Lloyds Banking Group’s private equity arm LDC has invested GBP11million in James and James Fulfilment to boost its software services and operating infrastructure.
Culture Shift has secured a GBP1.35 million investment in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures, a VC firm which targets early stage businesses in high value sectors. The investment in Culture Shift is Praetura Ventures’ fourth from its Praetura EIS 2020 Fund, which closed in January. Other recent investments
Paris-based start-up Akur8 has raised EUR8 million (USD8.9 million) in a Series A funding round from BlackFin Capital Partners and MTech Capital.
C5 Capital’s founder and managing partner, Andre Pienaar speaks with tangible passion when discussing the potential for investing in female entrepreneurs in the cybersecurity space. As one of the UK’s foremost cybersecurity VC investors, C5 Capital knows what to look for when assessing innovation in the sector. In Pienaar’s view
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of ALC Schools, by affiliates of Palladium Equity Partners (Palladium).ALC offers alternative student transportation solutions for a variety of student populations, including special education, homeless,
Overhaul, a real-time supply chain integrity technology solution, has secured USD17.5 million in a growth investment round led by Edison Partners, with participation from Overhaul’s existing investor, Abbey International Finance Group. Launched in 2016, Overhaul leverages visibility to detect and automatically correct noncompliance within supply chains and has grown to be
DeepCrawl, a cloud-based technical SEO platform, has raised USD19 million in a Series B funding round with Five Elms Capital and Beringea. The round is being led by Five Elms, a growth equity and venture capital firm focused on B2B software companies. To date, DeepCrawl has raised USD25.8 million through angel
Universtone, a global private equity real estate investment and development firm has invested in Bondstone, a private equity real estate investment and asset management firm focused on the Portuguese market.
 Bondstone was formed by Paulo Loureiro, a Portuguese real estate entrepreneur and a former executive director at Morgan Stanley in
Evolution Managers Capital, a platform for emerging private equity managers to launch their own investments, has backed Conanicut Capital, a new Boston-based private equity firm.

Clearwater International has advised private equity investor LDC on its investment in Ashtons Hospital Pharmacy Services (Ashtons), which will enable the existing management team to drive organic growth, further develop its software services, and expand its pharmaceutical warehousing and distribution infrastructure.In association with the transaction, the Clearwater International Debt Advisory
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