Clearview Capital Fund IV, and its affiliates (Fund IV) have created The Barcode Group by rebranding the holding company formed in 2021 to merge Infinity Worlds, Belmont Partners and Portu-Sunberg (including wholly-owned subsidiaries Tana Sales and Marketing, Avenue C, and Retell). The Barcode Group brings together three industry leaders with
Cabot Square Capital has acquired a majority shareholding in Chartway Group, one of South-East England’s leading partnerships-based housebuilders. The investment is being made by Cabot Square’s existing portfolio company Public Sector Plc (PSP) to create a new merged Group. PSP is a specialist strategic asset manager that partners with
BGF has expanded its Yorkshire and North East team with the appointment of Linda Nguyenova as an investor. Nguyenova joins BGF from investor Endless LLP, where she spent more than three years as an investment manager. Prior to this, she worked at PwC across its Debt & Capital Advisory and
Virtual event and communities platform SCOOCS has raised €1 million in investment from business angel Sebastian Loh. The funding will be used to develop the platform further, simplifying the process of customising and building events/communities, and expanding the team. Born from necessity in 2020 and a couple weeks before Covid
TPG Capital, the private equity platform of global alternative asset management firm TPG, is to acquire a majority interest in DOC Generici, a manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals in Italy, from ICG and Merieux Equity Partners.
Following the recent launch of £5 million Boost Fund 1, Capital Pilot has announced the first five startup businesses backed by the fund on the basis of an Investability Rating. Boost Fund 1 is the UK’s first automated high-volume investment fund targeting UK-based startups. Its approach brings efficiency and transparency
Inflexion has made a number of promotions in its 120-strong team, following a highly successful first half of 2022, which has seen company invest in seven businesses with a combined value of £1.8 billion, agree the divestments of seven businesses with a combined value of £2.4 billion and raise its
UK M&A professionals are optimistic about deal activity and expect it to increase over the next 12 months despite foreseeing a reduction in multiples, even as inflation increases are priced into models, according to a new survey from Datasite. When it comes to deal types, most UK M&A professionals surveyed
Vibrant, a Danish app that turns Android mobile devices into points of sale, has raised a €4 million seed round led by byFounders, with Luminar Ventures also participating. Vibrant’s mission is to make monetary merchant-customer transactions easier and more accessible than ever before. Vibrant can be downloaded instantly for use
Afrikamart, a West African agritech start-up has closed a $850,000 seed round of financing from venture capital groups including the BLOC Smart Africa fund managed by Bamboo Capital Partners, Orange Digital Ventures, Launch Africa and Teranga Capital. The proceeds from the financing will allow the company to ramp-up its purchases
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