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iBanFirst teams up with global investment firm Marlin Equity Partners to finance organic growth and M&A initiatives

Financial services provider iBanFirst, which delivers solutions across banking borders, has secured a growth equity investment to fund product development, international expansion and M&A, from global private equity firm Marlin, which became the fintech’s largest shareholder as a result, replacing existing business angels and some of the company’s early backers.

Susquehanna Growth Equity invests in MediSpend

MediSpend, a global technology company providing solutions for the life sciences industry, has secured a majority investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), an entrepreneur-centric growth equity firm exclusively focused on software and information services companies.  SGE’s prior investments across the broader healthcare vertical include Evive, HMP Global, iContracts, MMIT, ProviderTrust

Riverside to sell Greenphire to Thoma Bravo

The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has signed a definitive agreement to sell Greenphire, a specialist in financial lifecycle management software for clinical trials, to Thoma Bravo, a software focused private equity firm.  The pending transaction is expected to close

Procuritas portfolio company Medtanken acquires Citysjukhuset

Medtanken, a leading primary care group in Western Sweden and a portfolio company of Procuritas Capital Investors VI (Procuritas), has successfully made its first step into the specialist care sector by acquiring Citysjukhuset. With its passion for building strong sustainable businesses through transformational growth, Procuritas is facilitating accelerated development and

New venture investment business Forster Chase Ventures launches

A new venture investment business has been formed via a partnership between the city advisory group Forster Chase and four successful CEOs/entrepreneurs, designed to guide and turbo charge young companies through to highly valuable exits.  Forster Chase Ventures, in conjunction with the other companies in the group (Forster Chase Executive

FFL Partners and CDPQ acquire New Look Vision Group

FFL Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, and the Dr H Doug Barnes Family have acquired all of the outstanding Class A common shares of the New Look Vision Group Inc for USD50.00 in cash per Share,

DORE to acquire Swedish grid and hydropower portfolio

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has signed an exclusivity agreement with AB Edsbyns Elverk (EE), a local Swedish multi-utility (EE) to buy EE’s subsidiary Elektra Nät AB (Elektra) and a portfolio of three hydropower plants.  Elektra is a local regulated electricity distribution company in Edsbyn, central Sweden. DORE has

Deepbridge secures GBP15m commitment from British Business Investments

Deepbridge Capital, a UK venture capital investment manager, has secured a GBP15 million commitment from British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, to fund early-stage businesses across the UK. This commitment from British Business Investments’ Regional Angels Programme, which is designed to reduce regional imbalances in

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