CKS Finance

CKS was delighted to advise Bounce Insights on their recent funding round. Bounce have raised $4.5m in a round led by ACT Venture Capital (John O'Sullivan and Mairéad Roche), with additional investment received from Irrus Investments (Aidan O'Driscoll, Emily Ryan and Mike Ryan), Enterprise Ireland, Digital Irish Ventures, Ian Kiernan, Paul Gannon and follow on investment from some existing shareholders.   Bounce Insights is a young exciting business that uses AI to power business insights. We would like to thank the Bounce founders and management who were always on hand to provide the data needed for the success of this round (Rónán Dowling-Cullen, Charlie Butler, Brandon Dooley, Josh Stafford and Rob Kiely). This funding round will enable the business to expand its presence in North America and drive continued growth in Europe.   As with any deal, we would like to thank the other advisors involved in getting us to completion. Thank you to James Byrne, William Darmody and Elanna Dunleavy of Browne Jacobson for all of their hard work.   This deal was led by Conor Sheahan with support from Becky Gordon. https://lnkd.in/gB3Fc8sd

CKS Finance are thrilled to have advised Slicey Pizza, on their recent successful fundraise, backed by a consortium of private investors. Huge congratulations to serial entrepreneurs, Niall McGrath and THOMAS GANNON, on the impressive launch of their new venture. The inspiration behind Slicey Pizza came during Niall’s trip to Italy last year, where he envisioned the world’s first Air-Fryer Pizza. Since then, he and Tom have been on a mission to craft the perfect hand-made, Sicilian-style pizza, tailored specifically for air-fryers. Now, Slicey Pizza is officially on the market and available in major retailers across Ireland. We would like to extend our thanks to the outstanding Legal and Tax Advisors who put in a huge shift to bring this deal to fruition. Thanks to Ruairi Mulrean and Rebecca Gahan from LK Shields, Sean Wallace and Sean Conneely from Wallace Corporate Counsel LLP, and Dean Weir from Clancy & Associates. The deal was led by Conor Sheahan, with support from David Regan and Manan Ahuja.

CKS Finance were delighted to advise the management (Orla, Ian and Edward McNally) and shareholders of the McNally Group on their recent transaction with nobilia-Werke J. Stickling GmbH & Co. KG Established over 50 years ago The McNally Group includes McNally Living and Kube Kitchens. The Group is a leading Irish provider of modular kitchens, furniture, interior design, and installation services intended to offer exquisitely crafted kitchens for retail and contract customers. The company is one of the leading suppliers to the contract kitchen market in Ireland. The management team will continue to be led by Patrick McGrath who has been Managing Director since 2021. Nobilia is a global market leader and Europe's largest Kitchen Manufacturer. Nobilia are a manufacturer and designer of kitchen furniture based in Verl, Germany. The company offers designer kitchens, cottage kitchen furniture, worktops, countertops, kitchenware products, bathroom designing, storage space solutions and other related products and services. Nobilia provides furniture fittings and systems for living rooms to dining rooms to the kitchen and bathroom. We would like to thank all of the Legal Advisors and Tax Advisors who put in a huge shift to get this deal over the line (Patrick O'Shea, Kathryn Mitchell and Gill O'Dwyer from Wallace Corporate Counsel LLP and Brian Egan Tax Partners. The deal was led by Conor Martin with support from Conor Sheahan.

CKS Finance were delighted to advise the management (Hal Watts and Simon Rea) and shareholders of Unmade on their recent acquisition by Hi-Tech Apparel (John Laycock).   Unmade are a London based software company that provide custom bespoke clothing-on-demand software, for some of the world’s leading apparel and sportswear brands. Hi-Tech Apparel is a global leader in Garment Manufacturing, headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.   Founded 10 years ago, we want to say a huge congratulations to the Unmade team on a great achievement. Thank you to Simon Menashy for the introduction. We would like to thank all of the legal advisors who put in a huge shift to get this deal over the line (Christia Malaktou, Ellieshia Hyam and Erika McIntyre from Mishcon de Reya LLP, Hollie Gallagher and Ross Fletcher of BDB Pitmans)   The deal was led by Gavin Pitcher with support from Conor Sheahan. Gavin has set sail from CKS, after a great 6 years with the company, and is currently spending some time with family on his boat in France.

Definitely never worked harder but great examples of the real deals that CKS Finance are getting done. Am very grateful to a really hardworking and dedicated team who understand what getting sh$t done and going the extra mile (or two) means! #humblehustle

**The last 18 months in review** After what has been a challenging market for M&A and fundraising in the last 18 months, CKS is delighted to have achieved successful outcomes for a number of our clients. We are so proud to have such a diverse portfolio of clients and have been fortunate to engage with buyers and funders from across the globe. We would like to take this time to thank all of our clients, both past and present, for allowing us to be a part of their journey. Plenty of big things to come in 2024 and beyond. Conor Sheahan

** Friday Financing ** CKS' Corporate Finance and Debt teams were delighted to work together to advise Keith O Haire and Newport Brands on securing a consortium of equity investors and raising operational debt funding from Bibby Financial Services Ireland to facilitate an MBO of certain non-alcoholic brands and operations from the C&C Group. Led by Gavin Pitcher, Peter Ryan and Conor Sheahan the team at CKS would like to thank Paul Bohan of Bohan Solicitors and Ruairi Mulrean and Daniel Keegan of LK Shields for representing the company and investors respectively in the process. Looking forward to seeing the bright future ahead for new business and management

CKS Finance were delighted to see the UTS Technologies acquisition deal nominated as a finalist for the Debt Funding Deal of the Year < €10m at the inaugural Irish Investor Awards, in association with Mazars. CKS, led by Peter Ryan, Conor Sheahan, David Regan and Becky Gordon, acted as corporate advisor on this deal and raised funding with the fantastic team at DunPort Capital Management led by Ross Morrow, Aidan Lynch and Seán Healy, CFA. UTS Technologies is Ireland's leading provider of parking terminals and technology. Other advisors on the deal included Grant Thornton Ireland (led by Ann-Marie Costello, David Cole, Liam Kenny and Caroline Kennedy) on tax and financial DD, Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors (Alastair Purdy and Robin Hyde) on acquisition legals and Addleshaw Goddard acting for DunPort. Best of luck to all the nominees on the night!

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**Friday Financing**   The CKS Finance Debt team led by Peter Ryan and Aisling O'Sullivan have secured a €2.4 million commercial and residential bridging finance facility, on behalf of their private clients, from Novellus Finance Ireland.   This facility secured a negotiated debt settlement and enabled an accelerated deleverage strategy for our clients.   We would like to thank Niall Hurson and Tiarnach Mc Ginnity and the full team at Novellus Finance for their support throughout this deal.   Thank you to Grattan Butler and Arlene Alvey of GMB Law, and Mary Coffey and Grace Mulvaney of AMOSS LLP for getting the documents across the line.   CKS Finance has a range of debt and funding solutions, if you have a debt funding requirement, short or medium term, SME, commercial, working capital, growth or development get in touch with us today! #bridgefinance #debtfunding #commercialpropertyfinance