Takeovers of AIM companies have made up a far bigger share of all takeovers of London Stock Exchange deals over the last year, jumping to 56 per cent of all M&A deals, from 46 per cent in the previous 12 months, says research from UHY Hacker Young the national accountancy
Private equity firm WestBridge has backed the senior management team at construction software company Eque2 to acquire the business from its existing shareholders.The transaction provides an exit for LDC, which backed a GBP16 million secondary buyout with a minority investment in November 2017, and the current institutional shareholders. Funds managed
Fortino Capital Partners, a leading European software investor, has invested in Cenosco, a Dutch specialist in Asset Integrity Management. Cenosco is headquartered in The Hague, with local presence in Croatia. The Company employs 75 people and is active in 30 countries, with its solution deployed in about 100 plants worldwide. Cenosco’s
Eurazeo has invested EUR33 million in Tink, Europe’s leading open banking platform. This round of EUR85 million of additional funding, led by Eurazeo Growth brings the total investment in Tink during 2020 to EUR175 million. After Younited Credit, Wefox and Thought Machine, Tink is Eurazeo Growth’s fourth investment in
Alternative asset management firm Carlson Capital has reached a strategic agreement with Jefferies Group (Jefferies) and structured credit investor Hildene Capital Management (Hildene) to support the new issuance of CLOs on Carlson’s Cathedral Lake platform.Under the terms of the agreement, Jefferies and Hildene will provide CLO equity capital to support
Hibob, an HR technology innovator behind the people management platform bob, has secured USD70 million in a Series B funding round led by investors SEEK and Israel Growth Partners (IGP). Promoting the progress of Hibob’s mission to simplify people management, culture building, and employee engagement for remote and dispersed workforces, the
Thompson Street Capital Partners’ (TSCP) portfolio company Marmic Fire & Safety Co (Marmic) has acquired Chicago, Illinois-based Total Fire & Safety, LLC (TFS), a provider of fire and life safety systems, equipment and related services. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.TFS has been serving its customers for more
ECI Partners has completed the sale of IoT connectivity provider Arkessa to Wireless Logic. Arkessa offers world-wide, world-class cellular connectivity services that make it easy to design, deploy and manage IoT devices securely, efficiently, and at scale, regardless of application or business model. ECI first invested in Arkessa in July 2018
Investment group RD Capital Partners (RDCP) continues on its buy-and-build strategy in the construction sector with the acquisition of hydro-demolition firm Buxton Water.The deal marks RDCP’s second acquisition this month following its recent purchase of Su-Fix Precast and its fifth this year following earlier acquisitions of Killingley, Macair and Chilango.
American Pacific Group (APG), a San Francisco-based private equity firm, together with Northstar Capital, has partnered with a team led by veteran software CEO Stephen Woodard to acquire Fresche Solutions (Fresche), a provider of digital transformation and application modernisation solutions.Fresche, a Montreal-based company, provides a suite of software and service
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