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Digitalbox secures USD1m in VC funding

Digitalbox, the performance marketing specialist, has secured USD1m in venture capital funding from a series of high net worth investors to help fund the expansion of its native advertising business, ContentClick.

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Carlyle Group and Louis Bacon to acquire Traxys Group

Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group, together with affiliates of Louis M Bacon, are to acquire a majority interest in the Traxys Group, a physical metals and minerals commodity merchant. As part of the transaction, Traxys management will increase its investment stake in the company.   The transaction is subject

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Graphite Capital backs ICR MBO

Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity specialist, has backed the management buy-out (MBO) of ICR, which provides repair and maintenance services to the global energy industry. ICR comprises four businesses that mainly operate in the UK and Middle East energy markets.   Walker Technical is a specialist in composite

Crestbridge awarded internal AIFM licence

Crestbridge has been granted AIFM licensing by Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) to become a provider of management company services to alternative investment funds. Crestbridge is already authorised to provide services to UCITS funds under Chapter 15 of the law of 17 December 2010, but the process

Phil Scanlan joins strategic advisory board of Bridge Growth Partners

Bridge Growth Partners, a growth-oriented private equity investment firm launched late last year, has appointed Phil Scanlan to the firm’s strategic advisory board. Scanlan, an Australian businessman, stepped down as Australian consul-general in New York last year.   He is a former managing director of Coca-Cola Amatil.   “We are

ISN Solutions secures GBP4.6m investment from Maven

Private equity manager Maven Capital Partners has led a GBP4.6m investment in IT support and services business ISN Solutions. Established as a start-up in 1999, the business now generates sales close to GBP6m through the provision of consultancy, project management and outsourced IT services to a niche client base operating

CDC appoints David Osborne as investment director

CDC Group has appointed David Osborne as investment director. Osborne joins CDC’s equity investments team, which provides capital directly to businesses across Africa and South Asia, focusing on sectors that have good potential for job creation.   Osborne has over 25 years of experience of private equity investing in both

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Water Street and JLL complete merger of CCBR-SYNARC and BioClinica

Water Street Healthcare Partners and JLL Partners have merged their portfolio companies CCBR-SYNARC and BioClinica. The combination creates a global provider of specialty outsourced clinical services.   JLL Partners and Water Street invested in BioClinica and CCBR-SYNARC in 2013 and reached an agreement earlier this year to combine the two

Michael Sanders, chairman of the board, Alceda Fund Management

Alceda granted multi-asset AIFM status in Germany

Alceda Asset Management has been granted a licence to act as Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). The licence will enable Alceda to work with initiators of alternative investment funds (AIFs) covering both traditional open-end equity and bond funds as well as closed-end

Houlihan Lokey acquires ArchPoint Partners

Houlihan Lokey, the international investment bank, has acquired ArchPoint Partners, an independent investment banking firm that provides M&A and private capital raising advisory services to clients in the technology sector. The transaction, which closed on 7 March, enhances Houlihan Lokey’s global coverage and capabilities for clients across the technology sector.

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