Primary Capital Partners (Primary) has sold online professional education platform ICS Learn to Skill and You, a vocational e-learning provider, backed by IK Partners since 2021. The transaction value has not been disclosed. ICS Learn provides online professional training, accredited by industry-leading awarding bodies in sectors including Human Resources, Accounting

Ursa Space, a global satellite intelligence infrastructure company, has held the first close of its Series C Round with USD16 million in funding led by Dorilton Ventures. Existing investors who participated in the round included Razor’s Edge Ventures, RRE Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, and others.    Ursa Space will use

Stellex Capital Management (Stellex), a middle-market private equity firm with extensive aerospace and defence industry experience, has made a new platform investment in RTC Aerospace (RTC), a provider of complex machined components and assemblies for mission-critical aerospace and defence applications. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

ScribeStar, a digital platform for capital markets issuance, admission processing and ongoing reporting, has launched a funding round on Crowdcube. ScribeStar has set a minimum hurdle for this investment round of GBP550,000, giving existing and new investors a chance to participate in its growing business.    ScribeStar raised GBP1.25m in

La Mancha Fund SCSp, a fund advised by La Mancha Capital Advisory (La Mancha), has agreed to invest USD10 million to acquire a 19.9 per cent stake in SRG Mining Inc (SRG), which is developing the Lola Graphite Project (Lola) in the Republic of Guinea. This investment represents a significant

Helcim, a payments company that powers small business, has closed a USD16 million Series A funding round led by Toronto-based venture capital firm Information Venture Partners (Information VP) and Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG). The round also included participation from Generational Platform Partners, Alberta-based Accelerate Fund III, as well as key

Ramp, a finance automation platform and the first corporate card designed to help businesses spend less, has secured USD750 million in new financing, bringing its valuation to USD8.1 billion. The raise included USD200 million in fresh equity funding led by Founders Fund, with participation from all major existing investors including

Clearlake Capital Group (Clearlake) and Motive Partners (Motive) have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the BETA+ assets from London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), which encompasses the assets of BETA (securities processing, custody, clearing, and asset servicing technology), Maxit (cost and tax basis reporting software), and Digital Investor (front-end

SupportNinja, a Dallas-based business process outsourcing company, has acquired Bolton Remote, a provider of customer success, technical support and product operations solutions. This acquisition enables SupportNinja, supported by a growth investment from BV Investment Partners, to extend its reach into new markets and provide a more exhaustive list of services

Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has partnered with Laurence Molke to create CycleØ Group Limited (CycleØ), a European biomethane platform, through the acquisition of FNX Liquid Natural Gas (FNX). CycleØ, which is led by Molke as CEO, is actively developing and operating