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Axcel acquires majority stake in SuperOffice

Axcel has acquired a controlling stake in Norwegian SaaS CRM provider SuperOffice. SuperOffice is Axcel VI’s first investment, and the firm will control the majority of SuperOffice’s shares. The company is being acquired from the founder’s family, Visma, and key employees. The current management team will reinvest in the business

Igloo Vision raises additional GBP435,000

Igloo Vision, a Shropshire-based immersive technology company, has raised an additional GBP435,000 in funding under the UK Government’s Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).Igloo (www.igloovision.com) creates immersive projection spaces, such as domes, cylinders, cubes, and immersive workspaces. Igloo’s technology can display any 360° or Virtual Reality (VR) content. And, because entire teams

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Pandemic provides a window of opportunity for private equity investors

As stay-at-home orders are taking their toll on the economy and businesses are in need of cash, the private equity industry could be well positioned to pick up better priced assets in the backwaters of the crisis.  David Mussafer, chairman and managing partner of Advent International, told the Financial Times

Corigin Ventures closes second fund with USD36.05m in capital commitments

Corigin Ventures, a founder-focused early-stage venture capital firm, has held the final closing of its second fund with total equity commitments of USD36.05 million. The firm is also pleased to announce that Aubrie Pagano, an experienced founder and early-stage investor, has joined as Partner. In this role and as a member

YFM invests in commercial vehicle safety specialist ISS

YFM has completed a significant investment in West Midlands-based Innovative Safety Systems (ISS), a commercial vehicle safety specialist. The deal represents the final new investment from YFM’s Buyout Fund I, with the launch of its GBP80 million second fund last week. ISS was founded in 2009 by CEO Gavin Thoday and

Capital Constellation and Pollen Street announce strategic partnership

Capital Constellation (Constellation), a provider of investment capital to investor entrepreneurs, has closed a strategic partnership with Pollen Street Capital (Pollen Street), an independent asset manager focused on the financial and business services sectors in the UK and Europe.Constellation has acquired a minority ownership interest in Pollen Street and will

Clearlake Capital raises USD7bn for new private equity fund

Clearlake Capital Group, an investment firm focusing on the technology, industrials, and consumer sectors, has completed fundraising for its sixth private equity fund, Clearlake Capital Partners VI (Fund VI), with more than USD7 billion in commitments. This brings Clearlake’s total assets under management to approximately USD18 billion and comes on the

Mill Point Capital invests in Knight Enterprises

Knight Enterprises (Knight), a provider of critical communications infrastructure services, has been acquired by an affiliate of Mill Point Capital, a middle-market private equity firm focused on control investments in North America.The Mill Point team employs an Executive Partner model and has extensive experience investing in transactions in the communications

Omani VC Phaze Ventures adds monitoring technology company to portfolio

Oman-based venture capital firm Phaze Ventures has invested in SpotLight, a French geoscience start-up that provides dynamic detection of subsurface movements. The deal marks Phaze’s seventh investment since the firm was established in 2018, building on its mission to transform traditional industries with disruptive technology.  SpotLight’s proprietary single source, single receiver

Pearce Services partners with New Mountain Capital

Pearce Services (Pearce), a provider of telecommunications infrastructure maintenance, repair, and engineering, has partnered with New York-based New Mountain Capital, a leading growth-oriented investment firm with over USD20 billion in assets under management. Pearce has also announced the simultaneous acquisition of MaxGen Energy Services (MaxGen) and World Wind & Solar (WWS),

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