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Arlington Capital Partners’ portfolio company BlueHalo acquires DDES

6 July 2021

Arlington Capital Partners’ (Arlington) portfolio company, BlueHalo, a leading provider of advanced engineering solutions and technology to the national security community, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Design & Development Engineering Services Corporation (DDES). DDES, based in Albuquerque, NM, designs and manufactures space-qualified electronic systems for exquisite, Class-A

Digital archiving platform Arkivum raises new funding

6 July 2021

Digital archiving platform Arkivum is raising a new round of growth equity through private equity investment firm Growthdeck as it seeks to help businesses preserve their data for the future, solving the growing problem of loss of valuable data through obsolescence and corruption. Arkivum is a cloud-based secure digital archiving

CAPZA Growth Tech acquires a minority stake in AssessFirst

6 July 2021

CAPZA, an independent management company and specialist in private investments in European SMEs, has invested in the French HR Tech AssessFirst, an SaaS platform for predictive recruitment and talent development focused on soft skills. AssessFirst has developed a proprietary platform that enables HR professionals to assess candidates based on three

Returning market confidence prompts surge of H1 M&A activity in tech, digital, media and marketing

6 July 2021

M&A activity has surged in H1 2021, fuelled by both the availability of investment capital from Private Equity and the increased political and economic confidence prompted by the success of the global vaccination take-up. In its latest report, Ciesco, a specialist M&A advisory firm operating in the tech, digital, media

BGF invests in national courier company Speedy Freight

6 July 2021

After a year of record growth, national courier company Speedy Freight has obtained an investment from BGF – the UK’s most active growth capital investor – to accelerate its ambitious expansion plans. Over the last decade, Speedy Freight has grown year-on-year, and now provides dedicated same-day courier services to

CM&A supports RCG in their acquisition by ERM

6 July 2021

Consulting M&A has supported its client RCG (The Renewables Consulting Group), a global market intelligence, management consulting, and technical advisory firm operating exclusively in the renewable energy sector through the sale process to the world’s largest pure-play sustainability advisory firm, ERM. Sebastian Chivers, CEO at RCG, says: “We are delighted

“Hands-on, long-term approach”: Private equity managers defend sector against recent criticism

6 July 2021

Morrisons is the latest well-known UK business to announce a potential sale to private equity following others such as the AA earlier in the year. Last year there were 25 take-private deals with a total value of GBP21.1 billion, according to professional services firm BDO. Private equity’s interest in public

QV Bioelectronics raises GBP735k for development of new cancer treatment

6 July 2021

QV Bioelectronics (QV) – a medical device start-up pioneering a first of its kind electric field therapy implant for the treatment of the most common and aggressive type of brain tumours, has closed a GBP735,000 seed funding round to advance the development of its innovative GRACE implant. The round

swcomms completes acquisition of Taurus Clearer Communication

6 July 2021

Business communications and technology solutions provider swcomms has acquired neighbouring ICT business, Taurus Clearer Communication. Taurus has been trading in Exeter and the South West region since 1984 led by managing director Jonathan Sawyer. The merger of the two businesses will serve to extend their technical expertise and product portfolios.

Toqio raises EUR8m seed funding from Seaya Ventures, Speedinvest and SIX FinTech Ventures

6 July 2021

Toqio has raised a seed round of EUR8 million from Seaya Ventures, Speedinvest and SIX FinTech Ventures, to scale its global financial SaaS platform. The company makes it easier for any business to quickly launch financial solutions, removing the need to build and manage complex software solutions through its platform

FORWARD FEATURES CALENDAR

Funds

Arlington Capital Partners’ portfolio company BlueHalo acquires DDES

Digital archiving platform Arkivum raises new funding

CAPZA Growth Tech acquires a minority stake in AssessFirst

Returning market confidence prompts surge of H1 M&A activity in tech, digital, media and marketing

BGF invests in national courier company Speedy Freight

CM&A supports RCG in their acquisition by ERM

“Hands-on, long-term approach”: Private equity managers defend sector against recent criticism

QV Bioelectronics raises GBP735k for development of new cancer treatment

swcomms completes acquisition of Taurus Clearer Communication

Toqio raises EUR8m seed funding from Seaya Ventures, Speedinvest and SIX FinTech Ventures

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