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Third Add-on Enhances Product Portfolio and Market Reach in the DACH Region

CLEVELAND, Oct. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Riverside Company (Riverside), a global investment firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, announced an affiliated European fund has signed a definitive agreement to invest in pure11 GmbH (pure11), a German distributor of consumables for cleanrooms and other controlled environments, from its founders. The investment is the third add-on in 16 months to Riverside’s portfolio company Dastex Group GmbH (Dastex), a specialized cleanroom garment and consumables distributor in Europe. Closing of the deal is subject to customary approvals by the competent regulatory authorities.

 

 

Founded in 2007, pure11, through third-party brand distribution as well as its proprietary brand CELOS®, offers a broad product portfolio including gloves, wipes, disposable garments, and swabs. The company, headquartered in Grünwald, Germany, primarily serves customers from the pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries, but also optical glass, automotive, and pharmacies.

Damien Gaudin, Partner at Riverside Europe who led the deal, commented: “With pure11, Dastex continues its expansion strategy in Europe, acquiring a sizeable independent cleanroom consumables player in the DACH region. The company has established a robust market presence through its experienced commercial sales force and strategic distribution partners. This success is further bolstered by maintaining strong relationships with suppliers and leveraging its strong technical expertise. Besides strengthening Dastex’s market positioning in the DACH region, the addition of pure11 will further improve the product offering of the Group, diversify end-market exposure, and enable Dastex to integrate a strong management team in place at pure11.” 

The owner and Managing Director of pure11, Julian Kropp, added: “I am incredibly proud of the pure11 team’s success over the past years. The strategic combination with Dastex is the right move for pure11, which will enable us to reach ambitious growth targets even faster by leveraging the combined strengths of two top notch companies. The entire management team and I are excited to start the next chapter, as there couldn’t be a better partner sharing our values of strong commitment, excellence in services, and product innovation. We are convinced that our customers, suppliers, and employees will benefit significantly from this new partnership.”

Linda Vereycken, CEO of Dastex, stated: “Alongside the rest of our management team, I am delighted to announce the strategic acquisition of pure11, which promises mutual benefits and growth for the Group. Pure11 has rapidly built its market position in Germany and neighboring countries. Acquiring pure11 consolidates the strengths of two complementary firms, enhancing our cleanroom expertise and services. This move is a significant stride toward establishing our position as one of the leading cleanroom specialists in the EU, with the goal of becoming the most trusted partner for our clients. This acquisition highlights Dastex’s ability to identify opportunities that align with our values, vision, and European expansion strategy.”

Riverside acquired Dastex and its first add-on Vita Verita mid-2023. Continuing its buy-and-build strategy, the company added AET, a leading independent player in Norway, in April 2024. The acquisition of pure11 marks another step towards building a leading European platform in cleanroom contamination control, well-positioned to grow organically and via acquisitions. Dastex serves the resilient and growing cleanroom industry, helping customers in pharmaceuticals, life sciences, semiconductor and other high-tech industries to meet ever stricter quality and regulatory standards.

Working with Gaudin on the deal for Riverside were Vice Presidents Maxime Meulemeester and Nicola Tomaschko, Senior Associate Sebastiaan Pauwels and Senior Legal Counsel Peter Parmentier.

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About The Riverside Company

The Riverside Company is a global investment firm focused on being one of the leading private equity and flexible capital options for business owners and portfolio company employees at the smaller end of the middle market by seeking to fuel transformative growth and create lasting value. Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has made more than 1,000 investments. The firm’s international private equity and flexible capital portfolios include more than 140 companies.

Riverside Europe is an integral part of the Riverside’s broad global network and has been active in Europe since 1989. Riverside believes a truly global presence provides insight into local conditions, culture and business practices, making team members better business partners. For more information, visit: www.riversidecompany.com.

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XA NETWORK EXPANDS TO AFRICA WITH LAUNCH OF XA AFRICA, BACKED BY TECH VETERANS

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An exclusive investment network founded by tech alumni in Southeast Asia expands to support and fuel the vibrant African startup ecosystem.

