Founders First Capital Partners has launched a new impact fund called the Change Catalyst Fund (CCF). The fund, designed in collaboration with socially responsible investment management firm Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, provides flexible growth capital loans to support expansion and job creation at small businesses led by diverse founders. Founders
Brightstar Capital Partners (Brightstar), a private equity firm focused on partnering with families, founders, entrepreneurs and management teams, is to acquire a majority stake in XLerate Group (XLerate), a car auction and remarketing facilitation company. The Company’s senior management team, as well as current owner Huron Capital, both will retain
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has sold Richardson, Texas-based Electronic Transaction Consultants (ETC) to Quarterhill Inc for a total cash consideration of USD120 million plus transaction related expenses.
Flyover Capital Partners (Flyover Capital), a Kansas City-based venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage technology companies, has closed the Flyover Capital Tech Fund II and Flyover Capital Tech Fund II-QP (Fund II) with over USD60 million in capital commitments, exceeding its USD50 million target. “We set out to
Baltimore-based Tilley Company (Tilley), a regional distributor and value-added service provider of specialty chemicals and lubricants and a portfolio company of SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), has acquired Ingredients Solutions Incorporated (ISI). The addition of ISI enhances Tilley’s portfolio of value-add specialty chemicals and ingredients with a full line of
Pollen Street Capital Private Equity (Pollen Street), a London-based, independent, alternative investment management company, will take a majority stake in mobile top-up service Ding, in partnership with a substantial investment from the existing founder Mark Roden. The transaction is expected to complete in September. Roden says: “We are
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) announced today that it has made a significant growth investment in Profisee, a provider of master data management (MDM) software. As part of the transaction, Pamlico will acquire a majority ownership stake in Profisee while existing investor ParkerGale Capital (ParkerGale) and the management team will retain a
Oakley Capital’s portfolio company WindStar Medical (WindStar) has acquired LAB Cosmetics (LAB), a provider of ‘clean beauty’ products. The founders of LAB are reinvesting in the combined business and will continue to manage LAB in partnership with WindStar. Based in Hamburg, Germany, LAB specialises in the development, fulfilment and
Marlin Equity Partners acquires a majority stake in Rydoo and becomes the major shareholder of the SaaS software solutions provide for managing business travel and expense reports. With Marlin’s support, Rydoo will accelerate its global expansion with the ultimate objective to become a leading global player in the Travel and
E-commerce scale-up Dwarfs has reached an agreement with European Special Situations investor North Wall Capital to provide EUR30 million debt financing from the firm’s dedicated e-commerce lending strategy. The total funding will be used to finance new acquisitions, including the immediate completion of the acquisition of four online stores in
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