Affiliates of Antarctica Capital (Antarctica), have acquired a a controlling interest in Descartes Labs, a solutions provider of geospatial intelligence to leading commercial and government clients. The acquisition complements Antarctica’s existing portfolio of companies spanning New Space, Data Analytics and Digital Infrastructure.   Descartes Labs is a geospatial intelligence company

Tailwind Capital (Tailwind) has completed the sale of ArrowStream (ArrowStream) to Buyers Edge Platform (Buyers Edge). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. ArrowStream is a specialist in supply chain management visibility for the foodservice industry, enabling clients to capitalise on data to improve their supply chain operations. ArrowStream’s

Fortes Partners Limited, a multi-disciplinary staffing group backed by alternative investment management firm Omni Partners LLP, has acquired legal and secretarial staffing specialist DMJ Recruitment. Founded in 2007, DMJ Recruitment is one of the largest London-based independent staffing businesses placing legal professionals and company secretaries in private practice and in-house

An affiliate of Mill Point Capital (Mill Point Capital), a middle-market private equity firm focused on control-oriented investments in the IT services, business services and industrials sectors in North America, has acquired CrashPlan Group (CrashPlan) from Code42 Software, Inc (Code42) in a corporate carve-out transaction. CrashPlan is a leading provider

Househam Sprayers Limited (Househam) has secured a £450,000 funding package from MEIF Maven Debt Finance East and South East Midlands via the Recovery Loan Scheme. The Fund is part of Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) and is managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven).  The business is planning to use the

LDC, a mid-market private equity firm, has invested in Avantis, a provider of virtual reality-based learning technology to the international education market. LDC’s investment was led by Partner Aziz Ul-Haq and Investment Manager Grant Goodwin from its North West team, both of whom will also join the board. Andy McEwan

First Spark Ventures has led a $25 million oversubscribed funding round in Xona Space Systems, a specialist in navigation technologies from Low Earth Orbit (LEO), bringing total funding to over $25 million. Numerous new investors including Lockheed Martin Ventures, SRI Ventures (of SRI International), Velvet Sea Ventures, Gaingels, Airstream Venture Partners,

New investors Forbion and Sofinnova Partners have co-led a $70 million finding round in F2G Ltd, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel therapies to treat life-threatening rare fungal infections with a high unmet medical need. Existing investors, Novo Holdings, Morningside Ventures, Cowen Healthcare Investments