UK-based mid-market private equity investor LDC has backed the management buyout of ENSEK, a software supplier to UK energy providers. After a significant number of recent customer wins, the multi-million-pound investment will enable the business to embark on the next stage of its growth journey. Headquartered in Nottingham, ENSEK
Private equity firm Thomas H Lee Partners has closed the acquisition of a majority interest in Ten-X, a US online real estate marketplace. Members of Ten-X’s senior management team, Stone Point Capital, and CapitalG (formerly Google Capital), among others, will continue to hold minority positions in the Company. Terms of
Employee benefits firm SalaryFinance has completed a GBP40 million funding round (subject to Financial Conduct Authority approval) led by Legal & General with founding investor Blenheim Chalcot also participating. SalaryFinance specialises in technology to help employees improve their financial health, consolidate debt and start saving. This investment signals growing recognition
PremFina Ltd, a UK-based company that increases access to insurance by providing financing options for the purchase of insurance premiums, has secured USD36 million in equity funding and a debt facility. Rakuten Capital, the investment arm of Japan’s Rakuten, a global leader in e-commerce and fintech services and the main
Wala, a blockchain-powered financial services platform for the unbanked and underbanked, has secured an equity investment from Newtown Partners, the venture capital firm founded by Llew Claasen and Vinny Lingham. Claasen is the Managing Partner of Newtown Partners and also the Executive Director of the the Bitcoin Foundation. Lingham is
Bridging Finance has launched its newest product, the Bridging Mid-Market Debt Fund, which will be available as of 20 October, 2017 through the IIROC dealer channel on FundSERV. “Bridging Finance is currently experiencing significant growth and continues to establish itself as a leading provider of non-distressed private debt financing in
360ip Japan has launched the 360ip Japan Fund 1 which will focus on seed technologies developed in academic institutes and corporations in Japan. The Fund completed its initial closing with commitments of JPY1.0 billion, with support from investors Shinsei Bank and UTokyo Innovation Platform (UTokyo IPC Tokyo, Japan), a strategic
Steele Compliance Solutions has added extensive training and awareness content to its third-party compliance management software and due diligence services, through the acquisition of Compliance Wave. Compliance Wave is a specialist in compliance micro-training content. With a client base of Fortune 500 companies, Compliance Wave provides a library of over 2,000
Alliance Etiquettes is actively pursuing its consolidation strategy in the wine, spirits and agri-food high-end labelling sector with the acquisition of Applic’Etains, its fourth build-up since Activa Capital’s investment in July 2015. Applic’Etains is a French company based in Nontron (Dordogne) and specialises in the design and production of high-end
ZOA Robotics has secured a GBP85,000 seed investment from the British Robotics Seed Fund (BRSF). The investment is the first of a series that have been made by the UK’s robotics-focussed investment firm, and is in a company that is raising further investment on the new and complementary robotics crowdfunding
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