Diligent Corporation (Diligent), a governance company with a platform used by nearly 700,000 board directors and leaders, across 19,000 clients, is to acquire Galvanize, a global leader in SaaS governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software.  Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.  The Galvanize transaction follows Diligent’s planned

KB Associates (KBA), a professional services firm advising investment funds and asset managers, is to acquire EFG Fund Management SA, a Luxembourg-based management company and subsidiary of EFG International AG, the Swiss Private Banking Group. 

Yellow Wood Partners (Yellow Wood), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, is to acquire the Scholl footcare brand, which operates globally outside of the Americas, from UK-based consumer-goods company Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB).   The acquisition will reunite Scholl with the Dr Scholl’s

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP1 million into Fintech platform, Pockit as part of Pockit’s GBP15 million Series B funding round.  The business has secured GBP1 million funding through the North East Development Fund, supported by the European Regional Development, and GBP1.3 million via private investors, Crowdcube and the

Equistone portfolio company Amadys, a provider of passive network equipment solutions for utility infrastructures in the Benelux region, has established an initial market presence in Germany through the add-on acquisition of tso GmbH.  Based in Halver, in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, tso offers splicing and measurement technology, equipment