LeftShift has raised an initial growth capital investment from Riverside. Headquartered in London, LeftShift is an expert in IT delivery automation solutions, working with organisations such as Barclays, Etihad and Coke. Drake Star Partners acted as the exclusive financial adviser to LeftShift in this transaction.   Founded in 2013, LeftShift

Twin Brook Capital Partners, the middle-market direct lending subsidiary of Angelo, Gordon & Co, has committed over USD1 billion to private equity sponsors in support of healthcare sector transactions in the middle market. Since inception, Twin Brook has closed on 42 healthcare transactions. Trevor Clark and Chris Williams, Co-Heads of

WorldQuant Ventures has made an investment in Sequentum, a web data extraction and web automation software development company. WorldQuant Ventures’ investment will allow Sequentum to scale its business operations in the United States and expedite the launch of new technologies including a cloud version of “Content Grabber,” the company’s data

Senseye Limited has raised GBP3.5 million at the close of a Series A funding round led by MMC Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in early stage, high growth companies. The round was also supported by existing investors Breed Reply, IQ Capital and Momenta Partners. Named NMI Emerging Tech Company of the Year 2016, and highly

HIG Growth Partners (HIG), a dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of HIG Capital, has completed a strategic investment in Carlton One Engagement (Carlton), a global technology company specialising in the development of SaaS based solutions for global engagement, sales incentive, loyalty and reward management. The Company’s two business segments include

LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investor, has backed the management buyout of Lakelovers, a provider of luxury holiday cottages in the Lake District. The deal value is undisclosed. Founded in 1977, Lakelovers is a property management and lettings agency specialising in premium holiday cottages across the Lake District.

LUX Fund Technology and Solutions (LUX FTS), a business and technology solutions provider for the alternative asset industry, has secured a Series A Financing from Credit Suisse Asset Management’s NEXT Investors, a New York-based firm that identifies minority growth equity investment opportunities in private technology and services companies. The USD6

Caphaven Partners, a London-based private equity firm, has acquired a significant minority stake in Deutsche Prüfservice (DPS), a German electrical testing provider. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2015 by Christoph Ulrich Püttmann and based in Erkrath near Dusseldorf, DPS has rapidly grown to become one

The SoftBank Vision Fund has agreed to invest USD450 million in Compass, a real estate technology company. This investment will bring the total capital raised to USD775 million. Compass will use the capital to expand to every major US city and increase its investment in technology to further empower Compass

Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate and finance group in Guernsey have advised longstanding client, Inflexion Private Equity (Inflexion), on its minority investment in Radius Payment Solutions (Radius), a leading fleet payments and telematics provider. Inflexion has invested GBP150 million in Radius, with the deal valued at GBP800 million, through its