Capital on Tap has secured a £200 million funding facility with JP Morgan and Triple Point to support UK small businesses. The funding will help small businesses access credit at a time when the UK is anticipating a recession and facing historic inflation rates.

Thoma Bravo is closing in on a deal to acquire aerial imagery company Nearmap Ltd for AUD1.06 billion ($728.5 million), according to a report by Reuters. The AUD2.10-per-share offer submitted last month represents a premium of nearly 39% to the stock’s closing price on 12 Aug, a day before the

Ayesa, a portfolio company of A&M Capital Europe (AMCE), is to acquire Ibermática, a Spanish IT services firm, from ProA Capital and the remaining minority shareholders, including ONCE and Kutxabank. The transaction is expected to close in the coming months following approval by the relevant authorities. Terms of the transaction

New State Capital Partners (New State) has acquired AFIMAC Global Inc (AFIMAC), a provider of specialty business continuity solutions, including staffing, security, and logistics, as a carve-out from its parent company Dalton First Financial Inc. Joe Schollaert will continue to serve as AFIMAC’s president and chief executive officer.  Terms of

Carbon Direct, a science-first carbon management firm and software provider, has closed a $60 million funding round led by Decarbonization Partners, a partnership between Temasek and BlackRock, and Quantum Energy Partners.

CenterOak Partners (CenterOak), a Dallas-based private equity firm, has formed Turf Masters Lawn Care Services, a residential lawn services platform created through the combination of three providers: Turf Masters Lawncare (Turf Masters), All Turf Holdings (All Turf), and Green Group Holdings (Green Group). As part of the transaction, the existing

LDC has made an £18 million minority investment in TMC Pharma Services (TMC), a global pharmaceutical development organisation that specialises in innovative treatments for rare diseases and oncology. The mid-market private equity firm is backing the existing TMC management team, led by Co-Founder and CEO Julie Matthews and COO Carol

STRAT7, a strategic customer insight business backed by Horizon Capital, has made its third investment in two years with the acquisition of Jigsaw Research, a strategic insight agency. STRAT7 acquired insight consultancy, Incite, in September 2021 and cultural trend specialists, Crowd DNA, in November 2020. Founded in 1998, Jigsaw delivers

Sound Point Capital Management (Sound Point), a credit-focused investment manager with more than $30 billion in assets, has appointed Andrea Sayago as its new chief compliance officer and associate general counsel.

iCapital, a global fintech platform focused on access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries, is to acquire UBS Fund Advisor, UBS’s legacy proprietary US alternative investment manager and the feeder fund platform it manages.