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Roomi raises USD11m in Series A funding

Roomi, a peer-to-peer marketplace providing a safe, easy way to search for shared housing, has raised USD11 million in Series A funding, with Atami Capital leading the round, bringing their total funding to USD17 million. Brain Epp, Head of Direct Investments at Atami Capital, says: “We decided to invest in

BDO experts foresee fragile global stability paving the way for an M&A wave in 2018

Political uncertainty has suppressed deal volume and value almost everywhere, except in China, according to the Q4 edition of BDO’s global mid-market M&A review, Horizons. Nevertheless says BDO, the steep downtrend of Q1 2017 having been broken and with record amounts of dry powder in private equity offers, firms around

Aliter-backed Edwin James Holdings to make additional bolt-on acquisition

Edwin James Holdings Limited (EJH), a provider of technical services to public and private sector clients, is planning the bolt-on acquisition of Midlands-based Peterborough Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (PEME). PEME is an outsourced reliability maintenance services company that provides total managed solutions for electrical and mechanical plant and asset maintenance

Tengram Capital adds RéVive to beauty portfolio

Tengram Capital Partners is to acquire luxury skincare brand RéVive from Shiseido Americas Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, Tengram will run the company as an independent and stand-alone entity based in New York City. Closing is expected to be completed by the end of November.   “We are

Quad-C Management sells Vaco

Middle market private equity firm Quad-C Management has completed the sale of its stake in portfolio company Vaco, an executive search, consulting, placement and strategic staffing firm. Olympus Partners and management were the acquirers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Quad-C invested in Vaco in 2014 in partnership with

Noerr advises CCTC on Vermes Microdispensing acquisition

Noerr has advised ChaoZhou Three-Circle (Group) Co (CCTC), a Chinese manufacturer of electronic components and high-tech ceramic products, in connection with the acquisition of all shares in Vermes Microdispensing, a German specialist in microdispensing systems. Vermes Microdispensing, with headquarters in Otterfing near Munich, is a world leader in the design

African PE firm buys stake in Slovakia-based ESET

Pan-African ICT private equity firm Convergence Partners has bought a minority stake in ESET East Africa, a regional cybersecurity company. Convergence Partners signed the deal with ESRO Limited, ESET East Africa’s parent company during the recent AfricaCom tech conference in Cape Town.   The deal also enables ESET East Africa

Audax Private Equity sells RESA Power

Audax Private Equity (“Audax”), has completed the sale of RESA Power to Blue Sea Capital, a private equity firm based in West Palm Beach, FL. Founded in 2003, RESA Power is a provider of electrical life extension products and services to a broad variety of end markets. The Company specialises

Boodle Hatfield advises Ascent Underwriting on private equity investment

Law firm Boodle Hatfield has advised specialist cyber security Lloyds broker Ascent Underwriting on a private equity investment from Preservation Capital Partners. The deal, which is subject to FCA approvals, was completed on 2 November and is the first investment made by Preservation Capital Partners, which also sees it take

Gridiron Capital sells Ramsey Industries

Gridiron Capital has sold Ramsey Industries, a manufacturer of service cranes, industrial and commercial winches and planetary gear drives. The transaction closed on 6 November, 2017. Gridiron Capital originally invested in Ramsey in 2006 and built on Ramsey’s foundation of the Auto Crane and Ramsey Winch brands by acquiring Eskridge in

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