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AERALIS enters second fund raising round

Having raised over GBP650,000 from HNWIs and received offers of GBP1.3 million grant funding from the Welsh Government, AERALIS, a UK start-up pioneering a modular jet aircraft system, has launched a GBP1 million fund raise via Syndicate Room, a B2B crowd funding website, as part of a Phase 2 EIS-Assured

Technikraft secures investment from PHD Equity Partners

Technikraft, a chemicals business which supplies own-label products to industry, has secured a significant investment from PHD Equity Partners to help to drive its growth. Technikraft produces over 800 different formulations including cleaners, fuel additives, anti-corrosion and lubrication products. The company, which is based in Humber, serves clients in the

O’Melveny advises ConvergeOne on acquisition of Advantel Networks

O’Melveny has represented leading global IT services provider ConvergeOne Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVON) in its acquisition of Advantel Networks, a solutions integrator that delivers security, data centres, storage and virtualisation, unified communications, contact centres, cloud and integrated and managed services, to businesses worldwide. ConvergeOne serves as a trusted advisor to

Mid Europa exits PKL investment

Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa) is to sell its holding company which owns 99.8 per cent of Polskie Koleje Linowe (PKL) to the Polish Development Fund (PFR). The transaction, which represents the largest private equity exit in the mountain leisure & tourism sector in Poland, is subject to inter alia

Imara invests in Zambezi Berry Company

The private equity division of Imara Holdings Limited has, over the last twelve months, sourced, structured and invested circa USD4.5 million, on behalf of a European Family Office client, into Zambezi Berry Company (ZBC).   This investment is in-line with Imara’s strategy to invest in high quality management teams, in

Foresight invests GBP2.5m into B2B SaaS provider Accrosoft

Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP2.5 million growth capital investment in Accrosoft Limited on behalf of VCT funds it manages. Based in Loughborough, Accrosoft is a software-as-a-service company with two products currently in the market, Vacancy Filler, an Applicant Tracking System which automates the recruitment process for organisations, and

BGF invests GBP2 million in high-growth HeleCloud

HeleCloud, an IT consultancy and managed services provider specialising in highly sophisticated Cloud strategy, implementation, migration and operation services, has secured a GBP2 million minority investment from BGF to further accelerate its growth strategy. The funding will support the company’s services portfolio expansion, the establishment of its presence into further

Bain Capital makes Rocket Software investment

Bain Capital Private Equity is to acquire a majority stake in Rocket Software, a global technology provider and specialist in enterprise modernisation and optimisation solutions. The enterprise value of the transaction is approximately USD2 billion. Rocket Software will continue to operate under its current management team, led by President and Chief

Apollo funds to acquire USD1bn portfolio of equity investments from GE Capital’s Energy Financial Services

Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management are to acquire an approximately USD1 billion portfolio, including assumed obligations, of predominantly equity investments in energy assets from GE Capital’s Energy Financial Services unit. The equity portfolio comprises approximately 20 investments in renewable energy, contracted natural gas fired generation and midstream

Align Capital Partners’ completes recap of iPROMOTEu

Align Capital Partners (ACP) has completed the recapitalisation of iPROMOTEu (IPU), a tech-enabled business process outsourcing provider to the promotional products industry. ACP is partnering with the Company’s founder and CEO Ross Silverstein to continue the Company’s impressive track record of growth. This represents ACP’s sixth platform company and tenth

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