CenterGate Capital’s portfolio company Mid-State Industrial Maintenance (Mid-State) has expanded its service capabilities in the power generation and pulp and paper industries with the acquisition of AZZ SMS (SMS) from AZZ Inc (AZZ).
Private equity firm Grafton Capital has invested GBP7 million into Third Financial, a fast growing, investment platform and software provider. Grafton Capital’s investment takes it to majority ownership of the business, with GBP1.5 million of fresh capital being injected onto the balance sheet. The deal follows previous investment rounds in 2015
Atwater Capital (Atwater), a private equity firm that focuses exclusively on the media and entertainment sectors, is to acquire a minority stake in Freepik Company (Freepik), a global freemium provider of digital visual content. Vania Schlogel, Managing Partner & Founder of Atwater, has also been appointed to the Board of Freepik.
A new report released by BGF and academic Sir Anthony Seldon is calling for urgent action to recapitalise 21,000 businesses – the UK’s growth economy companies.
Eternygen has held first closing of its Series A2 funding round led by new anchor investor Evotec SE and additional funding from venture capital firms Epidarex Capital, IBB Ventures and a number of family offices. The new investment amounting to EUR5 million will be used to drive Eternygen’s development of novel
PAG, one of the world’s largest Asia-focused investment groups, has chosen Broadridge as a cloud-based portfolio management technology provider. The enhancement will support PAG’s capabilities for its private debt operations.
Fortunis Capital has awarded femtech Clementine a place in its Top 20 UK Impact Investment Fund – kicking off with a major investment in the app aiming to improve the emotional wellbeing of millions of women all over the world. The London-based impact investor’s GBP1 million funding will accelerate the growth
Private investment firm Auxo Investment Partners has acquired GC Dies, a steel rule die manufacturer based in Elmhurst, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The deal marks Auxo’s ninth acquisition in the firm’s inaugural investment fund, Auxo Growth Holdings I LLC, which closed in the fall of 2018. It is Auxo’s fifth
MVF, a UK-based global customer generation platform, has the acquisition of Dutch Software comparison website AppWiki.
Industry organisation Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM) has written an open letter to the asset management industry calling on investment firms to promote racial equity. BWAM’s letter encourages senior leaders to set out actions which are aimed at leading to progress and give black women a greater voice in
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