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KKR to acquire Teaching Strategies

KKR is to acquire Teaching Strategies, a provider of curriculum, assessment and family engagement tools to the early childhood education (ECE) market, from global growth investor Summit Partners. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Teaching Strategies aims to empower and inspire early childhood educators as they support

Astorg backed IQ-EQ to acquire Davy Global Fund Management

IQ-EQ has acquired Davy Global Fund Management (DGFM), part of Davy Group, one of Ireland’s largest domestic financial services businesses servicing a domestic and international client base from its offices in Dublin, London and Luxembourg.  The strategic combination of IQ-EQ and DGFM creates an established full service funds business in

CAPZA Expansion invests Novarc

CAPZA has made a minority investment in French industrial group Novarc. CAPZA joins the pool of historical investors including Bpifrance, BNP Paribas Développement and CASRA Capital, who are reinvesting alongside CAPZA. As part of this transaction, Amundi Private Equity Funds is selling its stake. This transaction aims at backing the

BGF backs Gaist

BGF has made a further GBP2.1 million investment in Yorkshire-based digital mapping company, Gaist.   The deal follows BGF’s initial investment in 2018, taking the total invested to GBP4.8 million.   The highways technology company has developed a revolutionary and IP-rich proprietary system for collecting and analysing, high-definition imagery of

Audax Private Equity makes majority investment in Flashpoint

Audax Private Equity (Audax) has acquired a majority stake in Flashpoint, a specialist in actionable threat intelligence, to support its continued growth initiatives. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in New York City, Flashpoint is a leading provider of actionable threat intelligence and intelligence automation for commercial

GraphCMS raises USD10m Series A

GraphCMS, a Berlin-based company whose pioneering content management platform enables enterprises to seamlessly deliver better digital experiences, has raised a USD10 million Series A funding round. The round was led by OpenOcean, and previous investors Peak and Paua Ventures also participated, bringing the company’s total funding to USD13.7 million. Mango

Percent closes USD5m venture round led by Morpheus

Percent, the fintech innovator with the mission to put good into everyday financial transactions, has closed a USD5 million venture round led by Morpheus Ventures. This strategic investment is being used to expand Percent’s Purpose-as-a-Service offering to commerce, big-tech and fintech markets in the US, building on its existing presence

Elizabeth Weymouth, Grafine Partners

A new generation of private equity dealmakers are capturing investor attention

By Elizabeth Weymouth (pictured), Founder and Managing Partner, Grafine Partners – There’s a quiet revolution happening among sophisticated institutional investors and large pools of capital that could eventually up-end one corner of the private equity universe. A growing number of LPs are starting to turn away from allocating to the largest managers

White & Case advises Carlyle Group on LiveU acquisition

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of LiveU from Francisco Partners. “Our team helped to successfully navigate this strategic investment, which will enable Carlyle to continue to support the growth of media tech companies and LiveU to reach new customers,” says

Sherpa Healthcare Partners closes oversubscribed Fund II

Sherpa Healthcare Partners has held the closing of its oversubscribed Sherpa Healthcare Fund II.  The fund focuses on early- to growth-stage investments in China healthcare sector to cover companies in biotech/biopharma, medical devices/diagnostics, and medical services. The Fund’s LPs include public pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, foundations, family offices, funds

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