A veteran of litigation finance has launched a well-capitalised company with a commitment to elevate fairness and client objectives in financing commercial and business legal disputes. Ralph Sutton, formerly chief investment officer of Bentham IMF, has formed Validity Finance to provide businesses, law firms and individuals with non-recourse funding for
OakNorth has provided The Inn Collection Group, one of North East England’s biggest leisure operators with seven sites across Northumberland, County Durham and Teesside, with finance to fund further expansion. Established in 2006, The Inn Collection Group has become a market leader in developing contemporary inns providing accommodation, food and
Montagu Private Equity (Montagu) is to acquire Wireless Logic Group (Wireless Logic), a smart connectivity platform provider, from CVC Capital Partner’s Growth Fund. The Wireless Logic sale represents the first exit for CVC’s Growth Fund. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Wireless Logic was established in the UK
Magnitude Software, a specialist in delivering unified application data management to global organisations across industries, has acquired Every Angle Software Solutions, a specialist in SAP-powered business analytics. Every Angle’s self-service solution works on any SAP system (ECC and HANA) and hides the complexity of SAP’s data structure, allowing end users
An investment subsidiary of Investindustrial VI (Investindustrial) has acquired Louis Poulsen A/S, a high-end lighting brand with a product portfolio rooted in a strong Danish design heritage, from private equity firm Polaris. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and expected to close in Q3 2018. The financial details
Arlington Capital Partners has sold Zemax Software Holdings, a provider of optical and illumination design software, to EQT Mid Market US GP. The Company will continue to be led by current CEO Mark Nicholson. Founded in 1990, Zemax enables its customers to more efficiently and accurately design optical components through
Artificial intelligence (AI) firm Peak has extended its funding by a further GBP1.5 million to meet market demand and accelerate its R&D roadmap, taking the total raised by the company to GBP5 million (USD7 million). Peak’s investment funding to date has enabled the company to expand its operations, taking headcount
TourRadar has secured USD50 million in a Series C funding round led by TCV with participation from existing investors Cherry Ventures, Endeit Capital, Hoxton Ventures and Speedinvest. TCV is one of the largest providers of capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry and has backed
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) and Phoenix Group (Phoenix) have established a private markets fund financing strategy which is tailored to Phoenix’s financial objectives as an insurer. It will initially be funded with GBP500 million of capital as it enters the market, which will be transferred from liquidity funds and short
Kramer Laboratories (Kramer), a marketer of over-the-counter (OTC) foot care and specialty cough products, has acquired Nizoral, an anti-dandruff shampoo brand sold in North America and Latin America, from Janssen Pharmaceutica NV (a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies). Kramer is a portfolio company of Avista Capital
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