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HCI Equity Partners-backed SDS Rx acquires Mission Critical Delivery Solutions

SDS Rx, a supply chain solutions provider focused on the last mile healthcare market backed by HCI Equity Partners, has acquired Mission Critical Delivery Solutions. Mission Critical is the second add-on acquisition since HCI’s platform investment. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Mission Critical is a non-asset-based

Halfords makes GBP63.4m acquisition of Axle Group Holdings

Halfords is to use the proceeds of a GBP63.4 million share placing representing 9.9 per cent of previously issued share capital, to acquire tyre and automotive servicing business, Axle Group Holdings. Efficiencies from the deal are expected to add GBP18 million to Halfords cash profits by year five, with a

Genstar Capital-backed Prometheus Group acquires Ventureforth

Prometheus Group, a global provider of asset management operations and optimization software backed by Genstar Capital, has acquired Ventureforth, an Atlanta-based Oracle partner specialising in mobile apps and cloud solutions for asset maintenance, supply chain, work management, and more. Financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.   For

Dogger Bank C reaches financial close

Joint venture partners SSE Renewables and Equinor have reached financial close on Dogger Bank Wind Farm C, the third phase of what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm when complete in March 2026. SSE Renewables and Equinor are already constructing the first two phases of the 3.6GW Dogger

ClearCourse acquires Secure Collections

ClearCourse Partnership, a group of technology companies providing integrated software solutions, is to acquire Secure Collections, a Bacs-approved Direct Debit Bureau based in Newcastle upon Tyne.  Secure Collections will join the Group’s rapidly growing Payments division and will bolster its direct debit offering, ClearDebit. The financial terms of the deal

Cibus Enterprise leads USD34m funding round in DMC Biotechnologies

The Cibus funds’s Cibus Enterprise Fund strategy (Cibus Enterprise) has led a USD34 million Series B funding round in DMC Biotechnologies (DMC), a company producing bio-based compounds sustainably for use in everyday food and nutritional products. Capricorn Partners, Sofinnova Partners, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, SCG, Boulder Ventures, Solvay Ventures and Michelin

Blue Point makes platform investment in Brimar Industries

Blue Point Capital Partners has acquired Brimar Industries, a vertically integrated manufacturer and purveyor of high-quality safety signs, pipe markers, valve tags and parking and traffic signs.  Founded in 1988 and based in Garfield, New Jersey, Brimar serves customers primarily through its proprietary e-commerce websites, such as SafetySign.com and  PipeMarker.com.

Arteria AI to acquire H4’s financial services business assets

Arteria AI, a specialist in enterprise digital documentation, is to acquire certain financial services assets of H4, an award-winning contract lifecycle management platform. As part of the agreement, H4’s Chairman and Co-founder Joe Seifert will join Arteria AI’s team as a senior advisor. Shelby Austin, CEO of Arteria AI, said:

York Capital Private Equity-backed Cennox acquires FireKing Safety and Security

Cennox, a portfolio company of York Capital Management’s private equity group (York Private Equity), has acquired FireKing Safety and Security (FireKing), a US-based financial safe and services business previously owned by Pfingsten Partners.  The deal enables Cennox to enter the traditional and smart safe manufacturing business, and further expands its

Gresham House Ventures makes GBP5 million investment in Preservica

Gresham House Ventures has made a USD6.8 million (GBP5 million) investments in Preservia, a specialist in Active Digital Preservation software to further accelerate product innovation in transforming the way organisations manage and protect critical long-term digital content. Preservica’s cloud-hosted SaaS Active Digital Preservation platform – which ensures critical long-term content

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