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Included VC, a global initiative building diversity within venture capital backed by 12 top-tier global funds and hundreds of community partners, has completed its second Fellowship programme.
From the start to completion of the Fellowship, of 29 Fellows actively looking for roles in VC, 22 (76 per cent) have secured job opportunities – so far – in only nine months to-date. That is almost half (49 per cent) of Included VC’s total 45 Fellows securing careers in the global venture capital ecosystem since beginning the nine-month and fully-funded programme.
The international collaboration of global venture capital partners which support the
Nordic Capital has announced the IPO of Cary Group Holding AB (publ) (Cary Group), a vehicle glass repair and replacement provider, on Nasdaq Stockholm.
The offering attracted very strong interest from large Swedish and international institutional investors as well as the general public in Sweden. The offering was multiple times oversubscribed. Trading on Nasdaq Stockholm commenced on 23 September, 2021. The Offering price was set at SEK70 per share, corresponding to a market value for all outstanding shares of approximately SEK9.2 billion.
In 2018, Nordic Capital VIII invested in Cary Group (previously Ryds Bilglas) with the ambition of building
SWS Equipment (SWS), a Northwest USA environmental waste equipment distributor, has received a majority growth investment from Montlake Capital, a Northwest growth equity firm and Cascadia Private Capital, the private capital arm of Cascadia Capital.
The investors will partner with SWS founder Paul Cochran and his team to drive growth and geographic expansion throughout the Northwest.
Founded in 1990 by President Paul Cochran, SWS provides waste, recycling, sewer, and sweeper equipment, service, parts and rentals to the greater Northwest region. Over three decades, SWS has grown its product and service offering and expanded its customer base across Washington, Idaho, Montana
Invest Europe, in partnership with the European Investment Fund (EIF), has published ‘The VC Factor – Pandemic Edition’, a new report illustrating European venture capital’s continued strong support for innovative and fast-growing start-ups in the immediate aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
The study is the second edition of the ground-breaking collaboration between Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, and the EIF – Europe’s largest investor in venture capital funds. It draws on data from 2,611 firms investing into VC and 32,114 start-ups between 2007 and 2020.
21 Invest France has acquired a majority stake in Edukea group alongside Christophe Caporossi, Chairman of the group.
Edukea is a training platform made up of three schools: ESO – a pioneer school for osteopathy training in France, founded in 1991; IFOA – a school dedicated to animal osteopathy, acquired in 2020; and ESNAT – a school dedicated to naturopathy, launched in 2021.
The group’s purpose is to train health professionals and practitioners specialising in alternative and natural medicine. It has thus structured a unique academic offer around human as well as animal health and well-being. Each school meets
AIM-listed Hardide (Hardide) has secured a GBP250,000 funding package from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) East & South East Midlands Debt Finance fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and backed by the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).
The business intends to use the funding, which it secured back in April, to continue its innovative product development and expand its business development activity.
Bicester-headquartered Hardide is responsible for developing advanced nano-technology metal coatings, which are used to help increase the lifespan and optimise the performance of vital metal components which operate in abrasive, erosive and chemically aggressive environments.
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has acquired In-Place Machining Company in partnership with management.
IPM is a leading provider of high-acuity field machining, metrology and diamond wire-cutting services for mission-critical infrastructure and equipment. The Company’s services are an essential part of the maintenance, repair and service cycle for clients across a variety of end-markets including industrial and manufacturing, naval and marine, hydroelectric, metals, and aerospace. IPM was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Company will continue to be led by CEO Dean Flint and the existing executive team.
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InvestX Capital, a private market secondaries platform and financial technology company, has secured a strategic investment from Jefferies Financial Group, Virtu Financial, and Canaccord Genuity Group.
Marcus New, CEO and Founder of InvestX says: “We are thrilled to partner with these leading financial institutions as we expand our Growth Equity Marketplace (InvestX GEM), a private market secondaries platform, focused on pre-IPO giants, to sell-side firms. Their tremendous knowledge, experience and networks will accelerate our ability to expand our solutions for a broader range of broker dealers and issuers, creating higher levels of electronification and transparency while lowering costs to all
GroVentive has completed a successful investment in Coastr, a Scottish technology startup, which enables car hire firms to become fully digitalised via a cloud-based “all-in-one” vehicle rental management platform delivering keyless entry, remote vehicle immobilisation, and real-time fleet monitoring.
The Edinburgh-based company plans to launch additional products into the market in 2022 such as on-demand fleet insurance, integrated vehicle financing and connectivity to market aggregators and booking platforms.
It has partnerships in place with Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS) and existing customers include UK van rental company Herd Hire Group. Industry partners include Stripe, Sage, and Elavon. The company also plans
Atlanta-based private equity firm Eagle Merchant Partners (Eagle) has acquired Code Ninjas, a global coding franchise system for children.
The announcement follows a minority investment made last year. Code Ninjas was founded in 2016 and currently has 345 locations in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
“We are excited to take the partnership between Eagle and Code Ninjas to the next level,” says Code Ninjas CEO Justin Nihiser. “We will lean heavily on Eagle’s experience and expertise as we continue our quest to give children the tools they will need for a successful future in an increasingly digital
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