Womenโ€™s intimatesโ€™ brand KNIX sells majority stake to Essity

Womenโ€™s intimatesโ€™ brand KNIX sells majority stake to Essity

Toronto/Stockholm/Munich, July 8, 2022 โ€“ New chapter on Knixโ€™ growth journey to redefine intimates: global hygiene and health company Essity acquires 80% of Knix Wear Inc., the leading inclusive brand for womenโ€™s intimates in North America. The purchase price amounts...

LemonOne joins forces with SaaS scaleup BOOM

LemonOne joins forces with SaaS scaleup BOOM

Milan/Berlin, 13th Juneย  2022 - BOOM, the Milan-based visual content management scale-up has acquired the visual production start-up LemonOne from Berlin to expand its presence in Europe. BOOM's scalable environment enables customers like Dolce&Gabbana, Treatwell...

Malt acquires COMATCH to expand in Europe

Paris/Berlin, March 28, 2022 โ€” Europeโ€™s biggest freelancer marketplace Malt, has acquired COMATCH, the curated marketplace for independent management consultants and industry experts, to reinforce its European leadership on the freelancing market. The acquisition...

Zenjob raises $50M growth round

Zenjob raises $50M growth round

Berlin/Munich, 22.02.2022 โ€“ Zenjob, the staffing marketplace that matches workers with temporary side jobs, raised $50 million (โ‚ฌ45 million) in a growth financing round - less than two years after the closing of a $30M Series C. The round was led by Aragon Global with...

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    Womenโ€™s intimatesโ€™ brand KNIX sells majority stake to Essity

    Womenโ€™s intimatesโ€™ brand KNIX sells majority stake to Essity

    Toronto/Stockholm/Munich, July 8, 2022 โ€“ New chapter on Knixโ€™ growth journey to redefine intimates: global hygiene and health company Essity acquires 80% of Knix Wear Inc., the leading inclusive brand for womenโ€™s intimates in North America. The purchase price amounts...

    LemonOne joins forces with SaaS scaleup BOOM

    Milan/Berlin, 13th Juneย  2022 - BOOM, the Milan-based visual content management scale-up has acquired the visual production start-up LemonOne from Berlin to expand its presence in Europe. BOOM's scalable environment enables customers like Dolce&Gabbana, Treatwell...

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