BGF, the UK & Ireland’s most active investor, has invested more than GBP316 million across nearly 80 businesses in the first six months of 2021. Exit activity reached record levels during the same period, with 15 exits generating an average money multiple of 2.5x. Successful exits in H1 include Alnwick-based
Serrala, a global financial automation and B2B payments software company, has secured a majority investment from Hg, a leading global software and services investor. Following the transaction, Serrala’s CEO Sven Lindemann and existing investor, Waterland, will continue to support the business and remain as significant minority shareholders in the business.
Livingbridge, a UK mid-market private equity investor, has invested in RealVNC, a vendor of remote access and remote support software.
Beringea, a transatlantic venture capital firm, has led a GBP2 million investment in LITTA, a rapidly growing online platform for rubbish removals and waste collection. LITTA was founded in London in 2017 by Aaron Georgiou, later being joined by Alexie Crassas, and Chris Yiannopoulos. LITTA provides a digital, cost-effective,
North west based multi-family investment office, Arete, has led a private investment into business solutions group, Leonard Curtis, in a deal which values the business at GBP40 million. The deal, which saw a GBP15 million investment into the professional services firm, was a venture led by Arete in partnership with
MetLife Investment Management (MIM), the institutional asset management business of MetLife, originated USD6.4 billion in private placement debt and private structured credit for the first half of 2021 across 107 transactions. This included USD1.2 billion of investments originated on behalf of unaffiliated institutional clients. MIM’s total private placement debt and
Waterland Private Equity (Waterland) portfolio company Enreach, a fast-growing provider of Unified Communications Solutions (UCaaS) active throughout Europe, has acquired Dutch cloud software provider and Microsoft partner DSD Europe and its sister company CloudLand (DSD), thereby continuing its long-term buy-&-build strategy. Through the partnership, Enreach acquires additional expertise and reach
Vision Ridge Partners, an alternative asset manager focused on sustainable real assets, and Havila Holding have completed the privatisation of Fjord1, the owner and operator of a fleet of Norwegian ferries utilising low or zero emission propulsion. Going forward, Fjord1 will be jointly owned by Vision Ridge Partners and Havila
Hg, leading global investor in software and services, is to acquire a majority interest in Riskalyze, a risk-centric wealth management platform serving financial advisers, enterprises, and asset managers. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Riskalyze’s industry-leading client and portfolio risk technology is rapidly emerging as an industry
Recuro Health (Recuro), an integrated digital health solutions company, has raised USD15 million in a Series A financing round led by ARCH Venture Partners, with follow-on support from existing Seed Round-investors OLSF Ventures, Cortado Ventures, 1843 Capital and Sage Venture Partners.
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