Tyk Technologies Ltd, creators of an API gateway and management platform, has secured GBP4 million in Series A funding, led by MMC Ventures to accelerate its business securing, simplifying and scaling organisations’ API programmes. The MMC Ventures-led Series A funding will be used to accelerate Tyk’s presence in rapidly-growing markets,
Mid-market private equity firm Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) is to acquire Heras, a Netherlands-based provider of perimeter protection solutions. The company’s management team will also acquire a minority stake in the business. Heras will continue to be led by Gilles Rabot, who joined the business in 2015. The financial terms
O’Melveny has represented Mesmer, a Palo Alto, California-based Robotics Process Automation for Development (RPAD) company, in a USD15 million Series A round of funding. The funding round was led by Intel Capital with participation from True Ventures. Mesmer is founded by the Zenprise team that built and sold its leading
Duff & Phelps, has appointed Paul Martin as a managing director and leader of the firm’s UK Transaction Advisory Services practice, based in London. Martin has over 25 years of experience providing clients with financial and operational deal advice, with a focus on private equity and large corporates. Highly regarded
KP Capital Partners’ portfolio company Autokiniton Global Group (AGG), a North American supplier of metal-formed components and assemblies to the automotive industry, is to acquire Tower International, a manufacturer of engineered automotive structural metal components and assemblies, tor USD31 per share in cash. The all-cash transaction represents a 70 per
Investec has appointed Ajeeth Narayan as Global Head of Investec Aviation Finance. Mike Francis will be executive lead of the Aviation Finance franchise, and Celia Britt will become Chief Operating officer. Narayan and Francis were two of the four founders of the Investec Aviation Finance franchise in 2002, and have
Sovereign Capital Partners’ portfolio company Arachas Corporate Brokers (Arachas), an insurance brokerage operating in Ireland, has acquired Murray & Spelman. This is the fourth acquisition Arachas has made since Sovereign backed the management buy-out of the business in July 2017, and secures Arachas’ position as the largest independent broking group
In this week’s newsletter, Liz Pfeuti provides a second instalment on the mechanics of co-investing, in which she explains how to avoid some of the common pitfalls. One key aspect, as Liz touches on, is to define all the rules and governance issues at the pre-deal stage. On the fundraising
The latest research from eFront shows that reaching the hurdle rate – traditionally set at 8 per cent – remains a significant challenge for venture capital funds and, to a lesser extent, LBO funds. Looking at the distribution of historical internal rates of return (IRRs) delivered by LBO and VC
SRS Acquiom has appointed Scott C Ganeles, an accomplished financial services executive, to the company’s Board of Directors. Ganeles previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Ipreo Holdings (Ipreo), a financial services solutions and data provider for capital market participants. Under Scott’s leadership, Ipreo’s business and market share grew significantly
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