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ENGIE acquires Xina Solar One

ENGIE has acquired Abengoa’s indirect stake in Xina Solar One (Pty) Ltd. Following completion of the transaction, ENGIE will now hold a 40 per cent equity stake in the 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, as well as a 46 per cent of the Xina Operations & Maintenance Company

ACA Group and Foreside to merge

ACA Group (ACA) and Foreside Financial Group, LLC (Foreside), two providers of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions to clients in the financial services industry, are to combine their two companies.  Genstar Capital (Genstar), a leading private equity firm, invested in Foreside earlier this year. Genstar will be the majority

3i invests in Mepal

3i Group (3i) is to invest in Mepal, a Dutch lifestyle consumer brand that is known for its sustainable products for storing and serving food and drink. Headquartered in Lochem, the Netherlands, Mepal offers food storage boxes, tableware and on-thego items (eg lunchboxes, bottles and flasks) for adults and children

Deep Detection closes EUR1m funding

Deep Detection has secured EUR1 million funding to launch its PhotoAI technology, which is a next-generation X-ray camera with deep learning capability for continuous inspection across high-speed manufacturing and detailed security scans. A member of The Collider, the tech accelerator of Mobile World Capital Barcelona, Deep Detection has secured investment

Insig AI acquires FDB Systems Limited

Insig AI, a data science and machine learning solutions company serving the asset management industry, is to acquire the entire issued share capital of FDB Systems Limited, a specialist in the collection and structuring of financial market data for investors and other capital markets participants.  Integrating FDB Systems’ data ingestion

Charco raises USD10m for wearable device that could ease Parkinson’s symptoms

Charco Neurotech, a medical technology company that develops solutions for people with Parkinson’s, has raised its USD10 million seed investment round, co-led by technology investors Amadeus Capital Partners and Parkwalk Advisors, and joined by University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC), MINT Venture Partners, and existing investors, including Crista Galli

Partners Group to acquire DiversiTech in USD2.2bn deal

Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has agreed, on behalf of its clients, to acquire DiversiTech, a manufacturer and supplier of parts and accessories for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment in the US, from funds advised by global private equity firm Permira.  The investment values DiversiTech at

Northleaf raises additional USD4bn

Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) has raised an additional USD4 billion in commitments over the past twelve months from North American, European and Asian investors.  As a result of recent fundraising across its three core private markets investment programmes, Northleaf has now raised more than USD18 billion in capital commitments and

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