Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has acquired Chemisphere Corp (Chemisphere), a specialty solvent blender and chemical distributor. Chemisphere was acquired from its founder, Bob Schwent, and is a highly complementary business to Chemsolv, acquired by OpenGate Capital earlier this month. Combined, the two businesses form a strong platform, poised for
Grafine Partners and Stanley Capital have formed a significant strategic partnership combining Stanley’s research and technology-driven approach to private equity with Grafine’s ability to meet the evolving needs of sophisticated institutional investors to grow a major new platform in the European private equity landscape. Stanley Capital is an independent mid-market
Permiso.io, a Palo Alto-based startup that provides cloud identity detection and response for cloud infrastructures, has completed a USD10 million seed funding round. The round was led by Point72 Ventures and included Foundation Capital, Work-Bench, 11.2 Capital, Rain Capital, as well as numerous security industry leaders such as: Jason Chan,
Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal), a private equity firm that specialises in investments in industrial growth and healthcare companies, has announced that it has acquired Eckhart Holdings, Inc. (Eckhart), an automation solutions provider from LFM Capital. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Eckhart’s advanced engineering, design, simulation, and integration
Waterland Private Equity has formed a growth investment partnership with Farner Consulting, a Swiss specialist in communication consulting. The partnership will focus on a buy-&-build strategy of targeted acquisitions. The existing group of partners around long-time CEO Roman Geiser will remain significantly involved and will drive the business forward operationally
Netrix, a provider of managed and professional IT services, and a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners, has acquired BTB Security, a cybersecurity and digital forensics solutions specialist. The acquisition strategically expands Netrix’s managed security portfolio and its ability to deliver sophisticated cybersecurity consulting services to small and mid-sized enterprise clients.
The closed-end mutual investment combined fund, VTB Capital’s pre-IPO Fund, has announced an investment of USD9.1 million in Ventra Go! a service that orders temporary staff services of mass professions. This becomes the fifth company in the fund’s portfolio in which shareholders’ funds have been invested. In December 2021, the
New Water Capital has acquired Chainlogix (CLX), a Troy, Virginia-based provider of engineered components, assemblies and supply chain management solutions to customers across the industrial, lighting and electronics landscape. CLX will merge with current New Water portfolio company Nelson Miller Inc, a full-service provider of custom engineered components and assemblies
The total number of registered Jersey Private Funds (JPFs) has surpassed the 500 mark, according to the latest figures, as the structure continues to assert its appeal for flexible alternative fund structuring. According to the latest quarterly statistics collated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission and published by Jersey Finance,
Vala Capital is renaming its British Ventures EIS to Better Ventures as it seeks to support start-ups becoming more sustainable – irrespective of the industry they operate in, or products they sell. Sustainability is a core focus at Vala Capital and it believes that the climate crisis cannot be resolved
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