ClearCourse Partnership, a group of technology companies providing integrated software solutions, is to acquire Secure Collections, a Bacs-approved Direct Debit Bureau based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Secure Collections will join the Group’s rapidly growing Payments division and will bolster its direct debit offering, ClearDebit. The financial terms of the deal
The Cibus funds’s Cibus Enterprise Fund strategy (Cibus Enterprise) has led a USD34 million Series B funding round in DMC Biotechnologies (DMC), a company producing bio-based compounds sustainably for use in everyday food and nutritional products. Capricorn Partners, Sofinnova Partners, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, SCG, Boulder Ventures, Solvay Ventures and Michelin
Blue Point Capital Partners has acquired Brimar Industries, a vertically integrated manufacturer and purveyor of high-quality safety signs, pipe markers, valve tags and parking and traffic signs. Founded in 1988 and based in Garfield, New Jersey, Brimar serves customers primarily through its proprietary e-commerce websites, such as SafetySign.com and PipeMarker.com.
Arteria AI, a specialist in enterprise digital documentation, is to acquire certain financial services assets of H4, an award-winning contract lifecycle management platform. As part of the agreement, H4’s Chairman and Co-founder Joe Seifert will join Arteria AI’s team as a senior advisor. Shelby Austin, CEO of Arteria AI, said:
Cennox, a portfolio company of York Capital Management’s private equity group (York Private Equity), has acquired FireKing Safety and Security (FireKing), a US-based financial safe and services business previously owned by Pfingsten Partners. The deal enables Cennox to enter the traditional and smart safe manufacturing business, and further expands its
Gresham House Ventures has made a USD6.8 million (GBP5 million) investments in Preservia, a specialist in Active Digital Preservation software to further accelerate product innovation in transforming the way organisations manage and protect critical long-term digital content. Preservica’s cloud-hosted SaaS Active Digital Preservation platform – which ensures critical long-term content
Goalsetter, a fintech platform dedicated to providing families and K-12 youth with access to banking, savings, investing, and financial education tools, has closed a USD15 million Series A round led by Seae Ventures. Seae Ventures is joined by Fiserv, Mass Mutual, Sterling National Bank, Citizens Financial Group, Cuna Mutual Financial
Diversis Capital Management (Diversis) has acquired Fishbowl, the No1-requested automated solution for QuickBooks users. Founded in 2001, Fishbowl is the No1 desktop inventory management software for QuickBooks customers. Its core products include – Fishbowl Warehouse, Fishbowl Manufacturing, and Fishbowl Online. Fishbowl Warehouse helps automate order creation, control inventory flow, manage
Crestbridge is top open a second UK office in Southampton which will provide operational support to Crestbridge’s global office network. Crestbridge has chosen Southampton as a second UK location due to its diverse and skilled labour market, its accessibility and excellent transportation links to London and Europe, and importantly for
Republic, a US-based private investment platform, is to acquire Seedrs, a European online private investment platform, in a deal that values Seedrs at approximately USD100 million.
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