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irith Solutions completes Bytronics acquisition

irth Solutions, a provider of field service management solutions to the utility, energy and telecoms industries, has acquired Bytronics, a provider of software solutions to the energy, utility, municipality and contract locator industries and the maker of DigTrack One Call ticket management software. Financial terms of the transaction have not

Kirkland & Ellis advises Oakley Capital on the acquisition of Career Partner

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Oakley Capital Private Equity III on the acquisition of Career Partner Group from its shareholder Apollo Education Group Inc. The current management team of Career Partner is investing alongside Oakley in the transaction. The transaction is funded by a unitranche debt facility from BlueBay and equity

Quad-C invests in Galleher

Middle market private equity firm Quad-C Management has closed an investment in Galleher Corporation (Galleher), one of the oldest, largest and fastest growing value-added floor covering distributors in the United States. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1937, Galleher currently operates 23 locations in California, Nevada

Investor communications: private equity’s information gap

By Ian Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Augentius – Enthusiasm for private equity as an asset class continues to rise in a time of opportunity for fund managers – Preqin data shows the number of private equity funds in the market continued to grow in Q3 2017, with a 10 per

Firms must maximise MiFID II innovation opportunities

Linda Gibson, Director of Regulatory Change and Compliance Risk, BNY Mellon’s Pershing on teh challenge and opportunities of MiFID II… The FCA will not be lenient on firms that fall behind on MiFID II compliance. But where a zero tolerance approach will apply to more straightforward areas – such as

Blockchain

Blockchain – what’s it all about?

By George Ralph, RFA – Why is Blockchain the latest buzz word? What is it, and do you need it in your alternative investment firm? Essentially blockchain technology is a distributed ledger tech for real-world applications. It is a peer to peer entity which is not maintained by any one organisation, but

Calculus Capital invests in Every1Mobile

Private equity firm Calculus Capital has invested GBP2.2m in Brighton-based Every1Mobile, the developer of a mobile communications platform that is helping to deliver measurable socio-economic inclusion programmes at scale across Africa. Every1Mobile provides digital communication solutions and online community management to large corporates and international development agencies. The funding from

CloudSense raises USD77m from Vector Capital

CloudSense, a leading Salesforce-native, industry-specific cloud company, has secured a USD77 million growth investment from Vector Capital. The funding will be used to accelerate CloudSense’s rapid global expansion, especially in the North American markets, and to accelerate product innovation and development of enterprise focused vertical solutions. CloudSense enables leading customer-centric enterprises

Etraveli and e-Travel join forces

Etraveli, a flight-centric and data-driven online travel platform which was acquired by CVC Capital Partners’ Fund VI in August 2017, is to join forces with e-Travel. Both Etraveli and e-Travel have seen rapid growth and expansion to a variety of markets in recent years.   Their geographical footprints have little

Redpoint Capital Group adds to investment team

Redpoint Capital Group, an alternative credit manager focused on providing financing solutions to companies across an array of industries, has expanded its investment team with the appointment of Spring Hollis as a Portfolio Manager. Hollis, together with Dan Adashek, will be responsible for managing Redpoint’s investments and structuring future transactions.

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