Paul McGlone

Zeus Capital acted as Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker to Strix Group plc on its AIM IPO and £190m institutional placing.

Zeus Capital has acted as Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker to Strix Group Plc (“Strix” or the “Company”,) in connection with its Admission to trading on AIM and associated £190 million institutional placing and £60 million debt refinancing.

Strix is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of kettle safety controls and other components and… Mehr zeigen

Zeus Capital acted as Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker to Strix Group plc on its AIM IPO and £190m institutional placing.

Zeus Capital has acted as Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker to Strix Group Plc (“Strix” or the “Company”,) in connection with its Admission to trading on AIM and associated £190 million institutional placing and £60 million debt refinancing.

Strix is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of kettle safety controls and other components and devices involving water heating and temperature control, steam management and water filtration. Strix was established in 1982 on the Isle of Man and was initially focused on designing and manufacturing thermostatic controls for small domestic appliances. Strix developed key patents and knowhow regarding kettle safety controls, which led to it gaining a 38% share of the global market with over 50% market share in a number of key markets including China.

Mark Bartlett - Chief Executive Officer at Strix Group Plc, "the team at Zeus have made an arduous journey almost enjoyable. They delivered on every commitment they made, no detail overlooked. Their pragmatic approach coupled with first class project management competencies allowed us to achieve an accelerated timeframe. This deadline meant extremely long hours however, the team was always high spirited, and extremely professional and dedicated throughout. They have my sincerest thanks. We are absolutely delighted at the calibre of our investors and look forward to partnering with them and Zeus as we begin our exciting new journey."

Paul Southwell, Andrew Moye - AAC Capital, "AAC and Strix were very impressed by the ability of the highly experienced Zeus Capital team to project manage and deliver the IPO to the accelerated timetable. The management team and Zeus have together delivered an oversubscribed offer and a quality shareholder base for the company going forward and in so doing have exceeded our expectations at all levels." Weniger anzeigen

Zeus Capital is delighted to have acted as Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker to Revolution Beauty Group plc on its oversubscribed Initial Public Offering (IPO) on AIM, raising £300 million, achieving a market capitalisation of £495 million. The Placing attracted strong support from high quality institutional shareholders, including a £90 million cornerstone investment from Jupiter Asset Management. Other significant institutional investors in the IPO included AXA, Soros Fund Management and… Mehr zeigen

Zeus Capital is delighted to have acted as Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker to Revolution Beauty Group plc on its oversubscribed Initial Public Offering (IPO) on AIM, raising £300 million, achieving a market capitalisation of £495 million. The Placing attracted strong support from high quality institutional shareholders, including a £90 million cornerstone investment from Jupiter Asset Management. Other significant institutional investors in the IPO included AXA, Soros Fund Management and Premier Miton.

The deal is a milestone for Revolution Beauty being the 6th largest fundraise on AIM ever, the largest fundraise on AIM to date in 2021 and sees US PE investor TSG Consumer Partners achieve a majority sell down.

Revolution Beauty is a global mass beauty and personal care business which operates a multi-brand, multi-category strategy and sells its products both DTC via its e-commerce operations, and in both physical and digital retailers through wholesale relationships. Adam Minto and Tom Allsworth founded Revolution Beauty in 2014 to provide customers with high quality and innovative beauty products at an affordable price point, with a strategy to use their combined sector knowledge and deep experience to challenge the legacy operators.

"The IPO of Revolution Beauty marks an incredible milestone in the Company’s development and provides us with a solid platform to execute our exciting growth plans. We have built a strong long-term relationship with Zeus Capital, whose advice and guidance over the past few years has been incredible guiding us to this point. We are delighted by the strong support from investors and we look forward to creating long term value for our new shareholders as we look forward to our future as a public company." Adam Minto, Co-Founder and CEO of Revolution Beauty Weniger anzeigen

Zeus Capital has assisted Pure Cremation, the leading supplier of Direct Cremations in the UK with its refinancing

BGF has exited its investment in Setfords, a tech-enabled legal services platform and provider, to Phoenix Equity Partners. Founded in 2006, Setfords was set up to disrupt the legal services sector with its consultancy network model, which brings together independent lawyers under a unified brand.

