Private investment firm Orangewood Partners has exited its investment in George Industries, a designer and manufacturer of mission-critical and highly engineered components for the defence, aerospace, and industrial sectors. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Under Orangewood’s ownership, George saw meaningful improvement in its performance by executing strategic

HiBob, the company behind HR platform Bob, has raised an additional $150 million in growth funding, just ten months after raising a $150 million Series C in October 2021.  Led by General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, and with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners and other insiders, HiBob’s Series

Earth Capital Limited (ECL), a UK growth equity impact investor, has launched a new company, Sustainable Energy Holdings Limited (SEHL), formed through a merger of four of its portfolio companies, all low-carbon bioenergy generation assets: Eccleshall Biomass, Limelight Energy, Black Dog Biogas and Bright Light Energy Ltd. These UK-based biomass-fuelled

Global law firm Dentons has appointed partners Rob Irving and Kuif Klein Wassink as co-heads of the Europe Corporate and M&A practice group. They will be responsible for leading the firm’s corporate and M&A group across Europe and Central Asia and for further developing the market profile and client base of

Thoma Bravo has completed its acquisition of SailPoint Technologies Holdings, a specialist in enterprise identity security, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.9 billion.  The agreement to be acquired was previously announced on 11 April, 2022 and approved by SailPoint stockholders at the Special Meeting of Stockholders held on

KKR has completed the acquisition of Barracuda, a provider of cloud-first security solutions, from software investment firm Thoma Bravo. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Barracuda is a cloud-first provider of cybersecurity solutions for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).  More than 200,000 customers worldwide count on Barracuda

MPE Partners (MPE), along with portfolio company Motor-Services Hugo Stamp (MSHS), has acquired Pacific Power Group, (PPG), an industry leading provider of products, parts, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for marine, energy, commercial, and industrial equipment. MPE and MSHS partnered in the transaction with members of PPG’s management

EdTech startup Microverse, an online school for remote software developers, has doubled its valuation with an extension of $4 million to its Series A round. This brings the total Series A to $16.5 million. The extension came from existing investors Northzone, General Catalyst, All Iron Ventures and business angels, and is

Smart Recruit Online has secured an additional £2 million investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), Mercia’s EIS funds and private investors. The Milton Keynes-based company, which currently employs 14 staff, is

Closinglock, a proptech and fintech startup focused on modernising the real estate transaction process, has closed a $4 million seed round led by LiveOak Venture Partners with participation from RWT Horizons and GTMfund.  The funds will be used to expand its teams across sales, customer success, and product development. Wire