Quick Reach Powered Access – a UK-based equipment hire business – has secured a GBP4.5million equity investment from Mercia Fund Managers. The investment, which is the second from Mercia’s GBP45.1million EV Growth II fund, will allow the Manchester-based company to double its fleet of powered access equipment and continue its
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners’ (OEP) portfolio company, Orion Business Innovation (Orion), has combined with MERA, an outsourced product development business headquartered in Switzerland. OEP is making a significant investment in MERA to support the transaction. MERA provides customised solutions and software services, including outsourced product
Cognizant has acquired Meritsoft, a privately-held financial software company based in Dublin, Ireland, best known for its FINBOS platform for post-trade processing, an intelligent automation solution for managing taxes, fees, commissions, and cash flow functions between financial institutions. Meritsoft’s products are currently used by five of the world’s eight leading
Prestige Funds, a provider of private finance to the UK’s agriculture, clean energy and SME markets, has completed a GBP14.7 million funding deal to finance an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Kent. The deal is the latest in a long series of financing agreements to fund anaerobic digestion facilities in
Legal & General Capital (Legal & General) has taken a circa 13 per cent stake in Pod Point, one of the UK’s largest electric vehicle charge point operators. Through its Future Cities business, Legal & General looks to make investments that are focussed on creating sustainable communities with good employment
Astorg, one of Europe’s leading private equity groups with over EUR8 billion of AUM, has made its first investment in the US with the acquisition of Anaqua, a global leader of intellectual property management solutions. Astorg sees significant opportunities in the IP space and by taking a controlling shareholder position
RM Funds, the investment manager of RM Secured Direct Lending (RMDL), a listed specialist in debt solutions for businesses, has structured and made an initial investment in a bespoke five-year, GBP10 million loan note programme for Praetura Commercial Finance (PCF). PCF is an independent asset based lender backed by Praetura
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the mid-market, has acquired Mobile Communications America (MCA), a provider of communications solutions and services in North America and one of Motorola Solutions’ largest channel partners. Terms of the transaction have not been
Ropes & Gray represented the executives of Spirit Music Group, an independent music publisher, in the USD350 million recapitalisation of the company, announced on 25 January. The firm’s team, led by asset management partner Sarah Davidoff, advised Spirit executives Jon Singer and Ross Cameron, who secured capital commitments from a
Resilience Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies, has completed the sale of its portfolio company Thermal Solutions Manufacturing to Altus Capital Partners, Inc, an investment firm focussed on the North American manufacturing sector. Nashville, Tennessee-headquartered Thermal Solutions Manufacturing is a leading manufacturer and distributor of heavy-duty
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