LCM Partners onboards Roger Kibble-White as Group CFO

LCM Partners, one of the leading European Alternatives Investment Manager, recently announced that it has appointed Roger Kibble-White as the Group CFO.  Roger has significant experience in the investment industry as a CFO and joins from Fidelity International, a leading fund manager with over USD600bn of assets under manager, where he was the Group Finance Director. Prior to this […]

FDL acquires Quest Ingredients expanding portfolio of formulated solutions

Fuerst Day Lawson Limited (“FDL”), a portfolio company of Highlander Partners, L.P., announced recently the acquisition of Quest Ingredients Limited (“Quest Ingredients”) from Quest Vitamins Limited. Quest Ingredients, headquartered in Hereford, England, is a manufacturer of high-quality proprietary food flavours, animal feed flavours and active botanical extracts with a repeat client base across the food and […]

Thoma Bravo opens London Office expanding its presence internationally

Thoma Bravo, one of the leading software investment firm, recently announced that it will be expanding its presence internationally with the opening of an office in London. Thoma Bravo’s London office will join the firm’s existing offices in San Francisco, Chicago and Miami, each of which have recently experienced tremendous growth. As part of this expansion, Irina Hemmers will join Thoma Bravo […]

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group appoints Tamas Oravecz as SVP,CSO

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group announces recently the appointment of Tamas Oravecz, Ph.D. as Senior Vice President(SVP), Chief Scientific Officer(CSO) of the Simcere U.S. Tamas will be responsible for providing strategic leadership to our drug discovery efforts in America, building and overseeing preclinical drug development programs from concept and target validation through IND submission. “Welcome Dr. Tamas Oravecz to join […]

Battery Ventures announces reinvestment in Forterro

Battery Ventures, one of the global technology focused investment firm, today announced its reinvestment in Forterro, one of the European providers of enterprise-resource planning (ERP) software for the industrial midmarket. With the investment, Battery now holds a significant minority share of Forterro, a company the firm previously built into a multi-national, European software provider and […]

Ageras acquires Kontist for financial ecosystem

Ageras Group whose suite of financial and accounting software powers more than one million small businesses across Europe and North America recently announced that it has acquired Kontist, a Berlin based neo-bank focused on the complex accounting and banking needs of Germany’s growing populations of microbusinesses and self employed workers. “This acquisition is a critical step […]

Soracom and IDEMIA collaborate to provide IoT-optimized eSIM capability

Soracom, Inc., one of the global providers of advanced IoT connectivity, recently announced a partnership with IDEMIA, one of the leading companies in identity technologies, to offer innovative SMBs, SMEs and enterprises in North America and Europe expanded embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) capabilities based on IDEMIA’s IoT-optimized DAKOTA SMART eSIM technology. The offering […]

NAVYA appoints Pierre Guibert as Chief Financial Officer

NAVYA, an autonomous mobility systems leader, announces the appointment of Pierre Guibert as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Management Board, appointed by the Supervisory Board. He succeeds Benoit Jacheet, who held this position as interim manager. A graduate of NEOMA Business School with a specialization in finance and management control, Pierre followed an […]

Vita Mojo raises USD 30Mn and aids European Restaurants, Hospitality Sector

Vita Mojo, a European leader in “front-of-house” restaurant software powering digital ordering and the management of smarter, more-efficient kitchen and delivery operations, has raised US$30 million in new financing to refine its product and expand into new markets. Vita Mojo’s sources added that the funding round was led by global technology investment firm Battery Ventures, […]

Cumulus Oncology raises $5.6 million funding led by Eos Advisory

Cumulus Oncology, said to be Europe’s first oncology biotech creation company, has secured a £4.1 million ($5.6 million) investment led by St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory. Scottish Enterprise invested alongside Eos as Cumulus plans further scale, while an additional £1.5 million ($2 million) will follow in the coming months Cumulus was founded in 2017 for the identification […]