Sam Pout

M&A

• JustPark, a leading UK app-based parking platform, and its majority shareholders, on its sale to leading US private equity backed parking solutions provider, ParkHub. 
• BAE Systems Plc on its sale of NetReveal, the financial crime detection business, to Symphony AI.
• Fremantle on its acquisition of Asacha Media Group, a leading European TV production group.
• Cox Automotive on its acquisition of the vehicle services provider and Bruntingthorpe operator C Walton Ltd, expanding its whole-life vehicle services offering.
• The Pentland Group on a variety of transactions including its joint venture with Lacoste for the design, manufacture and distribution of Lacoste footwear.
• The Gamesys Group, the leading online gaming group, and its majority shareholders, on its c.GBP 490m sale to JPJ Group plc and pre-sale carve out of its sports betting and games content business.

Investments (sponsor)

• Pentland Ventures on multiple investments including its investments into Sava, the microsensor health monitoring business, PlayerData, the Elite level sports tracker , Misfits Health Limited, the plant based protein business, and Oxwash, the sustainable commercial laundry solution.
• Smedvig Ventures on multiple investments including its lead investments in the USD 15m Series A round of ad fraud company Lunio and the €6m Series A round of AI customer insights platform EdgeTier.
• Volnay, on its investment into next-generation superconducting cable systems business Supernode.
• Forbion, as co-lead of the EUR 72m Series A financing in Complement Therapeutics, the preclinical biotech Manchester University spinout.

Investments (management / company)

• Validis, the financial data standardisation platform on its strategic investment from Citi and Barclays.
• Sprive, the mortgage overpayment app, on its USD 7.3m Series A round, led by Ascension and Channel4Ventures.
• AppyWay, the mobile parking platform, on its Seed, Series A and Series B funding rounds.
• Greengage, the digital finance innovator, on its funding and strategic partnerships.