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Eurazeo has acquired a minority stake through Eurazeo Croissance in Farfetch, an online marketplace for luxury goods and beauty products.
Founded in 2008 by José Neves, Farfetch is an online shopping platform connecting brands and multi-brand boutiques with customers in nearly 190 countries. The website, available in nine languages, showcases more than 100,000 items and over 1,000 brands, including some of the most prestigious in the market, and brings together over 400 independent boutiques. In March 2015, the platform was also directly opened to 75 luxury brands. Farfetch is headquartered in London and also has offices in New York, Los
Dunedin-backed CET, which supplies specialist outsourced services to the construction and insurance sectors, has acquired Doncaster based materials testing company, Construction Testing Solutions (CTS), in a transaction valued at GBP3 million.
This acquisition further cements CET’s position as a leading UKAS accredited testing and outsourcing powerhouse in the UK.
The acquisition, funded by the company’s own cashflow, will enable CET to expand its geographical reach across the UK. With testing centres also located in the Midlands, Scotland and the South, it can now provide clients from the construction sector, such as Aggregate Industries and VolkerWessels UK, with a
Sofology, the multichannel sofa retailer, has secured a GBP10m growth capital investment from BGF (Business Growth Fund).
The Manchester headquartered business, known for its Neal the Sloth mascot and advertising campaign on Channel 4's Gogglebox, will use the funding to accelerate its expansion plans in the UK.
Sofology has 33 retail outlets across the UK and has opened four new stores in Preston, Enfield, Dundee and Cannock in the past 12 months. Under the leadership of chief executive Jason Tyldesley, the company generated sales of GBP143 million in 2015, up from GBP102 million in the previous year.
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Mobile gaming entrepreneur and INSEAD-alumni Eyal Rabinovich has joined Octopus Ventures, the London-based venture capital investor best known for backing Zoopla Property Group, Secret Escapes, SwiftKey and graze.com.
Eyal brings 13 years of technology industry experience to the role, having co-founded the Israeli-based data-driven games publisher PlayScape. Eyal’s appointment comes just weeks after the news that Octopus has raised an additional GBP100 million, of which they plan to invest GBP75 million into early stage European entrepreneurs over the coming year.
Having co-founded PlayScape in 2008 at the age of 24, Eyal and two other co-founders grew the business to 40
NorthEdge Capital, the private equity firm focused on investing in businesses in the North of England, has promoted George Potts and James Marshall to Investment Manager.
Potts joined NorthEdge in 2011 and was part of the team to close the firm’s maiden fund at GBP225m in 2012. He has been involved in a number of transactions including investments into leading data management and managed services provider Utiligroup, composite door manufacturer Solidor, and healthcare business Direct Healthcare Services.
Potts is responsible for the firm’s Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) practices, working with portfolio companies to measure sustainability and ethical
MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing group of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has gained all regulatory approvals for its acquisition of Capital Analytics, the private equity administration business of Neuberger Berman Group.
The deal, which is now closed, is part of MUFG Investor Services’ strategy to become a global industry-leading fund administrator and brings its private equity and real estate assets under administration (AUA) to USD145billion, and total AUA to USD384billion.
Junichi Okamoto, Group Head of Integrated Trust Assets Business Group, Deputy President, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, says: “The acquisition of Capital Analytics is another indication of
Mid-market private equity firm LDC is aiming to bolster its investment in Welsh businesses with the launch of an office in Cardiff, which will be led by experienced Welsh dealmaker, Dewi Hughes.
LDC invests up to GBP100 million of equity capital to support the growth of SME and mid-sized businesses through management buy-outs, institutional buy-outs and development capital transactions. The announcement comes after LDC pledged to invest GBP1.2 billion in British businesses over the next three years.
Local corporate finance professional Dewi Hughes has been appointed to lead LDC’s offering, which represents the only on-the-ground presence of a mid-market
Six Degrees Group (6DG) has acquired application hosting provider Insite Limited, a provider of Microsoft Dynamics AX hosting and managed services in the Cloud. Insite specialises in hosting and managing business-critical applications based on Microsoft technologies.
Established in 1994, Insite owns and operates its own tier 3 aligned data centre where it hosts private cloud infrastructure, dedicated to each client, upon which it builds tailored platforms to operate ERP and CRM platforms, predominantly but not exclusively for Microsoft applications.
With customers spanning both private and public sectors, Insite regards IT security as being absolutely intrinsic to its business and
Michael Weisser and Sarah Stasny have joined the New York office of Kirkland & Elliss as partners in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group with a focus on private equity.
Weisser and Stasny represent many of the leading private equity funds and their portfolio companies in connection with investments, acquisitions, divestitures and other corporate matters. They also represent pension plans and hedge funds in connection with their private equity investments.
“Michael and Sarah are both talented lawyers with an impressive roster of clients, a successful track record and a great reputation in the private equity industry. They have significant experience representing
Estera, formerly Appleby Fiduciary Business, has appointed Roger Siddle as Non-Executive Chairman.
Siddle (pictured) brings a wealth of expertise to independent fiduciary business Estera. His experience covers a range of business areas, including strategy, performance and change management, gained from various professional roles as an advisor, professional services manager and public company chief executive.
For over six years until 2007 he was UK Managing Partner of Bain & Company, a global business consulting firm. Siddle then became Chief Executive of BPP Holdings plc, one of Europe’s largest professional training and education companies and, more recently, Group Chief Executive of
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