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MSQ to acquire Be Heard Partnership

MSQ Partners, an international marketing communications group, is to buy the Be Heard Partnership (LSE: BHRD) and three of its agencies (MMT Digital, Freemavens and Agenda21), subject to shareholder approval. Be Heard has agreed to sell its creative agency, The Corner, back to its management team ahead of the transaction

eQ raises record amounts for new PE funds

eQ Asset Management has on 22 June 2020 closed eQ PE XII North at EUR190 million. Fund raising was launched in January 2020. As eQ’s previous Northern European focused fund raised EUR175 million in 2018, the new fund is eQ’s biggest North Europe fund so far. In addition, eQ has started

Allocator secures Morningstar investment

Allocator, an investment data and technology company, has secured a significant amount of growth capital from the leading provider of independent investment research, Morningstar, in exchange for a minority stake in the company.As part of the transaction, Brett Kaluza, Vice President of Customer Success at PitchBook has been appointed to

Muzinich & Co supports Direct Healthcare Group with a new financing package

Muzinich & Co has provided a new unitranche financing package to support Direct Healthcare Group (DHG), a portfolio company of ArchiMed – a pan-European investment firm specialising in the healthcare industry. Archimed acquired DHG in December 2019.DHG is a fully integrated developer and manufacturer of a range of innovative pressure

Shamrock Capital leads investment in Pixellot

Pixellot a provider of AI-Automated sports production, has completed a new round of financing by the company’s existing investors with the addition of Altshuler-Shaham, Israel’s largest investment house. The capital will be earmarked for accelerating the sales and marketing activities to address the growing need for safer, more cost-effective solutions for

Sherpa Capital raises EUR120m for third special situations fund

Sherpa Capital, an Iberian private equity manager specialising in medium-sized companies, has reached a final close of EUR120 million for its new fund Sherpa Special Situations III, the fourth of the firm after the special situation vehicles Sherpa Capital I and II, and the Sherpa Capital Private Equity fund, which

Ridgemont Equity Partners acquires American Safety Council

Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market private equity investor, has acquired the American Safety Council (ASC), a leading national provider of mandatory training, education, and certification solutions to regulated end markets. ASC distributes 100 per cent of its life-saving content in digital format and focuses on workplace safety, driver safety and

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