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One Equity Partners to acquire ACI Worldwide

Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) is to acquire ACI’s corporate online banking solutions, an API-driven solution for the banking industry, from ACI Worldwide. Upon completing the transaction, the entity will operate independently under the new name, Dragonfly Financial Technologies.

PE-backed Mercer Advisors acquires Fure Financial Corporation

Mercer Global Advisors, a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) backed by Oak Hill Capital and Genstar Capital, has acquired Fure Financial Corporation (Fure Financial). Fure Financial is a wealth management firm headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, serving approximately 300 clients with assets under management (AUM) of approximately $260 million.

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners sells Hand & Stone

Los Angeles-based private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has sold its portfolio company Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa (Hand & Stone) to funds managed by Harvest Partners, LP. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Hand & Stone is a leading franchisor and

Alto Capital IV sells CEI Group

Alto Capital IV, a private equity fund managed by Alto Partners, has sold portfolio company CEI Group to White Bridge Investments, a private equity player in the Italian upper mid-market. CEI, founded in 1969, is one of the main international players in the development, production and commercialisation of aftermarket products

Findable secures €2m in seed round led by KOMPAS

Findable, an Oslo-based startup that automates building documentation using Artificial Intelligence (AI), has raised a €2 million in a seed round led by KOMPAS, with participation by Construct Venture and Malling & Co Venture. The funding will allow Findable to scale its product and grow its customer base as it

AnaCap invests in Further

AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), a mid-market private equity investor specialising in technology enabled financial services, is to invest in Further Underwriting International (Further), a digitally enabled specialist in the design and development of niche health insurance products and service solutions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Madrid, Further has successfully established

3i invests in xSuite

3i Group (3i) is to invest in xSuite, an accounts payable process automation specialist focused on the SAP ecosystem. 3i will invest alongside the previous owners, funds advised by Pinova Capital (Pinova) and the management team, who are reinvesting in the business as minority shareholders.   Headquartered in Ahrensburg/Hamburg, Germany,

INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund launches first annual ESG report

INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund, a private equity investment fund located in the Baltic region, has implemented new internal ESG procedures, following a recognition by the Fund‘s management team of the need to refine the procedures already in place to facilitate the practical implementation of an ever-evolving and improving ESG

QPE supports TelcoSwitch MBO

Queen’s Park Equity (QPE) has supported the MBO of TelcoSwitch, a provider of unified communications and compliance solutions supporting 140,000 active daily users across 65 countries. TelcoSwitch has been recognised in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 and the FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies. The investment will enable TelcoSwitch

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