Barclays UK has today established a new unit that will focus on developing new business lines, promoting innovation and driving returns within Barclays UK. The new unit, Barclays UK Ventures (BUKV), will be led by Ben Davey, formerly Barclays’ Group Head of Strategy, who will also join Barclays UK’s Executive
Onex Corporation (Onex) is to acquire a stake in PowerSchool Group (PowerSchool) from Vista, which will also invest new capital in the business. PowerSchool is an education technology platform for K-12 schools. Concurrent with the Onex/Vista transaction, PowerSchool will acquire PeopleAdmin, an industry-leading provider of cloud-based talent management solutions for the
Beringea has advised and arranged debt funding worth up to GBP2 million to Edesix Ltd, a manufacturer of Body Worn Camera solutions. The Edinburgh-based company will use the funding, provided through Beringea’s ProVen Legacy debt vehicle, to support the expansion of its sales operations as it targets growth in the
Inflexion Private Equity has completed a minority investment in Huws Gray Limited (Huws Gray), one of the largest independent builders’ merchants in the UK. Huws Gray, founded in 1990 on Anglesey, Wales, with one location, now operates from 57 trading locations with almost 800 staff. Over recent years, the company
Semcon has acquired the German product information company HAAS-Publikationen. HAAS-Publikationen is based in Troisdorf, Dessau and Berlin and has more than 25 years of experience in technical documentation and product information primarily for the German railway industry. Presently, HAAS-Publikationen engages almost 50 employees. Turnover for 2017 totalled close to SEK50
SWORD Health, the creator of the AI-powered digital physiotherapist SWORD Phoenix, has closed a USD4.6 million seed funding round. The investment, provided by Green Innovations and Vesalius Biocapital III and other investors from Europe and the US will be used to accelerate the development of new digital therapies and drive
Family-owned Kids Planet has received a further GBP6.5 million investment from BGF as it plans to double the number of nurseries within the group in the next five years. Since BGF’s initial investment, the Greater Manchester-headquartered business has expanded from 17 to 23 sites across the North of England, including
Chelverton Asset Management Limited (Chelverton), a specialist investor in sub-FTSE 100 quoted equities and unquoted SMEs, has completed its first transaction of 2018 with an additional investment in VeloVixen. Having supported the company initially in 2016, Members of the Chelverton Investor Club – a syndicate of High Net Worth private
Investcorp has acquired KSI Trading Corp (KSI), a supplier of aftermarket auto body parts in the US. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1984, KSI is an industry-leading distributor of quality replacement auto body parts servicing over 10,000 collision repair shop customers across 25
A company backed by Private equity firm Permira has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Exclusive Group, a specialist in value-added services and technologies (VAST) for cybersecurity and cloud migration, for an undisclosed value. Selling equity holders include former majority owner Cobepa and Andera Partners (formerly Edmond de Rothschild Investment
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