Newtown Lane Marketing (Newtown) and Appgate have entered into a definitive merger agreement. The deal will see Appgate become a public company with significant financial resources to accelerate growth, scale, and go-to-market strategies. Appgate has also announced that a leading alternative investment manager with over USD12.5 billion in assets under
Additive manufactured mountain bike company Atherton Bikes has raised GBP385,000 through Angel Investment Network. The Welsh business is the brainchild of world-famous mountain biker siblings Gee Atherton, Dan Atherton and Rachel Atherton who have partnered with a team of engineers from F1, aerospace and NASA to produce a world-beating mountain-bike.
Wombat, the UK’s first thematic & curated fractional investment platform, has closed a GBP2 million seed round to help the fast-growth business serve consumers’ increasing appetite for shares investing. The seed round, led by Fuel Ventures, will help Wombat further develop the platform to provide easy access to the world
Orion Innovation (Orion), a digital transformation and product development services firm, is to acquire Tellence Technologies (Tellence), a privately-held technology services company headquartered in Bucharest, Romania. With this acquisition, Orion is strengthening its European presence by establishing an R&D operation in Romania, with associates across Bucharest and other major cities,
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has entered exclusive negotiations to make a majority growth investment in DL Software, a France-based group of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software providers. Current DL Software majority shareholder 21 Invest France, as well as company founders and management, would each retain a
Bain Capital Private Equity (Bain Capital) and Cinven (the consortium) have entered into definitive agreements to acquire Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI), a division of Lonza AG, for a total enterprise value of CHF4.2 billion. LSI is a world-leading provider of specialty chemicals for microbial control solutions, used to eliminate or
Surface Transforms, which manufactures next-generation carbon ceramic brake discs for the automotive and aircraft industries, has raised GBP20 million in a financing round led by Zeus Capital. The raise follows a successful 18 months for Surface Transforms, in which it has secured contracts to supply brake discs for five new
Puma Private Equity, the private equity division of Puma Investments has completed a GBP2 million investment into Ostmodern, a digital product design and technology business that creates innovative video platforms for some of the world’s leading entertainment companies, including Formula One, Arsenal, Channel 4 and Fox. Ostmodern has been
Kester Capital (Kester) has made an investment in Optibrium, a drug discovery software provider to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The business’ customer base includes five of the top ten global pharmaceutical companies. This off-market deal is Kester Capital’s third investment in the Life Sciences sector and follows
Inflexion has reinvested in the British Engineering Services Group (BES) to support the company’s continued growth. Inflexion has been an investor in the engineering testing, inspection and consultancy services specialist since it led the carve-out from RSA plc in October 2015.
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