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SparkPost secures USD180m strategic growth investment

SparkPost, an email sending and optimisation platform delivering nearly 40 per cent of the world’s commercial email, has secured USD180 million from LLR Partners, NewSpring Capital and PNC Bank. The investment will help fuel SparkPost’s next stage of growth and product innovation as organisations continue to look at email as

Shore Capital Partners Invests in Tandem

Shore Capital Partners (Shore), a private equity firm focused on investments in the healthcare and food and beverage industries, has invested in the Tandem Family of Companies (Tandem). Tandem is a nationwide, full-service HR technology and solutions leader servicing small, mid-size, and enterprise companies. Tandem is currently comprised of four

New EdTech company Purlos secures GBP300k in seed funding

Purlos an admissions platform designed to help educational institutions increase their revenue by reducing student drop-outs during the admissions process, has raised GBP300k from multiple investors in the education space from the UK, US and Germany. 

Palatine’s Impact Fund backs tranScrip

Palatine Private Equity has completed the seventh investment from its Impact Fund, with the acquisition of a significant minority stake in tranScrip, a fast-growing global business playing a key role in the innovation and commercialisation of new medicines, including treatments for Covid-19. Headquartered in the Thames Valley, tranScrip provides a

Luminate Capital Partners sells AMTdirect

Luminate Capital Partners, a private equity firm investing in growth software companies, has sold AMTdirect, a provider of lease accounting, lease administration, and facilities management software, to MRI Software. Jeff Ralyea, Chief Executive Officer of AMTdirect, says: “Over the last few years, the Luminate team has partnered with AMTdirect to

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners sells its investment in ZorgDomein

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has sold its investment in ZorgDomein, Netherlands-based healthcare referral platform, to Rabobank. Founded in 2000, ZorgDomein provides SaaS-based solutions to the Dutch healthcare sector. The Company connects various types of healthcare providers to patients through digital patient referrals, diagnostic requests and consultations. In 2019, over

Francisco Partners tops 2020 HEC-DowJones Private Equity Performance Ranking

Francisco Partners has been named the top-performing firm in the 2020 HEC-DowJones Private Equity Performance Ranking.  The San Francisco-headquartered tech specialist came top out of 529 private equity (PE) firms analysed, delivering an aggregate performance that was 2.40 standard deviations above the average. Genstar Capital Partners, and Vitruvian Partners were

Disruptive North East tech company aiming to revolutionise customer experiences

An innovative North East based immersive technology company is aiming to transform the way customers engage and experience entertainment, sport, visitor attractions, hospitality and retail. Fame Media Tech – led by entrepreneur Bryan Hoare – is on a mission to transform customer experiences through mobile and content technology to help

Equistone to acquire majority share in Kusters Beheer

Funds advised by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) have agreed to acquire a majority stake in Kusters Beheer, a group of six companies offering advanced manufacturing capacities for the production of high-tech precision components.  The financial terms of the transaction, which remains subject to approval from the relevant competition authorities, have

CBRE Caledon acquires Swedish bus operator

CBRE Caledon Capital Management Inc has acquired Karlssonbuss, a regional and school bus operator in southern Sweden.  The vendors of the family-owned bus operator, the Karlsson family, will continue to have a small equity stake in the business.    CBRE Caledon is making the investment on behalf of a fund

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