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AppyWay launches GBP20m series B funding round

AppyWay, a kerbside management and smart parking technology firm, has launched a GBP20 million Series B funding round, which will be used to support organic growth of the platform, strategic acquisitions, further technological investment and international scalability.AppyWay is helping to difitalise and integrate what is a highly fragmented, but high

LDC invests over GBP17m in RightSpend developer Beekman Associates

Mid-market private equity investor LDC has invested more than GBP 17million into Beekman Associates, a developer and provider of the data-driven marketing procurement platform RightSpend. The deal will help the management team to drive organic growth, further develop its software as a service (SaaS) offering and continue to expand into new

Faegre Drinker advises EPAM on Ricston acquisition

Faegre Drinker has advised EPAM Systems, a provider of digital platform engineering and software development services, on its acquisition of Ricston Ltd, expanding EPAM’s global Application Programming Interface (API) practice and salesforce capabilities. This was the second international acquisition on which Faegre Drinker’s London office has advised EPAM.  Ricston, which has

Warburg Pincus invests in Infoniqa

Funds advised by Warburg Pincus, have reached an agreement to invest in Infoniqa, a supplier of HR software and service solutions in DACH countries, alongside existing investors Elvaston and Infoniqa management.Infoniqa, founded in 1988 in Austria, is a software and services solutions specialist across all areas of administrative and strategic

Europe from space

The European buyouts market: Stability and strength in selected sectors

By Sergey Sheshuryak, Adams Street Partners – To gain a perspective on the private equity market in Europe in the second half of 2020, we start by looking back to the seemingly distant past of 2019 – before pandemic-related shutdowns, social distancing, central bank stimulus plans, and Zoom meetings.

New York

SPACs – a quirky sideshow or the future of investment?

By Richard Beresford, partner and chairman of McCarthy Denning – Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) have been grabbing the headlines recently in the US, with record amounts being raised for these so-called “blank-cheque” companies: over USD27.5 billion so far this year, including the USD4 billion garnered by Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Tontine

Mezzanine Management fully exits MBL

Mezzanine Management has sold its significant minority stake in MBL Group, a European manufacturer of medical mobility devices it has backed for nearly four years, in a sale to INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund.  This is the seventh successful exit for Mezzanine Management’s AMC Funds in the last 12 months.

Intercontinental Exchange completes acquisition of Ellie Mae from Thoma Bravo

Intercontinental Exchange, an operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of mortgage technology, data and listing services, has received regulatory approval for, and completed, its USD11 billion acquisition of Ellie Mae from leading private equity firm Thoma Bravo.“We are excited to begin the next important chapter in our

Investcorp invests in Chinese AI and smart service provider Terminus Technologies

Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, has invested in Terminus Technologies, an artificial intelligence (AI) CITY and smart service provider in China. Investcorp has been investing in tech-enabled businesses for 20 years and focuses on identifying companies that it considers to have established business models and are

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