International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Powa Technologies on a private placement of shares to raise an aggregate amount of approximately USD76m. The transaction represents one of the largest investments in an early stage UK technology company in recent years. Powa Technologies, which was set up by
Pure Storage, the all-flash enterprise storage array company, has closed an oversubscribed USD150m series E funding round with institutional investors – the single largest private funding in the history of the enterprise storage industry. Led by T Rowe Price, Tiger Global Management and other public market investors, with participation
Maven Capital Partners has made a further investment in existing portfolio business Fletcher Shipping. Maven Client Funds, alongside the Scottish Loan Fund (SLF), which is managed by Maven, have provided a GBP5.5m package to part fund the acquisition of a fourth and fifth Platform Support Vessel (PSV), the FS
Paymetric, a provider of SaaS-based enterprise security and integrated payment acceptance solutions, has secured a majority investment from Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm. The investment will provide Paymetric with a new financial partner to help it capitalise on its current momentum and continue to drive product innovation
New York-based private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has acquired International Fiber Corporation (IFC), a supplier of cellulose‐based insoluble fibre products for food and industrial applications globally. Prior to close of this acquisition, IFC was a portfolio company of Swander Pace Capital. Founded in 1917, and headquartered in
Risk Capital Partners, the private equity investment firm chaired by Luke Johnson, has completed two major acquisitions in the leisure industry – including the firm’s first move into the online travel market. Risk Capital Partners has bought a majority stake in Cruise.co (Holdings) Ltd, the owner of the UK’s largest
CableNet Communications, a portfolio company of private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners, has acquired CableNet Services Unlimited, a provider of cable fulfilment services in the Freedom Region of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. CableNet Communications is Resilience Capital Partners’ first add-on acquisition by its Aero Communications investment platform, which
Sub-investment grade corporate credit specialist Alcentra, part of BNY Mellon, has invested in CorpAcq plc, a South Manchester-based company committed to the acquisition and investment in strong asset backed, profitable and cash generative owner-managed enterprises. Headquartered in Altrincham and founded in 2006, CorpAcq has grown its business to manage
Private equity investor Risk Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of a majority holding in Red Hot World Buffet to provide development capital for the restaurant group’s further expansion. Red Hot World Buffet was founded in 2004 by husband and wife Parmjit and Helen Dhaliwal. It now has seven
Private investment firm Bregal Partners has made an investment in OmniForce in partnership with OmniForce’s management team and founder. Los Angeles-based OmniForce is an athletic event production company. Its services include participant marketing and event publicity, participant training and fundraising support, sponsorship sales, and event planning and logistics. In
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