FORWARD FEATURES CALENDAR

Deals

Atlantic Street Capital to sell Advancing Eyecare

Atlantic Street Capital (ASC), a private equity firm that invests in lower middle market companies to unlock equity value through an operationally intensive investment approach, is to sell Advancing Eyecare, North America’s leading provider of ophthalmic instruments, to Cornell Capital. Advancing Eyecare was formed in 2019 when ASC combined its

USEReady secures growth capital from Boston-based Abry Partners

USEReady, a New York headquartered strategic data and analytics partner, has secured growth capital from Boston based Abry Partners. Since its founding in 1989, Abry has focused on media, communications, business, and information services to become one of the most experienced private equity firms investing in North America and Europe.

Bansk Group to acquire a majority stake in amika and Eva NYC

Bansk Group (Bansk), a consumer-focused private investment firm dedicated to building distinctive consumer brands, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in amika and Eva NYC, two of the fastest-growing scaled independent haircare brands in the US. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Soluna raises $35m from Spring Lane Capital

Soluna Holdings, Inc (SHI), the parent company of Soluna Computing, Inc (SCI), has secured $35 million in project financing to develop green data centers co-located with renewable energy assets. Spring Lane Capital, a private equity firm, invested private funds in Soluna as a part of their strategy focused on hybrid

Hotailors raises €23m for further international expansion

Travel Manager, the owner of the Hotailors brand, which offers a comprehensive tool for booking business trips, has secured EUR 23 million from DC24 ASI. The amount raised will be used for further development of the company on international markets (USA, MENA), the launch of new products (insurance and financial),

DSW Ventures leads £1m funding round

Aston Particle Technologies, a company which has developed a novel dry powder coating technology, has completed a £1 million funding round led by DSW Ventures. The investment into Aston Particle Technologies (APT), a spin-out from Aston University, was led by DSW Ventures alongside Aston University and an Aston alumnus.

Gain.pro raises $10m in funding round

Gain.pro, the market intelligence and software innovator delivering a wholly new level of insight into private companies, has reached a landmark $10 million in investment following its latest funding round. The injection of new funding has come from a combination of the original group of investors, including a group of

Fundraising

Ergon closes Capital Partners Fund at €800m

Ergon Capital Partners (Ergon), a mid-market investor in Europe, has made the final closing of Ergon Capital Partners V, SCSp (ECP V) with capital commitments of €800 million, significantly exceeding its target and initial hard cap of €750 million.

J O Hambro hires new senior data scientist

Active asset manager J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) has appointed Nikolaos Dimakis as senior data scientist. Dimakis joins from Federated Hermes where he was a Quantitative Analyst and joins JOHCM to support Head of Investments Andrew Parry.  Dimakis’ role will focus on managing and developing tools to utilise data

Events

12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm

Directory Listings