SINGAPORE, Oct. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — XA Network, a leading investment network founded by tech alumni in Southeast Asia, today announced its expansion into Africa with the launch of XA Africa. The move underscores the network’s vision and commitment to fostering innovation and supporting promising startups globally.

XA Africa is founded by a trio of experienced tech professionals:

  • Nitin Gajria, former MD of Google Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Jason Scott, venture capitalist and an architect of the Black Founders Fund at Google
  • Marek Dawidowicz, current Marketing Director at YouTube and South African native

“Founders of technology startups in Africa are uniquely placed to solve some of Africa’s most profound challenges and unlock its greatest opportunities. We see the foray of XA Network into Africa as a natural progression, allowing us to connect amazing founders to experienced and expert operators from the tech industry”, says Nitin Gajria, Co-Founder of XA Africa.

XA Africa aims to connect exceptional African tech founders with seasoned investors and industry experts, primarily from global and regional technology companies, to provide not just capital but also the guidance and support needed to scale their ventures. The newly established XA Africa has already made notable investments in promising African startups, including:

“We are excited to have XA network on board because of their strong network of experts who are open to listening and helping. They’ve introduced us to advisors from Expedia and truly understand the dynamics of emerging markets, making them a valuable investor.” – Sonia Kabra & Wyclife Omondi – Founders of BuuPass

“Partnering with XA Network has been a game-changer for our company. Their strategic guidance and network have opened doors to new opportunities, and we’re excited to see the impact of our collaboration continue to unfold. We’re grateful for their trust in our vision.” – Michael Ogundare – CEO of Crop2Cash

Since its inception six years ago, XA Network has established itself as a significant player in the Southeast Asian startup ecosystem, making nearly 100 investments in the region, and consistent ranked as #1 investment network in the region. XA Network comprises senior leaders from prominent global and regional technology companies and notable company founders. This approach distinguishes XA Network, enabling it to offer portfolio companies unparalleled guidance and support from experienced industry operators.

We also see an opportunity to build a stronger bridge between ecosystems in Africa and Southeast Asia along the way. In fact, this investment hypothesis has already been proven across some of the African founders we are currently supporting.”, Mr Gajria added.

The XA Africa team will be hosting their first public Demo Day webinar on Thursday November 7, 1-2pm GMT+1, where Africa focused investors can meet and invest in four founding companies and learn more about XA Africa. Click here to register for the event.

For more information, please visit https://xanetwork.co/

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Arta Finance partners with Abu Dhabi’s Wio Invest to launch Wealth-as-a-Service for banks globally, unveils Arta AI Copilot

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  • MAS-licensed Arta Finance launches in Singapore and internationally
  • Arta announces partnerships with Wio Invest for its Wealth-as-a-service offering for banks and financial institutions globally
  • Arta unveils Arta AI Copilot – a number of AI-enhanced experiences on its wealth platform
  • Arta welcomes Ralph Hamers as external advisor

SINGAPORE, Oct. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Fast-growing digital wealth management platform Arta Finance today launched globally. Arta’s platform is now open to accredited investors in Singapore and to international investors open to managing their wealth in Singapore – a global wealth hub where an expected 1.6 million offshore investors are expected to manage $4.8 trillion in assets by 2028. The international launch follows Arta’s successful debut in the US in October 2023.

Arta today also took a major step on its B2B journey with the announcement that Abu Dhabi’s Wio Invest would be the first of many to integrate the Arta wealth-as-a-service platform into their digital platform, to create a new wealth management offering for its clients in the Middle East, pending regulatory approval. Wio Invest, a forward-thinking Middle Eastern fintech, is regulated by the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) and backed by Abu Dhabi Development Company (ADQ), a prominent institution.

Arta’s wealth platform offers a curated deal flow that includes private investments from exclusive fund managers, intelligent public market strategies, and innovative structured products, without the sales pressure, opaque pricing and manual processes found in many other financial institutions.

