Apiary Capital has completed a significant investment in First Intuition, a specialist provider of accountancy training to around 5,000 learners via centres in London, Birmingham, Manchester, and through online and hybrid courses.  The investment will support First Intuition’s management team to grow the company’s apprenticeship and commercial training streams, continue

2023 is on track to be the worst year for US private equity and venture capital investments in mainland China for at least five years following a dramatic fall in deals in the first quarter of the year, according to a report by S&P Global. Aggregate deal value in the

International private equity firm Cinven is to acquire a majority stake in Amara NZero, an energy transition player focused on decarbonisation, electrification, energy efficiency and digitalisation from ProA Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Madrid, Amara NZero is a B2B distributor of products and

Livingbridge, a UK-based mid-market private equity investment firm, has completed a minority investment in T-Pro, a specialist in clinical document workflow software solutions founded in 2012 and headquartered in Dublin.

Global private equity firm TA Associates is to make a strategic growth investment in Diatech Pharmacogenetics (Diatech), a specialist in pharmacogenetics and cancer precision medicine diagnostics. 

Tripleseat, an event managements software and integrated payments solution for the hospitality industry, has secured a strategic growth investment from General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm. 

Vista Equity Partners, a private investment firm focused on investment in enterprise software, data and technology-enabled organisations, has sold its majority stake in Fusion Risk Management, a provider of cloud-based operational resilience, business continuity, and risk management software and services, to growth-oriented private equity firm Great Hill Parters. Financial terms

The value of global mergers and acquisitions in the renewable energy sector reached a record £118.7 billion in 2022 – a rise of 57% on the previous year, according to new research by business advisory firm Dow Schofield Watts. The figures show that the number of deals completed during the

BPEA EQT is to acquire IMG Academy, an education institution supporting over 100,000 student-athletes across its suite of sports education services, from Endeavor Group Holdings in a deal valued at $1.25bn.

The value of venture capital investment into UK businesses continued to slump in the opening quarter of 2023 falling to £2.9 billion ($3.6bn) continuing the significant slowdown seen at the end of 2022, according to KPMG’s latest Venture Pulse report.