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Gymshark partners with General Atlantic as it achieves unicorn status

General Atlantic has entered a strategic partnership with fitness community and apparel brand Gymshark in its first-ever fundraise, valuing the business at over GBP1 billion. The valuation means that Gymshark joins the list of fewer than 25 British companies to have secured unicorn status since 2001. It is the second

Blackstone-backed HealthEdge acquires The Burgess Group

HealthEdge, the provider of HealthRules Payor,van integrated financial, administrative and clinical platform for health insurers, has completed the acquisition of The Burgess Group (Burgess), a payment integrity software company focused on improving healthcare payment operations through technology. Health plan customers will now benefit from claims cost savings via the Burgess Source

CI Capital partners with Martin Reidy

CI Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, has formed a partnership with Martin Reidy to jointly pursue platform company investments in the marketing services industry. Reidy brings has significant operational experience in marketing services, having most recently served as the President & CEO of Ansira, a leading technology-enabled marketing

Liki24 raises USD5m from Horizon Capital and existing investors

Liki24, a Ukraine-based e-commerce platform for medicine delivery, has raised a USD5 million round from Horizon Capital and existing investors, bringing total funding raised to date to USD6 million. This new equity round will support the Company’s ambitious European expansion plans, with Poland being the first international market where Liki24 launched

Hydrogen engine developer Carnot seeking investment through Crowdcube

Carnot, the developer of a hydrogen combustion engine, has partnered with Crowdcube to launch an equity crowdfund campaign to fuel its production of a prototype. The company is seeking GBP170,000 to build and test a prototype by April 2021. Owing to its unique layout, Carnot’s technology offers a significant increase in

Parabellum Investments acquires IT services specialist The Column Group

Parabellum Investments, an international investment firm specialising in the mid- market, has acquired the India business of The Column Group a US-based privately-owned technology consulting, systems, and services provider it acquired with The Acacia Group earlier this year.Based in Pune, Column India has a workforce of around 180 people and

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