Commenting on the international launch, Arta CEO Caesar Sengupta said: “Arta is at the intersection of some powerful trends, including the personalisation and democratisation of wealth management, the huge growth and opportunity in private market investing, and the use of AI to create capabilities that have previously only been the preserve of the ultra-wealthy. We are now taking a major leap forward with our international launch and can’t wait to bring the Arta wealth platform and AI Copilot to the global community in the months and years ahead.”

The ‘wealth-as-a-service’ platform for banks and financial institutions is a new B2B offering by Arta. It was done with support from the venture building team of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), which worked closely with Arta to incubate this offering during the early stages of the concept. This cloud-based platform empowers partner banks to serve their clients better and meet evolving demands with faster time-to-market for innovative wealth management products, services, and technology. Banks can choose from integrating Arta AI Copilot capabilities, to embedding Arta’s investment solutions into their platforms, to fully white-labelling the Arta platform — enhancing their digital capabilities and unlocking growth in new wealth segments.

To help integrate a cloud and AI-native wealth platform into legacy systems at partner banks, Arta is also announcing partnerships with leading cloud provider Google Cloud and global management and technology consultancy Capco to provide solutions for banks looking to adopt Arta’s technology.

Amanda Ong, Head of International Expansion commented: “The launch of the B2B business is an extension of Arta’s mission, enabling us to partner with banks and financial institutions in a way that is wholly complementary to their current offering. We are proud to welcome Wio as our launch partner and look forward to growing together.”

AI drives leap in wealth tech

Arta also launched the first-of-its-kind AI Copilot, purpose-built for wealth management and finance. This patent-pending technology empowers Arta’s members to make smarter investment decisions – ideate, analyse, and monitor their portfolios with the tools and insights that usually require large teams of relationship managers, private bankers, and investment analysts.

Unlike commonly available AI chatbots or apps, Arta’s AI systems are purpose-built for applications in wealth and finance and exploit the reasoning capabilities of the latest large language models. Arta’s AI stack employs several models that work in conjunction with each other – including commercially available closed source models, fine-tuned open source LLMs and several custom built AI/ML models created by Arta’s researchers. These models have access to high-quality public and proprietary data including large financial and risk data sets for training and inference. This enables Arta to combine the fluency of LLMs with the time sensitivity, hard mathematical rigour and explainability necessary for investment and financial applications. Its AI stack, like the rest of Arta’s infrastructure, is highly privacy-preserving and uses encryption at rest and in transit for all user data.

Singapore Minister of State for Trade and Industry and MAS board member, Alvin Tan was on hand to help launch Arta in the City State, alongside investors, fund managers, partners, and clients. The company has established key functions in Singapore including engineering, marketing, product, design and operations and a number of its global leads including its CEO are based in Singapore.

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Arta welcomes Ralph Hamers as external advisor

Arta also today welcomes Ralph Hamers as an external senior advisor, providing strategic guidance as the company grows internationally. Ralph Hamers is an advisor to established and new players in the global financial sector. He developed a special knowledge in digitalisation of processes and client offerings. Hamers previously was CEO with UBS and ING

Commenting on his role as senior advisor to Arta, Mr Hamers said:

“A central focus of my leadership has been to take legacy businesses and digitalise, integrating front-to-back technology to drive efficiencies and make the lives of clients and colleagues easier. This often needs major and multi-year transformations in well-established organisations. With Arta, I see the enormous opportunity of having incredibly smart people from the worlds of technology and finance coming together to build a platform that is more than ready to take its place amongst the world’s leading wealth managers.”

Mr. Hamers becomes part of a distinguished group of early investors in Arta, which includes more than 140 technology and finance leaders, such as ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach.

The Arta wealth platform is now available globally to all accredited investors on desktop and mobile. Early members will get their first investment up to $100K managed free for life by Arta (terms and conditions apply). To learn more about Arta, please visit artafinance.com.

