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Citizens advises Leadec on acquisition of Diversified Automation

Citizens M&A Advisory has served as the financial adviser to Leadec in its acquisition of Diversified Automation, Inc. Founded in 2002, Diversified Automation is a leading automation controls and software solution provider to the express parcel industry. It serves global express parcel and e-commerce companies, prime contractors and integrators with

Blue Motor Finance secures new equity investment from Cabot Square Capital

Cabot Square Capital has substantially increased its equity investment in Blue Motor Finance (Blue). This further round of investment follows the announcement in December of a new GBP300 million financing facility with a leading international bank and provides Blue with sufficient funding to deliver beyond its 2021 plans. Blue continues

Value of VC funds raised in Europe surges 143 per cent in five years USD49bn

Data presented by Buy Shares indicates the value of funds raised by venture capitalists in Europe surged by 147.78 per cent between 2016 and 2020. Last year recorded the highest value in a decade at USD49 billion, a growth from 2019’s USD42 billion. In 2018, the value was USD33.01 billion

BigChange raises over GBP75m from Great Hill Partners

Great Hill Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm behind Wayfair, ZoomInfo, and Reward Gateway, has invested in BigChange, a mobile workforce management technology company for the service and transport sectors.

BGF exits investment in Renal Services

BGF has successfully exited its investment in Renal Services, an independent provider of dialysis services, after it was acquired by DaVita UK Limited, a DaVita International Group Company. Headquartered in London, Renal Services operates 21 dialysis units across the UK and treats over 1,300 permanent and transient patients with kidney

Carlyle Group

Carlyle reports USD518.8 million fourth-quarter profit

Washington-based Carlyle Group reported a USD518.8 million fourth-quarter profit on the back of strong asset sales at the end of last year, including its divestment of a 50 percent stake in streetwear fashion brand Supreme to VF Corporation as part of a USD2.1 billion deal in November. VF Corporation already

Bamboo Capital Partners exits CONFIE

Bamboo Capital Partners (Bamboo), a specialist impact investor in emerging and frontier markets, has exited its investment in CONFIE, a Latin American microfinance investment holding company.  CONFIE supports the development of the microfinance industry through investment, financing, and technology to promote equitable and inclusive development in Latin America.   Through

Phatisa Food Fund 2 reaches USD143m final close

A group of leading development finance institutions (DFIs) and impact investors – CDC Group, Norfund, Finnfund, FinDev Canada and BIO – have made an USD82 million joint commitment to Phatisa Food Fund 2 (PFF 2 or the Fund), managed by Phatisa.  PFF 2 will invest across the African food value

Victory Park Capital provides credit facility to Cap Hill Brands

Victory Park Capital (VPC), a leading global alternative investment firm, has closed a multi-year credit facility with Cap Hill Brands, a technology-driven consumer goods platform that acquires and operates e-commerce brands with an initial focus on Amazon-first brands.  The credit facility marks the third deal that VPC has closed in

Seek Now secures significant growth investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity

Seek Now, a technology-enabled inspection platform and services provider to the Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance industry, has received a significant minority investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), an entrepreneur-centric growth equity firm exclusively focused on internet, software, and information services companies.  Financial terms of the investment have not been

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