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South Wales fintech firm raises GBP1.25m

A fast-growing South Wales fintech company has closed a GBP1.25million funding round backed by Mercia Fund Managers, Development Bank of Wales and TTI Angels. W2 Global Data, which is based in Newport and has doubled in size since the beginning of the year, is now planning to recruit a further

Giant Oak secures USD10m in growth capital from Edison Partners

Giant Oak, a specialist in applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data analytics for the security needs of government and industry, has secured a USD10 million investment from growth equity investor Edison Partners. Proceeds will be used to fuel Giant Oak’s continued growth through expanding sales and marketing, software

UCL Technology Fund investment company MeiraGTx raises USD75 million from IPO

UCL Technology Fund’s first investment to IPO has seen MeiraGTx Holdings, a clinical stage gene therapy company, raise USD75 million of gross proceeds from a public offering on 12 June. MeiraGTx sold 5,000,000 shares at USD15.00 per share. The shares are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.   The UCL

Ryboquin acquires Nanogenic Solutions

Scottish Biotech company Ryboquin has acquired Nanogenic Solutions, to form a new product and platform company, which, following acquisition will be named Nanogenics Limited. Ryboquin raised GBP4.45 million in its third funding round from new and existing share-holders to finance the deal.   The combined company is set to revolutionise

Atalaya Capital closes USD315m financing for new flagship Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manhattan

Atalaya Capital Management, a private credit and special opportunities alternative investment manager, has closed a USD250 million senior construction loan and a USD65 million preferred equity investment to finance Flag Luxury Group’s construction and development of The Ritz-Carlton’s new flagship hotel in New York City.  This project will be the

Drake Star Partners advises Packet Design on sale to Ciena

Ciena Corporation has acquired Packet Design, a provider of network performance management software focused on Layer 3 network optimisation, topology and route analytics.   Drake Star Partners acted as the exclusive sell-side advisor to Packet Design in this transaction.   The acquisition of Packet Design helps accelerate Ciena’s Blue Planet

Gridiron Capital invests in The Service Companies

Gridiron Capital has acquired a controlling interest in The Service Companies, a provider of managed services, food & beverage staffing, and specialty cleaning services for the hospitality and gaming industries. The Service Companies’ management team will remain significant investors in the company as part of the transaction and will continue

Kenzie Academy secures USD4.2m in seed investment

Kenzie Academy, an apprenticeship program that develops modern tech workers, has closed a USD4.2 million seed stage investment, led by ReThink Education, which will enable the company to accelerate its ambitious plans to grow tech education and employment opportunities in Middle America. The announcement was made by Chok Leang Ooi,

SunSource to acquire United Distribution Group

SunSource Holdings, a distributor of fluid power and fluid process components and systems in the US and Canada, is to acquire The United Distribution Group (UDG), a distributor of fluid conveyance and related products and services primarily serving maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) needs across energy, mining and other industrial

Ropes & Gray advises Genstar Capital on CRF Health acquisition

Ropes & Gray has advised US middle market private equity firm Genstar Capital on the acquisition of CRF Health, a provider of eCOA solutions for the life sciences industry.  The acquisition, by Bracket, a leading clinical-trial provider owned by Genstar Capital, was announced yesterday and is subject to customary closing

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