Beechbrook Capital, a specialist direct lender, has reached the first close of its second UK SME Credit Fund, with commitments of GBP128 million. The Fund has also made its first two investments, in Hosted Desktop UK and Gravity Global. Beechbrook’s UK SME Credit II supports small and medium-sized businesses in
innogy Innovation Hub, which identifies, funds, and mentors game-changing technologies and ideas, has completed a seed investment in UK-headquartered AI powered CCTV monitoring company, Calipsa. Financial terms have not been disclosed. The investment will enable Calipsa to further refine its product and support its growth strategy in the UK
Stable, a venture backed fintech aiming to disrupt the commodity price risk management (CPRM) industry, has launched a risk management platform which is initially focussed on food and farming businesses in over 15 countries around the world. Stable has raised USD6 million in seed funding from Anthemis, Syngenta Ventures, Baloise
Validus Capital (Validus), Singapore’s leading SME financing platform, has successfully raised USD15.2 million (SGD20.5 million) in an oversubscribed Series B funding round. Investment in Validus’ Series B round was led by FMO, Netherlands’ public-private development bank. FMO has over 300 investments in banking and financial services institutions (BFSIs). Its investment
BlueMountain Capital Management (BlueMountain) has launched a new national behavioural health platform, led by industry veterans Kirk Kureska and Rob Waggener. The new company, Promises Behavioral Health (Promises), initially will operate 12 facilities and programs across seven states to provide a comprehensive range of treatment options for substance abuse, sexual
Wavecrest Growth Partners (Wavecrest) has held the close of its first fund, with over USD190 million in commitments. Investors include public pension funds, endowments and foundations, fund-of-funds, insurance companies, and family offices. To date, Wavecrest has led investments in three leading B2B software companies. Founded by partners Deepak Sindwani
SE Capital Partners (SE Capital) has acquired TLC Companies (TLC) under its recent partnership with Berggruen Holdings. “The partnership, Berggruen/SE Capital Holdings (BSECP), is extremely flexible on transaction size and structure, focusing largely on lower middle market transactions with enterprise values ranging from USD15 to USD100 million,” says Paul Mulvaney
Quick Reach Powered Access – a UK-based equipment hire business – has secured a GBP4.5million equity investment from Mercia Fund Managers. The investment, which is the second from Mercia’s GBP45.1million EV Growth II fund, will allow the Manchester-based company to double its fleet of powered access equipment and continue its
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners’ (OEP) portfolio company, Orion Business Innovation (Orion), has combined with MERA, an outsourced product development business headquartered in Switzerland. OEP is making a significant investment in MERA to support the transaction. MERA provides customised solutions and software services, including outsourced product
Cognizant has acquired Meritsoft, a privately-held financial software company based in Dublin, Ireland, best known for its FINBOS platform for post-trade processing, an intelligent automation solution for managing taxes, fees, commissions, and cash flow functions between financial institutions. Meritsoft’s products are currently used by five of the world’s eight leading
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