OTCX, an over-the-counter derivatives platform, has secured backing from the Angel CoFund as part of its latest funding round. The Angel CoFund is a GBP100 million investment fund, supported by the British Business Bank, with objectives to back promising UK businesses and help develop the important business angel investment market. In a market in which over 50 per
Nautic Partners has sold portfolio company IPS Corporation to funds affiliated with Sherman Capital Holdings through Sherman Capital’s existing portfolio company Encaspsys, for USD 700 million. The two companies will operate together as Cypress Performance Group (CPG), offering a portfolio of advanced materials and diversified products with leading brand positions
Legal & General’s Venture Capital and SME investment programme, which also includes its “SE-Assist” product for social enterprises, has now made investments in over 100 UK-based companies, and is on track to double that number during 2018. Early-stage companies which have benefited from Legal & General’s VC funding now have
Cairngorm Capital Partners (Cairngorm Capital) has acquired Thornbridge Sawmills Limited (Thornbridge), a leading Scottish timber processing and distribution company. Thornbridge sources certified timber and sheet materials from sustainable producers both domestically and overseas. It has a combined sawmill and distribution hub in Grangemouth, as well as eight regional branch outlets
irth Solutions, a provider of field service management solutions to the utility, energy and telecoms industries, has acquired Bytronics, a provider of software solutions to the energy, utility, municipality and contract locator industries and the maker of DigTrack One Call ticket management software. Financial terms of the transaction have not
Kirkland & Ellis is advising Oakley Capital Private Equity III on the acquisition of Career Partner Group from its shareholder Apollo Education Group Inc. The current management team of Career Partner is investing alongside Oakley in the transaction. The transaction is funded by a unitranche debt facility from BlueBay and equity
Middle market private equity firm Quad-C Management has closed an investment in Galleher Corporation (Galleher), one of the oldest, largest and fastest growing value-added floor covering distributors in the United States. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1937, Galleher currently operates 23 locations in California, Nevada
Private equity firm Calculus Capital has invested GBP2.2m in Brighton-based Every1Mobile, the developer of a mobile communications platform that is helping to deliver measurable socio-economic inclusion programmes at scale across Africa. Every1Mobile provides digital communication solutions and online community management to large corporates and international development agencies. The funding from
CloudSense, a leading Salesforce-native, industry-specific cloud company, has secured a USD77 million growth investment from Vector Capital. The funding will be used to accelerate CloudSense’s rapid global expansion, especially in the North American markets, and to accelerate product innovation and development of enterprise focused vertical solutions. CloudSense enables leading customer-centric enterprises
Etraveli, a flight-centric and data-driven online travel platform which was acquired by CVC Capital Partners’ Fund VI in August 2017, is to join forces with e-Travel. Both Etraveli and e-Travel have seen rapid growth and expansion to a variety of markets in recent years. Their geographical footprints have little
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