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Maru Group enhances tech platform with SynGro acquisition

Maru Group, a technology-enabled market and customer insights group, has acquired Customer Experience technology company SynGro for an undisclosed sum. Following the acquisition, SynGro will be rebranded to Maru/SynGro and its management team will remain with the Company to oversee its development and integration into the Group’s technology platform.  

Pamlico Capital invests in Becker’s Healthcare

Pamlico Capital has made a substantial investment in Becker’s Healthcare. Founder Scott Becker, along with President and CEO Jessica Cole, will maintain significant ownership in Becker’s and Cole will continue to lead the Company. Headquartered in Chicago, Becker’s is an information and media platform that has established a thought leadership

Partech Ventures closes seventh VC fund at EUR400m hard cap

Partech Ventures has held the final closing of its seventh venture fund at its hard cap of EUR400 million. The oversubscribed fundraising attracted commitments from thirty European and US investors along with business angels, entrepreneurs and tech executives. All previous investors renewed their support, and new leading international players joined

ClubCorp to be acquired by Apollo Global Management funds

ClubCorp, a specialist in private golf, country, business, sports and alumni clubs in North America, is to be acquired by funds affiliated to Apollo Global Management in an all-cash deal worth USD1.1 billion. The Apollo funds will acquire all of the outstanding shares of ClubCorp for USD17.12 per share in

George Ralph, RFA

Is RegTech the finance sector’s silver bullet?

By George Ralph (pictured), RFA Financial Cloud and Technology Services – The global financial crisis and subsequent recession happened almost a decade ago, but their legacy goes on and on, with more stringent regulations and bigger fines every year.  The financial services sector has to comply, whilst also trying to

Gide advises Renault on JV with Chinese automaker Brilliance

Gide is acting as lead counsel to Renault on its recently announced partnership with Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited (CBA), which will enable Renault to enter the growing light commercial vehicle (LCV) market in China. Under a binding framework cooperation agreement signed by the two companies on 5 July 2017

NewStar to acquire Fifth Street’s mid-market CLO management business

NewStar Financial has agreed to acquire Fifth Street CLO Management (FSCM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fifth Street Holdings, for approximately USD16 million, net of USD13 million of assumed indebtedness and will be subject to adjustment up or down based on certain working capital items as of the closing of the

Assetz Capital reinforces broker support

UK peer-to-peer finance platform Assetz Capital is to further develop its nationwide broker network, supported by its rapidly growing Regional Relationship Director team. Since its inception in 2014, brokers have played a vital role in referring many small and medium sized businesses to Assetz Capital for lending on its peer-to-peer

George Ralph, RFA

Is multi-cloud the cloud of the future?

By George Ralph (pictured), RFA Financial Cloud and Technology Services – In RightScale’s 2017 State of the Cloud Report, of 1002 respondents from companies of all sizes, primarily located in the US, UK and Europe, 95 per cent of respondents were using the cloud in some way during 2017. Of

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