Iotic has secured investment of EUR7.5million to accelerate growth and meet increasing demand for its digital twin technology. Iotic enables enterprises and their ecosystems of assets, objects, companies and people to interact automatically and securely. The digital software company provides the secure operating environment and tools to create digital twins
BlackRock’ has held the first close of the European Middle Market Private Debt Fund II, its European direct lending strategy, with EUR1.5billion in commitments – including segregated mandates. The fund is managed by Stephan Caron. The first close of EMMPD II has surpassed the final close of the previous fund
Private equity firm Lonsdale Capital Partners’ (Lonsdale) portfolio company Cross Rental Services Group has completed the acquisition of Swegon Hire UK (Swegon). The acquisition cements Cross’ position as one of the largest specialist chiller, boiler, heating & air conditioning rental companies in the UK and Irish market. Lonsdale has
Ardenton Capital Corporation (Ardenton) has acquired Pebbles Care, a provider of residential care and education for young people across the United Kingdom. This is Ardenton’s sixth investment in the UK. Headquartered in Leeds and Dunfermline, Pebbles currently operates 41 residential care homes and four schools, providing care and education across
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global institutional investor, has acquires a 24.9 per cent stake in the public-private partnership (PPP) contract for the trains, systems, operations and maintenance of Sydney Metro, Australia’s biggest public transport project, which includes both the North West and City & Southwest
Trouva, an online destination for unique products from the best curators around the world, has raised GBP17 million in further investment to accelerate international expansion. The funding was led by Octopus Ventures, alongside C4 Ventures and Downing Ventures, with BGF and LocalGlobe also participating in the round. Launched in London in
BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement to establish an Australian Business Growth Fund that will help boost the growth of small and medium businesses. This is as a result of an in-principle agreement between the Government and leading banks;
Shinhan Investment Corp (Shinhan), Samtan Co (Samtan), EIP Investment Co (EIP Investment) and KDB KIAMCO, a South Korean-based consortium of infrastructure investors, has acquired a 50 per cent ownership interest in the Utopia Pipeline (Utopia) from investment funds affiliated with Riverstone Holdings. Originating in Harrison County, Ohio and delivering to
European venture capital activity saw EUR5.9 billion invested across 296 rounds during the third quarter of 2019, the strongest quarter on record according to research by Refinitiv. During the first nine months of 2019, total venture capital investments reached EUR17.4 billion across 1,113 rounds, a 52 per cent increase by
Data visualisation, reporting and analytics software developer Panintelligence, has secured backing from YFM Equity Partners and Comhar Capital in a Series A fundraising. The Panintelligence ‘Pi’ suite of software enables businesses to use data in almost any format to trigger bespoke reports, and visualise trends in real-time, helping businesses to lower
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