Westbridge portfolio company APEM Ltd has completed its first acquisition since receiving investment from the private equity firm in March 2019 to support a management buyout. Following significant investment in support functions and material organic growth over the past 18 months, APEM has created a strong platform to support its
Pollen Street Capital and DBAY Advisors have confirmed that the previously-announced recommended offer for Proactis Holdings Plc (Proactis) has been accepted by a majority of shareholders, and as a result the Company has now been acquired by Cafe Bidco Limited and will be de-listed from the AIM sub-market of the
Hedgehog Markets, a decentralised prediction markets platform built on the Solana blockchain, has raised USD3.5 million in a seed funding round. Investors include prominent venture and digital asset firms Reciprocal Ventures, Republic Labs, Alameda Research, Divergence Ventures, MGNR, and Manna. Hedgehog also received a grant from the Solana Foundation. Hedgehog
Galway Sustainable Capital (GSC) has entered into a new, broad-based funding partnership with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, (Oaktree). Under the terms of the deal, GSC secured a minority equity investment and closed a new, multi-year, multi-tranche credit facility with Oaktree. GSC is private equity backed by lead investor
Avedon Capital Partners is to support staffing agency Pro Industry in its ambitious growth path. Together with its new partner Avedon, Pro Industry aims to accelerate its organic growth by opening new locations in The Netherlands and Belgium and investing in digitization. The partnership will take place subject to the
Broadridge Financial Solutions is to work with data cloud company Snowflake to enable clients to consolidate and analyse trading and portfolio data in the cloud in a way they couldn’t before.
Turquoise, a UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced its tenth deal for the Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2), a GBP250,000 investment in pH sensor company ANB Sensors (ANB). LCIF2 led the GBP997,000 equity round which included Hatch Accelerator Fund and Applied Technology Ventures as
iCapital Network, a global financial technology platform focused on access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries, has raised USD440 million in funding round led by Temasek, with participation from Owl Rock, a division of Blue Owl Capital; MSD Partners; Noah Holdings and Golub Capital.
Growthdeck has exited its investment in electric vehicle developer Saietta Group via an IPO on London’s Alternative Investment Market, delivering up to 22x valuation to Growthdeck’s early stage EIS investors. The AIM IPO, which took place on Wednesday, 7 July, raised GBP37.5 million of new investment, and gave Saietta Group
Ropes & Gray has advised Pulsant, one of the leading nationwide providers of data centre and cloud infrastructure in the UK, on its sale from Oak Hill Capital and Scottish Equity Partners to Antin Infrastructure Partners. Pulsant owns and operates a portfolio of ten data centres across seven cities in
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 February, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 February, 2026 – 5:00 pm
