Low interest rates and favourable debt markets have made it easier for private equity firms to pick up market-leading IT businesses, according to the. latest IT & Business Services M&A market report from Hampleton Partners, an international technology mergers and acquisitions adviser.The report highlights how PE buyers have grown their
DeepCrawl, a cloud-based technical SEO platform, has raised USD19 million in a Series B funding round with Five Elms Capital and Beringea. The round is being led by Five Elms, a growth equity and venture capital firm focused on B2B software companies. To date, DeepCrawl has raised USD25.8 million through angel
Universtone, a global private equity real estate investment and development firm has invested in Bondstone, a private equity real estate investment and asset management firm focused on the Portuguese market.
 Bondstone was formed by Paulo Loureiro, a Portuguese real estate entrepreneur and a former executive director at Morgan Stanley in
QRails, a cloud-based, open API issuer-processor that enables payment solutions around the world, has closed a USD8 million Series A funding round led by EFM Asset Management. The announcement comes as QRails, in partnership with payroll service providers, is about to launch a novel earned wage access solution in the United
New Heritage Capital (Heritage), a Boston-based private equity firm, has made a platform investment in Northern California-based DeWinter Group (DeWinter), a provider of temporary and permanent staffing solutions with expertise in finance, accounting and information technology. The transaction was structured using Heritage’s unique Private IPO solution, which leaves operating control in
Funds managed by Blackstone are to acquire a majority stake in HealthEdge, a technology business that delivers next generation Core Administrative Processing Systems (CAPS) solutions to healthcare businesses. The investment is being led by Blackstone’s growth equity team, which is focused on providing capital to fast-growing companies and helping them leverage
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to CoreHR – a portfolio company of JMI Equity – on its sale to The Access Group, a portfolio company of TA Associates and Hg. Headquartered in Cork, CoreHR provides a comprehensive suite of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions to over a
Altus Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on middle market industrial companies headquartered in the US, has sold GED Integrated Solutions (GED). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Altus Capital Partners acquired GED in June of 2015 alongside the senior management team of GED to support the Company’s
Evolution Managers Capital, a platform for emerging private equity managers to launch their own investments, has backed Conanicut Capital, a new Boston-based private equity firm.

Clearwater International has advised private equity investor LDC on its investment in Ashtons Hospital Pharmacy Services (Ashtons), which will enable the existing management team to drive organic growth, further develop its software services, and expand its pharmaceutical warehousing and distribution infrastructure.In association with the transaction, the Clearwater International Debt Advisory
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