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Intel Capital makes USD60m of new investments in 15 data-focused startups

Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organisation, has announced new investments totalling more than USD60 million in 15 technology startups, bringing its year-to-date investing to more than USD566 million. “The world is undergoing a data explosion,” says Wendell Brooks, Intel senior vice president and president of Intel Capital. “By 2020,

Sheridan Capital Partners completes majority recapitalisation of Smile Doctors

Sheridan Capital Partners has completed a majority recapitalisation of existing portfolio company Smile Doctors. Through the recapitalisation, Linden Capital is joining as lead investor while Sheridan and management are both rolling over equity. “Working with the entire Smile Doctors team to build the national leader in orthodontics has been a

PNC Bank provides USD150m in acquisition financing to CDI Corp

PNC Bank has closed a USD150 million revolving line of credit for CDI Corp, a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners. PNC Bank served as administrative agent. CDI Corp will use the funds, in part, to repay existing debt, partially finance the acquisition by AE Industrial Partners, LLC, and provide

Osborne Clarke advises RJD on MBO of Class Tours

Legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised RJD Partners (RJD), the UK Private Equity investor, on the management buyout of Class Tours Limited (Class Tours), a leading provider of language programmes and educational tours to schools in the UK. This is the fourth investment from RJD’s third buyout fund, following the

Tech startup DataSine secures EUR1m in seed funding

DataSine has raised EUR1 million in funding from investors including C Entrepreneurs, Sistema_VC and Force Over Mass at the close of the company’s seed round. DataSine’s proprietary technology analyses transactional and biographical data to determine a customer’s personality, needs, behaviours, and life situation. This enables companies to offer products and

Limerston Capital Partners acquires Crawford Scientific

Limerston Capital has acquired Crawford Scientific Holdings Ltd (Crawford), comprising Crawford Scientific Ltd and Hall Analytical Laboratories), from Maven Capital Partners.  Crawford is one of the UK’s leading independent providers of outsourced chromatography consumables and services to the laboratory research and testing sector. This is the third investment of Limerston Capital’s

Maven exits Crawford Scientific with 4.7x return following sale to Limerston Capital

UK private equity firm Maven Capital Partners has exited its investment in Crawford Scientific (Crawford), a supplier of chromatography products and analytical services to the laboratory research and testing sectors, following its sale to Limerston Capital Partners I. The sale realised a return for Maven clients of 4.7x the initial

BGF backs ventilation business Monodraught

Ventilation systems specialist Monodraught has received a GBP2.65 million investment from BGF to support its long-term growth plans. The High Wycombe headquartered company will use the funding for product development and expansion into new markets. Led by managing director Andrew McCubbin, Monodraught designs, manufactures, installs and maintains ventilation, cooling and

AnaCap backed Heidelpay acquires German POS payment specialist StarTec

Heidelpay Payment, a leading German payment service provider in e-commerce, backed by private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), has acquired Hamburg-based StarTec Payment & Service. The acquisition of StarTec, a provider for all aspects of cashless payment transactions at the physical point of sale (POS), will expands Heidelpay’s portfolio

Lovell Minnick and Tortoise Management to acquire Tortoise

Tortoise Investments and Lovell Minnick Partners have teamed with existing management to acquire Tortoise, a specialist in essential assets and essential income investing. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. As part of the transaction, ongoing management and employees are expected to meaningfully increase their ownership of Tortoise.

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