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Sovereign backed Arachas makes first acquisition

UK private equity firm Sovereign Capital’s portfolio company Arachas Corporate Brokers (Arachas), an insurance brokerage operating in Ireland, has made its first acquisition – Capital Cover Group (Capital) – six months after Sovereign backed the management buy-out of the business. Capital, an established broker of insurance products, brings a complementary

SumRidge Partners secures investment from Stone Point Capital

SumRidge Partners (SumRidge), an electronic fixed income market maker, has closed on a minority investment from funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC (Stone Point), a private equity firm focused on investing in financial services businesses. This investment will enable SumRidge to expand their footprint in the fixed income marketplace

GA Telesis launches USD500m GAIN 2 Fund

GA Telesis has raised a new USD500 million investment vehicle from institutional and private clients, advised by Wafra Capital Partners (WCP), to establish a second aviation investment vehicle focused on aircraft and engine investment opportunities. This capital raise constitutes the second round of funding from WCP Inc.   The vehicle

Calculus Capital invests a further GBP2m in Origin Broadband

Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist Calculus Capital has made a second-round investment of GBP2 million in Origin Broadband (Origin) to support growth. Origin is an award-winning provider of internet and phone services. Since Calculus Capital’s first investment in the business in December 2016, Origin has

Beringea leads GBP1.75m Series A funding round

DeepCrawl, a web crawler and search marketing analytics and insights company, has secured GBP1.75 million in a Series A funding round led by growth investor Beringea. Beringea is investing GBP1.5 million, with the remaining funding provided by existing individual high net worth investors.   DeepCrawl’s web crawler provides brands with

Darkstore secures USD1.4m in funding from PivotNorth

Darkstore, a third-party logistics (3PL) company based in San Francisco, has secured USD1.4 million in seed funding from PivotNorth Capital, a venture capital firm known for investing in promising software enterprises.  Darkstore Founder and CEO Lee Hnetinka, who already raised USD150,000 in May of last year and another USD120,000 in

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Maitland acquires R&H Fund Services Guernsey

Global advisory and fund administration fund Maitland is to acquire Guernsey-based Designated Manager, R&H Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited. Other Rawlinson & Hunter businesses in the Channel Islands, including R&H Trust Co (Guernsey) Limited, Rawlinson & Hunter Limited and R&H’s Jersey businesses, have an entirely separate ownership structure and do not

Strix completes Zeus Capital-backed GBP190m float

Kettle safety controls manufacturer and supplier Strix Group has completed a GBP190m equity fundraising and listing on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM), in a deal led by independent investment bank Zeus Capital. Established in 1982, the Isle of Man-based Strix is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply

CollabNet and VersionOne merge

CollabNet, a specialist in enterprise software development and DevOps solutions, and VersionOne (www.versionone.com), which focuses on agile software solutions and services, have merged. The combined company will offer the industry’s most complete Enterprise Agile, ALM Collaboration, Version Control and DevOps solutions that power application development and delivery for many of

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