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Maven leads GBP2.8 million investment in Lending Works

UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has completed a GBP2 million investment in Lending Works, a UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lender. The total transaction value also includes GBP800,000 of funding from NVM Private Equity, Pollen Street Capital, and a small number of business angels. The investment will be used

B2B Robo-advisor Bambu secures USD3m in Series A funding

Bambu, a provider of robo-advisory technology, today announced it has completed a USD3 million Series A funding led by Franklin Templeton Investments, with Singapore family office Octava and prominent Japanese Fintech investor Mamoru Taniya also joining the round. The year 2018 has already become a marquee year for the two-year-old

Omnes invests in Marquetis

Parisian operational marketing firm group Marquetis has restructured its capital and strengthened its development through an investment from Omnes. Headquartered in Boulogne Billancourt, and part of the French marketing and communications sector since 1996, Marquetis has been managed for more than 20 years by Virginie Massa and Evangelos Vatzias. Marquetis

EQT Ventures invests EUR23.4m in BIMobject

The EQT Ventures fund has made a EUR23.4 million investment in BIMobject AB, a Swedish technology company with a global presence operating at the forefront of digitising the building industry. Hjalmar Winbladh, Partner and Head of the EQT Ventures advisory team at EQT Partners, will join the company’s board.  

MediaMath secures USD225m in new funding round led by Searchlight

MediaMath, a specialist in programmatic advertising, has secured USD225 million in new financing, in a funding round led by Searchlight Capital Partners (Searchlight). The funding provides MediaMath with strategic growth capital to accelerate the expansion of its Demand Side Platform (DSP) and Data Management Platform (DMP). The funding, which will be

TA Associates to invest in Compusoft

Private equity firm TA Associates is to invest in Compusoft, a provider of computer-aided design (CAD) software to the kitchen and bathroom retail industries. The investment is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Compusoft’s main products, Winner Design

Rock Hill Capital makes investment in LQC Holdings

Rock Hill Capital Group (Rock Hill) has completed a majority recapitalisation of LQC Pipe and Supply, (LQC), a Houston-based wholesale distribution business providing pipes, valves and fittings to midstream and downstream end-users. LQC was founded in 2008 by Frank “Skip” Spinale. In 2012, his business partner, Tim Rodabough, joined the

Inflexion completes partnership capital investment in Mountain Warehouse

Private Equity Partners (Inflexion) has completed a minority investment in Mountain Warehouse, a UK-based outdoor clothing and equipment retailer. The investment is being made from Inflexion’s specialist minority fund, Partnership Capital. The deal sees Inflexion invest approximately GBP45 million for a near 20 per cent stake, attributing Mountain Warehouse an

Waterland partners with Hansefit

Waterland Private Equity has acquired a stake in corporate fitness network Hansefit. The company, a B2B platform for fitness services with its headquarters in Bremen, has more than 1,300 corporate customers. “We are delighted that we will be able to support Hansefit – the market leader in the high-growth segment

Walgreens Boots Alliance completes investment in Chinese pharmacy chain GuoDa

Walgreens Boots Alliance has completed the previously announced agreement to acquire a 40 per cent minority stake in Sinopharm Holding GuoDa Drugstores Co, a retail pharmacy chain in China. Walgreens Boots Alliance acquired the minority stake in GuoDa through a capital increase worth RMB2.767 billion (around $416 million), and will

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