HSBC’s North West leverage finance team has played a key role in supporting three acquisitions made by the Manchester-based Concept Life Sciences Group, a newly formed scientific laboratory and consultancy business. Following backing from Equistone Partners Europe, which has taken a majority stake in the group, Concept Life Sciences has
Horizon Technology Finance Corporation has led a USD25 million venture loan for mBlox, one of the world’s largest providers of A2P (application-to-person) text messaging. The venture loan was fully funded at closing, with Horizon funding its commitment of USD10 million. mBlox will use the funds to support its continued growth.
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is to acquire Sparta Systems, a provider of enterprise quality management solutions (EQMS), from current investors Summit Partners and Altaris Capital Partners. Financial details have not been disclosed, and the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2014. “We are excited
An affiliate of private equity firm CI Capital Partners is to acquire Maroon Incorporated, which has changed its name to Maroon Group, a North American distributor of specialty chemicals based in Avon, Ohio. Maroon’s management team retains a significant equity interest in the company. Terms of the transaction were not
Taliance, a global analytics provider serving the alternative investments marketplace, has sold its back office-focused accounting and transactional solutions to asset management software provider Cassiopae. Taliance now intends to concentrate on the rapidly-growing and evolving alternative investments space. Cassiopae, which has a global focus on back office solutions for the
The management team at Oxford company bChannels Limited has completed an equity backed buyout of the business. Led by chief executive Matt Rowland-Jones, the four-strong team has acquired a majority stake in the company following a GBP3.5 million secondary buyout from RCapital. The deal, backed by private equity house
Funds advised by Triton are to acquire Scandinavian Business Seating, a manufacturer of Scandinavian-designed ergonomic swivel and meeting chairs for office use. The transaction is funded by the Triton IV fund, has an enterprise value of NOK1,925 million, and includes all assets of Scandinavian Business Seating. The transaction is
Mid-market advisory firm Clearwater International has completed its first deal since its merger, advising boutique gym chain Gymbox on its GBP10m investment of growth capital from Business Growth Fund (BGF). This comes after Clearwater Corporate Finance merged with Danish firm Advizer and IMAP Lynx, based in Spain and Portugal, forming
Traity, which enables individuals to own their own online reputation, has secured a USD4.7 million Series A investment led by ACTIVE Venture Partners. The investment was led by ACTIVE Venture Partners through its Amerigo Innvierte Spain Ventures Fund , together with Horizons Ventures, the venture investment arm of Li Ka-Shing;
The AIM-quoted investment group Adamas Finance Asia (ADAM) is to invest a further USD300,000 into the BRJ China Private Credit Fund following an initial investment of USD500,000 last April. The BRJ Fund provides capital for operationally-sound Chinese SMEs in need of short-term bridging finance not easily available within the People’s
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