New research from Revolution.Aero amongst private equity and venture capital professionals reveals that 69 per cent expect the amount of money their industries invest in the aviation sector to increase between now and the end of 2020, and just 4 per cent expect it to fall. The corresponding figures for
Swipii, the loyalty card app, has secured an investment of GBP1.9m through a funding round led by award-winning Scottish venture capital firm Par Equity. The latest version of the app removes the need for physical loyalty cards by linking to a debit or credit card and rewarding users with points
New Heritage Capital (Heritage) has made an investment in Columbia, SC-based Rhythmlink International (Rhythmlink), a designer and manufacturer of disposable neurodiagnostic devices and consumables. Rhythmlink’s products provide the connection between “people and machines” in order to identify, record, and monitor important neurophysiological information. Heritage completed its investment via its unique
KnowBe4, provider of a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has secured a sizeable minority investment from global investment firm KKR, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures. The investment, which values the company at over USD800 million, comes off the back of an exceptional 2018 for KnowBe4, which reached USD120 million of bookings and revenue
Pandea Global M&A – an international network of advisory firms co-founded by Dow Schofield Watts – completed 110 transactions with a combined value of over EUR1.6 billion in 2018. The network, which has members in 15 countries, was most active in the business support services sector, which accounted for 25
European private equity firm Astorg is to acquire a minority shareholding in Acturis Group, a leading supplier of insurance software. Under the terms of the transaction, existing investor Summit Partners will exit its position. Acturis employees will continue to own the majority of the company. The Acturis Group was founded
Private equity investors are likely to favour cycle-tested managers this year, says Tom Franco, Partner, Clayton Dubilier & Rice… If global markets become jittery over the coming months, investors are likely to retrench and maintain their private equity allocations with a smaller number of trusted managers who have
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the mid-market, has sold CINgroup, a provider of innovative software and due diligence solutions to attorneys and their clients. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. CINgroup is the world’s leading bankruptcy
Northill Capital has completed its acquisition of a majority equity interest in Strategic Investment Group, previously held by FFL Partners. Strategic’s senior management and investment teams increased their direct ownership of the firm as part of the transaction, with further increases expected over time. Strategic, founded in 1987 and
Inflexion Private Equity has acquired Times Higher Education (THE) from TPG Capital (TPG), the global private equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG. THE, formerly part of Tes Global, has been carved out as an independent entity as part of the investment from Inflexion. The investment was made by Inflexion’s
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