Forensic Access Group has recently completed the acquisition of Faraday Forensics, building on the success of its recent acquisitions of IntaForensics and Alecto Forensic Services. Oxfordshire-based Forensic Access is a specialist in the provision of forensic science and support services to the UK criminal justice system. Warrington-based Faraday Forensics specialises
Finnfund, a Finnish development financier and impact investor, have made a EUR10 million debt facility commitment to the Advans Group, an international microfinance group serving over one million clients in nine countries: Cambodia, Cameroon, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Pakistan, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Myanmar. University of Helsinki is
ClearCourse Partnership (ClearCourse), a group of innovative technology companies providing useful, integrated software solutions, is to acquire Cymba, a provider of mobile marketing solutions to businesses and charities. The acquisition strengthens ClearCourse’s not-for-profit and online payments offering and sees the Company joining the Group’s Business Services division. Founded in
Accenture is to acquire BRIDGEi2i, an artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics firm headquartered in Bangalore, India, with additional offices in the US and Australia. The acquisition will add more than 800 professionals to Accenture’s Applied Intelligence practice, strengthening and scaling up its global capabilities in data science, machine learning and
A new report has revealed a GBP97 billion investment gap to secure key nature-related outcomes in the UK – such as biodiversity protection and restoration – to be between GBP44 billion and GBP97 billion over the next 10 years.
Zouk Capital has committed an initial GBP30 million investment to launch a new public EV charging company called Zest, supported by the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (CIIF). Zest intends to democratise EV ownership by rapidly filling the gaps in the UK’s maturing EV infrastructure. Today’s EV infrastructure has evolved to
Elliptic, the cryptoasset risk management firm, has raised USD60 million in Series C funding. The financing round was led by Evolution Equity Partners, alongside new investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Existing investors AlbionVC, Digital Currency Group, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, SBI Group, Octopus Ventures, SignalFire and Paladin Capital Group
CSG has acquired DGIT Systems, a provider of configure, price and quote (CPQ) and order management solutions for the telecoms industry. The acquisition brings together solutions specifically designed to streamline the complexities of commercialising the next era of multi-party digital offerings that will drive business growth for communications service providers
ESG analysis is more difficult in private debt but can uncover aspects often overlooked in traditional analysis. Less liquid and transparent, they hold some challenges for investors pursuing environmental, social and governance goals.
Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has already reached its target to match the successful previous fund raising for its infrastructure debt platform, the fifth vintage having raised to date more than EUR1.2 billion.
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