Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CPDQ) is taking an equity interest totalling CAD200 million in Plusgrade, a provider of revenue solutions to the global travel industry. The transaction values Plusgrade at over CAD600 million. With this backing, the company will continue to execute its expansion plan, which includes penetrating
21 Partners, a European investment group founded by Alessandro Benetton and Gérard Pluvinet, is rebranding as 21 Invest. The company says its new name and logo more directly reflect the core activity of the Group, which in almost 30 years of activity has expanded from Italy to other geographies and
Mercatus, an asset and investment management platform, has partnered with professional services firm, Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) to help customers accelerate digital and data strategies through Mercatus’ Investment Lifecycle Management product. The new wave of digitalised investors that is emerging has data as a strategic core competence. The companies say that
Private equity firm Corsair Capital (Corsair) has made a majority investment in ZEDRA Group (ZEDRA), a specialist in trust, corporate and fund services. Corsair has a long and successful track record of growing financial services firms across a diverse range of sectors, and its partnership with ZEDRA will support the
InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital fund, has made a seed investment in WeTrip, a digital platform aiming to simplify group holiday planning and booking. InMotion’s seed stage funding will support WeTrip in its global ambition to become the go-to digital platform for booking personalised group experience holidays. In
Inflexion Private Equity has completed the buyout of MYCOM OSI, a provider of service assurance software to global telecommunication companies. The investment was made by Inflexion Buyout Fund V, the company’s dedicated mid-market buyout fund. The business is poised for significant future growth as telecommunications companies transform to offer
Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business, is enhancing its private debt solution to meet growing demand from SMEs for flexible finance options to fund growth and support business strategy. The private debt offering, which was launched last year, will now fund financing requirements of GBP3-10million – up to
Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP249,000 equity investment into Footfalls and Heartbeats Limited through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF). Based in Nottingham, Footfalls has developed a revolutionary and proprietary process for manufacturing smart fabric, which uses nano-scale interactions within the textile to make the fabric itself the sensor.
Fersa Group has acquired 100 per cent of the Austrian company NKE Austria, completing a ‘deal’ that began in 2016, when the Spanish company purchased 49 per cent of NKE shares. With the acquisition of the remaining 51 per cent, the Austrian company is now wholly owned by Fersa and
Integral, a forex market technology partner for banks, brokers, and asset managers, has secured a USD15m investment from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. “The market opportunity for Integral has never been better,” says Harpal Sandhu, Integral founder and CEO. “Our focus on building the best FX solutions coupled with our unparalleled
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