UK mid-market private equity firm LDC has backed the management buyout of construction, contracting and housebuilding software specialist Eque2. The multi-million-pound investment will be used to accelerate the firm’s growth strategy and buy-and-build programme, along with funding the simultaneous acquisition of the Miracle Dynamics Payroll and HR Solution. Headquartered
Palatine Impact has completed a significant investment into e-days, a provider of employee absentee management software. This is the second deal from Palatine Private Equity’s Impact Fund, a GBP100 million investment vehicle targeting growth companies that also deliver a positive social and/or environmental impact. It also marks the third successful
Natural Cycles, the first app to be certified as a contraceptive in the EU, has closed a USD30 million Series B round led by EQT Ventures fund (EQT Ventures), with participation from existing investors Sunstone, E-ventures and Bonnier Growth Media. The investment will aid clinical research, product development, recruitment from
IGF, the leading commercial finance provider for SMEs, has reported a 180 per cent increase in funds out year-on-year in the first half of 2017, with a total of GBP53 million invested in businesses across the UK. The sales volume within IGF’s clients was 87 per cent higher in H1
Crux Informatics has closed a USD10 million Series A financing, led by Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments (PSI) and other institutional investors. Crux helps companies reduce the effort and money spent acquiring, exploring and processing large amounts of data. The company implements and operates the data processing pipelines they create for
Capzanine, an independent European company specialised in private investment, is selling its stake in Taliance, following the latter’s reorganisation of its capital and its reacquisition by management. Taliance creates, develops and distributes the first software solution for modelling alternative investment portfolios, combining the flexibility and the security that these specific
Alpha Private Equity Fund 7 has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Waterland and its co- shareholders for the acquisition of 100 per cent of the share capital of IPCOM. Founded by Waterland in 2010 and headquartered in Belgium, IPCOM is the leading European insulation solutions provider with sales
Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Investments, has acquired WightFibre and will invest a further GBP35 million to fund the expansion of the company’s infrastructure with a full-fibre, ultrafast broadband network across the Isle of Wight. This is the first investment by Digital Infrastructure Investment Partners, a platform
Last year, Ardian, the French independent private equity firm, joined forces with Seven Mile Capital Partners to launch a North American direct buyout business focusing primarily on US industrials. The business unit, overseen by Vincent Fandozzi, Head of Ardian North America Direct Buyouts, includes the whole Seven Mile Capital Partners team,
Unigestion has made an investment in cyber insurance company Ascent Underwriting, the company’s third direct private equity investment this year – and the sixth in total – from Unigestion’s Direct Opportunities 2015 (UDO 2015) fund. Ascent is a cyber insurance and specialty focused Managing General Agent in the Lloyds of
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