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Balance Point Capital, in conjunction with its affiliated funds, Balance Point Capital Partners II, and Connecticut Growth Capital, LLC, has made a strategic investment in Clarus Commerce (Clarus).
Balance Point provided preferred and common equity capital to facilitate the acquisition of the Company alongside Landon Capital Partners, Falcon Investment Advisors, LLC and Trivergance.
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, Clarus develops, owns and operates a comprehensive platform for membership and loyalty programs through an owned and operated channel and white label channel. Clarus' flagship product, Freeshipping.com, offers a suite of benefits to consumers
The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide a GBP 700 million loan for the GBP 4.2 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel, the biggest infrastructure project ever undertaken by the UK water industry.
Often dubbed the ‘super sewer’, the project is urgently needed to help tackle overflows of untreated sewage into the river through the centre of the British capital.
The European Investment Bank is the world’s largest lender for water-related investment and the backing for the Thames Tideway Tunnel represents the largest-ever loan for water investment worldwide. The 35-year long-term loan from Europe’s long-term lending institution has been agreed
The Venture Capital Catalyst Fund of British Business Bank Investments, the commercial arm of the British Business Bank, has invested EUR9 million in Frog Capital II, a EUR90 million European Growth Capital Fund.
The Fund will invest in up to eight ambitious high-growth technology businesses across the UK and Europe. It builds on Frog Capital’s existing portfolio, which includes Azimo, a leading London-based digital money remittance business, and Skimlinks, a fast growing London-based digital content marketing and data business.
Mike Reid, Managing Partner of Frog Capital, London, says: “The European growth capital opportunity for tech is exceptional right now. The
Guernsey’s new Manager Led Product (MLP) was warmly received by a London funds audience when it was launched at the Guernsey Funds Forum last week [12 May].
Nearly 500 delegates attended the annual funds conference, which this year saw Luke Johnson, Chairman of private equity house Risk Capital Partners and former Chairman of Channel 4 Television, appear as keynote speaker. The event, entitled ‘The new scope – investor perspectives, innovation and success’, was moderated by ITV News anchor Alastair Stewart OBE, and took place at etc. venues, 155 Bishopsgate, London.
Guernsey Finance Chief Executive Dominic Wheatley (pictured) said the annual
Inflexion Private Equity has appointed Josh Kaufman as Investment Director, and Henry Arundel and Fabrizia Rizzi as Investment Executives. They start with immediate effect.
Kaufman joins as an Investment Director in Inflexion’s Partnership Capital team. Previously Kaufman was a Director at Levine Leichtman Capital Partners where he completed numerous transactions, add-on acquisitions and refinancings in a range of diverse sectors and businesses. Prior to that, he was a Senior Associate at Leeds Equity Partners in New York.
Arundel and Rizzi will support transaction execution in Inflexion’s Buyout and Partnership Capital teams. Arundel joins from Evercore Partners, where he advised
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and ADM Capital, a leading investor in stressed companies in Asia and Europe, have launched a repeat lending platform to support sound, but financially stressed companies in Asia.
The platform will act as a safety net allowing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to grow in the absence of bank financing, subsequently saving jobs and securing livelihoods.
The ADM Capital Somei Lending Platform addresses a credit vacuum in Asia whereby stressed, small and middle market firms that operate in dysfunctional markets or in special situations gain access to medium-term debt financing that
EZBob Ltd, which trades as business e-lenders Everline and EZBob, has secured a three-year GBP25 million debt funding facility from Shawbrook Bank and Honeycomb Investment Trust (Pollen Street Capital Limited – Investment Manager).
This latest funding follows the close of the FinTech start-up’s Series C investment round in March, with a GBP20 million equity from Bank Leumi, and existing investor, Oaktree Capital Management LP.
Having already provided over GBP100 million and over 8,500 loans to small businesses in the UK, this new round of funding will allow EZBob Ltd to open up lending to more UK SMEs at more affordable
Global marketing services and secure & essential communications provider, Adare Group, has acquired Banner Managed Communication (BMC), another supplier of business marketing and essential communication services, for an undisclosed sum.
The landmark deal is one of the most significant transactions in the marcomms services space in recent years. It creates a GBP230 million turnover group with more than 1,000 staff and a well-balanced client portfolio across a range of key verticals. The combined business will enjoy an especially strong position in the global leisure, healthcare, FMCG, financial services and retail sectors. Leading global brands such as Coca Cola, Heineken, Carlsberg
toucanBox, a subscription-based children’s arts and crafts delivery service, has secured a GBP2.7 million investment from BGF Ventures, as part of a GBP3.2 million funding round, to accelerate its UK and international growth and introduce new products.
This is the company’s first institutional investment following previous rounds of angel and seed funding.
toucanBox makes and delivers themed boxes of arts and craft activities for children aged three to eight. Activities and materials are developed by educational experts and there is no contract or tie-in, with customers able to pause, cancel or upgrade their subscription at any time. The business
YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed Colin Granger as an Investment Director focusing on sourcing and completing new investments throughout the South of England. He will be based in London and brings to YFM his extensive experience across deal transaction.
With nearly nine years of industry experience, Granger joins YFM from Milestone Capital, where he focused on investing in growing businesses in the UK lower mid-market. Prior to joining Milestone Capital, he worked at PwC for five years where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and held several executive roles.
“We are delighted to welcome Colin to our team,” says
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