Aberdeen-headquartered SPEX Group Holdings Limited (SPEX Group) has secured a multi-million pound follow-on investment from its management team and BGF, to accelerate growth. BGF originally invested GBP5 million in February 2014 to support the company’s expansion in international markets. SPEX Group’s subsidiaries provide specialist explosive products and services
Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) is making an investment in independent insurance brokerage firm Alliant Insurance Services. The investment by the Canadian pension investment manager is joined by an additional investment from funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC. Following the transaction, funds managed by Stone Point will
Business lending platform Growth Street has raised a GBP7.5 million scale-up investment round led by the Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Limited (Merian Chrysalis). Asset manager Merian Global Investors has joined forces with leading individual investors including Rob Rankin, former co-Head of Corporate Banking & Securities at Deutsche Bank, and Peter
Israeli startup Hailo, developer of a proprietary processing architecture for deep learning on edge devices, has expanded its Series A funding round to USD21 million. Chinese venture capital firm, Glory Ventures, led the investment-round expansion and was joined by existing and other new investors. The investment will enable the company
Venture capital firm Par Equity has closed five investments worth GBP4.85 million in just two days. The firm was lead investor and partnered with the Scottish Investment Bank on all five deals. The trades included one new investment and four follow-ons. New to Par Equity’s portfolio is Amiqus, a software
BGF has completed a further investment in The Prezola Group to deploy new technology platforms and prepare for targeted international expansion. Through the brands Prezola and GettingMarried, The Prezola Group is focussed on digitising the experience of wedding guests, from invitations and RSVP to registry purchases, accommodation booking and memory
Sphera, a provider of integrated risk management software and information services with a focus on operational risk, environmental health & safety and product stewardship, has acquired Petrotechnics, a provider of operational risk software for hazardous industries. Petrotechnics is based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Established in 1989, Petrotechnics has helped keep people
Chaucer has merged with Virtrium Consulting in a transaction that creates one of the largest independent end-to-end digital transformation consultancies in the UK. The deal was structured and executed with support from private equity firm GCP. Virtrium was established in 2006 and specialises in IT strategy, architecture and
heidelpay Group (heidelpay), a German FinTech payment services provider backed by private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), has acquired UNIVERSUM Group (UNIVERSUM). UNIVERSUM is a Frankfurt-based payment service and debt collection provider that specialises in “PayLater” solutions – the largest and fastest growing payment method in DACH for e-commerce
Broadhaven has made an investment in Wealth Technologies (WealthTech), a provider of algorithmic financial planning and advice. “WealthTech has made conceptual breakthroughs in providing financial advice to large, diverse segments of the population,” says Greg Phillips, Co-Founder of Broadhaven and WealthTech investor. “Their highly experienced and accomplished team has developed
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