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Tech-focused VC Runa Capital opens Paris office

Luxembourg-based global venture capital firm Runa Capita has opened a Paris office. Max Corbani, who recently joined Runa Capital as a Senior Associate, will lead the growth of its investment focus in the French startup ecosystem. 

Software

Bain Capital circles software platform ConnectWise

Bain Capital is one of several private equity firms set to bid for software and IT managed services platform provider ConnectWise, according to a report by CRN. ConnectWise, which has more than 3,000 employees globally, was bought by private equity firm Thoma Bravo is 2019 in a deal estimated at

Thoma Bravo’s Qualtrics bid scuppered by antitrust concerns

Private equity giant Thoma Bravo’s plan to buy software company Qualtrics and merge it with rival company Medallia was thwarted by antitrust concerns, according to a report by the Financial Times. Qualtrics was ultimately sold to private equity firm Silver Lake and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in a

Lee Equity Partners and Twin Point Capital merge wireless distributors

Private equity firm Lee Equity Partners and investment firm Twin Point Capital have partnered with GetWireless to acquire TESSCO Technologies, a wireless infrastructure technology distributor, manufacturer, and solutions provider serving commercial companies, in a cash merger deal valued at around $161.4 million. Under the terms of the merger agreement between

DigitalOwl raises USD20m in Series A led by Insight Partners

DigitalOwl, a Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology for analysing and summarising medical records, has raised USD20 million in a Series A round led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Ibex and Fusion VC. This latest round of fundraising will

Softline acquires majority stake in SoftClub

Softline is to acquire a majority stake in SoftClub (SCGroup Investments Limited), a fintech developer of integrated solutions for banks, e-commerce, and stock exchanges in Central and Eastern Europe. The company – considered by industry experts to be amongst the top-100 software firms in the world – has one of

TA Associates’ PDQ acquires SmartDeploy

PDQ.com, a provider of IT asset management software backed by private equity firm TA Associates, has acquired SmartDeploy, a specialist in remote computer management. The acquisition comes just months after PDQ.com acquired SimpleMDM, further enhancing its value proposition to the broader IT community by making device management easier from start

HTEC Group secures USD140m investment from Brighton Park

HTEC Group (HTEC), a global consulting, software engineering and digital product development company, has secured a USD140 million investment from Brighton Park Capital (Brighton Park), a growth equity investment firm that specialises in partnering with growth-stage software, healthcare and tech-enabled services businesses. HTEC will use this investment to further scale

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