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Revenues jump 13 per cent at private equity-backed luxury holiday firm

The Inspiring Travel Company, a maker of bespoke luxury holidays which is backed by private equity firm North Edge Capital, has boosted revenues by 13 per cent during a year of robust growth.  The Cheshire-based travel group featured in the BBC documentary The Millionaires’ Holiday Club, which provided a behind-the-scenes

TA Associates portfolio company DiscoverOrg acquires RainKing

DiscoverOrg, a B2B sales and marketing data provider majority owned by private equity firm TA Associates, has acquired RainKing in a cash transaction. “The path to rapid revenue growth is paved with highly accurate, actionable, and predictive sales and marketing data, and the combination of RainKing and DiscoverOrg means that

Jackie Bowie, JCRA

JCRA Group secures support from Connection Capital for GBP13.6m MBO

JCRA Group, a provider of hedging, financial risk and debt consultancy services, including interest rate and foreign exchange advice, has secured the backing of private investor clients of Connection Capital, the specialist private client investment business, for its GBP13.6million management buy-out (MBO). Connection Capital clients invested GBP6.7 million in the

Waterland closes seventh fund at EUR2bn

Waterland Private Equity Investments (Waterland) has held the closing of its seventh institutional fund, Waterland Private Equity Fund VII (WPEF VII) at EUR2 billion, less than two months after its initial launch. WPEF VII was considerably oversubscribed with demand exceeding the fundraising target significantly, attributable to continued strong support from

Cinven to sell CPA Global

International private equity firm, Cinven, has agreed to sell intellectual property (IP) management and technology company CPA Global to Leonard Green & Partners, US buyout firm, for an undisclosed figure. CPA Global is the world’s leading provider of IP software, services and data & analytics for corporates and law firms.

Monroe Capital provides USD14m asset-based facility to PetEdge

Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a USD14 million asset-based facility to refinance the existing debt facility and provide working capital for PetEdge, Inc. Founded in 1956 and based in Beverly, Massachusetts, PetEdge, Inc. is a developer and wholesale distributor of

Blend raises USD100m in series D funding led by Greylock Partners

Blend has raised USD100 million in a Series D funding round led by Greylock Partners with participation from Emergence Capital, 8VC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Nyca Partners, bringing the company’s total funding to USD166 million. “We saw a massive opportunity in Blend and the work they are doing to deliver transparent,

Avaloq reports strong rise in profitability and significantly increased cashflow

The Avaloq group, an international fintech company and specialist in integrated banking solutions, has reported continued organic top line growth, margin expansion and strong free cashflow for the first half of 2017. The company says its results benefited from increased project activity, strong upselling into the customer base and growth

Advent International to acquire Williams Lea Tag from Deutsche Post DHL Group

Private equity investor Advent International (Advent) is to acquire Williams Lea Tag, a provider of marketing and communications services, from Deutsche Post DHL Group. Financial terms of the transaction have not been undisclosed. From its foundation in 1820 as a financial printing business, Williams Lea Tag has expanded into a

North American infrastructure fundraising soars

Renewed focus on infrastructure projects in North America has benefited the unlisted infrastructure market in the region, according to data released by Preqin. Over the past decade, North America-focused funds have raised an aggregate USD178 billion, far ahead of USD119 billion raised in the same period for Europe, the next

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