UK marketing group MSQ has acquired the award-winning creative production studio Brave Spark for an undisclosed sum. The transaction, which was supported by MSQ’s private equity backer LDC, sees Brave Spark bring its video and digital production, design and creative technology to the group, supporting MSQ’s individual agency offers while
Index provider MerQube has raised USD5 million Series A round led by JP Morgan. It brings together the venture investing firm, ThirdStream Partners, veteran hedge fund managers Benjamin Smith and Sheehan Maduraperuma, co-founders of Laurion Capital Management, and several other seasoned financial market professionals. MerQube has previously raised USD2 million
Vortex Energy, a global renewable energy platform managed by the private equity arm of EFG Hermes, has entered into a definite agreement with Ignis Energy Holdings, parent company of Spanish independent integrated renewable player Ignis Group. Vortex Energy will inject over EUR625 million through its newly launched Vortex Energy IV
DWS Group (DWS) has acquired a minority stake in UK-based retiretech Smart Pension Limited (Smart). The company provides a cloud-native, API-based technology platform, allowing financial services organisations and governments to administer retirement savings plans. Notably, the technology platform powers its award-winning Smart Pension Master Trust, one of the “big four”
Verdant Specialty Solutions has acquired Baze Chemical (Baze), an ethoxylate specialty chemical company based in Odessa, Texas, serving customers in the oil and gas production, water treatment, and mining industries. Baze was acquired from its founder, Curtis Baze. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Through this acquisition, Verdant
RO Capital Partners, the RO Group’s investment arm, has invested in EcoSync alongside other investors including the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund, Silicon Roundabout Ventures, Steve Headington, and KCP Nominees. A total amount of GBP710,000 has been invested in EcoSync. EcoSync will use the growth capital to fund a dedicated
Following three years of partnership with ECI Partners, CPOMS, a provider of SaaS safeguarding software to schools, has been acquired by Raptor Technologies (Raptor), a US provider of school safety software. The acquisition was made following strategic investments in Raptor by Thoma Bravo and existing investor JMI Equity. The financial
An O’Melveny team has advised PMC Capital Partners (PMC Capital) on the sale of StyroChem Canada (StyroChem) to Epsylite Holdings (Epsylite), a portfolio company of Balmoral Funds (Balmoral). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. StyroChem was founded in 1975 and was one of the first manufacturers
UniversalCIS, a technology-enabled provider of credit data and related origination solutions in the mortgage industry, and Credit Plus, a leading provider of mortgage verifications and business credit reports, have merged their companies. As a result of the merger, the new company will become the largest in the industry and serve
Following the acquisition of Vannin Capital by funds managed by Fortress Investment Group in 2019, the operations of Vannin Capital are now being restructured into the Fortress Legal Assets business. As part of the restructuring, a number of Vannin Capital employees will transfer to Fortress. This change will have no
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