As governments impose travel bans, schools and museums close down, countries go into lockdown and London’s Trafalgar Square is eerily quiet, it’s safe to say that the global economy is in the eye of the storm. Equity markets saw their worst day since the Black Monday crash in October 1987
Culture Shift has secured a GBP1.35 million investment in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures, a VC firm which targets early stage businesses in high value sectors. The investment in Culture Shift is Praetura Ventures’ fourth from its Praetura EIS 2020 Fund, which closed in January. Other recent investments
Paris-based start-up Akur8 has raised EUR8 million (USD8.9 million) in a Series A funding round from BlackFin Capital Partners and MTech Capital.
Xirgo Technologies a portfolio company of middle-market private equity firm HKW, has acquired assets and technology of Palo Alto-based Owlcam. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.“We are excited about adding Owlcam’s technology to the Xirgo product portfolio and the immediate impact it’s going to bring to our
Global law firm White & Case LLP today released the results of its Global M&A Sentiment Tracker, a global survey of 800 senior M&A executives in a wide variety of sectors. The survey was conducted in the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America in the fourth quarter of 2019 (before
Palatine-backed TTC Group has completed the bolt-on acquisition of licence checking and document verification business Licence Bureau.The strategic acquisition sees TTC Group broaden its corporate fleet customer base and further strengthen its compliance capability within its proprietary technology platform, Continuum. Founded in 2003, Licence Bureau provides licence checking and
As WHO classed the Coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic yesterday and governments are taking increasingly significant steps to ensure that businesses can weather the storm, private equity firms are holding back on M&A for the time being, according to Eight Advisory. As the UK Government is about to step up
LSP, a life sciences investor in Europe, has held its final close of LSP 6 at the USD600 million hard cap. This is the largest fund ever raised in Europe focused on life sciences ventures. LSP currently has USD1.1 billion of capital to invest across LSP 6, the LSP Health Economics
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of ALC Schools, by affiliates of Palladium Equity Partners (Palladium).ALC offers alternative student transportation solutions for a variety of student populations, including special education, homeless,
Overhaul, a real-time supply chain integrity technology solution, has secured USD17.5 million in a growth investment round led by Edison Partners, with participation from Overhaul’s existing investor, Abbey International Finance Group. Launched in 2016, Overhaul leverages visibility to detect and automatically correct noncompliance within supply chains and has grown to be
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