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KKR acquires Stake in First Gen through voluntary tender offer

Following the completion of a voluntary tender offer period, Valorous Asia Holdings, an entity owned by KKR investment funds, has accepted all of the 427,041,291 common shares of First Gen Corporation that were tendered by shareholders at the close of the tender offer, representing approximately 11.9 per cent of First

LDC-backed Mandata acquires Returnloads.net

Northumberland-based transport management software provider Mandata has acquired the UK’s largest online haulage and freight exchange, Returnloads.net, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction was funded by LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investor. Debt facilities were provided by Santander.   Led by CEO Chris Rigg, Mandata designs and develops software

Oxford Capital exits investment in UltraSoc in sale to Siemens

Oxford Capital’s portfolio company UltraSoc Technologies Ltd is to be acquired by Siemens. Cambridge-based UltraSoc is a provider of instrumentation and analytics solutions that puts intelligent monitoring, cybersecurity and functional safety capabilities into the core hardware of systems-on-chip (SoC). Siemens will integrate UltraSoc’s technology into the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio as part

BGF invests in Bayfields Opticians

BGF has invested in Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists. The investment will be used to support the independent opticians and audiologists group’s organic growth – including further roll-out of its audiology services – as well as its acquisition strategy to double the number of sites over the next four years.Royston Bayfield,

GCA Altium completes 41 deals during lockdown

GCA Altium, the European arm of global investment bank GCA, has seen significant appetite for cross-border deals since the UK went into lockdown on 23 March, challenging uncertainty surrounding global M&A markets during the Covid-19 pandemic.Globally, the business has signed 41 deals, more than half (21) of which have been

IW Capital leads GBP10m growth equity investment in Transcend Packaging

IW Capital has completed a GBP10 million investment round for Transcend Packaging, a specialist in sustainable packaging which is targeting the replacement of single-use plastics by making in demand paper and fibre-based alternatives. Transcend utilises state of the art digital printing and specialty coating technology allowing paper straws, cups, and food containers to

MSQ to acquire Be Heard Partnership

MSQ Partners, an international marketing communications group, is to buy the Be Heard Partnership (LSE: BHRD) and three of its agencies (MMT Digital, Freemavens and Agenda21), subject to shareholder approval. Be Heard has agreed to sell its creative agency, The Corner, back to its management team ahead of the transaction

Allocator secures Morningstar investment

Allocator, an investment data and technology company, has secured a significant amount of growth capital from the leading provider of independent investment research, Morningstar, in exchange for a minority stake in the company.As part of the transaction, Brett Kaluza, Vice President of Customer Success at PitchBook has been appointed to

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