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Walnut secures USD15m in Series A funding

Sales experience platform Walnut has raised USD15 million in Series A funding led by Eight Roads Ventures, a global VC managing USD8 billion of assets, with portfolio companies such as AppsFlyer, Alibaba, Hibob and Made.com. This funding round comes just several months after a high-demand USD6 million seed round, bringing

Riverside and Investcorp sell Arrowhead Engineered Products to Genstar Capital

The Riverside Company (Riverside), a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, and Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, have sold Arrowhead Engineered Products (AEP) to Genstar, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the financial services,

quip raises USD100m in funding

quip, an oral healthcare company with over 7.5 million users, has raised USD100 million in growth funding from Cowen Sustainable Investments (CSI) an environmental sustainability focused growth investment strategy.  On the heels of reaching profitability, expanding into new oral care verticals, and launching its first professional services, CSI recognised quip’s

Procuritas-backed Frendy completes first add-on acquisition

Procuritas portfolio company Frendy, a Finnish IT services platform, has made its first add-on acquisition, three months after the company’s creation through the acquisition of twelve businesses.   The acquisition of Wisdomic brings Frendy’s combined turnover to around EUR50 million with 220 employees.    Wisdomic is a Finnish IT services

Praetura Ventures leads GBP2.2m funding round in BankiFi

BankiFi, a fintech business specialising in payment processing and financial administration services for SMEs, has secured a GBP2.2 million investment in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures, with participation from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). Headquartered in Manchester, BankiFi was founded to help financial institutions better serve small

Palatine exits Verdant Leisure to the William Pears Group

Palatine Private Equity has exchanged contracts for the sale of its stake in holiday park operator Verdant Leisure, to the management team backed by Pears Partnership Capital. The deal is subject to FCA approval. Verdant Leisure is a bespoke holiday park operator offering lodge and caravan holidays and holiday home

Olsam raises USD165m in Series A round

Olsam Group (Olsam), a company that buys and scales category leading e-commerce businesses, has successfully raised USD165 million in a Series A equity and debt round.  The equity investment was led by Christian Angermayer’s Apeiron Investment Group and Elevat3 Capital, which counts Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund as a strategic partner.

Oakley portfolio company Ocean Technologies Group adds crew management SAAS provider COMPAS

Pan-European private equity investor Oakley Capital’s (Oakley) portfolio company Ocean Technologies Group (OTG) has acquired COMPAS, a crew management SAAS provider to the maritime industry.  The acquisition is OTG’s fifth bolt-on acquisition and continues Oakley’s transformation of the business into a diversified software platform serving the multiple needs of the

LDC invests in REAL Digital International Limited

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has invested in REAL Digital International Limited (RDIL), a specialised data-led software solutions and automated fulfilment provider, to continue to support the existing management team’s organic growth strategy. Established in 2004, RDIL plays a key role in helping organisations to solve complex fulfilment challenges. The

Foresight provides GBP25m debt facility to specialist lender Fresh Thinking Capital

Foresight Group, a listed alternative investment manager, has provided a senior secured debt facility of up to GBP25 million to specialist secured SME lender, Fresh Thinking Capital. Foresight worked with the Company to structure a debt facility tailored to provide the flexibility required in Fresh Thinking Capital’s business model. With

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