Alarm Capital Alliance (ACA) has partnered with Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), a global investment firm with USD3.7 billion in capital under management. ACA provides capital return and valuable operational resources to alarm companies via its dealer and portfolio acquisition programs as well as residential security services and home automation technologies

In Q1 2012, UK M&A activity saw 229 deals totalling GBP16bn, a 33% decrease compared to Q1 2011 (GBP23.9bn) but up 9.6% compared to Q4 2011 (GBP14.6bn), according to MergerMarket. The UK made up 9.6% of all European M&A by value this quarter, the lowest Q1 since Q1 2004 (8.4%).

Private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners has acquired SAR AS, a leading provider of total waste management solutions for the Norwegian offshore oil & gas industry, from AR Incoronato AS and Westco AS. The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, is the sixth from Stirling Square’s second fund, its second

BaltCap, a leading venture investor in the Baltics, has signed a EUR1 million investment in Clusterpoint, an ultra-fast database management system with built-in Internet-style search functionality. The company is an enterprise software start-up created by Latvian programmers and backed by seed investors from the UK and the Baltics.   Clusterpoint

Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners (AIP) has been awarded approximately USD1.3 billion in commitments for Morgan Stanley Private Markets Fund V (PMF V) and certain other separate accounts. AIP’s strategy is to combine primary funds, co-investments and secondaries in one globally diversified portfolio of private equity investments. The capital raise,

Beanstalk, the boutique corporate finance advisor, has helped building energy efficiency software company Sefaira secure the largest series A funding round in the cleantech sector in the UK for over two years, with funding of USD10.8m.   The international series A funding round was led by New York-based venture capital

Metric Capital Partners (MCP) has completed an investment in LM Funerals (LMF), a leading UK provider of funeral services, in conjunction with Duke Street and Babson Capital Europe. MCP has provided financing across several tranches of capital to fund the acquisition of LMF from Sovereign Capital, and will also be

Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity has acquired Access Cash General Partnership, a Canadian independent service organisation that manages the country’s second largest network of automated teller machines (ATMs). Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity partnered with the current management team who will remain in place and will hold a significant minority

Private investment firm HIG Capital has completed the acquisition of Trinity, the correctional services business of Compass Group PLC (LSE: CPG). Trinity, which operates under the brand names Trinity Services Group and Canteen Corrections, is one of the three largest providers of outsourced food service and commissary services to the

Aleva Neurotherapeutics, a company developing next-generation implants for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in major neurological indications such as Parkinson´s disease or depression, has closed a Series B financing round totalling CHF 4.0 million.  Banexi Ventures Partners acted as a lead investor in the financing, with selected private investors also participating