Funds managed by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) have agreed to sell a majority stake in Karl Eugen Fischer, a manufacturer of cord-cutting machines for the tyre industry. Equistone acquired Karl Eugen Fischer in August 2013 and is now selling its stake to DBAG Fund VII, managed by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG.
Cappitech, a provider of automated regulatory reporting technology for the financial services industry, has secured USD4 million in series A financing. The financing round was led by 83North with participation from Rony Grushka and Kevin Gould, co-founders of Markit, one of the world’s most highly respected financial information companies with
LBO France has acquired a majority stake in My Media Group, an independent French media buying agency. Since it was founded in 2005, My Media has developed specific know-how in optimising TV-to-Web media campaigns (ie, the impact of offline communication, mainly television, on online traffic) and search engine optimisation (SEO) through
Eventador.io, a fully-managed Stream-Processing-as-a-Service provider has closed a USD3.8 million seed round (including conversion of USD1.3 m angel round) led by LiveOak Venture Partners with participation by Deep Space Ventures, RSH Ventures, Capital Factory and joined by existing investor, Keshif Ventures. Venu Shamapant, Partner at LiveOak will join the board
Apposite Capital, a private equity firm with an exclusive focus on healthcare, has successfully raised GBP144.5 million of capital for Apposite Healthcare Fund II and associated vehicles. Apposite received strong support from existing investors and a well-diversified group of new investors comprising fund of funds, financial institutions, family offices, endowments,
Lawyers from Carey Olsen in Guernsey and Jersey have advised Silverfleet Capital on the sale of Ipes, a leading provider of fund administration and other outsourced services in the private equity sector, to Apex Group. Silverfleet Capital, a pan-European private equity firm, has owned Ipes since acquiring it from RJD
Global fintech firm InvestCloud Inc has announced the acquisition of London-based rplan Limited for USD20 million. rplan is a provider of client engagement technology in the UK to support bespoke investment propositions for web and mobile. Its client base includes some of the largest institutional asset managers in the world,
Claroty, a specialist in cybersecurity for industrial control networks, has secured USD60 million in Series B funding from a prominent syndicate of investors, including industrial operators and control system vendors, bringing the company’s total investment to date to USD93 million. The round was led by Temasek and included Rockwell Automation,
Basingstoke-based Southern Communications is targeting further acquisitions in the telecoms and digital sectors following an increase in existing debt facilities from a syndicate led by Santander Corporate & Commercial, alongside HSBC and Aviva Investors (Aviva). Southern Communications traces its roots to 1965 as a telecoms service provider and has, over
Ropes & Gray’s lawyers have announced or closed transactions totalling more than USD20 billion on four continents in two weeks. The milestone demonstrates the firm’s exceptional international reach on significant transactions, including across Asia, Latin America and Europe. “From London and Tokyo, to Hong Kong and into Latin America, our
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