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Midven provides GBP250,000 VC growth investment to Amba Defence

Amba Defence, a West Midlands-based company that provides defence, security and safety equipment and monitoring services, has secured investment of more than GBP250,000 from Midven. Amba Defence delivers bespoke services to national infrastructure, national and international governments, private institutions and high net-worth individuals.   The GBP256,000 venture capital funding, made

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StoneMor Partners secures USD130m commitment from AIM

American Infrastructure MLP Funds (AIM), a private investment firm, has committed up to USD130 million of capital to StoneMor Partners, including acquiring an indirect majority interest in the company’s general partner. As part of the commitment, AIM will purchase USD55 million of four-year, non-cash common units to fund near term acquisitions,

Private equity firm MarginXL Capital teams with SAS

Private equity firm MarginXL Capital Partners has been accepted into the SAS Alliance, a programme that seeks to establish relationships with key industry, solutions and specialised implementation partners of SAS software and solutions. MarginXL Capital seeks to address a sizeable gap in middle market operational private equity investing, namely to harness

Smaller M&A deals pay far superior premium

Ultra-low interest rates are encouraging a rebound in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with premiums on deals for small and medium-sized companies far outstripping larger transactions, according to Allianz Global Investors. Companies, buoyed wider-spread optimism of an improving economy, are looking to put cash to work externally while business valuations are

Arma Partners advises Geo Networks on sale to Zayo Group

Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to the shareholder of Geo Networks, a London-based dark fibre provider, on the company’s sale to Zayo Group, an international provider of bandwidth infrastructure. Founded in 2002 by Jonathan Watts and Chris Smedley, Geo owns and operates a high capacity fibre network

Talis Capital adds modern handy bulk carrier to Blueline fleet

Talis Capital has made another addition to the Project Blueline fleet, with the acquisition of a 2010 built, 24,000 DWT handysize bulk carrier. The second vessel acquisition of 2014 brings the Blueline fleet to a total of five vessels with over 67,000 deadweight tonnage.   The addition of this larger

Propel Equity Partners acquires assets of Summit Products

Propel Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing and creating value in consumer brands, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Summit Products. The assets of Summit Products, which include Backyard Safari, Zillionz, Covert Force, Test Pilot and Stink Bugzzz brands, will be incorporated into the Alex

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MBA & Company raises GBP800,000 from MMC and Piton Capital

MBA & Company has raised GBP800,000 from existing investors MMC Ventures and Piton Capital, taking the company’s total funding to over GBP2m. MBA & Company’s service is an alternative to traditional hiring of interims and consultancies, by providing a marketplace that connects businesses of all sizes to a vetted pool

Novak Djokovic and Billie Jean King invest in USD3.5m PlaySight Series B funding

PlaySight Interactive has completed a USD3.5 million investment round from high-profile private investors including Novak Djokovic, Billie-Jean King and Wall Street legend Bill Ackman alongside D5 Capital.  The new capital will fund a global roll-out of PlaySight’s SmartCourt technology for recreational and elite tennis, as well as research and development

Actis exits investment in Egypt’s Commercial International Bank

Actis, the pan-emerging market investor, has realised its investment in Egypt’s Commercial International Bank (CIB). Actis has sold its remaining 6.5 per cent to add to the 2.6 per cent sold to international investors in March 2014.   Actis invested in CIB in July 2009 in a transaction that made

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