DWS Group (DWS) has acquired a minority stake in UK-based retiretech Smart Pension Limited (Smart). The company provides a cloud-native, API-based technology platform, allowing financial services organisations and governments to administer retirement savings plans. Notably, the technology platform powers its award-winning Smart Pension Master Trust, one of the “big four”
Verdant Specialty Solutions has acquired Baze Chemical (Baze), an ethoxylate specialty chemical company based in Odessa, Texas, serving customers in the oil and gas production, water treatment, and mining industries. Baze was acquired from its founder, Curtis Baze. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Through this acquisition, Verdant
RO Capital Partners, the RO Group’s investment arm, has invested in EcoSync alongside other investors including the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund, Silicon Roundabout Ventures, Steve Headington, and KCP Nominees. A total amount of GBP710,000 has been invested in EcoSync. EcoSync will use the growth capital to fund a dedicated
Following three years of partnership with ECI Partners, CPOMS, a provider of SaaS safeguarding software to schools, has been acquired by Raptor Technologies (Raptor), a US provider of school safety software. The acquisition was made following strategic investments in Raptor by Thoma Bravo and existing investor JMI Equity. The financial
An O’Melveny team has advised PMC Capital Partners (PMC Capital) on the sale of StyroChem Canada (StyroChem) to Epsylite Holdings (Epsylite), a portfolio company of Balmoral Funds (Balmoral). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. StyroChem was founded in 1975 and was one of the first manufacturers
Main Capital Partners (Main), a European software investor, has completed capital raises for two new funds, raising EUR1.21 billion in total. Following the launch of Main Capital VII and Main Foundation I, Main’s total assets under management (AUM) have more than doubled, to approximately EUR2.2 billion. Main will deploy these
UniversalCIS, a technology-enabled provider of credit data and related origination solutions in the mortgage industry, and Credit Plus, a leading provider of mortgage verifications and business credit reports, have merged their companies. As a result of the merger, the new company will become the largest in the industry and serve
Following the acquisition of Vannin Capital by funds managed by Fortress Investment Group in 2019, the operations of Vannin Capital are now being restructured into the Fortress Legal Assets business. As part of the restructuring, a number of Vannin Capital employees will transfer to Fortress. This change will have no
CDC Group (CDC), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced a USD100 million commitment to African Development Partners III, the Fund advised by Development Partners International LLP (DPI) – a leading pan-African private equity firm. CDC’s latest commitment supports ADP III fundraise as it closes at USD900
Beringea, a transatlantic venture capital firm, has led a GBP2 million investment into Plank Hardware, a direct-to-consumer home décor brand whose stylish hardware products have tapped into the boom in DIY and renovation projects among millennial and Gen Z consumers. Plank Hardware was founded in London in 2019 by Tom
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