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After almost a decade of easy money, the VC party may be over but the focus of fund managers on disruptive tech start-ups shows no sign of waning. Q2 saw the largest quarterly drop in start-up funding in nearly a decade (by 23%), according to data from CB Insights.
Arbonics, a new climate tech start-up, has raised €1.8 million in a pre-seed round from Taavet Hinrikus with Plural to spearhead the development of its data- and science-driven tool that aims to make calculating the potential carbon income of land and forests quicker and easier for landowners in Europe.
Founded by Kristjan Lepik and Lisett Luik in early 2022, Arbonics enables nature-based solutions to fight climate change, focusing particularly on forestry. By transforming how landowners analyse and calculate their carbon sequestration potential – the process of capturing, securing and long-term storage of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – Arbonics will
Rockbridge Growth Equity (Rockbridge), a partnership-oriented middle market private equity firm with a differentiated approach to building and growing companies, has made a strategic investment in The Nest Schools (Nest), an operator of 36 early childhood education centres across Ohio, North Carolina, Texas, Florida and Virginia.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Gerry Pastor and Jane Porterfield, Nest’s Co-Founders and Co-CEOs, will continue to lead the Company and implement their differentiated operational playbook with the support of Rockbridge. Pastor and Porterfield have decades of education industry experience, having previously led another successful early education business together.
FSN Capital VI is to invest in Bäcker Görtz to create a leading producer and retailer for both at-home and out-of-home food in the EUR15 billion German bakery market. The investment in Bäcker Görtz is in line with FSN Capital’s approach to support founder-led businesses in their next stage of growth.
Headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Bäcker Görtz is a leading bakery chain in the Rhine-Neckar region in South-West Germany with a network of approximately 200 branches and a tailored product offering of baked goods and out-of-home meals. Bäcker Görtz has been founded and owned by the Görtz family since 1963.
Runway Growth Capital (Runway), a provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, global private investment firm Skyview Capital (Skyview), have made a significant growth investment in Fidelis Cybersecurity (Fidelis).
The investment will provide working capital to enable Fidelis’ continued success in developing cyber solutions that help security teams from top commercial, enterprise, and government agencies worldwide find and stop threats faster and more effectively.
Fidelis is a specialist n Active eXtended Detection and Response (XDR) solutions that are trusted by Fortune 100 firms and government organisations worldwide. The company’s proactive
VCP Apex, a global provider of financial, advisory, and capital raising services for corporate and fund manager clients, announces today three strategic hires in its New York and Hong Kong offices, as it continues to strengthen its global capabilities.
Jill Cohen joined in July as Managing Director and Head of the Americas, from Mercury Capital where she was a Partner. She has over 20 years of experience within the alternative asset management industry, having held senior positions at several firms, including Avenue Capital, Salient Partners, and MPM Capital. She was also head of Capital Introduction for the Americas at Citigroup.
Tikehau Capital has partnered with iCapital, a global fintech platform providing access and to alternative investments for the asset and wealth management industries, to increase wealth managers’ access to Tikehau’s private market investing opportunities.
Through the partnership, Tikehau Capital will launch a customised marketplace powered by iCapital’s technology to deliver Tikehau Capital’s suite of alternative offerings to wealth managers and their high-net-worth clients in the EMEA region.
Initially, the digital solution will provide wealth managers with access to alternative investments which are generally accessible to institutional investors only. It includes the second vintage of Tikehau Capital’s Impact-driven real estate
ECI Partners, a growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has added to its commercial team with the appointment of Mia Smith as an associate. Smith is ECI’s sixth new hire in the last 12 months, representing a 20% increase in investment professionals.
ECI’s Commercial Team works with portfolio companies, offering hands-on-support to management teams from day one of ECI’s investment. Smith will be supporting management teams across all these key focus areas.
Prior to joining ECI, Smith spent four years at OC&C Strategy Consultants, where she worked on a range of customer due diligence and growth strategy projects.
Funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle have acquired ManTech International Corporation (ManTech), a provider of technologies and solutions for national security programmes, in an all-cash transaction representing a total enterprise value of approximately $4.2 billion.
Under the terms of the go-private transaction, ManTech stockholders will receive $96.00 per share in cash. With the completion of the transaction, ManTech’s common stock has ceased trading and will no longer be listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
ManTech will remain headquartered in Herndon, Virginia and the transition is expected to be seamless for customers and employees across ManTech’s business.
Tridek-One SAS, a biotech start-up specialised in the research and development of CD31 agonists to restore the immune balance, has closed a €16 million ($16.1m) financing round led by the Swiss VC Pureos Bioventures.
New investors Bpifrance, through its InnoBio2 fund, and Bioqube Ventures (Belgium), as well as historical investors AdBio partners and Advent Life Sciences also participated in the round.
The funds will primarily be used to identify development candidates against auto-immune diseases, to conduct IND-enabling studies and to further build the organisation. The company previously raised €3 million ($3.02 million) in a first round in 2019 involving AdBio
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