Frontier Capital (Frontier), a growth equity firm focused exclusively on software and tech-enabled business services companies, has made a significant equity investment in Clearwave Corporation (Clearwave), a provider of digital check-in, insurance eligibility, and patient payments solutions to health systems and physician practices. Clearwave’s solutions are utilised by an array
A company which has developed a new glass coating that protects against the sun has set up its headquarters in Nottingham, following a GBP250,000 investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund. Solaris Technology’s coating blocks
Law firm Paul Hastings has represented Oakley Capital, a Western Europe-focused private equity firm, on its Fund III acquisition of Ekon. Ekon is a Spanish provider of enterprise resource planning software, with the acquisition structured as a carve-out from the Iberian operations of its seller, Unit4. The Paul Hastings
Funds advised and managed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), a specialist private equity fund manager, have backed a significant investment into Frescobol Carioca Limited (Frescobol). YFM’s investment comes from its two advised VCTs, British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc. Founded in 2013 as the
Zeus Capital has acted as exclusive financial adviser to the shareholders of Prestat, the manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of premium chocolates, on its sale to Italian coffee dynasty and chocolatier Gruppo illy. Established in 1902, Prestat produces over 300 tonnes of chocolates and baked goods per annum from its artisan
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is opening a new office in Washington, DC. The office, which opens this week, will support the association’s growing membership and government affairs work in the United States. The DC location expands AIMA’s existing US footprint and complements the association’s regional headquarters in New
A consortium led by private equity firms Apax and Warburg Pincus is to acquire British satellite communications company Inmarsat in a deal worth USD3.4 billion. The consortium, which also includes the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP), has agreed to pay USD7.21
Global investment bank GCA Altium has advised the UK’s leading independent mobile live games developer, Mediatonic, on an investment from Synova Capital. 

 Founded in 2005, and with headquarters in London, Mediatonic has launched over 100 games in partnership with some of the world’s largest game publishers, including Scopely and
Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has made four appointments to its investment team across Europe. The new appointments strengthen Equistone’s origination and investment capabilities across its core markets. Two of the appointments have been made in Equistone’s Munich office: Julia Brunswicker will join
Oase Living Water (OASE), a portfolio company of buyout firm Argand Partners, has acquired the German-based Söll Group (Söll), a supplier of specialised water treatment products, water analysis and filtering technology, and premium fish food for consumer and commercial applications. Headquartered in Hörstel, Germany, OASE is the global market
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