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QPE holds final close of debut fund at GBP185m hard cap

Queen’s Park Equity (QPE) has held final close of its debut fund, Queen’s Park Equity Partners I, LP. The Fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap of GBP185 million of third-party institutional commitments, exceeding the GBP150 million target. The strong investor support for the Fund, the sole UK

HGGC acquires Specialist Risk Group

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), a fast-growing specialist insurance broker, has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by leading middle-market private equity firm HGGC.  SRG’s management team will invest alongside HGGC and continue to hold a significant stake in the business. The private transaction is expected to close in Q1

Zipari secures strategic growth investment from Thoma Bravo

Zipari, the company behind the first and only consumer experience platform built specifically for health insurance, has secured a strategic growth investment from Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm focused on the software and technology-enabled services sector.  Through this investment valuing the company at more than half a billion

QuantConnect deploys cloud optimisation for algo trading parameter testing

United E&C (United), an infrastructure engineering, procurement, construction and consulting company, formerly the Power Construction division of AECOM (ACM), has launched as an independent company following the closing of AECOM’s sale of United to affiliates of CriticalPoint Capital (CPC). “United continues our 115-year heritage of providing end-to-end engineering and construction

StarCompliance secures Significant Growth Investment from Marlin Equity Partners

StarCompliance (Star), a provider of employee compliance and regulatory technology solutions to the financial services industry, has secured a majority-control, growth equity investment from Marlin Equity Partners (Marlin).  The transaction enables Star to further expand its leadership position within the global compliance market by accelerating product innovation and supporting the

Paxos raises USD142m in Series C funding

Paxos, a regulated blockchain infrastructure platform, has closed a USD142 million Series C round of funding.  Declaration Partners, the investment firm backed by the family office of David M Rubenstein, led the round, which includes investments from Mithril Capital, PayPal Ventures, RIT Capital Partners plc, Ken Moelis, Alua Capital, Senator

Odyssey Investment Partners to acquire Protective Industrial Products

Odyssey Investment Partners (Odyssey) is to acquire Protective Industrial Products Inc (PIP), a global supplier of personal protective equipment (PPE) and industrial safety products, from Audax Private Equity.  Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. PIP, founded in 1984, offers a broad suite of the most recognised PPE products

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners sells Pacific Handy Cutter

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company Safety Products Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Pacific Handy Cutter (PHC), to Bertram Capital. PHC is the leading supplier of specialised safety cutting tools and replacement blades to a diverse range of end

Hg invests in Geomatikk Group

European software investor Hg has made an investment in Geomatikk Group (Geomatikk), a tech-enabled services provider, managing critical ‘check-before-you-dig’ safety assessments to network owners, contractors and consulting engineers within Norway, Sweden and Finland.  Hg will support Geomatikk with its extensive experience in scaling tech champions across Europe. Hg will become

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