Sika is to acquire MBCC Group, the former BASF Construction Chemicals, from an affiliate of Lone Star Funds, a global private equity firm, for a consideration of EUR5.2 billion.
Stressfreecarrental.com – a new challenger in the online car rental market – has raised GBP534,000 in a funding round led by DSW Ventures and including angel investor Harry Dixon, former technical director at Rentalcars.com. Stressfreecarrental.com operates a price comparison and booking platform for car hire and airport transfers. It aims
Independent Wealth Planners (IWP), a UK-wide group of independent financial advisers, has expanded its nationwide coverage with the acquisitions of Alex M Grant and Custodian Wealth Management. Alex M Grant, based in Keith, north-east Scotland, joins IWP’s regional firm for Aberdeenshire, Buchanan and Associates, bringing across a total of GBP290
PixelMEDIA-Docmation, working closely with BV Investment Partners, continues to grow its B2B and B2C ecommerce experience on Salesforce by welcoming the addition of Gears CRM. Gears specialises in Salesforce Service Cloud, allowing the combined organization to expand its capabilities as a multi-cloud systems integrator. Joining forces last year, Pixel and
Fremman Capital (Fremman) has acquired a majority stake in Kids Planet Day Nurseries (Kids Planet), a UK-based, independently owned nursery operator. Kids Planet, mostly clustered around the Liverpool and Manchester area (with a recent expansion to Oxford), was established in 2008 by Clare Roberts and her father John Hoban, in
Circulus, produced of post-consumer resins (PCR) from recycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and a portfolio company of private equity firm Are Partners, has launched in the US market, with a fully operational plant in Riverbank, California. Circulus is a portfolio company of Ara Partners, a Houston-based private equity firm specialising in
Altus Group Limited, a provider of software, data solutions and independent advisory services to the global commercial real estate (CRE) is to acquire Scryer, Inc (dba Reonomy), an AI-powered data platform for the CRE industry, for USD201.5 million (approximately CAD249.5 million) subject to adjustments. The transaction is expected to close
Socure, a provider of digital identity verification and fraud solutions, has raised USD450 million in oversubscribed Series E funding round valuing the company at USD4.5 billion. The company achieved a USD4.5 billion valuation just seven months after its USD1.3 billion Series D, on the back of 500 per cent year-over-year
The Riverside Company is to sell its investment in Bohemia Interactive Simulations (Bohemia) to BAE Systems, one of the world’s largest defence contractors. Closing of the transaction will occur once regulatory approvals are secured.
Private markets firm Partners Group, on behalf of its clients, is to sell Pacific Bells, a franchisee of the Taco Bell brand in the US, to Orangewood Partners, a long-term focused private investment firm. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1989 with the opening of
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