Collingwood Lighting Group (UK) (Collingwood), a platform company of Ambienta SGR (Ambienta), one of Europe’s largest asset managers entirely focused on environmental sustainability, has completed its acquisition of Nobile Italia (Nobile). Nobile, founded in 1966 and headquartered in Rome, is a leading Italian designer, manufacturer and distributor of LED luminaires

Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has acquired a majority equity stake in Budderfly, an energy-as-a-service (EaaS) provider in the US, and committed further growth capital totalling more than USD500 million. Partners Group aims to transform Budderfly into a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure platform by investing to expand its customer base

Kerv, a customer-first cloud & digital transformation services provider backed by private equity investor LDC, has acquired the Communications Compliance Practice business of TDS Global Holdings, to significantly enhance its capabilities in FCA regulated compliance services. The acquisition will take the total Kerv business to over £60 million turnover and

Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (Horizon), a specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital backed companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and sustainability industries, has closed a $45 million venture loan facility to Swift Health Systems, Inc (dba InBrace),

Gen II Fund Services (Gen II), an independent private capital fund administrator, has appointed Anne-Claire Berg as chief people & impact officer. Berg has extensive experience driving holistic transformations connecting business strategy with culture, organisation, and people to unlock growth. At Gen II, she will utilise her significant experience in

Wonder Robotics, a technology company specialising in the autonomous flight and landing of commercial drones, has closed a $4 million fundraising round led by Elron Ventures, in conjunction with Besadno Investment Group. The funds will be used to scale up operation and marketing efforts, while developing technology for additional applications.

Asset Class, a financial technology (fintech) company headquartered in Dublin with offices in New York and London, has completed a $11.6 million Series A funding round, led by fintech-focused venture capital firm Canapi Ventures. New and existing investors, including Live Oak Ventures, Plexus Capital and Total Technology Ventures also participated

Private equity firm Apollo Global Management and the credit arm of Blackstone Group are looking to sell Canada-based oil and gas producer Ridgeback Resources for CAD1 billion, according to a report by Reuters. The two private equity investors have reportedly appointed two unnamed investment banks to mange the sale which

MidOcean Partners, a premier middle market private equity firm focused on the business services and consumer sectors, has acquired Pragmatic Institute (Pragmatic) from Renovus Capital Partners and other investors. Founded in 1993, Pragmatic has become one of the world’s largest and most-respected product management training companies. Over the past 30

Kadmos, an end-to-end salary payments platform for cross-border employers, has raised €29 million in a Series A funding round led by Blossom Capital. The investment round, which follows an €8.3 million seed round in December, also included existing investors Addition and Atlantic Labs. This new financing will be used for