Altium, the international investment bank, has agreed a strategic partnership with US investment bank Petsky Prunier. The alliance follows a selective screening process and offers Altium’s clients improved access to advisory services in North America.   Petsky Prunier’s areas of expertise mirror those covered by Altium. The US firm provides

ScaleArc, a provider of database infrastructure software that simplifies the way database environments are deployed and managed, has secured USD12.3m in new funding from venture capital firms. The round was led by Accel Ventures with participation from existing investors including Trinity Ventures and Nexus Ventures, from whom ScaleArc had previously

Main Street Capital has closed two transactions, including a new portfolio investment and the partial exit of an existing portfolio investment. The new portfolio investment includes USD40.5m of invested capital in Quality Lease and Rental Holdings, the parent company of Quality Lease Service and Quality Lease Rental Service.  Main Street’s

Prupim has confirmed the purchase of the 381-space Carlton Street Car Park, phase two of McLaren Life’s 275,000sq ft regeneration development at Dolphin Square in Weston-Super-Mare, for the sum of GBP9.5m. The property is held on a 200-year lease from North Somerset District Council and is underlet to North Somerset

Plastics specialist Wells Plastics has received a GBP1.5m follow-on investment from private equity house Key Capital Partners and current shareholders. Staffordshire-based Wells Plastics will use the additional funding to invest in new machinery to increase production capacity and offer more flexible production. Following the funding, the business is planning to

OFI InfraVia’s first infrastructure fund, InfraVia, has completed the acquisition of a 55 per cent interest in ADTiM previously owned by ETDE, Axione and Eiffage. The remaining 45 per cent interests are held by Caisse des Dépots (30 per cent) and ETDE/Axione (15 per cent). Senior project financing debt has

SR Labs, a provider of electronic-trading solutions for the global financial services industry, has completed a USD53m investment from Insight Venture Partners. SR Labs plans to use the capital to expand its sales and marketing operations, to accelerate its growth outside of North America, and to continue to fund product

Private equity firm MidOcean Partners has acquired a majority equity position in Agilex Flavors & Fragrances, a creator and manufacturer of fragrances for use in consumer products.  Agilex was previously owned by Nautic Partners, a middle market private firm.  Headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, Agilex was created by combining several

Merseyside-based Ultromex has secured GBP550,000 funding from The North West Fund for Energy & Environmental, managed by CT Investment Partners. Ultromex has developed processes for the recovery of high-value metals from electronic and industrial waste products. The company, which was founded by Jonathan Quinn and Harry Middleton in 2011, aims

Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco, has acquired Tresys Technology, a provider of cybersecurity products, services and solutions to government and commercial customers. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Columbia, Maryland, Tresys offers services and products that address