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AMP Capital appoints former Apple operations head as senior adviser

AMP Capital has appointed Thomas Preising as a senior adviser to its infrastructure equity business. Preising was most recently the Global Business Operations Director for Apple, based in Cupertino, US. He had joined Apple in 2004 as the Operations Director for Apple Europe, before moving to Delhi as the Sales

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Eze Castle Integration adds BI features to client portal

Eze Castle Integration has added new features to the Eze Client Portal allowing clients to visually explore and analyse data associated with their IT environment and operations and create interactive dashboards and reports. By incorporating Microsoft Power BI business analytics into the platform, the Eze Client Portal is more valuable

Retail automation platform Veeqo secures GBP3.3m growth investment from Octopus Investments

Veeqo, a retail automation platform that helps retailers sync their inventory across multiple sales channels and fulfil customer orders, has raised a GBP3.3m growth investment from the Development Capital team at Octopus Investments.  Octopus joins existing investors, Daniel McPherson and New Look founder Tom Singh, along with equity crowdfunding platform

LDC adds two Investment Directors to London team

UK mid-market private equity investor LD has strengthened its London team with the appointment of two new investment directors. Joseph Fison and Joe Tager have joined the 11-strong team, supporting Head of London, Yann Souillard, and directors, Christian Bruning and Steve Aston, to help identify new investment opportunities across the

GCA Altium advises on Carousel Logistics’ acquisition of BDA Logistics Innovation

Global investment bank GCA Altium has advised Livingbridge portfolio company, Carousel Logistics Limited, on its refinancing and acquisition of time-critical logistics company BDA Logistics Innovation (BDA). Carousel provides specialist logistics solutions to high performance industries across Europe, in the Agriculture, MedTech, High-Tech, Scientific and Automotive sectors, plus other service-focused industries.

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Alt-data provider Thinknum secures USD11.6 million in Series A funding round

Thinknum, a leading provider of web-sourced alternative data, has secured USD11.6 million in Series A funding round. Participants included Green Visor Capital, one of the original investors in the firm’s USD1 million seed round in 2014.  Thinknum will use the fresh capital to fund its continuing growth and allow it

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Fintech merger creates full-scale European digital financing and investing platform

Finnish Invesdor Oy, a leading digital equity funding platform in the Nordics, and Austrian Finnest, a digital mid-size (Mittelstand) financier in the German speaking countries, have revealed plans to merge their businesses. “Together, we create the 1st pan-European digital investment and financing platform for companies of all life stages, from startups

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Acuris acquires investigative research firm Blackpeak

Acuris, a BC Partners and GIC-backed provider of global data, intelligence, research and analysis, has acquired Blackpeak, an investigative research firm. Co-founded by Jack Clode and Chris Leahy in 2011, Blackpeak has grown to become a premier provider of complex due diligence, research and investigation services, particularly in relation to

Maven NPIF invests GBP150,000 in Collabor8Online

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP150,000 in cloud-based project management system, Collabor8Online (Collabor8) on behalf of NPIF – Maven Equity Finance (NPIF), part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.   The funding will support the expansion of the senior management, including the appointment of a Chief Technology Officer, strengthen the

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