Important Disclosures
Arta Wealth Management Pte. Ltd. (“Arta Finance”) is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) whose products and services are only available to Accredited Investors.

Investing in securities involves risk, and there is always the potential of losing money. Certain investments are not suitable for all investors. The content provided herein is for informational purposes only and is not investment or financial advice, tax or legal advice, an offer, solicitation of an offer, or advice to buy or sell or hold securities or investment products. This material has not been reviewed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. For additional disclosures related to Arta Finance, please visit https://artafinance.com/sg/disclosures.

About Arta Finance:
Founded by ex-Google executives, Arta Finance is a digital wealth platform for the savvy that enables more people to access the “financial superpowers” of the ultra-wealthy. The platform provides access to private market investments from elite fund managers, intelligent public market strategies and structured products, and sophisticated financial services such as insurance and estate planning. Headquartered in the US and Singapore, Arta serves its members directly as well as empowering partner financial institutions to expand wealth management to new clients. Arta is backed by Peak XV, Ribbit Capital, Coatue, EDBI, and over 140 luminaries in tech and finance.

Learn more at artafinance.com

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Arta Finance launches globally via Singapore, unveils Arta AI Copilot, and announces Wealth-as-a-Service for banks

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  • MAS-licensed Arta launches in Singapore and internationally
  • Arta unveils Arta AI Copilot – a number of AI-enhanced experiences on its wealth platform
  • Arta announces partnerships with Wio Invest, Google Cloud, and Capco for its Wealth-as-a-service offering for banks and financial institutions globally
  • Arta welcomes Ralph Hamers as external advisor

SINGAPORE, Oct. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Fast-growing digital wealth management platform Arta Finance today launched globally. Arta’s platform is now open to accredited investors in Singapore and to international investors open to managing their wealth in Singapore – a global wealth hub where an expected 1.6 million non-Singaporeans are expected to manage $4.8 trillion in assets by 2028. The international launch comes after Arta’s successful debut in the US in October 2023, where it has since grown to manage hundreds of millions in assets for thousands of clients.

Arta’s wealth platform offers a curated deal flow that includes private investments from exclusive fund managers, intelligent public market strategies, and innovative structured products, without the sales pressure, opaque pricing and manual processes found in many other financial institutions. Arta’s designed-in-Singapore product has various unique features, including support for philanthropic giving in partnership with Co-Axis – a Temasek Trust initiative, a Founding Member community, and even a Singlish setting in its AI Copilot.

Arta also launched the first-of-its-kind AI Copilot, purpose-built for wealth management and finance. This patent-pending technology, rolling out progressively to members will empower them to make smarter investment decisions – ideate, analyse, and monitor their portfolios with the tools and insights that usually require large teams of relationship managers, private bankers, and investment analysts.

Unlike commonly available AI chatbots or apps, Arta’s AI systems are purpose-built for applications in wealth and finance and exploit the reasoning capabilities of the latest large language models. Arta’s AI stack employs several models that work in conjunction with each other – including commercially available closed source models, fine-tuned open source LLMs and several custom built AI/ML models created by Arta’s researchers. These models have access to high-quality public and proprietary data including large financial and risk data sets for training and inference. This enables Arta to combine the fluency of LLMs with the time sensitivity, hard mathematical rigour and explainability necessary for investment and financial applications. Its AI stack, like the rest of Arta’s infrastructure, is highly privacy-preserving and uses encryption at rest and in transit for all user data.

Singapore Minister of State for Trade and Industry and MAS board member, Alvin Tan was on hand to help launch Arta in the City State, alongside investors, fund managers, partners, and clients. The company has established key functions in Singapore including engineering, marketing, product, design and operations and a number of its global leads including its CEO are based in Singapore.

