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Prepaid Technologies secures USD96m in growth round led by Edison Partners

Prepaid Technologies, a Birmingham, Alabama-based provider of prepaid digital payment solutions, has raised USD96 million in new growth financing in a funding round led by Edison Partners, a growth equity firm. StepStone Group (which recently acquired venture capital platform Greenspring Associates) co-led, while Stifel Venture Bank, a Division of Stifel

Len The Plumber acquires Service Today

Len The Plumber (LTP), a full-service residential plumbing company headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, and a portfolio company of St Louis-based private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of Service Today, Heating & Cooling Company (Service Today).  Service Today is a full-service provider of residential HVAC, plumbing,

JC Flowers & Co expands leadership team with appointment of two co-Presidents

JC Flowers & Co LLC (JC Flowers or the Firm), a private investment firm dedicated to investing globally in the financial services industry, have named Tim Hanford and Eric co-Presidents of the Firm effective immediately. Hanford, based in London, and Rahe, based in New York, are both currently Managing Directors

Former CIO at Schroders joins advisory board of Growthdeck

Kieron Launder, former Chief Investment Officer at Schroders & Co, the private banking arm of the global investment manager, has joined private equity firm Growthdeck, taking up a position on its advisory board.  Launder brings with him 25 years of investment industry experience, having worked across a number of leading

Arsenal’s value demonstration business acquires Guidemark Health

Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal), a private equity firm specialising in building healthcare businesses, has acquired Guidemark Health (Guidemark), a healthcare marketing communications, training, and medical education agency. Guidemark is the third acquisition for Arsenal’s Value Demonstration organisation, following the acquisitions of BresMed Health Solutions and Cello Health plc (Cello Health)

Palatine makes first exit from Impact Fund with Estio Training sale

Palatine’s Impact Fund has made its first exit with the sale of Estio Training to global education provider BPP Education Group. Estio is a specialist provider of NVQ level 3 and level 4 IT and digital apprenticeships, provided through its online delivery model. The Leeds-based company addresses a national, growing

AIMA guide on SEC Marketing Rule offers practical approach to implementation

On 2 November, AIMA is hosting a webinar to launch its Implementation Guide to the SEC’s modernised Marketing Rule.   The guide was produced with the assistance of AIMA partners ACA Group and Dechert LLP, drawing on their expertise in investment advisory consulting and legal representation. Unlike a traditional manual

Victory Capital closes acquisition of New Energy Capital Partners

Victory Capital Holdings’ wholly owned operating subsidiary Victory Capital Management has closed on its previously announced acquisition of New Energy Capital Partners (NEC). The transaction is immediately accretive to Victory Capital’s earnings. David Brown, Chairman and CEO of Victory Capital, says “Closing on our first Investment Franchise exclusively managing alternative

Skyresponse completes EUR5m investment round

Alarm and event handling company Skyresponse has raised EUR5 million through a combination of investment from venture capital investor Nordic Eye and existing shareholders.  The additional capital will help drive the company’s success story from the Nordic markets into Europe. Skyresponse is an established and trusted Swedish Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company

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