Executive search specialist Kingsley Gate Partners has secured an investment from Crescent Cove Advisors which will be used to fund the firm’s growth through further global expansion, increase recruitment and accelerate investment in its talent acquisition and artificial intelligence software.

Goodhart Partners (Goodhart) has invested in New Science Ventures (NSV), through the Volunteer Park Capital Fund (VPC), which provides bespoke financing to private capital asset management firms.

Growth Capital Ventures has led a GBP1.3 million super seed investment round in Business Finance Market (BFM), a fintech platform set to boost access to finance for the 5.9 million UK SMEs.

Private equity firm CORE Industrial Partners (CORE) portfolio company CGI Automated Manufacturing (CGI), has acquired Richlind Metal Fabricators (Richlind), a provider of precision sheet metal fabrication and machining services.

Clearlake Capital Group has completed its previously announced acquisition of Quest Software (Quest), a global cybersecurity, data intelligence, and IT operations management software provider, from Francisco Partners.

Funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management are to invest USD150 million in Draslovka, providing preferred equity capital to support the growth of the Czech Republic-based family-owned CN-based specialty chemicals firm.

Win Brands Group (Win), an omnichannel retail platform that buys and builds category-defining brands, has raised USD40 million in a funding round led by Orangewood Partners (Orangewood).