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Thomas H Lee Partners acquires AutoStore

Thomas H Lee Partners (THL), a private equity firm investing in growth companies, is to acquire AutoStore, a robotics and software company providing automation technology to warehouse & distribution facilities around the world.  Members of AutoStore’s senior management team and EQT, among others, will continue to hold minority positions in

Haoqipei secures USD60m in Series D funding

Business-to-business (B2B) auto parts trading platform Haoqipei has closed a USD60 million Series D financing round led by Access Technology Ventures, with David Yang joining the Haoqipei Board of Directors.  Additional participants in the financing included existing investors XVC Venture Capital, Jeneration Capital, DCM and SIG.   Founded in 2016 and

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Crystal Capital Partners reports 46 per cent growth in advisory relationships

Crystal Capital Partners, the operator of an alternative investments platforms for financial advisors and their qualified purchaser (QP) investors, has reported 46 per cent growth in its advisory partnerships since January 2018. CEI Steven Brod says: “With 25 years of alternative investment experience, it is our ongoing commitment to remove

HKW’s Xirgo acquires BCE

Xirgo Technologies (Xirgo), a portfolio company of private equity firm HKW, has acquired UAB Baltic Car Equipment (BCE) based in Kaunas, Lithuania. Founded in 2006, BCE provides a variety of fleet management solutions, including hardware and software suites for light vehicles, trucks, heavy machinery, and agricultural equipment targeting a variety

Fortino Capital Partners invests in Declaree

Fortino Capital Partners has expands its portfolio of Travel & Expense management companies with an investment in Declaree. Founded in 2014 by Bas Janssen, Bart Jochems and Jasper Spoor with the ambition of simplifying and facilitating paper-based and cumbersome expense management processes, Declaree has 20  employees and 750 clients mainly

Connected Energy secures multi-million pound investment

Connected Energy, a specialist in site-integrated energy storage solutions, has secured a GBP5 million investment to realise ambitious growth plans on a global stage. The significant investment, made by Sumitomo Corporation, ENGIE and Macquarie Group, will provide the UK company with a platform to deliver its next phase of international

Wolt secures USD130 million in Series C funding

Wolt, a Helsinki-based food delivery service, has secured a USD130 million Series C investment round, led by ICONIQ Capital, to drive growth, expansion into new markets and hiring across operational countries.  Existing investors 83North, the EQT Ventures fund (EQT Ventures), Highland Europe and Lifeline Ventures also participated in the round.

T-street Capital completes spinout of private equity fund and raises new USD75m fund

T-street Capital (T-street) has completed the spinout of a private equity portfolio from a publicly traded commercial bank. T-street acquired the private equity holdings from the bank’s affiliated small business investment company fund and has raised a new USD75.0 million committed fund to continue its focus on growth equity investments. 

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