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Simon Turner, Inflexion

Ocorian and Estera to merge

Inflexion Private Equity is to acquire Estera, a global provider of funds, corporate and trust services from Bridgepoint. Following completion of the investment, Estera will be merged with Inflexion’s existing portfolio company Ocorian, forming a global corporate service and fund administration leader of significant scale.  The combined business will operate

Octopus Energy Investments rebrands as Octopus Renewables

Octopus Energy Investments, a specialist clean energy investor and part of Octopus Group, has changed it name to Octopus Renewables with immediate effect.  The rebranding is intended to more accurately reflect the business’s core mission – to accelerate the transition to a future powered by renewable energy.   Since entering

Inflexion invests in ONP

Inflexion Private Equity has completed an investment in O’Neill Patient Solicitors (ONP), a UK-based B2B tech‐enabled provider of property and remortgage conveyancing services.  The investment is being made by Inflexion Buyout Fund V, Inflexion’s dedicated mid‐market fund. As part of this investment, Inflexion Private Equity has also acquired Grindeys a

TravelPerk raises USD60m taking Series C total to USD104m

Global business travel platform TravelPerk has closed its series C round at USD104m by adding an additional USD60 million from existing investors. The investment will be used to further accelerate the company’s product innovation with the goal of giving business travellers real freedom and flexibility while providing companies with control

Intermediate Capital Group acquires Doc Generici

Intermediate Capital Group has completed the acquisition of 100 per cent of Doc Generici, a company in the generic drugs sector, from the CVC fund. The acquisition was financed, among other things, by a EUR470 million senior secured bond issue with variable interest rate and maturity 2026 by Diocle, a

Buyers Edge Platform secures significant growth investment from Bregal Sagemount

Buyers Edge Platform, a provider of procurement software, group purchasing, and data analytics to the food service industry, has secured a significant investment from Bregal Sagemount, a New York-based growth capital fund.  Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group and AB Private Credit Investors provided debt financing.  The transaction will enable the

Oaktree invests USD200m in WHP Global

WHP Global (WHP), a new brand management platform led by Chairman & CEO Yehuda Shmidman has launched backed by a USD200 million equity commitment from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management (Oaktree).  WHP was founded to acquire and manage multiple global consumer brands, leveraging a shared platform to unlock competitive

Chelverton Investor Club invests in FibreCRM

FibreCRM has secured a GBP250,000 investment from the Chelverton Investor Club (managed by Chelverton Asset Management) as part of a GBP750,000 funding package, which also includes funding from Cass Entrepreneurship Fund, the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund and the FSE Angel Network. FibreCRM has created a specialist cloud-based

Cairngorm Capital acquires Fairalls

Cairngorm Capital Partners (Cairngorm Capital) has acquired Fairalls (Builders’ Merchants) Limited (Fairalls), which now joins Cairngorm Capital’s other building merchant brands, Parkers Building Supplies and Stamco, creating what the firm says is the largest independent builders’ merchant group in the South East.  of England. The newly enlarged group has 24

Soldo closes USD61m Series B round led by Battery ventures and Dawn Capital

Soldo, the London-based fintech creating the next generation of payments and expense management solutions for businesses of all sizes, has closed a USD61 million Series B round led by Battery Ventures, a global technology-focused investment firm with extensive experience in cloud software, and Dawn Capital, a European venture capital fund

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