The Marketing Practice, a B2B marketing specialist backed by private equity investor Horizon Capital, has extended its presence in the APC region with the acquisition of ABM, demand and media specialist Rombii.  The deal marks the company’s first acquisition in the region and its fifth in the last 18 months,

Accordion, a private equity-focused financial and technology consulting firm, has secured a majority growth investment from Charlesbank Capital Partners (Charlesbank), a middle-market private investment firm, and Motive Partners (Motive), a specialist private equity firm focused on financial technology.  FFL Partners (FFL) meanwhile, a private equity firm focused on growth investments

Private equity fund Abac Sustainable Value II FCR (Abac), a fund specialised in sustainable value investments in the mid-market segment, has completed the acquisition of the industrial arm of Intermas Group (Intermas).  In parallel, Catral Garden & Home Depot (Catral), a gardening company owned by JPMorgan and Blackpearl, are acquiring

Tailwater Capital (Tailwater), a private equity firm that invests in energy and growth infrastructure solutions, is to sell NorTex Midstream, (NorTex) to Williams Field Services Group (Williams), a subsidiary of The Williams Companies for $423 million.

Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) and its private investor network have successfully exited an investment in threat intelligence platform Intelligence Fusion after the company y was acquired by Sigma7, providing a profitable return for all investors. GCV, based in North East England, has supported the Intelligence Fusion team, headquartered in Durham,

NorthEdge-backed Distology has acquired Squareball Digital (Squareball) a specialist in Identity Access Management strategies. Squareball already works alongside some of Distology’s vendor partners, including Okta and Auth0. The acquisition represents another significant milestone for Distology following the investment from lower-mid market private equity firm NorthEdge in March 2021.   Since

Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising lower midmarket companies, has acquired SmartSign, an online provider of customisable signs, labels, and tags for regulatory, compliance, and safety applications. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, SmartSign operates a network of

Calulus has led a funding round in Optalitix, a provider of low code SaaS products, data analysis and AI models to insurers, and other financial institutions, providing £2.5 million of the total £4 million raised. The funds will primarily be used to expand he sales capacity, invest in marketing and

Duke Street, a European midmarket private equity group, has agreed to sell Medi-Globe Technologies (Medi-Globe) to DCC Healthcare, a wholly owned subsidiary of the FTSE 100 listed international sales, marketing and support services group DCC plc, for an enterprise value of approximately €245 million (£213 million).  The transaction is subject

IQ-EQ, an Astorg portfolio company, has acquired JGM Fund Services (JGM) a US provider of fund administration and tax services for alternative investors specialising in real estate and private equity asset classes. This acquisition further reinforces IQ-EQ’s growing position as a leading player in the US market, the largest and