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Buyers Edge Platform secures significant growth investment from Bregal Sagemount

Buyers Edge Platform, a provider of procurement software, group purchasing, and data analytics to the food service industry, has secured a significant investment from Bregal Sagemount, a New York-based growth capital fund.  Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group and AB Private Credit Investors provided debt financing.  The transaction will enable the

Oaktree invests USD200m in WHP Global

WHP Global (WHP), a new brand management platform led by Chairman & CEO Yehuda Shmidman has launched backed by a USD200 million equity commitment from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management (Oaktree).  WHP was founded to acquire and manage multiple global consumer brands, leveraging a shared platform to unlock competitive

Chelverton Investor Club invests in FibreCRM

FibreCRM has secured a GBP250,000 investment from the Chelverton Investor Club (managed by Chelverton Asset Management) as part of a GBP750,000 funding package, which also includes funding from Cass Entrepreneurship Fund, the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund and the FSE Angel Network. FibreCRM has created a specialist cloud-based

Martin Lovick, ACA Compliance

Firms’ non-financial misconduct under FCA spotlight thanks to SM&CR

By Martin Lovick (pictured), Senior Principal Consultant, ACA Compliance Group – Sexual harassment and other forms of “non-financial misconduct” are now on equal footing with types of financial misconduct, such as market abuse, for the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Firms and employees are at risk of regulatory sanctions –

Cairngorm Capital acquires Fairalls

Cairngorm Capital Partners (Cairngorm Capital) has acquired Fairalls (Builders’ Merchants) Limited (Fairalls), which now joins Cairngorm Capital’s other building merchant brands, Parkers Building Supplies and Stamco, creating what the firm says is the largest independent builders’ merchant group in the South East.  of England. The newly enlarged group has 24

Soldo closes USD61m Series B round led by Battery ventures and Dawn Capital

Soldo, the London-based fintech creating the next generation of payments and expense management solutions for businesses of all sizes, has closed a USD61 million Series B round led by Battery Ventures, a global technology-focused investment firm with extensive experience in cloud software, and Dawn Capital, a European venture capital fund

Spanish private capital reaches investment volume of over EUR4bn in H1 2019

According to the first estimates obtained by Spanish private capital trade body ASCRI through the European platform EDC, the volume of private capital investment in Spain during the first half of 2019 reached EUR4.06 billion in 328 deals.  During the period, nine megadeals (transactions of more than EUR100 million) were

Maven invests GBP650,000 in passenger transfer booking platform Ski-Lifts

Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has led a GBP650,000 investment in Manchester-headquartered passenger transfers booking platform Ski-Lifts Limited (Ski-Lifts). A total of GBP500,000 has been invested by NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund and a GBP150,000 was provided by the Greater Manchester Loan Fund (GMLF),

GTT to acquire KPN International

GTT Communications, a global cloud networking provider to multinational clients, is to acquire KPN International, a division of KPN N.V. headquartered in Netherlands, for approximately EUR50 million in cash, on a cash and debt-free basis.  KPN International operates a global IP network serving enterprise and carrier clients. “The acquisition of

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