Global growth investor, Warburg Pincus, has entered into an agreement with Macquarie Capital Principal Finance (Macquarie Capital) to jointly acquire a majority stake in Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG), a specialist in building compliance services in the United Kingdom (UK). The new investment from Warburg Pincus marks a significant
OMERS Private Equity and Alberta Investment Management Corporation, on behalf of certain of its clients (AIMCo), are to sell their majority stake in Environmental Resources Management (ERM) to KKR. UK headquartered ERM is the world’s largest pure-play sustainability consultancy, operating in over 40 countries with over 5,500 partners and employees
ilumoni, a start-up app that aims to help people to borrow well, has raised GBP1.2 million in an over-subscribed seed funding round after successfully launching in Beta earlier this year. The purpose-led, AI-driven fintech had previously raised GBP455,000 in pre-seed funding, which saw the initial build of the first version
Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the financial services, healthcare, industrials, and software industries, is to acquire a majority ownership stake in Vector Solutions (Vector), a provider of industry-focused software solutions for training, risk management, workforce management and operational readiness. Genstar is acquiring
Guru Capital is to acquire substantially all the assets of UK based Fintech company Oval Money Ltd, which will be acquired by and integrated into the UK based online CFD Broker ETX Capital, a Guru Capital portfolio company. In addition, Guru Capital is in the process of negotiating the acquisition
International law firm RPC has advised Optio Group – a speciality insurance MGA – on its acquisition of nuclear risk specialist Northcourt. Northcourt – which launched in 2010 – is licensed to underwrite nuclear property and liability risks globally and has clients in Europe, Russia, China, South Africa and Canada,
Handshake, an early career network, has secured USD80 million in a venture financing round and is set to invest a tranche of the funding in the UK, supporting early careers recovery post-Covid. The new funding round increases Handshake’s investment total to USD235.5 million and the company’s valuation to more than
Sanne, a global provider of alternative asset and corporate services is launching its loan agency product offering in the Netherlands this week. The Dutch loan agency offering, based at Sanne’s Amsterdam office, will service cross continental clients in the alternative assets space. It augments Sanne’s existing loan agency business operating
Apex Group has launched an Outsourced Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) Chief Operating Officer Solution via subsidiary Throgmorton US. Daniel Strauss, CEO of GlassBridge Enterprises, a holding company focused on asset management opportunities, will be joining Apex in an advisory capacity to help guide and deliver the Outsourced SPAC COO Solution.
To support ambitious early-stage entrepreneurs developing technologies with the potential to shape the future economy, SFC Capital, the UK’s leading SEIS investor and most active seed-stage investor, has invested GBP25 million in 120 companies (April 2020 — April 2021). In Q1 of 2021, SFC Capital raised its largest SEIS fund to
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