Women’s intimates’ brand KNIX sells majority stake to Essity

Women’s intimates’ brand KNIX sells majority stake to Essity

Jul 15, 2022

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

LemonOne joins forces with SaaS scaleup BOOM

LemonOne joins forces with SaaS scaleup BOOM

Jun 12, 2022

Milan/Berlin, 13th June  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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Paris/Berlin, March 28, 2022 — Europe’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

Feb 22, 2022

Berlin/Munich, 22.02.2022 – Zenjob, the staffing marketplace that matches workers with temporary side jobs, raised $50 million (€45 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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    Women’s intimates’ brand KNIX sells majority stake to Essity

    Women’s intimates’ brand KNIX sells majority stake to Essity

    Jul 15, 2022

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

    LemonOne joins forces with SaaS scaleup BOOM

    Jun 12, 2022 | News

    Europe LemonOne M&A

    Milan/Berlin, 13th June  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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      #HumanFirewall #Cologne #CyberSecurity

      Invest in Estonia@EstoniaInvest·
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      #Estonian startup @klausapp, founded by our fifth 🦄 @pipedrive alumni, closed a €12M Series A equity round led by @ActonCapital to support the development and further expansion of Klaus’s customer support software.
      📰@TechCrunch
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      Klaus@klausapp·
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      The cat is out of the bag: Klaus secures €12M #seriesA round, led by @ActonCapital! ✨😻

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      Acton Capital@ActonCapital·
      27.07.22

      #HiringNow: Wanna "make hybrid work"? Our 🇩🇪 portfolio startup Seatti is enabling the transition of large corporates to a hybrid workforce. Now they're looking for a #HeadOfMarketing - in Berlin or fully-remote. Join the team 👉http://ow.ly/OEvc50K4Bql #SaaS #HybridWork #Hiring

      BettinaEngert 🇪🇺@BettinaEngert·
      25.07.22

      Proud to announce one of the largest exits in #DTC: portfolio company @knixwear to become majority owned by hygiene giant @essity in a USD 410m deal, taking the inclusive brand global: http://ow.ly/rKvs50K3aGJ👏HUGE congrats to Knix founder & CEO @jogriffiths & her stellar team!

      BettinaEngert 🇪🇺@BettinaEngert·
      25.07.22

      Welcome to the family! Being one of our LPs since day one, Sophie Ahrens-Gruber is extending @ActonCapital's investment team in Munich. Great to have you on board! More about Sophie & our "new" partner @HannesBlum http://ow.ly/zxP750K3aqW P.S. and #hiring!👉https://acton.homerun.co/associate

      Acton Capital@ActonCapital·
      21.07.22

      More news from the team:🎉🍾 @HannesBlum, entrepreneur, business angel & part of the family since 2015, is named new partner in 🇨🇦! He has headed investments like @getmaple, @knixwear (exit to @essity), or Mobify (exit to @salesforce). Read more: http://ow.ly/XXk250K155v

      Acton Capital@ActonCapital·
      21.07.22

      In case you missed our latest exit in 🇨🇦: @jogriffiths's @knixwear to become majority owned by hygiene giant @essity in a $410m deal, taking the leakproof underwear maker’s products global: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-knix-majority-stake-sold-to-sweden-based-hygiene-brand-essity/ via @globeandmail @SeanSilcoff #sustainableinvesting #since1999

      Acton Capital@ActonCapital·
      21.07.22

      News from the team: Welcome, Sophie! 🎉🚀📈 Being one of our LPs since day one, Sophie Ahrens-Gruber (former @burda_news, @LMU_Muenchen) joins our investment team in Munich, bringing the perfect mix of experience & data-driven mindset to the table. More 👉 https://actoncapital.com/sophie-ahrens-gruber-joins-acton-capital-in-munich-hannes-blum-new-partner-in-vancouver/

      AlphaSights@AlphaSights·
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      Metalshub@metals_hub·
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      EU-Startups@EU_Startups·
      04.07.22

      🚀 🌟 Munich-based Seatti scores €3 million to help companies unlock the potential of hybrid working, boosting productivity and flexibility for employees and businesses alike 🙌

      https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/07/munich-based-seatti-scores-e3-million-to-optimize-approaches-to-hybrid-work/

      Acton Capital@ActonCapital·
      04.07.22

      Portfolio news 🇩🇪: “making #hybridwork"- #seatti enables large enterprises to manage their hybrid workforce fully compliant with regulatory policy requirements. Happy to join @PartechPartners, @PeakCapitalVC in Seatti’s €3M Seed: https://lnkd.in/exMi2Nrw via @sensorpunk @Tech_eu

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