Sequent Software, a provider of trusted service manager (TSM) and mobile commerce software and services, has closed a USD12m series B financing led by SBT Venture Capital, the venture arm of Russian bank Sberbank. Existing investors Opus Capital and Jado Investments also participated. The new funding will fuel
Private equity real estate fund manager Queensgate Investments has exchanged contracts to acquire Executive Offices Group, a central London serviced office business. Executive Offices Group has provided office accommodation to businesses for over 20 years and represents a combination of high-quality central London real estate with an established operational
AXA Private Equity is to acquire, through its infrastructure funds, Unicredit’s 40 per cent stake in HISI (Holding di Investimenti in Sanità e Infrastrutture). AXA Private Equity already owns 40 per cent of the share capital of HISI and, following this acquisition, the firm will own 80 per cent
Climate Change Capital Private Equity’s (CPE) portfolio company Orège has completed an initial public offering on the French Euronext market, raising EUR20m of new capital to fund its next phase of growth and valuing the company at circa EUR60m. CPE invested EUR6m in Orège, a French water technology company,
ECI Partners, the UK growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has sold healthcare IT company CliniSys to Montagu Private Equity. The exit has yielded ECI a 2.5x return on its investment. Based in Chertsey, and with offices in Germany, France, Belgium and Spain, CliniSys is a provider of software
Digital music provider I Like Music is on a recruitment drive after securing a GBP700,000 growth capital deal as part of Santander’s Breakthrough programme. The Richmond-based company, which supplies music to businesses including the BBC and Funky Pigeon, is looking to recruit an additional 10 staff to boost its
Solar market specialist Sungevity has secured USD15m in new equity financings, including an investment from venture capital firm GE Ventures. The funding will be used to accelerate the company’s capital efficient growth initiatives with a primary focus on the development of new service offerings that will diversify Sungevity’s business and
Irving Place Capital and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management have entered into a definitive agreement to sell their ownership interests in Chesapeake to The Carlyle Group. Chesapeake is a supplier of specialty paperboard packaging, including folding cartons, leaflets and labels, for the pharmaceutical, confectionary, and premium drinks markets.
AVT, a specialist in automated retailing systems, customised kiosks and self service stores, has settled trade payables of approximately USD1.1m in exchange for the issuance of shares of its common stock to Ironridge Consumer Co, a division of Ironridge Global IV. The capital will be used to build company-owned
Los Angeles-based private equity firm CounterPoint Capital Partners has completed its third acquisition in as many months with the recent addition of The Bradshaw Group into its platform company, Parts Now. Financial terms have not been disclosed. Founded in 1990, The Bradshaw Group is a distributor of desktop laser and production
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