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MiddleGround Capital adds to its Alco platform with acquisition of Manth-Brownell

MiddleGround Capital, a private equity firm that makes control investments in North American middle market B2B industrial and specialty distribution companies, has acquired Manth-Brownell through its portfolio company Alco Manufacturing Corporation, which MiddleGround acquired in July 2018. This transaction represents MiddleGround’s fourth acquisition of 2020. Manth-Brownell is a manufacturer of precision

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners portfolio company Capsa Healthcare acquires RoboPharma

Capsa Healthcare (Capsa), a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), has acquired NewRobo Development BV and subsidiaries (collectively, RoboPharma). Based in Waalwijk, Netherlands, RoboPharma creates and implements pharmacy automation solutions for some of the largest pharmacies in Europe.   Capsa is a leading provider of workflow products that aim

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Gymshark partners with General Atlantic as it achieves unicorn status

General Atlantic has entered a strategic partnership with fitness community and apparel brand Gymshark in its first-ever fundraise, valuing the business at over GBP1 billion. The valuation means that Gymshark joins the list of fewer than 25 British companies to have secured unicorn status since 2001. It is the second

Blackstone-backed HealthEdge acquires The Burgess Group

HealthEdge, the provider of HealthRules Payor,van integrated financial, administrative and clinical platform for health insurers, has completed the acquisition of The Burgess Group (Burgess), a payment integrity software company focused on improving healthcare payment operations through technology. Health plan customers will now benefit from claims cost savings via the Burgess Source

CI Capital partners with Martin Reidy

CI Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, has formed a partnership with Martin Reidy to jointly pursue platform company investments in the marketing services industry. Reidy brings has significant operational experience in marketing services, having most recently served as the President & CEO of Ansira, a leading technology-enabled marketing

Liki24 raises USD5m from Horizon Capital and existing investors

Liki24, a Ukraine-based e-commerce platform for medicine delivery, has raised a USD5 million round from Horizon Capital and existing investors, bringing total funding raised to date to USD6 million. This new equity round will support the Company’s ambitious European expansion plans, with Poland being the first international market where Liki24 launched

Parabellum Investments acquires IT services specialist The Column Group

Parabellum Investments, an international investment firm specialising in the mid- market, has acquired the India business of The Column Group a US-based privately-owned technology consulting, systems, and services provider it acquired with The Acacia Group earlier this year.Based in Pune, Column India has a workforce of around 180 people and

Clearlake Capital-backed Ivanti secures strategic investment from TA Associates

TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to make a strategic growth investment in Ivanti, a provider of enterprise-grade intelligent IT management and security software solutions.TA will join existing investor Clearlake Capital Group, as institutional shareholders in Ivanti.   The funding will provide additional

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