Ironwood Capital has made an investment in Directional Services (DSI), a utility-scale and specialty energy infrastructure contractor. This investment will support DSI’s continued focus on expanding its specialised renewable energy services offering, modernising its internal infrastructure, and build upon its superior team of dedicated professionals.

CareAcademy, a care enablement platform for home care and home health organisations, has raised $20 million in a strategic investment round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. MassMutual through the MM Catalyst Fund, Impact America Fund, Rethink Education, Unseen Capital, First Trust Capital Partners, LLC and prior investors also participated

SilverAssist, led by seasoned digital media and technology executive, Greg Mason and financially backed by middle-market private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners, has acquired AidandAttendance.com, a leading veterans benefits eligibility and web‐based application service. Aidandattendance.com is the first of its kind to develop software that simplifies the exceedingly complex application

Cube Infrastructure Managers (Cube), an independent European mid-market infrastructure investor, is to acquire a 78% stake in French temperature-controlled logistics operator Dispam on behalf of Cube Infrastructure Fund III, in partnership with Pascal Masse, Chairman of the company who has led its successful development over four decades and will retain

Backbase, creator of the Engagement Banking Platform, has raised €120 million in growth equity funding from Motive Partners. Having grown organically to over €200 million in revenue, Backbase is now partnering with a Fintech specialist private equity firm, to further strengthen its claim on the Engagement Banking category.   This

Agilitas Energy, a developer, builder, owner and operator of distributed energy storage and solar PV systems in the northeastern US, has raised $350 million of equity in a two-tiered investment from funds managed by CarVal Investors. The investment will fund a national footprint build-out of Agilitas Energy’s large pipeline of

Elite German football body Deutsche Fussball is again exploring the possible involvement of private equity investors in media rights, according to a report by Bloomberg. The move comes just over a year after similar plans were dropped. The report says that a working party comprising Deutsche Fussball Liga’s Chief Executive

LoopingOne, a flexible KYC and payments platform for marketplaces and platforms, has raised £800,000 in a seed funding round led by Ebury. The investment aims to further develop the LoopingOne product and start the Electronic Money Instiitution (EMI) application process at the Dutch Central Bank (DNB). An integration with Ebury

LiquidX, a global fintech platform for digitisation, monetisation, and risk mitigation for working capital, trade finance, and insurance asset, has secured a strategic investment from Citi, one of the largest trade finance banks in the world. The funding round was led by Broadridge, LiquidX’s largest strategic investor.   The investments

Wickham Micro, a portfolio company of Limerston Capital has completed the acquisition of Medical Engineering Technologies (MET), a medical device testing laboratory based in Dover, Kent. Founded 25 years ago, MET provides design validation testing and comprehensive medical and combination device batch release testing. The business is recognised as a