Advising on minority equity investment by Perwyn in Interact Intranet, a North West based intranet software provider. Interact is a global provider of pure-play intranet software to the enterprise and mid-market and has raised investment from Perwyn as it looks to continue its growth, with a key focus on the US market.

The business has offices in Manchester and New York, and has seen significant growth in the last few years on the back of its state-of-the-art software solution which has… Mehr zeigen

Advising on minority equity investment by Perwyn in Interact Intranet, a North West based intranet software provider. Interact is a global provider of pure-play intranet software to the enterprise and mid-market and has raised investment from Perwyn as it looks to continue its growth, with a key focus on the US market.

The business has offices in Manchester and New York, and has seen significant growth in the last few years on the back of its state-of-the-art software solution which has delivered significant improvements in employee engagement and productivity for its customer base. Its customer base includes high profile names such as Aldi, Domino’s pizza, ITN and Sky Bet. Weniger anzeigen

Zeus Capital acted as Lead Financial Adviser to Strix Group Plc (“Strix”, or the “Group”) in connection with its €31.6 million conditional acquisition of LAICA S.p.A (“LAICA”), an Italian company focussed on water purification and the sale of small household appliances for personal health and wellness.

LAICA is based in Vicenza, Italy and has been operating for over 40 years. The business has developed from a small domestic appliances business (predominately kitchen scales in the earlier… Mehr zeigen

Zeus Capital acted as Lead Financial Adviser to Strix Group Plc (“Strix”, or the “Group”) in connection with its €31.6 million conditional acquisition of LAICA S.p.A (“LAICA”), an Italian company focussed on water purification and the sale of small household appliances for personal health and wellness.

LAICA is based in Vicenza, Italy and has been operating for over 40 years. The business has developed from a small domestic appliances business (predominately kitchen scales in the earlier years) in Italy, into an internationally renowned water treatment and small appliances company with products now being sold on five continents. Weniger anzeigen

Zeus Capital have worked alongside Italian Global M&A counterpart Equita advising Business Integration Partners (“BIP”), an Italian headquartered international consultancy, on the acquisition of private equity backed Chaucer Consulting (“Chaucer”), one of the UK’s leading challenger consultancies specialising in people-led digital transformation in the UK and US.

BIP was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. Over the past 17 years BIP has grown to become a leading… Mehr zeigen

Zeus Capital have worked alongside Italian Global M&A counterpart Equita advising Business Integration Partners (“BIP”), an Italian headquartered international consultancy, on the acquisition of private equity backed Chaucer Consulting (“Chaucer”), one of the UK’s leading challenger consultancies specialising in people-led digital transformation in the UK and US.

BIP was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. Over the past 17 years BIP has grown to become a leading international challenger consultancy with more than 2,700 professionals across 12 countries and offices in Italy, EMEA, North and South America. The investment in Chaucer will allow BIP to expand their offering in the UK and the US whilst being a natural fit with BIP’s strategic goal to become one of the top international consulting companies in the world.

Growth Capital Partners (“GCP”), backed Chris Laslett and the senior Chaucer management team in February 2014, since then the business has doubled revenue and profit. Chaucer has expanded its digital-led services capability, widened its customer base, acquired the CIO advisory consultancy Virtrium and doubled consultant headcount to over 300 people. It has also been recognised as one of the UK’s leading consultancies by the Financial Times. The Zeus Capital team was led by Tremayne Ducker and included Paul McGlone and Jordan Warburton.

This deal represents Zeus Capital’s second deal with the Global M&A network and follows the recent cross border deal where Zeus Capital advised Sykes Seafood acquiring Dutch Seafood company Klaas Puul. Weniger anzeigen

Zeus Capital acted as exclusive financial adviser to Sykes Seafood on its successful acquisition of Klaas Puul from the Dutch Seafood Company (“DSC”) and H2 Equity Partners.

