Audax Private Equity (Audax), in partnership with management, has completed the sale of CoolSys to the Private Equity Group of Ares Management Corporation. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Brea, CA, CoolSys is a leading refrigeration and HVAC services company and provides a full spectrum of
Under the legal leadership of ARQIS, the German Standards Setting Institute (GESSI) has published the “Term Sheet”, another standard document for startups and investors, especially business angels. The GESSI is a joint project of the Business Angels Network Germany e.V. (BAND) and the Federal Association of German Startups e.V. (Startup
Edison Partners, a growth equity investment firm, has led USD26 million funding round in Las Vegas-based ecommerce security and website performance company NS8. The company will use the funds to accelerate product innovation and go-to-market expansion. Ecommerce fraud is growing at nearly twice the rate as online sales, according to
BlackCurve, a pricing optimisation company, has closed GBP1.5 million funding round, led by Pan-European VC Nauta Capital. Founded in 2016, BlackCurve’s pricing optimisation platform helps retailers manage and optimise the price of every item they sell to achieve their business goals. The platform, powered by Artificial Intelligence, ingests data sources ranging
Veeqo, a retail automation platform that helps retailers sync their inventory across multiple sales channels and fulfil customer orders, has raised a GBP3.3m growth investment from the Development Capital team at Octopus Investments. Octopus joins existing investors, Daniel McPherson and New Look founder Tom Singh, along with equity crowdfunding platform
Global investment bank GCA Altium has advised Livingbridge portfolio company, Carousel Logistics Limited, on its refinancing and acquisition of time-critical logistics company BDA Logistics Innovation (BDA). Carousel provides specialist logistics solutions to high performance industries across Europe, in the Agriculture, MedTech, High-Tech, Scientific and Automotive sectors, plus other service-focused industries.
Thinknum, a leading provider of web-sourced alternative data, has secured USD11.6 million in Series A funding round. Participants included Green Visor Capital, one of the original investors in the firm’s USD1 million seed round in 2014. Thinknum will use the fresh capital to fund its continuing growth and allow it
Finnish Invesdor Oy, a leading digital equity funding platform in the Nordics, and Austrian Finnest, a digital mid-size (Mittelstand) financier in the German speaking countries, have revealed plans to merge their businesses. “Together, we create the 1st pan-European digital investment and financing platform for companies of all life stages, from startups
Acuris, a BC Partners and GIC-backed provider of global data, intelligence, research and analysis, has acquired Blackpeak, an investigative research firm. Co-founded by Jack Clode and Chris Leahy in 2011, Blackpeak has grown to become a premier provider of complex due diligence, research and investigation services, particularly in relation to
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP150,000 in cloud-based project management system, Collabor8Online (Collabor8) on behalf of NPIF – Maven Equity Finance (NPIF), part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. The funding will support the expansion of the senior management, including the appointment of a Chief Technology Officer, strengthen the
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