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Factorial closes Series B funding round with USD80m

Factorial, a Barcelona-based HR software company that streamlines people management, has closed an USD80 million Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from previous investors CRV, Creandum, Point Nine, K Fund, and Columbia Lake Partners bringing the total funding amount to USD100 million. This is not

Culture Shift raises GBP1.5m

Manchester-based technology business Culture Shift has secured GBP1.5 million in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures and Blackfinch Ventures.

Compass Group Equity Partners sells Beacon EmbeddedWorks to discoverIE Group

Compass Group Equity Partners (Compass Group) has sold Beacon EmbeddedWorks (Beacon) to discoverIE Group, a publicly traded FTSE 250 company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Beacon was an add-on acquisition and subsidiary of Compass Electronics Solutions, a current Compass Group portfolio company. Founded in 2001, Beacon designs, manufactures, and

Citizens advises Ridgemont Equity Partners on acquisition of Sparus Holdings

Citizens M&A Advisory has served as the financial adviser to Ridgemont Equity Partners on its acquisition of Sparus Holdings (Sparus), a provider of critical outsourced field and professional services for utility and industrial customers. Citizens also served as Administrative Agent for the senior debt financing that supported the transaction, which

Investors with USD2.3tn in assets demand standardised environmental data from private companies

Private market investors with USD2.3 trillion of assets including M&G, Neuberger Berman and Nuveen are, for the first time, requesting standardised environmental disclosure from over 1,000 privately held portfolio companies through CDP, the non-profit global environmental disclosure platform. A trend towards the privatisation of high-carbon assets, such as BP’s sale

The Duchossois Group agrees to sell The Chamberlain Group to Blackstone in USD5bn deal

The Duchossois Group, has agreed to sell The Chamberlain Group, a specialist in smart access solutions, to private equity funds managed by Blackstone (Blackstone) in a deal with a USD5 billion valuation. Blackstone is investing in Chamberlain Group through its core private equity strategy, which invests in high-quality, market-leading companies

APG takes 16.7 per cent stake in SiFi

APG Group – acting on behalf of its Dutch pension fund clients – has signed an agreement to strengthen its existing partnership with SiFi Networks America Limited (SiFi) by acquiring a 16.7 per cent direct stake in the Company and establishing a joint venture (Fibre JV) to rollout open-access fibre-to-the-home

Thompson Street Capital Partners acquires Vector Laboratories

Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has acquired Vector Laboratories, the Protein Detection business unit of Maravai (NASDAQ: MRVI).  Vector Laboratories is a manufacturer of labelling and visual detection reagents for life science researchers doing tissue-based protein detection and characterisation. The acquisition of

GoKwik raises USD5.5m in pre-Series A round

GoKwik, an e-commerce enablement aiming to democratise the shopping experience and increase GMV realisation for e-commerce businesses, has raised a USD5.5 million Pre-Series A round led by Matrix Partners, which also saw the participation of global investor RTP Global.  Marquee Angels including Jiten Gupta (Jupiter Money), Nitin Gupta (UniClub), Utsav

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