Pembroke VCT has led a £2.5 million investment round in Auddy, a podcast business founded by former Virgin Executive and Virgin Radio International founder, Andrew Craissati. Auddy’s investment, which totalled £1.8 million, was supported by existing investors Haatch Ventures and Brick Capital Ventures.     With over 4,000 podcast shows, 12

Vista Equity Partners (Vista), is to acquire Avalara, a provider of tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, for $93.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $8.4 billion, inclusive of Avalara’s net debt. The per share purchase price represents a premium of 27% over the Company’s closing

TruArc Partners, a private equity firm focused on the middle-market, has acquired Molded Devices, Inc, from PNC Mezzanine Capital and Molded Devices Founder Brian Anderson. Molded Devices provides high-precision, value-added plastic and rubber component manufacturing solutions for medical and non-medical applications. Molded Devices’ core manufacturing capabilities include injection molding, tube

One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, is to sell the Power Generation business of BRUSH Group (BRUSH) to energy technology company Baker Hughes.

Appital, the Equity Capital Marketplace, today announced it has secured an additional £1.7 million investment from Frontline Ventures and various angel investors. The investment follows last year’s £2.5 million round led by Frontline Ventures and additional funding from angel investors, bringing the total investment raised to date to £4.85 million.

Chimera Investment (Chimera), an Abu Dhabi-based private investment firm managing a diversified portfolio of local and international investments, has acquired a majority stake in Beltone Financial Holding SAE (Beltone), an Egypt-based financial services provider.

White & Case LLP, a global law firm, has advised GRIDSERVE on a £200 million initial investment from Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Plc. Mitsubishi HC Capital UK Plc and TPG Rise – TPG’s global impact investing platform, have also increased their shareholding in the company as

StepStone Group Inc, a global private markets investment firm, has made the final closing of StepStone Capital Partners Fund V (SCP V), its fifth dedicated co-investment fund, raising $2.36 billion of commitments. Through SCP V, StepStone seeks to build a diversified portfolio of co-investments alongside leading private equity firms, in

Perwyn has co-led, together with Verlinvest, a $22 million Series A funding round in the direct-to-consumer health and fresh cat food brand KatKin. KatKin has grown significantly in recent years in line with growing demand for its industry-first fresh-cooked cat food. Perwyn and Verlinvest join Octopus Ventures and angels as

FloWorks International (FloWorks), a specialty flow control distribution platform backed by Clearlake Capital Group, has acquired Flotech, a value-added distributor and servicer of industrial valves. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Founded in 1961, Flotech is a distributor and servicer of industrial valves and automation solution.