EQT is pleased to announce that EQT Infrastructure has agreed to acquire First Student and First Transit, two North American subsidiaries of the UK publicly listed company, FirstGroup plc for USD4.6 billion. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, First Student and First Transit are market leading providers of essential transportation services to
By Steve Phillips, CFO, and Somil Goyal, Investment Lead, at GovGrant – The UK has a rich history of scientific discovery and research. Of the top 100 prescription medicines used around the world today, about 25 per cent were discovered in the UK. The country also has recognised expertise in sectors
The month of March proved to be an extremely successful one for Newable Ventures, the UK’s leading early stage investment network, which deployed circa GBP2 million in six companies to round off a busy financial year, which also saw the group secure GBP10 million from British Business Investment’s Regional Angel
Deep Instinct, the first company to apply end-to-end deep learning, based on the only purpose-built deep learning framework for cybersecurity, has raised USD100 million in Series D funding. The Deep Instinct platform can predict, prevent, and analyse cyberattacks at any touchpoint of the organisation from the endpoint through to
Canadian Hospital Specialties Ltd (CHS), a specialty distributor and manufacturer of medical and surgical products, has received a strategic investment from Flexpoint Ford (Flexpoint), a private equity investment firm specialising in the healthcare and financial services industries. Previously majority-owned by affiliates of Cortec Group, CHS will continue operating as an
EQT has held the final close of EQT IX at EUR15.6 billion in fee-generating assets under management, marking EQT’s first key fund closing since EQT AB’s public listing in 2019. EQT IX was launched in January 2020, made its first investment in July, and is currently 40-45 per cent invested.
Satellite Vu has raised a GBP3.6 million (USD5 million) seed round led by Seraphim Capital to launch the world’s first satellite constellation capable of imaging the thermal footprint of any building on the planet every one-two hours.
Rock Mountain Capital (RMC) has made a significant minority investment in Spark Orthodontics (Spark), a specialty orthodontics platform with 10 locations in rural/suburban Pennsylvania. The investment will support the company’s growth strategy focused on acquiring additional practices and locations in Pennsylvania and in new markets. Financial terms of the deal
Insurity, a leading provider of cloud-based software for P&C carriers, brokers, and MGAs, backed by GI Partners, has completed the acquisition of Instec. Already a proven leader in providing core systems and analytics software to more than 300 P&C carriers, the addition of Instec to the Insurity family enables Insurity
A new report from eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, shows that private equity holding periods extended in 2020 to a record 5.4 years on average, at the same time as returns dipped. The data also showed that investments held for longer periods tend
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