The North East Development Capital Fund (NEDCF) has led a GBP500,000 funding round for Newcastle-based HiveHR Ltd (Hive), an employee listening tool, operating in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) space. The Fund, which is managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has invested GBP250,000, alongside GBP250,000 from the Future Fund, a government backed
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a significant investment in Pagabo, a procurement services specialist, and Sypro, a contract management and compliance software provider. The two businesses share common ownership and the transaction will allow for the creation of a formal group of companies (Group). Pagabo and Sypro have highly
Paceline Equity Partners (Paceline), a Dallas-based private equity manager, has held the final closing of commitments to Paceline Equity Partners Opportunity Fund I, and Paceline Equity Partners Opportunity Fund I (Cayman) with total commitments of USD350 million. In addition, Paceline has raised and currently manages USD64 million of third-party equity
CSC, a provider of business, legal, tax, and digital brand services, has acquired PEF Services LLC (PEF), a leading provider of technology-enabled fund administration services to private capital firms and their investors, including private equity, private debt, venture capital and US-based small business investment companies (SBICs). This strategic acquisition greatly
Taylor Maxwell Group, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of timber and façade solutions to the construction industry, has been acquired by Brickability Group for a consideration of up to GBP63 million. The Bristol offices of Grant Thornton Corporate Finance and Burges Salmon advised the shareholders with Grant Thornton
Two months after the acquisition of SocieteInfo, Explore, a specialist in the development of B2B business solutions, has acquired Belgian company Codata. This new merger will enable Explore to deploy innovative solutions on the B2B data market for retail chains and commercial real estate professionals, and thus strengthen its position
Phil, a software therapy deployment platform, has secured USD56 million in a Series D fundraise led by Warburg Pincus, a global growth investor. The investment is part of an arrangement for Warburg Pincus to invest up to USD100 million and enables Phil to accelerate the development of innovative products while
Pario Ventures has completed a successful investment in Kingfisher Overland Ltd. Pario Ventures has taken a 20 per cent stake to accelerate Overland-e commercial growth in developing a new Electric Overland-E vehicle to be built in Banbury and Birmingham, UK as well as growing the performance and endurance engineering side
Babylon Holdings Limited (Babylon), a digital-first value-based care company, and Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp (Alkuri Global), a special purpose acquisition company, today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will operate as Babylon and plans to trade on Nasdaq
Antidote Technologies Limited (Antidote) has closed USD23.2 million in funding to expand its digital patient engagement programs and clinical trial recruitment services. The funding round was led by LBO France, a private equity firm committed to supporting the growth of digital health, both in transforming health systems and accelerating medical
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