PSG, a growth equity firm that focuses on partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled service companies, has acquired a majority stake in Nalanda Global (Nalanda), a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company providing supplier risk management software solutions. Nalanda leverages intelligent cloud software to connect companies and suppliers using a digital platform
The number of M&A deals for professional services firms rose from 76 in 2019 to 89 in 2020 – including 19 acquisitions backed private equity funds – with the appetite of PE houses for deals in the sector growing, says Mayer Brown, the global law firm. Mayer Brown says the
KPS Capital Partners (KPS) is to acquire the Europe, Middle East and Africa food, aerosol and promotional packaging business (EMEA Food and Consumer Packaging Business) from Crown Holdings for EUR2.25 billion (USD2.7 billion). Crown will retain 20 per cent ownership of the Company. The transaction is expected to close in
AIA Group Limited (AIA) has established AIA VCC, a Variable Capital Company in Singapore as part of its group wide investment programme to facilitate capital deployment globally. The Investment Manager of AIA VCC is AIA Investment Management Private Limited (AIAIM) that was established in 2016 as the Group level asset
Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, MO, has announced that its portfolio company Len The Plumber (LTP), a specialist full-service residential plumbing company headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, with branches serving the Mid-Atlantic region, has completed the acquisition of Neffsville Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
Phoenix Group (Phoenix), the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, announces the launch of its first dedicated Venture Capital fund, “Phoenix Venture Capital Partners”, with an initial allocation in excess of GBP100 million. This move is designed to enable Phoenix to construct portfolios that include exposure to Venture
Level E Research, the Edinburgh based leader in artificial intelligence (AI) investment solutions, has just closed a seed funding round raising GBP1.2 million from a group of private investors, including leading figures in the investment management industry. The business, founded by Dr Sonia Schulenburg in 2018, combines machine learning, data
Fortis Solutions Group LLC, a portfolio company of Main Post Partners, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Total Label. Founded in 2004 by Janet Farris and Chris Farris with locations in Whitefish, MT and Memphis TN, Total Label provides complex pressure sensitive, extended content and booklet labels utilising flexographic,
Thierry Goubault, Chairman and shareholder of Charles & Alice, has entered into exclusive negotiations with funds advised by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) to buy out their controlling stake in the company. Crédit Mutuel Equity is providing a third successive round of financing to the company to support management’s buyout,
The new digital financial services company Alpian SA (Alpian), incubated by the Swiss banking group REYL & Cie Ltd (REYL), has announced a successful Series B funding worth around USD18 million (CHF16.9 million). The fundraising follows the Series A round in 2020 in which CHF12.2 million was raised. With its
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