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Thompson Street Capital Partners’ Made4net to acquire Zethcon

Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has acquired Zethcon via TSCP portfolio company Made4net. Zethcon is a North American warehouse management system (WMS) software company with a robust cloud-based product platform designed specifically for the unique requirements of the third-party logistics (3PL) market.

Galaxy Digital leads USD20m Skolem Series A

Galaxy Digital has led a $20m Series A funding round in Skolem Technologies, according to a report by CoinDesk. Point72 Ventures, Jump Crypto, Fenwick & West, Morpheus Ventures, and Dragonfly Capital, also participated in the round. Skolem, a provider data and trade execution services for decentralised financial markets, will use

Recover secures $100m minority equity investment from GSAM

Recover, a materials science company and producer of sustainable, premium recycled cotton fibre and cotton fibre blends, has closed a new $100 million minority equity capital investment led by the Sustainable Investing business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs). 

PE-backed Mercer Advisors acquires Bivin

Mercer Global Advisors (Mercer Advisors), a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) owned jointly by Oak Hill Capital and Genstar Capital, has acquired Bivin and Associates, a wealth management firm headquartered in Oklahoma, with assets under management (AUM) of approximately $130 million. Bivin was founded in 1994 by Wm Stan Bivin, CFP,

Inflexion to sell Global Reach Group investment

Inflexion Private Equity is to sell its investment in Global Reach Group (GRG), a UK foreign exchange specialist providing payments and hedging services to businesses and private individuals, to FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc (NYSE: FLT), a global business payments company. The announcement is the latest in a record period of realisations

Hastings Equity Partners invests in Bachelor Controls

MKD Electric (MKD), a full-service industrial automation and electrical service platform and portfolio company of Hastings Equity Partners, has made an investment in Bachelor Controls. This is the fourth investment MKD has completed since Hastings Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle market businesses, acquired

Barings supports Exponent Private Equity portfolio company Xeinadin

Barings has acted as sole lender of secured credit facilities to Xeinadin Group (Xeinadin), a portfolio company of Exponent Private Equity (Exponent). Exponent recently commenced its significant partnership with Xeinadin, a network of business advisory and accountancy practices in the UK and Ireland. Across more than 100 locations, Xeinadin provides

Oxbridge Associates secures significant investment from Growth Lending

Oxbridge Associates, an international procurement consultancy specialising in the FMCG and healthcare sectors, has secured a significant investment from the alternative finance provider Growth Lending. The Winchester-based business obtained an initial working capital facility from the lender in February this year, but has now secured further investment for its Dutch

Downing Ventures provides follow-on investment for automated marketing platform Upp

Downing Ventures has provided a follow-on investment for portfolio company Upp Technolgies ltd (Upp). Founded in 2019, Upp enables brands and retailers to thrive by connecting Google’s Ads data with product performance data. This enables the delivery of automated retail performance with performance insights, optimisations and improvements that are automatically

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