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Audax Private Equity (Audax) has completed the sale of Neptune-Benson (Neptune) to Evoqua Water Technologies (Evoqua), a portfolio company of AEA Investors (AEA).
Evoqua is headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania and is a leader in water and wastewater treatment products, systems, and services for industrial and municipal customers.
Headquartered in Coventry, Rhode Island, Neptune is a designer and manufacturer of environmentally-friendly filtration, including regenerative media filtration, UV disinfection systems, microsand filtration, recirculation components, and filter accessories to the commercial aquatics, industrial, and municipal industries. Since Audax’ initial investment in 2011, Neptune completed five acquisitions to add to its product offering and
Realla.co, a commercial property search engine and marketing automation business, has raised GBP1.5 million from a group of property and technology investors led by Kirsh Family Office and Lloyd Dorfman’s Esselco Group.
Realla seeks to address the fragmented way commercial property is marketed by offering a single, well-presented platform for tenants, investors and agents to source property along with professional features to help commercial agents and landlords market and manage all types of instructions in a highly automated, trackable fashion.
The company was founded in late 2014 by Andy Miles, formerly a property investor at British Land and Ian Parry
Forentis Fund, a USD50 million special purpose venture fund focused on biotechnology, has committed to provide USD7.5 million in funding to Blueprint Bio, the first of the company’s target portfolio companies to receive a funding commitment.
“Our strategy at Forentis is to provide capital resources and support to our group of selected target portfolio companies,” says Jay Goth, managing partner at Forentis. “This capital infusion will allow Blueprint to further develop their intellectual property portfolio and fund additional discoveries. As the commercialisation engine of our ecosystem, Blueprint will be the first in line for funding.”
Blueprint Bio was founded in
The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide GBP 12 million for investment by Newton Aycliffe based Gestamp Tallent Automotive. This will support new investment to strengthen innovation and development of specialised chassis and suspension products at the automative industry component manufacturer.
“The European Investment bank has a strong track record supporting investment to strengthen the world class leadership of UK industry. We are pleased to continue our cooperation with the UK automotive sector to finance significant new investment by Gestamp Tallent in Newton Aycliffe,” says Jonathan Taylor, European Investment Bank Vice President.
Gestamp Tallent has six plants in
Deutsche Börse Group has launched a dedicated corporate venture capital (CVC) platform – DB1 Ventures. The DB1 Ventures team will be primarily based in Frankfurt and will undertake new investments as well as actively manage Deutsche Börse’s existing minority shareholdings.
While Deutsche Börse has already made several strategic investments in early stage and mature companies, the new approach is designed to allow the Group to actively manage its existing and new portfolio to realise the full potential of these strategic shareholdings.
DB1 Ventures will invest only in areas that are strategic to Deutsche Börse. The focus will primarily be on
Private equity firm Constitution Capital Partners has expanded its investment team with the addition of Dominic Morell as an Analyst, effective 13 June.
Morell returns to Constitution Capital after serving as the firm’s Summer Analyst in 2015. In his previous role with Constitution Capital, Morell supported the firm’s back office efforts by conducting market research for investor meetings, performing quarterly valuations, drafting investor communications, completing RFP submissions for potential investors, and assisting with internal investment database management. Morell is a recent graduate of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry,
Carey Olsen's listing specialists have advised on the initial public offering (IPO) of Hadrian's Wall Secured Investments Limited on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and its admission to the premium segment of the official list of the UK Listing Authority.
It is the first main market IPO of an investment company this year.
The initial placing has raised GBP80 million. The company will invest primarily in UK commercial loans secured by a range of assets including equipment, plant and machinery, real estate and trade receivables.
Carey Olsen's team included partner Ben Morgan, senior associate Annette Alexander and associate Alexandria du
Silverfleet Capital, the European private equity firm specialised in buy-to-build, is to invest alongside the existing management team in the acquisition of UK training provider Lifetime Training.
Completion is subject to regulatory approval and the terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1995, Lifetime Training offers high quality apprenticeship, recruitment services, self-funded training courses and bespoke courses across a range of different sectors to employers of all sizes in the public and private sectors.
By enabling individuals and businesses to perform better through the delivery of market leading training programmes, Lifetime Training has become one of the
Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has signed an agreement with Emerald and PM & Partners, the shareholders and current debt holders, for the acquisition of Alfatherm, a manufacturer of rigid, semi-rigid and flexible PVC films.
The acquisition is expected to be complete in late June. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Alfatherm was established more than 50 years ago and is the fourth largest European PVC film manufacturer, focused on the production and sale of rigid, semi-rigid and flexible PVC foils that are used for various applications. The business operates three manufacturing sites in the Milan area and
Kellogg Company is establishing eighteen94 capital (1894) to make minority investments in companies pursuing next-generation innovation, bolstering access to cutting-edge ideas and trends.
The investment mandate includes start-up businesses pioneering new ingredients, foods, packaging, and enabling technology.
"As consumer preferences move toward more diverse tastes and trends, the pace of innovation in the packaged food industry continues to intensify," says Gary Pilnick, vice chairman of Kellogg Company. "By investing directly in the most promising entrepreneurs and ventures, we can increase greatly our access to game-changing ideas and trends that could become significant sources of growth for us. At the same
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