As a result of the closing, Next Wave has increased its Funds Under Management from £24 million to £51 million and is actively looking to make new investments. The fundraising, which only commenced in September 2010, was well received…
Crendo ranked super-company
“With the Super-company survey, we hope to inspire businesses all over Sweden to become even better by showing what super companies have done to get there. The list should also be a gold mine for venture capitalists looking for…
Petainer acquires Rostiprimpac
Petainer UK Holdings Limited has plants in Lidkoping Sweden and AS in the Czech Republic and is owned by a combination of the senior management and growth capital investors Next Wave Partners LLP, WHEB Venture Partners LLP and KBC…
SPA and Future Thinking open Paris office
As head of FMCG research, Europe, Baret has impressive credentials, having spent a decade in senior positions at Kraft Foods France, and a further nine years at Numsight, an independent market research agency in France, where she has been…
Petainer wins new business
Petainer’s plant at Lidköping in Sweden is to manufacture 33 centilitre bottles – opaque white for KickUp energy drinks and transparent green for KickUp ‘functional water’. They will be delivered to Winnington’s plant in Borås for filling. Petainer is…
Future Thinking and SPA to merge
The newly formed agency will boast a £13m+ turnover and an international network of offices in London, Paris, New York and Oxford. It will rank as one of the UK’s top market research agencies with a headcount of over…
Petainer recruits customer advocates
Axel Hartwig and Werner Sauer, two high-profile German brewers and maltsters, will work on new initiatives alongside Petainer personnel and customers, acting as an independent link between the customers and the company. Werner Sauer worked at Flensburger Brauerei from…
TORA rebrands and makes US hire
Ciardi has held senior positions with several research and consulting firms, including AC Nielsen, MMA, Delta Information Group FYI and TNS. He has contributed to the successful launch of more than 100 new products that have generated in excess…
Petainer to supply organic vodka bottles
Petainer’s plant at Lidköping in Sweden is to manufacture 70cl bottles for ‘organically produced’ Sailor brand vodka that will be supplied to all 410 Systembolaget shops. Petainer will also fit branded sleeves to the clear plastic bottles. Peter Edin,…
BVCA selects Petainer
The event is “an original and distinctive forum that brings “pre-IPO” businesses face-to-face with experienced “post-IPO” business leaders and the buyside fund managers who may be the future shareholders in their companies”.