M&A activity has surged in H1 2021, fuelled by both the availability of investment capital from Private Equity and the increased political and economic confidence prompted by the success of the global vaccination take-up. In its latest report, Ciesco, a specialist M&A advisory firm operating in the tech, digital, media
After a year of record growth, national courier company Speedy Freight has obtained an investment from BGF – the UK’s most active growth capital investor – to accelerate its ambitious expansion plans. Over the last decade, Speedy Freight has grown year-on-year, and now provides dedicated same-day courier services to
Business communications and technology solutions provider swcomms has acquired neighbouring ICT business, Taurus Clearer Communication. Taurus has been trading in Exeter and the South West region since 1984 led by managing director Jonathan Sawyer. The merger of the two businesses will serve to extend their technical expertise and product portfolios.
Toqio has raised a seed round of EUR8 million from Seaya Ventures, Speedinvest and SIX FinTech Ventures, to scale its global financial SaaS platform. The company makes it easier for any business to quickly launch financial solutions, removing the need to build and manage complex software solutions through its platform
Exus Management Partners (Exus) has been chosen by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to deliver the full breadth of its asset management services for the 700 MW Travers Solar Project – Canada’s largest solar farm. Located in Vulcan County, Alberta, the project represents CIP’s first renewable energy investment in Canada to date,
Pixel Holdco Ltd, the parent company of cloud centric IT services and data specialist Perfect Image and a portfolio company of Vhiltern Capital, has acquired Cyphra Ltd, a Northern Ireland-based provider of cybersecurity solutions to large public sector organisations, government agencies and private enterprises. Founded in 2014, Cyphra supplies, implements
The UK IPO market has continued its resurgence throughout H1 2021 with the number of new listings on the London Stock Exchange already exceeding the number that listed in the whole of 2020, according to research from law firm Pinsent Masons. As of 28 June 2021, 45 companies have listed
In this exclusive Q&A interview, Private Equity Wire asked Christina Ulardic, partner at Astanor Ventures, some of our most burning questions regarding the future of food tech and her view on how it relates to the opportunities that private capital can provide in this space.
Forward Partners, a London-based venture capital firm, is to to seek admission of its shares to trading on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange (Admission). Founded in 2013, Forward Partners is a well-established and respected London-based venture capital firm, specialising in supporting high growth, early-stage technology businesses. It
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Summa Equity on its acquisition of a majority stake in myneva, a European software provider for the social care sector, from BID Equity. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Hamburg, myneva offers dedicated SaaS solutions across the elderly, disabled, social and
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