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Deals & Transactions

Ambienta completes the acquisition of Namirial

Ambienta a sustainability-focused private equity investor, has acquired Namirial, a provider of software that empowers businesses to digitalise their processes securely. Digitalisation is intrinsically linked to sustainability. By enabling businesses to digitalise, Namirial enables efficient remote working and transaction execution, reduces the use of paper and the need for traveling to

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INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund acquires Eco Baltia

INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund, the largest private equity investment fund for the Baltic region, has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Eco Baltia, a plastic recycling and waste collection company.

ARQIS secures eight-digit Series A financing round for Agile Robots

ARQIS has advised Agile Robots on its Series A financing round. The eight-digit investment round was led by C-Ventures, a Hong Kong based venture capitalist for innovative companies founded by cultural entrepreneur Adrian Cheng and further included the existing financial investors such as GL Ventures (Hillhouse), Sequoia Capital China and

Scoota raises GBP2m in growth funding round 

Scoota, a specialist in automated omni-channel digital branding technology, has announced a GBP2 million round from Notion Capital, the Angel CoFund (ACF) and VentureFounders. The growth funding will be used for rapid US expansion plans for the latter part of 2020 and early 2021.  In the current climate this raise speaks

High Road Capital Partner’s portfolio company General Tools & Instruments acquires Garden Weasel

High Road Capital Partners’ portfolio company General Tools & Instruments (www.generaltools.com) has acquired Garden Weasel (www.gardenweasel.com), a provider of specialised lawn and garden tools, from Faultless Brands. The transaction marks General Tools’ second acquisition under High Road’s ownership, having acquired PacTool International in November 2017.   The acquisition comprises Garden Weasel’s

Women

EQT Ventures backs female social network Peanut

EQT Ventures has led a USD12 million Series A funding round in Peanut, a newly launched social network for women.  Index Ventures and Female Founders Fund also participated in this round, bringing the company’s total funding to USD 21.8 million. The fresh capital will be used to launch new communities

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Finding value in Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific’s private market attracted USD117 billion in net capital inflow in 2019, led predominantly by private equity where fund raising topped USD94 billion according to McKinsey’s Private Markets Review 2020. This represented a 25 per cent reduction year-on-year, led principally by closed ended real estate, which closed 2019 with

Aran Services secures additional funding during successful MBO

Insulation and fire protection expert Aran Services has secured GBP1.5 million in working capital from Independent Growth Finance (IGF). The funds, which were raised using invoice discounting, were used to support the recent MBO and to provide working capital to support the continued growth of the business.Founded in 2004, the

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