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Mergers and acquisitiojns firm Woodbridge International has advised Germany-based GEPPERT-Band GmbH to Dorner Manufacturing Corporation.
GEPPERT-Band, headquartered in Jülich, Germany, designs, manufactures and sells branded belt conveyors made from aluminum, steel and stainless steel for indoor applications. The Company’s conveyor belts are at work in hundreds of the world’s largest companies. Products are used in industries such as food processing and packaging, automotive, metal-working, chemical and pharmaceutical. Customers are primarily in Germany and in other European markets.
Dorner is a leading Wisconsin-based designer and manufacturer of unit handling conveyor systems and component parts used in automation applications for industrial, packaging,
Seed 2 Growth Ventures (S2G), a Chicago-based venture capital firm has led an investment in Vancouver-based Terramera, Inc. Other key investors in the financing include ACA Investments (affiliate of Sumitomo Corporation), Bold Capital Partners, Renewal Funds and Maumee Ventures.
“Terramera is very proud to be working with S2G Ventures as our lead investor in this recent round of financing,” says Terramera CEO, Karn Manhas. “Terramera develops safer, more effective solutions for public health, sustainable food production, and bee health, by harnessing the power of natural plant defenses with innovative green chemistry. This investment allows us to continue our rapid growth,
Growth private equity firm TA Associates has completed an investment in 10bis, a B2B and B2C online food ordering marketplace and payment platform in Israel. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
In the B2B market in Israel, 10bis operates a leading online food marketplace that allows businesses to provide employee meal benefits programs. The 10bis platform is integrated into a company’s human resources and accounting systems, with employees’ allowances made available through a dedicated 10bis account. Employees can make restaurant purchases via the 10bis mobile app or website, or by using a 10bis card in person at
Privet Capital, a private equity investor focused on creating value through operational improvement, has acquired Cash Processing Solutions Limited and its subsidiaries (CPS) from De La Rue.
CPS is a specialist in providing cash processing hardware, software and related services to central banks, commercial banks, state printworks and commercial cash processing companies. Its sorting solutions process 125 billion banknotes per annum from operations in 106 countries, supported by a team of over 500 people.
Under the terms of the sale agreement, De La Rue will enter into a strategic partnership with CPS that will focus on product innovation and
Livingstone has advised the shareholders of ABI, including management and private equity investor LGV Capital, on CBPE Capital’s acquisition of a majority stake from LGV Capital.
ABI is a manufacturer of caravan holiday homes which it manufactures in Beverley, East Yorkshire where it employs over 400 people. ABI is the second largest supplier into the UK market by volume and supplies all of the major holiday park groups, as well as smaller groups, independent parks and a number of dealerships in the UK market.
The Livingstone team previously advised ABI’s management team in 2011 when the company was sold
Avrio Capital has deployed CAD15M of capital from its third institutional late stage venture fund, Avrio Ventures Limited Partnership III.
Avrio's new portfolio investees include Intelia Technologies Inc. and Alasko Inc, both based in Montreal, QC and Cadcan Marketing & Sales Inc (operating as CheeCha Puffs), based in Calgary, Alberta.
"We are very pleased to be partnering with Intelia Technologies Inc, to develop the market for data analytics services to optimise production management across multiple animal husbandry applications. This investment opportunity is highly strategic, as it sits at the very intersection of animal health, and data analytics, two
Venture capital firm Rand Capital Corporation has made a follow-on investment of USD250,000 as part of a USD1.75 million financing round led by existing investor BroadOak Capital Partners in Empire Genomics, a molecular diagnostics company.
Empire Genomics will use the proceeds to continue growing its business through investments in sales and marketing, automation, and increasing scale of operations as well as the launching of additional proprietary molecular diagnostics.
Anthony Johnson, President and CEO of Empire Genomics, says: "We appreciate the participation of BroadOak and Rand in this recent round of financing. We intend to make additional investments in the talent
Hermes Investment Management’s infrastructure team has acquired an additional 17.1 per cent ownership stake in Southern Water on behalf of clients. This takes Hermes’ overall managed ownership interest to 21 per cent.
Following announcement of the sale of Future Fund’s stake earlier in the year, Hermes has worked collaboratively with multiple parties in order to ensure a positive transaction outcome. Southern Water is responsible for a region encompassing Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent and East and West Sussex, supplying water to over 2.4 million people and wastewater services to 4.6 million people. The company operates across the entire water
transcosmos has made an additional investment in Social Gear, a company that provides social media operational support, and now owns 100 per cent of the company.
transcosmos has been providing Social Gear with social media operation and advertising support in multi-languages in Japan and ASEAN countries since first signing a strategic alliance agreement with the company in June 2015. With making Social Gear a wholly owned subsidiary, transcosmos, together with Social Gear, will drive efforts on developing services for Facebook while sharing technology, people and know-how.
transcosmos continues to enhance its services that support client companies’ activities in sales &
The unlisted natural resources debt fundraising market has developed since the financial crisis, with 54 funds closing since 2010 raising a combined USD29 billion.
The most successful year of fundraising occurred in 2013 when 15 funds reached a final close, raising a combined USD11 billion; by comparison, five funds raised just USD0.5 billion in 2014, and nine funds closed in 2015 securing USD5.5 billion of investor capital. Since 2010, 79 per cent (USD23 billion) of investor commitments have gone to funds with a primary focus on energy; vehicles with a diversified approach saw the next highest amount of capital, raising
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