Souter Investments, a private equity focussed family investment office, is to sell Stone Technologies Group (Stone), a provider of Circular IT solutions, to Toronto Stock Exchange listed Converge Technology Solutions Corp. (Converge), a software-enabled IT & Cloud Solutions provider. Souter acquired a majority stake in Stone in 2019, investing alongside

Stellus Capital Management, a specialist in middle market direct lending, has partnered with +SUBSCRIBE, an order management and electronic subscription document platform for the alternative investments industry.   Stellus joined the +SUBSCRIBE platform with the goal of providing the firm’s limited partners with an innovative digital experience for investor onboarding,

The INVL Renewable Energy Fund I, managed by INVL Asset Management is to acquires six solar projects in Romania with a total capacity of 102.7 megawatts (MW). Following the completion of these transactions, the INVL Renewable Energy Fund I portfolio of projects under management in Romania will increase to 268.7

BCN Group, a Manchester based IT cloud and managed services specialist, has acquired Evo-Soft, a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central specialist. The acquisition follows a recent investment in BCN by growth-focused mid-market private equity firm ECI Partners. BCN is a digital transformation solutions and managed service provider delivering cloud first

Skip Protocol (Skip) has raised $6.5 million in a seed funding round led by Bain Capital Crypto to support its development of a platform to bring the multi-billion dollar market for transaction prioritisation, reordering, and bundling (often known as “Miner Extractable Value” or “MEV”) to the Cosmos blockchain ecosystem and

AccessFintech has raised $60 million in a Series C funding round, led by WestCap. As the lead investor, WestCap brings deep experience building and scaling transformational software for capital markets with companies including Ipreo, iLEVEL, BrokerTec, Tradeweb and SIMON Markets. Additional investment was secured from BNY Mellon and Bank of

Technology and healthcare-focused buyout firm LLR Partners has made a growth investment in transportation management platform PCS Software. Existing investor Capstreet remains a minority shareholder in the business. PCS runs AI-driven transportation management platforms that automate transportation logistics operation via a single comprehensive web-based solution. LLR’s investment will support continued organic

Technology-focused private equity firm Vector Capital is to make a $100 million strategic minority investment in real-time cyberprotection business Malwarebytes. Vector Capital Managing Directors Sandy Gill and Dave Fishman will join the company’s Board of Directors as part of the transaction. Founded in 2008, Malwarebytes detects and mitigates cyber threats

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) has sold its remaining 30% stake in Shields Health Solutions to Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) for $1.37 billion, based on the exit multiple agreed at the time of Walgreen’s September 2021 investment in Shields Health. WBA’s full acquisition of Shields follows the increase of

Global institutional investor GIC has entered into a strategic partnership agreement to acquire luxury beach resort group Sani/Ikos (SIG) in a €2.3bn deal. GIC will become the leading shareholder alongside SIG’s management team. Other investors in the group include Oaktree Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Moonstone, Florac and Hermes GPE