Stella Advisors and EOC Partners are merging their businesses to create one of the largest media and technology investment banking boutiques in Europe. Stella EOC will bring deeper, even more powerful coverage right across the high growth tech and media sectors, and will bring highly relevant M&A advisory services to
Optoscribe, a supplier of glass-based integrated photonics components, has closed a series B investment round of GBP1.8 million in line with its expansion and product supply plans. The funding was led by Scottish business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, and also supported by its other existing investors, Par Equity, Scottish Investment
Global private equity investor Advent International (Advent) has agreed to acquire IPH, a European industrial supplies distributor, from European private equity firm PAI Partners. IPH distributes industrial supplies for maintenance and production applications in Europe. It offers power transmission products, machining solutions, industrial supply solutions and product-related services. IPH serves
Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has closed its first secondary market trading window having delivered impressive 10x returns for some investors. Until Seedrs announced the launch of its secondary market, the long-term nature of the early stage equity asset class meant that the vast majority of shares would remain illiquid for
Yorkshire-headquartered digital agency Ingenuity Digital Holdings Limited (IDHL) has completed a management buyout (MBO) of the business supported by a funding package from HSBC and Frontier Development Capital (FDC). The investments from HSBC and FDC follow a period of consistent growth for IDHL and a record financial performance in 2016,
Capital Risks Limited (Capital Risks), a new Managing General Agency (MGA), has secured an agreement with CBL Insurance Ltd (CBL), of New Zealand to enable it to underwrite Transaction Liability Insurance. With a specific focus on small and medium sized deals that are currently underserved in the market, Capital Risks
JW Childs Associates, an operationally-focused private equity firm, has acquired Ascent Medical Group, through a newly formed platform company, Siromed. Ascent Medical Group, LLC, a physician group practice based in Florida, is the first entity acquired by Siromed. Ascent, founded in 2011 by Dr Steven Milstein, provides anesthesia care in Boynton
Gide has advised a consortium of investors including Ardian Infrastructure, Debiopharm Investment and Aloem on the sale of Aloe Energy to Sonnedix. Aloe Energy is a successful solar developer and operator with 67MW under operation as well as a pipeline of projects under development and construction in France. Sonnedix
Noerr has advised the Hogg Robinson Group on the acquisition of the digital travel innovator eWings.com. Sellers are the founder of eWings.com and other venture capital investors. Berlin-based eWings.com provides a fast and easy-to-use software solution for booking and managing flights for frequent flyers and business customers. The acquisition provides
InMotion, Jaguar Land Rover’s mobility services business, has made a USD25 million (GBP19 million) investment in Lyft, the fastest-growing rideshare company in the US.

 This investment will support Lyft’s expansion and technology plans. It will also provide Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures with the opportunity to develop and test its
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