Lower mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge has supported quality assurance and testing firm Testronic, part of the Catalis Group, to complete two new acquisitions. Testronic has acquired Check Disc Labs (CDL) and Giant Interactive, representing the third and fourth acquisitions for Catalis Group since NorthEdge’s investment into the firm in 2020.  

GI Partners, a private alternatives investment firm, has acquired five ‘always on’ properties representing 860,000 square feet, on behalf of its Essential Tech + Science Fund (ETF Fund). The properties, all of which are located in high density Northern Virginia markets, are leased to many of the largest defence and

CDPQ has committed $75 million to B2B SaaS customer engagement and retention platform CleverTap’s $105 million Series D Funding round. IIFL AMC’s Tech Fund also participated along with existing investors Tiger Global and Sequoia India.  The funds will be used to support CleverTap’s global expansion and enhance the development of its

Funds managed by Carlyle’s Global Infrastructure platform have committed up to $1 billion to partner with Tillman Global Holdings to accelerate investments in Tillman Infrastructure, a privately held cell tower platform in the United States. Since its founding in 2016, Tillman Infrastructure has become one of the largest providers of

ARQIS has advised Munich-based Agile Robots AG and its subsidiary Agile Robots Hanover on the acquisition of the Yu cobot with all associated technology components in an asset deal, from Hanover-based voraus robotik. voraus robotik is active in the field of software development of functional software for robot systems and

Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has, on behalf of clients, is to acquire a controlling stake in Foundation Risk Partners (FRP), a specialist insurance broker in the US, from Warburg Pincus.  FRP’s management will maintain a substantial stake in the business while Warburg Pincus will retain a meaningful

Upper90, a provider of hybrid growth capital, has raised $180 million in a capped initial closing for its third fund. Commitments came from a strategic investor base of 300 entrepreneurs to help founders scale with less dilution.  The firm has pioneered a new investment model combining tailored credit and equity

Perwyn has led a £20 million Series B funding round in Patchwork Health, a healthcare workforce platform built by NHS doctors, to accelerate its work tackling the NHS staffing crisis. The round was also backed by Praetura Ventures and KHP Ventures.  They were joined by a range of prominent angel

Cura Terrae, a new environmental services group backed by Palatine’s Impact Fund, has made its first acquisition since its creation in March with a bolt-on deal for group company Envirocare of S I Environmental, an established occupational health consultancy based in Nottingham. The acquisition expands Envirocare presence to the East

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), has invested £250,000 in RiskSmart. RiskSmart is currently developing an integrated risk management platform that will make risk management simpler for SMEs by utilising Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence