By A Paris — From the appeal of no income tax, to the supportive business community and the weather and lifestyle it offers, Florida has continued on its upward trajectory as an attractive location for financial and technology firms.
Financial services provider iBanFirst, which delivers solutions across banking borders, has secured a growth equity investment to fund product development, international expansion and M&A, from global private equity firm Marlin, which became the fintech’s largest shareholder as a result, replacing existing business angels and some of the company’s early backers.
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner and Syndication Agent on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of JTM Foods, LLC (JTM) by Tenex Capital Management (Tenex). Headquartered in Erie, PA, JTM Foods, LLC, has been producing premium quality snack
MediSpend, a global technology company providing solutions for the life sciences industry, has secured a majority investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), an entrepreneur-centric growth equity firm exclusively focused on software and information services companies. SGE’s prior investments across the broader healthcare vertical include Evive, HMP Global, iContracts, MMIT, ProviderTrust
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has signed a definitive agreement to sell Greenphire, a specialist in financial lifecycle management software for clinical trials, to Thoma Bravo, a software focused private equity firm. The pending transaction is expected to close
Medtanken, a leading primary care group in Western Sweden and a portfolio company of Procuritas Capital Investors VI (Procuritas), has successfully made its first step into the specialist care sector by acquiring Citysjukhuset. With its passion for building strong sustainable businesses through transformational growth, Procuritas is facilitating accelerated development and
Pathway has closed on a USD400 million customised fund of funds (FOF) for an Asia-based institutional investor. The fund will seek to build a diversified portfolio of primary fund investments and co-investments in both the small and middle markets globally. The fund represents a continuation of Pathway’s successful 30-year history
Novo Holdings has co-led with Vivo Capital the over-subscribed USD200 million Series A and Crossover round in Esco Lifesciences Group (Esco), a leading provider of life sciences tools and services.
A new venture investment business has been formed via a partnership between the city advisory group Forster Chase and four successful CEOs/entrepreneurs, designed to guide and turbo charge young companies through to highly valuable exits. Forster Chase Ventures, in conjunction with the other companies in the group (Forster Chase Executive
FFL Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, and the Dr H Doug Barnes Family have acquired all of the outstanding Class A common shares of the New Look Vision Group Inc for USD50.00 in cash per Share,
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