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Access Holdings raises $600m for car wash co

Access Holdings, a Baltimore-based mid-market investment firm, has announced a $600 million capital raise to fund the growth of portfolio company Spotless Brands, a US-based express car wash platform. The capital will be used to scale operations in new and existing markets, including via M&A. Access partnered on the capital

Stax opens new London office

Stax LLC, a global strategy consulting firm specialising in commercial due diligence, value creation, and exit planning for private equity firms, PE-backed companies, hedge funds, and investment banks, has opened a new office in London, which will serve as the base for the firm’s European operations. The office expansion follows

Goodwin adds asset management transactions partner

Global law firm Goodwin has appointed Ranan Well as a partner in the firm’s asset management transactions practice in Washington DC. Well represents a wide variety of clients across the full range of asset and wealth management transactions. 

XTAL launches private market fund risk transfer platform

XTAL, a fintech focused on the global private market industry, has launched the Private Fund Forward Exchange (PRIFFE), an institutional derivative risk transfer platform for private market fund interests. XTAL says PRIFFE is designed to facilitate risk transfer transactions, like forwards, swaps and OTC option contracts, on unlisted private market

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HSBC rescues UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank

HSBC has come to the rescue of UK tech companies facing the prospect of insolvency following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, by buying the UK arm of the failed US tech startup lender, according to a report by the BBC.

General Atlantic expecting H2 valuations drop

General Atlantic, a US-based growth equity investor with over $86 billion in assets under management, is expecting private company valuations to fall in the second half of the year as startups begin to to run out of cash, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Morrison to acquire Elliott-controlled data centre co

New Zealand-based infrastructure investor HRL Morrison & Co (Morrison) is in discussions to acquire Ark Data Centres (Ark), which is controlled by activist hedge fund firm Elliot Investment Management, in a deal that cold value the business at around £2.5 billion, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Schroders to launch first Long-Term Asset Fund

Schroders has received regulatory approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority to launch the first Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF). LTAFs are regulated open ended investment vehicles designed to enable a broader range of investors, with longer term horizons, to invest efficiently in illiquid and private assets. Schroders already offers structures

Inflexion sells software services specialist

Inflexion has completed the sale of its investment in Mobica, a global software development and integration services specialist, to Cognizant, a US-based NASDAQ-listed business, in a transaction that values Mobica at £250 million.

PSG invests in mentoring software provider

MentorcliQ, a provider of employee mentoring software, has secured a strategic growth investment of over $80 million from software and technology-focused growth equity investor PSG.  The new funding, which includes participation from existing investors Rev1 Ventures and Plymouth Growth, brings MentorcliQ’s total capital raised to over $100 million.   MentorcliQ

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