Klaas Puul is one of the largest shrimp processors in Europe with operations in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Denmark and Morocco. The company has over 3,500 employees with annual revenues of €130m. The business was part of DSC, a portfolio company of H2 Equity Partners.

Sykes Seafood, a UK based… Mehr zeigen

Zeus Capital acted as exclusive financial adviser to Sykes Seafood on its successful acquisition of Klaas Puul from the Dutch Seafood Company (“DSC”) and H2 Equity Partners.

Klaas Puul is one of the largest shrimp processors in Europe with operations in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Denmark and Morocco. The company has over 3,500 employees with annual revenues of €130m. The business was part of DSC, a portfolio company of H2 Equity Partners.

Sykes Seafood, a UK based, privately owned company, focused on providing customers with quality seafood which is sourced sustainably to the highest technical standards, is best known for supplying warm water shrimp to the UK food Retail and Foodservice industries.

The combination of Sykes Seafood and Klaas Puul will create a €300m Pan European seafood business with expertise in all species of shrimp that will offer customers across Europe a wide range of high-quality products in chilled and frozen formats for the Retail, Foodservice and Manufacturing sectors.

The complex transaction involved multiple stakeholders across Europe and was successfully delivered during uncertain market conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zeus Capital’s Corporate Finance team, led by Gareth Davies, supported by Tim Evans, AJ Reus and Sam Hyles have advised Sykes Seafood on an ongoing basis for the past 2 years. The team advised Sykes throughout the acquisition process, including securing financing from three European banks and assisting with structuring to support the Group’s growth ambitions.

Zeus Capital is a leading adviser to mid-cap private and public companies. Zeus Capital combines its deep sector knowledge with senior led advice throughout a transaction thereby adding significant value to clients. Zeus Capital has acted on 143 transactions across public and private markets, which have raised a total of £6.3bn. Weniger anzeigen

Zeus Capital acted as Financial Adviser to SCA Investments Ltd (“Gousto”) in connection with its £30m private placement.

Gousto was founded in 2012 and has grown to become the UK’s leading supplier of subscription meal kits. Gousto is the only company globally in the industry to have automated production, powered by data science. This in turn enables Gousto to offer customers’ by far the most advanced value proposition: the most choice, most delivery options, lowest price, shortest lead… Mehr zeigen

Zeus Capital acted as Financial Adviser to SCA Investments Ltd (“Gousto”) in connection with its £30m private placement.

Gousto was founded in 2012 and has grown to become the UK’s leading supplier of subscription meal kits. Gousto is the only company globally in the industry to have automated production, powered by data science. This in turn enables Gousto to offer customers’ by far the most advanced value proposition: the most choice, most delivery options, lowest price, shortest lead times and greatly reduced household waste.

Perwyn was introduced to the business by Zeus and joins existing investors Unilever Ventures, Hargreave Hale, BGF Ventures, MMC Ventures and Angel CoFund, taking total funds raised to date to over £100m.

Zeus Capital is a leading adviser to small and mid-cap private and public companies. Zeus Capital has acted on 127 transactions from Jan 2013, across public and private markets, which have raised a total of £5.4bn.

“We are delighted to be making this investment and joining the exciting journey that Gousto is on. We have been highly impressed with Timo and the team’s entrepreneurial drive and demonstrated success to date. We believe the company will go from strength to strength by bringing new and innovative ways for consumers to prepare and eat healthy, fresh and delicious meals at home.”

Andrew Wynn, Founder and Managing Partner at Perwyn

“Our vision has always been to be the UK’s best loved way to eat dinner. Today’s funding from Perwyn is testament to the complete confidence in our ability to do this. In the busiest of worlds, consumer shopping behaviours are rapidly changing. Busy families increasingly have less time for the “big shop”, but still want to cook differing, quality meals and maintain a healthy, balanced diet.”

Timo Boldt, CEO and Founder of Gousto Weniger anzeigen