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PE-backed Mercer Advisors acquires Starks Financial Group

Mercer Global Advisors (Mercer Advisors), a national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) majority owned by both Oak Hill Capital and Genstar Capital, has acquired Starks Financial Group (Starks), a financial planning and wealth management firm located in North Carolina, with assets under management (AUM) of approximately $250 million. Since Dawn Starks,

CELUS raises €25m in Series A funding round led by Earlybird Venture Capital

CELUS, a German deep tech company that uses AI to streamline circuit board engineering, has raised a €25 million in a Series A funding round led by Earlybird Venture Capital. DI Capital and existing investors Speedinvest and Plug and Play also participated in the round. The following individuals also invested

Thabor Therapeutics secures €2m financing from Bpifrance

Thabor Therapeutics, a company developing a treatment for patients living with chronic mucosal inflammatory diseases, has secured €2 million ($2.09m) in funding from the French public investment bank Bpifrance, as part of its Deeptech Plan. This funding will enable Thabor to accelerate its R&D programs and to build upon the

Talon Outdoor secures investment from Equistone as Mayfair exits

Talon Outdoor (Talon), an independently-owned global out-of-home (OOH) advertising agency, has secured investment from mid-market private equity investors Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone). Mayfair Equity Partners (“Mayfair”), a dedicated consumer and technology investor with over £1 billion in assets under management, will fully exit Talon, with management retaining a meaningful stake

LDC-backed CTI Group acquires app development agency Silverchip

CTI Group has acquired Silverchip, its first acquisition since securing a £25 million investment from mid-market private equity firm LDC earlier this year. Silverchip’s team of mobile experts will further enhance CTI’s “full service offering” in providing leading edge mobile app competency to our current and future clients.   Led

Ocorian obtains three new licences from the Central Bank of Ireland

Diversified financial services group, Ocorian, is targeting growth in the €3.88 trillion Irish funds market after being granted three new licences by the Central Bank of Ireland, making it one of just a few non-bank providers based in Ireland able to offer a full range of services for a wider

Generali Investments Partners appoints head of private debt

Generali Investments Partners has appointed Sandrine Richard as Head of Private Debt, a newly created role aimed to strengthen the competences in private debt within the Generali Real Assets & Private Markets Hub’s, led by Aldo Mazzocco. A senior investment professional with strong experience in private markets at European level,

FTV Capital makes $75m investment in Da Vinci Capital portfolio company DataArt

Da Vinci Capital portfolio company DataArt has secured a $75 million minority growth investment from FTV Capital. The funding will help DataArt grow its global technology consultancy business and solidify its position as a custom software developer. Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, DataArt recorded over $290 million of revenue in

Ergon acquires 360° Padel Group

Ergon Capital Partners V has acquired a majority stake in 360° Padel Group, the largest specialised Padel platform globally and the owner of Siux, a premium Padel brand. Headquartered in Madrid (Spain), the Group was founded in 2010 with a first physical store in Murcia and rapidly expanded in 2012

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