BrightPay, a provider of payroll and HR software solutions, and Relate Software (Relate), a specialist in post-accounting, practice management and bookkeeping software, have agreed to join forces to create a software company serving payroll and accounting bureaus and SMEs across the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Paul Byrne,
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has completed a multi-million-pound investment in Marmalade Game Studio (Marmalade), a UK market leading games developer and publisher, to support the management team’s ambitious organic growth strategy and future game launches. Marmalade is the UK’s leading developer of mobile, console and PC board games. Its
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) is to sell Trace3 to affiliates of American Securities. Trace3 is a premier provider of IT solutions and services to over 2,500 commercial and enterprise clients across the U.S. Through elite engineering talent, dynamic leadership, an in-house research team, and unparalleled venture capital connections,
Affiliates of Lindsay Goldberg – a private investment firm that focuses on partnering with families, founders and management teams – have completed a majority investment in Summit Interconnect (Summit), a provider of high performance, complex printed circuit boards serving the aerospace, defence, and other highly demanding commercial sectors, along with
Leading mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its minority investment in cloud technology company Aker Systems to Abry Partners. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2017, Aker Systems designs, builds and operates ground-breaking ultra-secure public cloud environments and advanced data infrastructure platforms. LDC
Enreach, a pan-European unified communications (UC) brand and portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity (Waterland), is acquiring OSS Networks. The new partnership will enable Enreach to further expand its international market presence: OSS Networks is regarded as one of the leading established providers in the cloud-based UC services sector in
Funds managed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM) have completed a multi-million pound investment into London-based planning and forecasting software and services business Vuealta from its managed VCTs, British Smaller Companies and British Smaller Companies 2, and Growth Fund III to enable further growth and overseas expansion. Vuealta was founded in
Isotropic Systems, a developer of broadband terminal technologies, has raised over USD37 million in an equity financing round, which fully funds the development of its multi-link antennas through to product launch in 2022. The round is led by Seraphim Space Investment Trust PLC – the world’s first listed space tech
Surge Private Equity has invested in its 10th platform, Contractor Connect (CC), a B2B networking lead-generation platform within the home improvement and remodeling space. The transaction closed with debt financing provided by Modern Bank and Assurance Mezzanine Fund with BakerHostetler acting as lead counsel. Since its founding in 2014, CC
Audax Private Equity’s portfolio company, Emplifi, a global provider of SaaS-based, omnichannel consumer experience software, has acquired SYM-SYS (Go Instore). Headquartered in London, UK, Go Instore is a specialist in live commerce software. Go Instore leverages immersive HD live video to connect customers with a brand’s data driven product experts.
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