Kartesia, the European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, is pleased to announce it has provided a Unitranche financing facility to support Andera Expansion (“Andera”) and the Management Team in the development strategy of financial services business Groupe Patrimmofi (“the Group”).  

Kartesia, the European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, is pleased to announce it has provided a financing solution of $50m to sa.global, a leading Microsoft Dynamics Partner offering industry-specific solutions to firms in the professional services and other project-driven industries.

Kartesia, the European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, today announces that it has sold Spanish leading concrete precast group Pretersa-Prenavisa to Precon, a subsidiary of Cementos Molins.   

In August this year, Kartesia announced their investment in “Project Morel”, the acquisition and merger of Okechamp S.A. in Poland and Greenyard Prepared Foods in the Netherlands to form Okechamp Group. Kartesia committed a total of €78m debt and equity from its Kartesia Credit Opportunities Funds (KCO) IV & V. The capital injection was made with the aim of strengthening the group’s balance sheet, allowing it to pursue further organic and external growth and accelerate its international development. Headquartered in the Netherlands and Poland, Okechamp Group is Europe’s leading producer of highest quality preserved mushrooms with an annual production volume of over 115kt. The company operates a large mushroom farming unit in Poland and two mushroom processing units in Poland and the Netherlands, as well as distribution capabilities across more than 40 countries on six continents.

In 2021 the European CLO industry has been exceptionally busy, but is has also significantly developed in terms of ESG. Previously, we have witnessed the apparition of ESG negative screening provisions in EUR CLO new issuances and resets. While this year, we have seen managers introducing subjective ESG scoring across CLO portfolios as well as objective ESG reporting on CLO assets.