European software investor Hg has agreed the sale of Eucon Group to VHV Group, a German insurance company. The terms of the transaction, which is subject to customary anti-trust approvals and is expected to close later this year, have not been disclosed. Eucon is a leading provider of best-in-class information and
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap II Fund is to acquire a majority stake in ALBA Baving Group (ALBA) from its founding family. ALBA is a provider of infrastructure cleaning and maintenance services for municipalities and B2B customers in Germany. Financial terms of the deal, which is subject to regulatory
Hovis, the UK’s iconic 134-year-old bakery brand, has been acquired by Endless LLP, a UK based mid-market private equity firm, for an undisclosed sum. The terms of the agreement have been approved by both the Gores Group and Premier Foods, Hovis’ current owners. Hovis has seen a significant turnaround in the
Eze Castle Integration, a portfolio company of private equity investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) and a specialist in technology solutions, has acquired digital transformation firm NorthOut Inc. Eze Castle Integration says the acquisition will accelerate its digital transformation offering for the financial and professional services industries. NorthOut is a fast-growing digital
Williams Advanced Engineering’s (WAE) technology investment partnership with Foresight Group has hit a milestone of GBP50 million raised, helping a total of 20 UK-based SMEs and start-ups take their innovative products to market.Launched in 2016, the Foresight Williams Technology EIS fund has had one aim: to help grow small and
Independent private equity fund administrator Gen II Fund Services has secured a new strategic investment led by General Atlantic (GA), a global growth equity firm, and Hg, a global software investorIHS Markit, a specialist in critical information, analytics and solutions, will also make a minority investment in the company, while
Aurelius Equity Opportunities (Aurelius) is to acquire Pullman Fleet Services from Wincanton. With a particular focus on heavy goods vehicles (HGV) in the UK, Pullman Fleet Services (Pullman) will complement Aurelius-owned Rivus Fleet Solutions (Rivus) which has an offering for light commercial vehicles (LCVs).Headquartered in Doncaster, Pullman Fleet Services is
Chiltern Capital (Chiltern) has completed a buy-out of Inciner8 Limited (Inciner8), a designer and manufacturer of incinerators for a range of applications across the waste management industry including medical, municipal and animal. Inciner8 supplies incinerators to a range of customers including corporate, government and non-governmental organisations. Based in Southport, Inciner8 was
Downing Ventures has completed a USD35 million Series B funding round in Ayar Labs as co-lead investor. Ayar Labs is a Deep Tech organisation that is solving semiconductor interconnect (I/O), bandwidth and power bottlenecks by moving data using light, with its TeraPHY monolithic in-package electronic/photonic chiplet-based solution. The result is
Pappas Capital’s portfolio company, VelosBio Inc (VelosBio), is to be acquired by a subsidiary of Merck for USD2.75 billion in cash, subject to customary adjustments. The exit is amongst Pappas Capital’s most successful in its 25-plus-year history. VelosBio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing first-in-class cancer therapies targeting
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