Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology businesses, has combined TradingScreen, a provider of trading execution and order management software, and Imagine Software, a real-time risk and compliance software platform. The combined company, TS Imagine, will be a dynamic end-to-end trading and portfolio management
The value of UK buyout deals by high-net worth investors (HNWs) shot up by 626 per cent in 2020, rising from GBP132 million in 2019 to GBP958 million, says Boodle Hatfield, the leading private wealth law firm. The increasing number of buyout deals led or co-funded by HNWs goes against
Zonda has acquired BuzzBuzzHome, a Toronto-based online real estate listings portal serving the new residential construction market. The acquisition of BuzzBuzzHome follows the recent acquisition of Vancouver-based Urban Analytics earlier this month, which expanded Zonda’s data capabilities into the urban and multi-family markets. BuzzBuzzHome, founded in 2009, provides both
Law firm Paul Hastings has advised Baring Asset Management Limited, a global investment management firm, in connection with the senior financing supporting the acquisition of Trace One by Symphony Technology Group (STG) from private equity firm, Hg. Headquartered in Paris, Trace One specialises in developing integrated software solutions for the
Leeds Equity Partners (Leeds Equity), a New York-based private equity firm, is investing in OptionMetrics, an options and futures database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide. OptionMetrics represents the first investment platform for Leeds Equity Partners VII. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Leeds
ScaleUp Capital has made an investment in InStep, a Cheshire-based apprenticeship and commercial training provider, and imageHOLDERS, a Dorset-based custom kiosk designer and manufacturer. Both companies are profitable with revenues in the range of GBP5-7 million, growing at 30-40 per cent per year and an enterprise value in the range
Expensya, an automated spend management solution for businesses, has completed a USD20 million fundraising campaign. Two new funds, MAIF Avenir and Silicon Badia, have invested in the development of the fintech company, joining ISAI and Seventure, the two other funds that were raised in the previous round. In this first
Wasabi, the hot cloud storage company, has secured USD112 million in Series C funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company with participation from existing investors. The round follows Wasabi’s USD27.5 million in debt financing announced in January. The C round brings Wasabi’s total equity financing to USD219 million. The
JOG Capital, a private equity firm with a 14-year track record managing more than USD1.3 billion in energy investments, has completed a corporate transition and rebranding to become Carbon Infrastructure Partners (CIP). CIP is among the first investment firms focused on solving the dual challenge of how to meet global
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has completed the previously announced sale of Capco, a global management and technology consultancy, to Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT). The total purchase price was USD1.45 billion. CD&R funds acquired a 60 per cent stake in Capco in July 2017 in a partnership transaction with
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