Align Capital Partners (ACP) has closed its second strategic add-on for Marco Rubber & Plastics (Marco) with the acquisition of Anchor Rubber Products (Anchor), a value-added provider of O-rings, gaskets and other specialty rubber products sold across a diverse set of end markets. Operating under the leadership of second-generation family

TELEO Capital Management (TELEO) has acquired CHCS Services (CHCS) from Capgemini America. CHCS is a technology-enabled third-party administrator (TPA) for the senior health and eldercare markets. CHCS specialises in supplemental health care solutions for senior markets with a focus on long term care (LTC) and Medicare Supplement (MedSup) plans.  CHCS

The Mothership one of the UK’s fastest growing eCommerce rollups, has raised USD22 million in funding from leading entrepreneurial private investors. The investment will be used to expand the company’s portfolio of loveable, more sustainable brands.   Amongst the investors are Glenn Elliott, founder of Reward Gateway and now part

WHAG, a provider of housing and support services to homeless women, and men and women experiencing and fleeing domestic abuse, has received its first social investment loan of GBP2.15 million from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC). WHAG was set up as Rochdale Women’s Housing Aid Group in 1981, to provide

French-Nigerian B2B startup Kwik (www.Kwik.delivery), a provider of SaaS logistics services to social vendors and e-commerce platforms in Africa, has closed a USD2 million Series A round. The round was led by XBTO Ventures, an investor focused on digital asset and fintech investments, along with investments from several new and

Investor and developer Rocket Properties has refinanced its Linen Court development in London’s Shoreditch area with a six-year, GBP70 million term loan facility provided by M&G’s Real Estate Finance team. The funding was arranged by real estate advisory firm Moorhall Capital on behalf of Rocket Properties. Located just off Old

Forestreet, a next generation research platform has secured a  GBP2.75 million capital investment from Guinness Ventures, advised by White Horse Capital. Forestreet has developed an automated research platform which can map every company and product in a market, down to feature level, on demand. The Forestreet AI engine processes millions

Palex, a distributor of high value-added MedTech equipment and solutions in Iberia, has announced today the bolt-on acquisition of Gada, a leading player in the Italian market. Since 2016, Palex has completed more than 12 bolt-on acquisitions. This is the second add-on since Fremman Capital acquired a majority stake in

UK digital bank Chetwood Financial (Chetwood) has extended its Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) capabilities with the acquisition of core banking provider Yobota. Founded alongside the bank in 2016 and developed as a separate entity, Yobota is a London-based technology company that has built a fast, flexible, cloud-native core banking platform. The platform

Tarana Wireless has raised USD170 million at a USD1 billion valuation from preeminent venture and institutional investors to support their rapid growth. The round was co-led by Axon Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Prime Movers Lab.  Also participating were Michigan State Pension Fund, I Squared Capital, and two other large, industry-leading