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Omnes Capital and Bpifrance have sold their stake in Grain d’Or Gel, a company specialising in the manufacture of frozen bakery products such as pizza dough and snacks.
This disposal falls within the framework of the merger between Grain d’Or Gel and Lubrano.
The new entity, named Groupe Novepan, represents sales of around EUR50 million.
The deal involves the Azulis Capital fund as majority shareholder, alongside the management team, which has increased its stake during this new round of fundraising. Omnes Capital and Bpifrance acquired a stake in the company in 2008 within the context of a management
Idinvest Partners has made a USD1.2 million investment in TrustInSoft, a spin-off from the CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission) that has developed a novel technology capable of mathematically demonstrating the safety and security of software code.
The company, which was ranked among the top 10 most innovative companies at the RSA Conference in 2015, has been widely recognised in the US and in Europe for its technology.
TrustInSoft is one of few companies selected by the Linux Foundation for the protection of its open source software stack, and the only company recognised by NIST (The US National Institute of
Henkel signed an agreement to acquire Nattura Laboratorios, headquartered in Guadalajara, Mexico, and associated companies in the US, Colombia and Spain.
Through the acquisition Henkel will further strengthen its hair professional business and expand its footprint in both the emerging and mature markets.
The transaction includes a portfolio of leading brands in Henkel’s core hair professional category. Major brands are Pravana and Tec Italy. In the fiscal year 2016, the business generated sales of more than EUR100 million.
“This acquisition is part of our strategy to strengthen our position in attractive markets and categories. We will expand our
Fiera Infrastructure, through its wholly owned subsidiary Aquila GP, an infrastructure management firm and affiliate of Fiera Capital, has acquired an additional equity interest in Thames Water valued at approximately CAD200 million, from SAS Trustee Corporation.
The increase in equity interest comes through investment in Kemble Water Holdings, the ultimate holding company of Thames Water, and further solidifies Fiera Infrastructure’s governance through a position on the board of directors.
The investment was made on behalf of Fiera Infra LP, an infrastructure fund under its management, alongside three affiliated entities of Desjardins Group as co-investors.
Thames Water is the largest
Lightsource Renewable Energy, a solar energy company, has appointed James Brooks as chief strategy officer, a member of the executive leadership team and board of the company.
After 18 years’ experience in the energy and technology sectors, Brooks has a wealth of knowledge in energy, technology and finance markets globally, and how to skilfully capitalise on disruptive and structural changes in complex global markets.
This includes working at First Reserve, a global private equity and infrastructure investment firm exclusively focused on energy, as well as private equity firm Advent International.
Most recently, Brooks was the co-head of energy
Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has appointed Paul Edmeades as the firm’s head of underwriting for asset based lending.
Edmeades joins the business from Shawbrook Business Credit, where his role was business development director for over two years.
He has also held previous positions at GE Commercial Finance and NMB Heller, and has over 20 years’ experience in the industry in risk, portfolio and commercial roles.
Responsible for building an underwriting team to support the firm’s commercial activities, he will be working closely with IGF’s sales teams to deliver and underwrite deals in
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has agreed to make a USD115 million growth investment in Alignment Healthcare, a population health management company.
The financing will enable Alignment to accelerate expansion of its operations, bringing the power of Alignment’s care delivery model to more patients across the country.
Founded in 2013, Alignment Healthcare has created a new model of healthcare delivery that reduces costs and improves lives by driving patients, providers and payers toward a common goal of wellness. Alignment’s technology and integrated care coordination model improves the quality of care and eliminates waste in the care system through a
Vertiflex, a specialist in minimally invasive interventions for spinal stenosis, has completed a USD40 million financing round, led by new investors Endeavour Vision and HIG BioHealth Partners.
Existing investors New Enterprise Associates, Thomas, McNerney & Partners and Alta Partners also participated in the financing round.
Proceeds from the financing will primarily be used to fund US commercial expansion of the company’s Superion Indirect Decompression System, a minimally invasive spinal implant designed to treat moderate lumbar spinal stenosis, a painful and often debilitating condition that affects an estimated 500,000 new patients every year in the US.
“Vertiflex has seen tremendous
TresVista Financial Services, a provider of outsourced research and customised financial services, has opened offices in Mumbai, New York and London.
The new offices complement TresVista's expansion plans and the increasing focus on investment in new services, enabling it to respond to the growing needs of its clients and partners.
The company has grown over 300 per cent in the last three years and has expanded the scope of its services to include data analytics and business development and marketing support. TresVista continues to explore additional offerings based on inputs from its clients and partners.
Along with its
SkySync has closed a round of Series A funding led by Plymouth Ventures of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
SkySync develops middleware technology within the hyper-growth market of Enterprise File Logistics (EFL), allowing organisations to integrate any number storage systems, including on-premises and cloud-based storage services.
The partnership enables SkySync to further accelerate its growth strategy to meet current market demand, as well as increase the development velocity for OneSync, SkySync’s next generation EFL platform. With clients including AstraZeneca, T Rowe Price, Allergan, Proctor & Gamble and 2,000-plus other organisations worldwide, SkySync developed OneSync to meet the complexities of integrating and
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