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ECI sells Arkessa to Wireless Logic

ECI Partners has completed the sale of IoT connectivity provider Arkessa to Wireless Logic. Arkessa offers world-wide, world-class cellular connectivity services that make it easy to design, deploy and manage IoT devices securely, efficiently, and at scale, regardless of application or business model. ECI first invested in Arkessa in July 2018

RD Capital Partners (RDCP) acquires Buxton Water

Investment group RD Capital Partners (RDCP) continues on its buy-and-build strategy in the construction sector with the acquisition of hydro-demolition firm Buxton Water.The deal marks RDCP’s second acquisition this month following its recent purchase of Su-Fix Precast and its fifth this year following earlier acquisitions of Killingley, Macair and Chilango.

American Pacific Group acquires Fresche Solutions

American Pacific Group (APG), a San Francisco-based private equity firm, together with Northstar Capital, has partnered with a team led by veteran software CEO Stephen Woodard to acquire Fresche Solutions (Fresche), a  provider of digital transformation and application modernisation solutions.Fresche, a Montreal-based company, provides a suite of software and service

HVD Partners sells Solifos to NBG

HVD Partners is to sell Solifos to NBG GmbH. Carved out of Brugg Cables in 2018 and based in Windisch, Switzerland, Solifos is the leading supplier of high performance, specialty fiber optic cables for distributed sensing and mission-critical defence applications.Solifos supplies essential components for remote and distributed sensing systems monitoring

Cleo raises USD44m in Series B round led by EQT Ventures

Cleo, a financial assistant designed for Gen-Z, has raised USD44 million in a Series B funding round led by EQT Ventures with participation from existing investors Balderton Capital, LocalGlobe and SBI. They join an existing roster of world class angel investors including Taavet Hinrikus, Matt Robinson, Errol Damelin, Niklas Zennstrom, Alex

Smart addressing startup OkHi partners with Interswitch Group

Smart addressing startup, OkHi is launching in Africa’s largest market, Nigeria, with its strategic partner, Interswitch Group. The Nairobi based company tackles a problem that costs Nigerian businesses an estimated USD2 billion a year – the lack of postal addressing infrastructure. The announcement stems from a new investment round that will

Pamlico Capital partners with information services executive Kurt Reisenberg

Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has teamed with Kurt Reisenberg to form Datos Acquisitions, a new platform to invest in information services companies, with a focus on long-term equity value creation. Pamlico has committed up to USD150 million of equity to help Datos Acquisitions pursue investments in companies that provide data, insights and

Consumer sector M&A deal value declines by 50 per cent YoY to USD138bn

The number and value of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals announced in the consumer sector since the start of the year has declined significantly, according to research by Stock Apps.The number of M&A deals in the global consumer sector dropped from 2,922 to 2,244 in the first nine months of

Orbex secures USD24m funding for UK space launch

Orbex, a European space launch company, has secured USD24 million in a funding round led by BGF and Octopus Ventures, one of the largest VCs in Europe.BGF and Octopus Ventures have joined existing investors High-Tech Gründerfonds, Heartcore Capital and Elecnor SA – parent company of the multi-national space firm Deimos

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