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Marlin Equity Partners backs Exegy-Vela merger

Exegy Incorporated, a specialist in low-latency solutions for global market data, predictive trading signals, and hardware-acceleration technology, and Vela Trading Systems (Vela), a provider of data and execution technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, have merged business operations in an agreement backed by Marlin Equity Partners, a global investment firm

Trimountain leads significant investment in ABCA

Trimountain Partners has led a significant investment round in fire and security firm ABCA Systems (ABCA) alongside investor partners including The Vorsprung Partnership and Cambridge Capital Partners. With over 30 years of experience behind it, ABCA is one of the UK’s preeminent fire and security experts, providing installation and maintenance

Polywork secures USD3.5m in seed funding

New York based startup Polywork, a professional social network founded by Peter Johnston, has secured USD3.5 million in a seed funding round led by Caffeinated Capital (Ray Tonsing, first investor in Clubhouse, Airtable and Brex) with participation from the founders of YouTube (Steve Chen), Twitch (Kevin Lin), PayPal (Max Levchin),

HIG Capital to acquire Travis Perkins’ UK Plumbing & Heating Business

An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) is to acquire Travis Perkins Plc’s Plumbing & Heating business (P&H), one of the UK’s leading plumbing, heating, and bathroom related products specialist merchants.  The divestiture is valued at approximately GBP325 million, and the transaction is expected to be completed within the next three

EMV Capital leads GBP3.4m investment in smart sensor maker PointGrab

PointGrab, a maker of smart sensors that help businesses maintain social distancing in post-Covid offices, has completed a GBP3.4 million equity raise led by specialist venture capitalist EMV Capital. PointGrab’s product is a smart workplace platform system enabling organisations to count, track the flow and locate people at individual desks,

Alpha FMC acquires Lionpoint Group

Lionpoint Group, an award-winning global technology enablement and operations advisory firm, is now part of Alpha FMC, plc, a UK-AIM listed company. Lionpoint’s acquisition by Alpha will help grow the former’s geographical reach, breadth of services to alternative investment managers, investors, and advisors, and range of clientele to include multi-strategy

Cynerio raises USD30m in Series B funding

Cynerio, a provider of Healthcare IoT cybersecurity and asset management solutions, has secured USD30 million in a Series B funding round led by ALIVE Israel HealthTech Fund.  Existing investors, global VC Accelmed, RDC, Elron’s joint venture with Rafael, and Swiss-based growth investor, MTIP, also participated in the funding round. ALIVE

Cinven to sell Chryso to Saint-Gobain

International private equity firm Cinven is to sell Chryso, a provider of specialty chemicals for the construction industry, to Saint-Gobain, a specialist in the building materials sector. Headquartered in France, Chryso is a leading global manufacturer of concrete admixtures and cement additives, as well as construction systems. Chryso provides value-added

Ares Management Corporation to acquire Black Creek Group

A subsidiary of Ares Management Corporation is to acquire 100 per cent of Black Creek Group’s US real estate investment advisory and distribution business (Black Creek). Founded in 1993, Black Creek had approximately USD11.6 billion of assets under management, as of 31 March, 2021, in core/core-plus real estate strategies across

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