The Abraaj Group, a private equity investor operating in global growth markets, has appointed Sarah Alexander as a managing director. Alexander (pictured) joins the group from the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA), where she currently serves as president and chief executive officer. In her new role, Alexander will serve The
Sterling Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm, has acquired PlattForm Advertising, a provider of marketing and enrolment-management services to colleges and universities. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. PlattForm provides a full suite of marketing services to manage and execute all aspects of a school’s marketing strategy.
Actis, a pan-emerging markets private equity firm, has made a minority investment in Nanjing Micro-Tech, a manufacturer of medical equipment to Chinese and international hospitals and surgeries. This investment builds on Actis’s track record of healthcare investments in India. Nanjing Micro-Tech was founded in 2000 and has since grown
Per Strömberg, chief executive of Nordic retailer ICA, is to join the board of Segulah Advisor. Strömberg (pictured) has been an industrial adviser to Segulah since 2009. In addition, Christian Tegenmark has been promoted to junior partner. Tegenmark joined Segulah Advisor in 2004 from PwC. Marcus Planting-Bergloo has also been
PureCars has raised USD5m of new equity capital from Gemini Investors and Stage 1 Ventures. This financing will allow PureCars to enhance and expand its services and product offerings to its rapidly growing family of automotive dealerships. PureCars’ mission has been to work alongside automotive dealerships, from single rooftop stores
American Eagle Energy has sold four million shares of its restricted common stock to Power Energy Holdings. The purchase price was USD1.00 per share and the transaction closed on 4 January 2013. The per-share sale price represents an approximate 22 per cent premium to the 31 December 2012 closing price
Private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners’ portfolio company WIRB-Copernicus Group has acquired Research Dataware, the software developer and provider of IRBNet, an application supporting institutional review boards (IRBs). Based in Massachusetts, Research Dataware enables research organisations to comply with regulations and efficiently manage the process and documentation complexities required by
Advise Technologies, a software solutions provider for global regulatory compliance, saw rapid growth during 2012. Advise secured significant new client gains across the US fuelled by demand for its solutions, including its Consensus RMS suite of regulatory reporting tools. A majority of first-round Form PF filers in the industry successfully
A combination of cash-rich corporates, increasingly bullish private equity houses and improving liquidity within capital markets will see UK tech M&A continue to outperform the broader market in 2013. 2012 was itself a positive year, with deal values reaching GBP8.3bn in the UK – and with sentiment towards the sector
ClickSlide has closed its seed investment round led by Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs (ACE) Fund and three angel investors. The investment will be used to fund product development. ClickSlide Abacus is a cloud-based platform that allows software to be connected to a programmable interface for the testing of APIs against live
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