Commenting on the launch, Arta CEO Caesar Sengupta said: “Arta is at the intersection of some powerful trends, including the personalisation and democratisation of wealth management, the huge growth and opportunity in private market investing, and the use of AI to create capabilities that have previously only been the preserve of the ultra-wealthy. We are now taking a major leap forward with our global launch and can’t wait to bring the Arta wealth platform and AI Copilot to the global community in the months and years ahead.”

Wealth-as-a-service launched with Wio, Google Cloud and CapCo tie ups

Arta today also took a major step on its B2B journey with the announcement that Abu Dhabi’s Wio Invest would be the first of many financial institutions to integrate the Arta wealth-as-a-service platform into Wio’s industry leading digital investment platform, to create a new wealth management offering for its clients in the Middle East, pending regulatory approval.

The ‘wealth-as-a-service’ platform for banks is a new B2B offering by Arta. It was done with support from the venture building team of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), which worked closely with Arta to incubate this offering during the early stages of the concept. This cloud-based platform empowers partner banks to serve their clients better and meet evolving demands with faster time-to-market for innovative wealth management products, services, and technology. Banks can choose from integrating Arta AI Copilot capabilities, to embedding Arta’s investment solutions into their platforms, to fully white-labelling the Arta platform — enhancing their digital capabilities and unlocking growth in new wealth segments.

To help integrate a cloud and AI native wealth platform into legacy systems at partner banks, Arta is also announcing partnerships with Google Cloud and global management and technology consultancy Capco to provide solutions for banks looking to adopt Arta’s technology.

Amanda Ong, Singapore Country Director and Head of International Expansion commented: Singapore is the natural home for Arta’s international business with its rising importance as Asia’s wealth hub. The launch of the B2B business is an extension of Arta’s mission, enabling us to partner with banks and financial institutions in a way that is wholly complementary to their current offering. We are proud to welcome Wio as our launch partner and look forward to growing together.”

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Arta welcomes Ralph Hamers as external advisor

Arta also today welcomes Ralph Hamers as an external senior advisor, providing strategic guidance as the company grows internationally. Ralph Hamers is an advisor to established and new players in the global financial sector. He developed a special knowledge in digitalisation of processes and client offerings. Hamers previously was CEO with UBS and ING.

Commenting on his role as senior advisor to Arta, Mr Hamers said:

“A central focus of my leadership has been to take legacy businesses and digitalise, integrating front-to-back technology to drive efficiencies and make the lives of clients and colleagues easier. This often needs major and multi-year transformations in well-established organisations. With Arta, I see the enormous opportunity of having incredibly smart people from the worlds of technology and finance coming together to build a platform that is more than ready to take its place amongst the world’s leading wealth managers.”

Mr. Hamers becomes part of a distinguished group of early investors in Arta, which includes more than 140 technology and finance leaders, such as ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach.

The Arta wealth platform is now available globally to all accredited investors on desktop and mobile. Early members will get their first investment up to $100K managed free for life by Arta (terms and conditions apply). To learn more about Arta, please visit artafinance.com

Important Disclosures
Arta Wealth Management Pte. Ltd. (“Arta”) is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) whose products and services are only available to Accredited Investors.

Investing in securities involves risk, and there is always the potential of losing money. Certain investments are not suitable for all investors. The content provided herein is for informational purposes only and is not investment or financial advice, tax or legal advice, an offer, solicitation of an offer, or advice to buy or sell or hold securities or investment products. This material has not been reviewed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. For additional disclosures related to Arta Finance, please visit https://artafinance.com/global/disclosures.

About Arta Finance:
Founded by ex-Google executives, Arta Finance is a digital wealth platform for the savvy that enables more people to access the “financial superpowers” of the ultra-wealthy. The platform provides access to private market investments from elite fund managers, intelligent public market strategies and structured products, and sophisticated financial services such as insurance and estate planning. Headquartered in the US and Singapore, Arta serves its members directly as well as empowering partner financial institutions to expand wealth management to new clients. Arta is backed by Peak XV, Ribbit Capital, Coatue, EDBI, and over 140 luminaries in tech and finance.

Learn more at artafinance.com

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