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Riverside invests in Rethink as an add-on to Buildout

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in Think Tech Labs (Rethink), a SaaS-based CRM software serving Commercial Real Estate (CRE) brokerages and brokers.  Rethink is an add-on to Riverside’s portfolio company Buildout, a provider of SaaS-based marketing

Platform9 raises additional Series-D funding led by WRVI Capital

Platform9, an SaaS Managed Kubernetes provider for private and edge clouds, has closed its Series-D funding with an additional USD12.5 million for a total of USD37.5 million.  This round was led by WRVI Capital, with participation from all existing venture investors including NGP Capital, Mubadala Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Menlo Ventures,

Oghma Partners advises SimplyCook on sale to Nestlé UK

Oghma Partners has acted as the exclusive financial adviser to the shareholders of Direct-to-Consumer, UK-based, SimplyCook Limited (SimplyCook) on the sale of the business to Nestlé.  The deal is the latest in Oghma’s healthy portfolio of successful cross-border, European transactions which have included advising Solina Group on the acquisition of

Lightbank closes new USD180m VC fund

Lightbank, a Chicago-based venture capital firm, has closed its second early-stage venture capital fund, Lightbank II, with USD180 million of capital commitments.  The closing brings Lightbank’s total assets under management (AUM) to USD360 million. Lightbank II’s investor base is comprised of institutional investors, family offices, and high net worth individuals.

Intriva Capital acquires stake in MoneyPlus Group

Intriva Capital (Intriva), an independent alternative asset manager, has  acquired a significant stake and supported a management buy-out in MoneyPlus Group (MoneyPlus), one of the UK’s largest providers of consumer debt advice.  Intriva will provide additional funding to further enhance the depth, breadth and value of services for MoneyPlus’ customers

Alpha Capital’s SPAC closes USD230m IPO on Nasdaq

Alpha Capital announced today that it has closed its USD230 million initial public offering on the Nasdaq Capital Market (Nasdaq), trading under the ticker symbol “ASPCU”.  The special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) will use the funds to seek a business combination with a Latin American-focused technology company. Alpha announced pricing

One Equity Partners portfolio company Computer Design & Integration acquires Kintyre Solutions

Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners’ (OEP) portfolio company Computer Design & Integration (CDI) has completed the acquisition of Kintyre Solutions (Kintyre), a system integrator with practices focused on cloud native application development, observability and investigation platforms, cloud optimisation, and various security engineering technologies.  Financial terms of the

NovaQuest invests in Pro-ficiency

NovaQuest Private Equity (NovaQuest) has made a strategic growth equity investment in Pro-ficiency, a provider of tech-enabled training and compliance solutions for clinical trial investigators and site staff. Based in Durham, NC, Pro-ficiency provides innovative, virtual simulation training and HR compliance solutions for clinical trials, supported by original content creation

Arma Partners advises Ardian on Jakala acquisition

Arma Partners has acted as financial advisor to Ardian on its acquisition of a majority stake in Jakala, in partnership with company founder Matteo de Brabant. Jakala offers an integrated set of solutions that empower enterprises to better utilise technology and data to meet modern marketing and sales requirements across

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