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Victor Capital Partners (Victor Capital), a middle market private equity firm investing in branded, mission-driven companies in specialty consumer, industrial technology, and business service industries, is to sell PrimaLoft to Compass Diversified.
PrimaLoft is specialist in the research and development of advanced insulations and fabrics that global brands use to deliver high performance and comfort while also reducing impact on the environment.
Victor Capital acquired a majority interest in PrimaLoft in 2017 in partnership with the management team, which maintained a significant investment in the business.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of required regulatory approvals,
Accelex, a SaaS platform for alternative investment data, has made two key additions to its global sales team – Simon Tang has joined the company as its new director of business development in North America, and Marco Loiacono as the new director of EMEA Sales, based in London.
Each will be responsible for expanding and servicing Accelex’s growing client base of asset owners, asset servicers, fund of funds, secondaries investors and advisors in their respective regions.
Prior to joining Accelex, Tang spent nearly a decade as a director at CEPRES, a private markets data and analytics firm, where he
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Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its corporate finance practice, and life sciences and technology sector capabilities, with the appointment of Kristian Shearsby as a partner in its London office.
Shearsby is a corporate lawyer who specialises in the life sciences and technology sectors. He advises businesses on a broad range of matters across all stages of their development – from early-stage to publicly listed companies – including venture capital investments, private mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, equity capital markets, joint ventures and general corporate advisory work.
Shearsby joins the firm from Mills & Reeve, where he was head
Venture capital firm Santa Barbara Venture Partners (SBVP) has held the final close of its $11 million inaugural Fund I focused primarily on investing in tech and tech-enabled firms.
SBVP offers a unique value-add – the firm and its 70-plus investor roster, made up largely of global marketing executives, helps its portfolio companies with customer acquisition and marketing.
To date, SBVP has made nine investments including Bark Technologies, Voltaiq, Specright, Classy, Nice Healthcare, Hydrosat, Jackpocket, Rad AI, and Curri.
Mr Christmas, a multi-generational family-owned holiday décor business, has secured a capital investment from Sachs Capital and its affiliated entities.
The transaction is the final investment of Sachs Capital Fund II, which is managed by Andrew Sachs and provides flexible, non-control, long-term capital to successful entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses.
Mr Christmas was founded in 1933 by the Hermanson family, and this is the Company’s first outside capital investment since that time.
The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
LUCA Science, a global innovator in the development of a novel class of mitochondria biopharmaceutical agents, has closed a JPY3.86 billion ($30.3 million) oversubscribed Series B financing.
The round was co-led by DCI Partners, 4BIO Capital and existing investor Fast Track Initiative and supported by an international syndicate of existing investors including Remiges Ventures and Nippon Venture Capital Co, and new investors including Nissay Capital, Asahi Kasei Pharma, QB Capital/NCB Venture Capital and SMBC Venture Capital.
LUCA Science is pioneering a new class of mitochondrial therapy to restore cellular bioenergetics in dysfunctional or damaged tissues and organs.
Following the closing
Vehlo, a provider of software and financial solutions for the automotive repair industry, has secured a majority investment from family office Greater Sum Ventures (GSV), an entrepreneurial family office.
GSV is joined by existing investors PSG, HarbourVest Partners, and Parkwood, and new investor Lightyear Capital (Lightyear).
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Vehlo aims to empower automotive service providers with the tools they need to deliver an excellent customer experience and run a profitable business.
Connection Capital-backed Mode Solutions, a provider of turnkey digital managed services, has acquired Huntingdon-based IT Managed Services provider, EACS.
Cairngorm Capital Partners’ portfolio company, Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) has acquired Wantage Builders Merchants Limited (Wantage).
Wantage is a single branch, independent builders merchant located in Wantage, Oxfordshire. It offers a mix of heavy and lightside building materials to local trade and retail customers.
This acquisition continues IBMG’s strategy of developing its divisions through a combination of acquisition, new site development and organic growth. It extends IBMG’s builders merchant offering in South Oxfordshire and West Berkshire, providing a strong platform for further growth.
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