
KVK operates six production sites in the Czech Republic – three for the manufacture of mortar products, two for bituminous membranes and one for expanded polystyrene insulation. KVK generated revenues of EUR40 million in 2016.
The ARX exit was executed via a sale to Sika CZ, a subsidiary of Sika, a Swiss-headquartered specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of
Growth private equity specialist Keensight Capital has appointed Nicolas Ulrich as an Analyst in the firm’s investment team.
Prior to joining Keensight Capital, Nicolas worked as an M&A Analyst within the investment bank Natixis Partners, formerly Leonardo & Co France.
He also worked as an Auditor at EY and is a graduate of Paris-Dauphine University and ESCP Europe.
Noerr has advised Evac Group Holding Oy on the sale of the Finnish Evac Group by IK Investment Partners (through its IK VII Fund) to private equity funds managed by Bridgepoint.
Evac Group is the world’s leading provider of integrated waste, wastewater, and water management systems for the marine, offshore and building industries. In 2016, it generated a turnover exceeding EUR 100 million. Evac Group is headquartered in Finland and has offices in Brazil, China, Finland, France, Germany, South Korea, Norway, Sweden and the USA, as well as representatives in more than 40 countries.
In the course of the
Bryan Cave’s M&A teams in Frankfurt and Hamburg have advised the Altano Group, a subsidiary of the Swiss investment company Ufenau Capital Partners, on its acquisiton of Pferdeklinik, an equine clinic located in Kirchheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
The Altano Group, which is one of the leading operators of equine clinics in Germany, is growing its presence in Southern Germany.
The Altano Group is a platform for the buy & build strategy of the Ufenau V German Asset Light Fond in the area of equine medicine in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Ufenau Capital Partners is in exclusive negotiations with several leading equine
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