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Stuart Platt-Ransom, Oak Group

Oak strengthens fund services offering with IAG acquisition

Oak, a new private client, corporate services and fund administration group, has acquired International Administration Group (IAG). Founded in 2000 by Mark Woodall and Alison Simpson, IAG is a specialist fund administration business headquartered in Guernsey with a team of 43 people. IAG delivers bespoke fund administration and depositary services

Synthesia raises USD3.1 million in funding round led by LDV Capital

Synthesia, a UK-based startup developing video synthesis technology, has raised USD3.1 million to continue its mission to help brands and content creators scale their video production using AI.  This financing round was led by LDV Capital, early investor Mark Cuban, and joined by new investors MMC Ventures, Seedcamp, Martin Varsavsky’s

Shearwater Aero Capital looking to raise up to USD100m from family offices

Fast growing Shearwater Aero Capital, a global corporate aviation finance specialist, is looking to raise up to USD100 million to support its growth, following its strongest performance ever in 2018. Since Shearwater’s launch in late 2014, the Company has been providing finance solutions for all types of aircraft. Family offices have

Aquiline-backed ClearCourse acquires digital service provider NetXtra

ClearCourse Partnership, a group of technology companies providing membership software/services and digital capabilities to the membership, events & bookings and sports & leisure sectors, has acquired NetXtra, a provider of intuitive integrated digital services to the membership, charity, not-for-profit and e-commerce sectors.  The deal represents Aquiline-backed ClearCourse’s sixth acquisition and

Bowmark sells CARE Fertility to Silverfleet Capital

Bowmark Capital, a mid-market private equity firm, has agreed to sell CARE Fertility (CARE), a UK fertility clinic group for IVF treatment, to Silverfleet Capital. Established in 1997, CARE operates nine full-service fertility clinics supported by a network of 13 satellite facilities, providing extensive coverage across the UK and Republic

Oriient secures USD4m in seed funding

Oriient, a specialist in high-performance indoor GPS, announced has closed USD4 million in seed funding from F2 Capital and innogy Innovation Hub, the accelerator and venture capital arm ofGerman energy company innogy SE.  The company is already working with some of the world’s largest retailers, as it scales to unlock

Clairvest closes sixth private equity fund at hard cap of USD850m

Clairvest Group has held a first and final closing for Clairvest Equity Partners VI (CEP VI) at its hard cap of USD850 million. Marketing of CEP VI commenced in January 2019 with a fund target size of USD800 million. Clairvest’s commitment to the fund is USD230 million alongside USD620 million

Growth Capital Partners appoints Investment Manager

Growth Capital Partners (GCP), a mid-market investor in UK SMEs, has promoted Jay Salter to Investment Manager. Salter joined GCP in 2017 and most recently worked on the investments in The DMW Group and Indigo Telecom Group.  Salter previously worked in the corporate finance team at Ernst & Young where

Edison Partners leads USD4m growth investment in Northpass

Edison Partners, the growth equity investment firm, has led a USD4 million growth round in Northpass, a New Jersey-based enterprise learning solution for driving business performance.  The capital will be used to accelerate Northpass’ go-to-market execution and product innovation to transform the USD5 billion learning management system (LMS) category.   Northpass

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