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Livingbridge-backed Broadstone Group acquires CS Financial Solutions

Employee benefits and pensions consultants and independent trustee business Broadstone Group, a portfolio company of private equity firm Livingbridge, has acquired Liverpool-based CS Financial Solutions (CSFS), including CS Trustees. The acquisition is another significant step for Broadstone as it strengthens and extends its competitive offering in the employee benefits consulting

Permira makes investment in Hana Group

Private equity firm Permira is to make an investment in Hana, in partnership with the founders and the management, who will substantially re-invest in the company. The transaction sees TA Associates, which was the first institutional investor in Hana, exit its investment. Founded in 2012 by Laurent Boukobza and Jacques

Ironwood Capital exits investment in Dancing Deer Baking Company

Ironwood Capital has exited its investment in Dancing Deer Baking Company, a manufacturer of all-natural cookies and cakes, based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company was purchased by Hudson River Foods. Incorporated in April 1994 to provide high quality baked goods to accompany the growing market for gourmet coffee, Dancing Deer

Baffin Bay Networks expands into the US with acquisition of Loryka

Baffin Bay Networks, a cloud-native cyber security specialist, has acquired US data security business Loryka, which focuses on botnet and IoT research. Baffin Bay Networks, its team hailing from major US security enterprises and Nordic banks, launched its cloud-based threat prevention service in 2017. This acquisition is the latest milestone following

Announcement

CloseCross raises USD3m

CloseCross, a multi-party, decentralised derivatives trading platform in beta, has opened its investment round with USD3 million backed by Amnis Ventures, a privately owned venture fund based in Houston, Texas. The investment puts CloseCross at a post-money valuation of USD60 million.   CloseCross is committed to a disruption of the

dv01 secures USD15m in Series B round led by Pivot Investment Partners

dv01, an end-to-end data management, reporting and analytics platform offering loan level transparency and insight into lending markets, has raised USD15 million in Series B funding, led by Pivot Investment Partners. Other participants include a new strategic investor, Regions Financial Corp., as well as existing investors, including Quantum Strategic Partners

Cannamedical receives EUR15m equity investment from Orkila Capital

Cannamedical Pharma, an independent cannabis wholesaler in Germany and the European Union, has received a EUR15 million equity investment from the US- and Germany-based growth equity investment firm Orkila Capital. As a result of its investment, Orkila Capital has acquired a minority in Cannamedical.   “I am very pleased that

Money changing hands

Bipsync secures USD7m growth investment led by Edison Partners

Bipsync, a research platform provider for investment management firms, has secured USD7 million in a growth investment round led by Edison Partners. FINTOP Capital also participated in the round.   Proceeds will be used to expand Bipsync’s global footprint and accelerate product innovation, customer success initiatives, and sales and marketing

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