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Growth Catalyst Partners’ portfolio company TrueFire Studios acquires ArtistWorks

ArtistWorks has been acquired by Growth Catalyst Partners’ portfolio company TrueFire Studios, a consortium of major online music instruction companies.  The acquisition brings together leading names and pioneers in online music education – including ArtistWorks, TrueFire, JamPlay, and FaderPro – who together span dozens of genres and instruments while delivering

‘Emergency wi-fi’ firm raises further GBP500k

A fast-growing company that delivers high-speed internet connectivity to sites that lack the usual infrastructure has secured a further GBP500,000 investment from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia. Trench Networks’ innovative device, Outpost, aggregates connections from all the major

Houlihan Lokey acquires Baylor Klein

Houlihan Lokey, a global investment bank, has acquired boutique advisory firm Baylor Klein as it continues to grow its Corporate Finance business in Europe. Founded in 2008 by Managing Director Tim Leach, Baylor Klein specialises in providing M&A and corporate finance advisory services to the multinational and independent owners of

Apex Group acquires mola-administration

Apex Group Ltd (Apex), a global financial services provider, has acquired mola-administration, one of Germany’s leading fund administrators.  This strategic acquisition establishes the Group’s local presence in Germany, supplementing its existing capabilities to serve clients in Germany and the wider European market. mola-administration serves a range of clients, with a

Cohere Capital completes strategic growth investment in Promevo

Cohere Capital, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in tech-enabled middle market companies, has made a strategic growth investment in Kentucky-based Promevo, a provider of IT services, solutions, and software focused on Google Workspace, Chrome, and Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies.  As a Premier Google Partner, Promevo offers its

Arborea raises EUR3.6m in seed round led by BGF

Arborea – which is industrialising photosynthesis to expand the world’s food supply – has completed a funding round led by BGF, alongside Rubio Impact Venturesand Volta Circle. Arborea is a technology business that has developed a breakthrough cultivation platform for photosynthetic microorganisms for use as food ingredients and proteins. It

Luminate Capital Partners makes strategic investment in Compliance & Risks

Compliance & Risks, (C&R) a provider of market access and product compliance SaaS solutions, has secured a significant investment from Luminate Capital Partners, an enterprise software focused private equity firm.  Luminate will partner with CEO Joe Skulski and the C&R team to drive rapid expansion across its technology, services, client

Tide raises USD100m in Series C funding led by Apax Digital Fund

Tide, the UK’s leading business financial platform, has received just over USD100 million in Series C funding, bringing the company’s total raised to date to USD200 million. Tide is now valued at over USD650 million post-money, after only four years of operation.  The round was led by funds advised by

Kartesia and Eurazeo support Stirling Square with acquisition of Sustainable Agro Solutions

Kartesia, a European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, and Eurazeo have provided a EUR103 million financing solution to pan-European mid-market private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners (Stirling Square) for its acquisition of Spanish agriculture business Sustainable Agro Solutions (SAS). Founded in 1989, SAS is a leading developer

Seraphim Space Investment Trust Raises approximately GBP180m in oversubscribed IPO

Seraphim Space Investment Trust, a newly established closed-ended investment company which will invest in a diversified international portfolio of early and growth stage Space Tech businesses, has successfully raised gross proceeds of approximately GBP178.4 million pursuant to the Initial Issue of its ordinary shares as described in the prospectus published

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