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Leesa Sleep, a direct-to-consumer online luxury mattress retailer, has raised GBP17.6m in a Series B funding round led by One Better Ventures, an investment company led by John Replogle.
Replogle will join Leesa as Chairman of the Board alongside Peter Graham who was Chairman of Seventh Generation until its recent sale to Unilever, who will also join the Leesa Sleep Board. Notable investors include social impact entrepreneurs such as Blake Mycoskie, Founder of TOMS. The investors included in this round are aligned with Leesa’s social mission – to elevate life with thoughtfully designed and crafted products and to be a force
Allegro Ophthalmics, a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel therapies to treat vitreoretinal diseases has completed a private round of equity financing for USD10.7 million.
With this infusion of capital, the company is strongly positioned to reach future corporate milestones. Allegro is . The company’s lead drug candidate, Luminate, has successfully met the endpoints for two Phase 2 monotherapy studies for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME) and vitreomacular traction (VMT). In addition, topline results of its Phase 2, Stage 2 DME clinical trial in which Luminate is being evaluated in combination and as an adjunctive therapy
Munich Venture Capital firm Target Partners has appointed Jan Wolter as Venture Partner. A successful founder and executive, Wolter will contribute his experience in enterprise software to the Target Partners network.
Wolter is Managing Director for Europe at Applause, the a specialist in In-The-Wild Software Testing. Previously he was co-founder and CEO of Testhub, which merged in May 2014 with its US competitor Applause. Under Wolter’s leadership since then, the company has expanded into 10 countries and achieved 30x revenue growth.
“As a founder, I came to appreciate Target Partners back in 2014. I was impressed with their focus
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advised the retail technology solutions company Aptos, Inc on the acquisition of TXT Retail, the end-to-end merchandise lifecycle management solutions business of TXT e-solutions, a listed company on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange.
The transaction is worth EUR 85 million on a cash-free debt-free basis, to be paid at closing, expected by 31 October 2017.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners assisted Aptos with a team composed by partners Bruno Gattai and Gerardo Gabrielli, senior associate Federico Bal, and associates Domenico Garofalo and Maria Persichetti. Partners Lorenzo Cairo and Licia Garotti handled
BlackFin Capital Partners completed a first closing in excess of EUR100 million for its BlackFin Tech Fund 1 from European institutional investors such as Bpifrance, Vaudoise Assurances Group, Groupama Group, Sogecap (Société Générale Insurance), Natixis Assurances, Swiss Life as well as several banks and family-offices.
This closing paves the way for a broader institutional fund-raise, with the target of reaching more than EUR150 million.
Founded by four Fintech entrepreneurs in 2009 – Laurent Bouyoux, Paul Mizrahi, Eric May and Bruno Rostain – BlackFin raised a first buy-out fund of EUR220 million in 2011. BlackFin has been investing and supporting
Maven Capital Partners, manager of the GBP20 million Finance Durham Fund, is open for business in the North East after moving into Salvus House at Aykley Heads, a new GBP3.4m office building run by Business Durham.
With a newly recruited local team in place, Maven is supporting Durham-based businesses by providing flexible funding packages to suit their growth requirements.
The new office will add to Maven’s strong presence across the North of England making it well-resourced to provide the necessary support to local companies, both in terms of the initial investment process and the ongoing support as those businesses
BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay) Private Debt Group has held the final close of its Senior Loan Fund with investable capital, including leverage, in excess of EUR3 billion.
The Fund has significantly exceeded its initial target, with strong support from both existing and new institutional investors globally. BlueBay’s Private Debt platform now has over EUR7 billion in AuM and has successfully completed over 55 transactions across nine geographies since inception in 2011.
The new Senior Loan Fund aims to provide credit to upper mid-market European businesses to fill the funding gap left by banks, through bespoke financing solutions for leveraged
Middle-market private equity firm Calera Capital is to sell its majority interest in United Site Services (USS), a provider of portable toilets, temporary fence and related site services, to Platinum Equity. Terms of the transactions have not been disclosed.
Calera Capital acquired a majority interest in United Site Services in August 2014.
“We look for companies with attractive business models and sustainable competitive positioning that still have substantial untapped potential,” says Jim Farrell, a managing partner of Calera Capital. “Through active involvement and a strong partnership with management, we help our portfolio companies attain the highest level of operating
Acrolinx, a provider of AI software for enterprise content creation, has announced a majority acquisition and equity growth funding by GENUI in a transaction with a volume of approximately USD60 million.
Bernd-Michael Rumpf, former CEO of SAP SI will invest alongside GENUI and Acrolinx management is expanding its shareholding in the company as part of the transaction. The investment will help accelerate Acrolinx’s continued global expansion and market leadership. Drake Star Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Acrolinx on this transaction.
“Content matters now more than ever. To reach, engage, and retain customers, you need a lot of
Chassis Brakes International Group, a portfolio company of KPS Capital Partners, has completed its second successful recapitalisation. The proceeds will be used to fund a cash distribution to stockholders, refinance the company’s capital structure, purchase Robert Bosch GmbH’s financial interests in the company, and provide resources for investments in technology and growth.
Financing for the transaction was provided by KKR Credit and Gide advised Chassis Brakes International Group in connection with the financing and security agreements entered into with KKR.
The following jurisdictions were involved: Luxembourg, The Netherlands, France, Brazil, Mexico, Poland, the State of Delaware, Germany and Spain.
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