IW Capital – a debt, equity and EIS investment specialist based in the heart of Mayfair – has closed its first secured debt fund. The GBP2.0million Fund is the first in a series of diversified investment vehicles that IW Capital has launched over the past few months. With the close of this first senior debt fund, IWC
Independent financial risk advisor JCRA has launched Ada, a new digital financial risk management portal for finance directors, portfolio managers and accounting teams. Ada provides real-time access to debt and derivative portfolios and treasury and accounting reports. Ada is named after Ada Lovelace, the 19th-century British mathematician and computer pioneer
Private equity firm The Riverside Company has merged Montage, a solution to engage, interview and hire candidates, with Shaker International, a provider of predictive talent intelligence and assessment software solutions. The combined company will help its client base, including hundreds of prominent global brands and 47 of the Fortune 100,
Building on the acquisition of property finance firm Titlestone, Paragon’s development finance business has led the way for new lending within the specialist lender’s Commercial Lending division. Paragon’s half year results announced show Commercial Lending has seen strong business growth as it focuses on helping British SMEs gain access to
Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has acquired SMAC, a global manufacturer of waterproofing and building envelope solutions, from Colas Group. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. SMAC operates across two divisions: Travaux and Industrie. SMAC Travaux specialises in waterproofing solutions typically utilized on flat roofs structures and
Frontier Capital (Frontier), a Charlotte-based growth equity firm focused exclusively on B2B software, has made a strategic growth investment in Phone2Action, a digital advocacy platform that connects citizens to lawmakers. Phone2Action enables companies, non-profits, and associations to engage their customers, members, and stakeholders in grassroots advocacy, connecting them over social,
An on-demand removals marketplace that allows both consumers and businesses to move items using its UK wide network of drivers has received backing from leading London-based VC fund, Fuel Ventures. The fund, which recently raised GBP20 million in its third round, has invested GBP1.3 million as part of their GBP2.5
Castle Corpoate Finance has advised on the sale of the UK headquartered Brightwell group of companies, designer and manufacturer of branded professional hygiene equipment, and chemical dispensing and dosing systems, to Seko, a EUR130 million turnover Italian group specialising in dosing pumps. Brightwell is already active in 85 countries worldwide,
Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), a specialist private equity fund manager, have made a GBP3.5 million investment in e-learning software business Elucidat Limited. The investment from YFM’s advised funds will be used to accelerate product development so that Elucidat’s customers can produce learning content faster and at a
A private equity team led by Mehdi Khodadad has joined Sidley Austin from Cooley. The team consists of Khodadad, partners Josh DuClos and Eric Kauffman, counsel Stacy Crosnicker and several associates. Khodadad, DuClos and Kauffmann are in Sidley’s Century City office, while Crosnicker is in Washington DC. Khodadad and DuClos
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