IK Partners’ (IK) IK IX Fund has entered into exclusive negotiations with LGT Capital Partners (LGT) to acquire a majority stake in Batisanté, alongside management who will be reinvesting. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1987 and based in Neuilly-Plaisance, France, Batisanté is a leading

ICV Partners, an investment firm focused on lower middle market companies in business services, consumer goods & services, food & beverage, and healthcare, has made a significant investment in Beacon Global Strategies (Beacon or BGS), in partnership with its founders Michael Allen, Jeremy Bash, and Andrew Shapiro and members of

Nexa Equity, a private equity firm focused on scaling lower middle market software and fintech businesses, has acquired Choice Inc, a global payments platform. Additionally, Choice has acquired Direct Payment Consultants, a payments provider that partners directly with merchants. Following the acquisition, Choice’s platform will process more than $3 billion

Fintech app zenda has raised $9.4 million in a seed funding round backed by Middle Eastern venture capital companies, STV, COTU, VentureSouq and US-based Global Founders Capital, according to a report by VCCircle. The capital will be used for product development and market expansion in India. Currently, Zenda operates out

Unigestion, an independent, specialist asset manager, has led a significant minority investment in FreightWise, a US logistics technology business, alongside the founders, Elyan Partners and Riverside Acceleration Capital. Stillwater Capital acted as sell-side adviser to the transaction. Founded in 2015, FreightWise is a logistics technology company that delivers faster shipping

Monspire, a London-based fintech helping small businesses predict cashflow needs in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, has raised a £600,000 funding round led by Fuel Ventures. The cash boost will enable Monspire, founded by serial tech entrepreneurs Simon Draper and Ben Gillen, launch to market and rapidly onboard new

Funds managed by private equity investor CapVest Partners (CapVest), have closed the acquisition of Second Nature Brands, a Michigan-based creator of premium, nutritional and better for you snacks and treats, including Kar’s Nuts, Second Nature Snacks, and Sanders Chocolates, from a private equity fund affiliated with Palladium Equity Partners, LLC.

Arrowpoint Advisory’s Consumer team has advised the shareholders of Plumbworld Limited, one of the UK’s leading e-commerce specialists for bathroom, kitchen, plumbing and heating products on its sale to HIG Capital’s Highbourne Group.

An investment programme that has raised more than £220 milliion for North East SMEs, creating over 1500 jobs, is looking for more businesses to apply for investment. In its first four years of operations, the North East Fund has helped 350 businesses to raise more than £200 million of funding.

Employee benefits platform Juno has raised $4 million in a fun ding round led by Hoxton Ventures and joined by angels including Juno early adopters Tony Jamous, CEO of OysterHR and Christian Owens, CEO of Paddle. Other angel investors include the CEOs of Learnerbly, Captify, Jungle Creations, SuperAwesome and Heights.