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Chiltern Capital backs buy-out of Inciner8 from founder

Chiltern Capital (Chiltern) has completed a buy-out of Inciner8 Limited (Inciner8), a designer and manufacturer of incinerators for a range of applications across the waste management industry including medical, municipal and animal. Inciner8 supplies incinerators to a range of customers including corporate, government and non-governmental organisations. Based in Southport, Inciner8 was

Downing Ventures co-leads USD35m Series B investment in Ayar Labs

Downing Ventures has completed a USD35 million Series B funding round in Ayar Labs as co-lead investor.  Ayar Labs is a Deep Tech organisation that is solving semiconductor interconnect (I/O), bandwidth and power bottlenecks by moving data using light, with its TeraPHY monolithic in-package electronic/photonic chiplet-based solution. The result is

Merck to acquire Pappas Capital portfolio company VelosBio in USD2.75bn deal

Pappas Capital’s portfolio company, VelosBio Inc (VelosBio), is to be acquired by a subsidiary of Merck for USD2.75 billion in cash, subject to customary adjustments. The exit is amongst Pappas Capital’s most successful in its 25-plus-year history.   VelosBio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing first-in-class cancer therapies targeting

Nordic Capital acquires RegTech

Nordic Capital is to acquire BearingPoint’s Regulatory Technology business, RegTech, a provider of software solutions for regulatory reporting. BearingPoint will continue to serve as a strategic consulting partner and will retain a minority stake in the Company.Founded over 25 years ago, RegTech is today firmly established as a leading European

ClearCourse acquires retail management software provider Swan

ClearCourse Partnership (ClearCourse) or “the Group”), a group of innovative technology companies providing useful, integrated software solutions, has acquired The Swan Group (Swan), a provider of retail management software. Swan becomes the 21st company to join ClearCourse, adding to the Group’s EPOS, CRM, and eCommerce capabilities.   Founded in 2003, Swan

IFM Investors’ private equity team invests in Zuuse

IFM Investors’ new private equity Growth Fund has made its first transaction, taking a significant minority interest in Zuuse, a global provider of construction payment management Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to the USD1 trillion global construction and building operations sector. Zuuse is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and operates under

Mid Europa invests in Displate

Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe, is to acquire a majority stake in GWD Concept (Displate) from the founders, Credo Ventures and Miton Capital. The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2020. Displate is an online metal prints marketplace that connects more

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