Amor Group, a business technology company backed by Growth Capital Partners (GCP), has made a strategic acquisition of FS Walker Hughes, a Manchester based specialist software business focused on the airport sector. Amor provides products and services to the energy, transport and public sectors. This acquisition has increased employee numbers

The Riverside Company has made another major investment in Germany, partnering with Transporeon GmbH and TICONTRACT GmbH (Transporeon). The transaction will close once merger approval has been obtained and will be the second German acquisition in 2011 for the international private equity firm. Transporeon, headquartered in Ulm, Germany, provides web-based

Actiwave AB, a Swedish start-up technology company has raised SEK15 million in a rights issue lead by SEB Venture Capital. SEB also acquired all shares held by the current seed financier, Innovationsbron. Founded in 2007 by Pär Gunnars Risberg, Actiwave AB is a Swedish start-up company that has developed a

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–eFront, a leading software provider of financial solutions for alternative assets, is pleased to announce that Private equity firm GTCR has selected the eFront’s FrontInvest Alternatives platform to support its investment operations. GTCR focuses on investing in growth companies in the Financial Services & Technology, Healthcare and Information Services &

DDC has augmented its portfolio management software suite, Sonar, with a service bureau offering called Sonar Plus. The Sonar Plus upgrade allows regular Sonar subscribers to fully outsource the administrative side of portfolio management, while reaping the organisational benefits. With Sonar Plus, venture capital or private equity clients can email

Washington DC-based private equity firm Monument Capital Group (MCG) has acquired Persistent Sentinel LLC, a provider of enhanced security and surveillance software products that automatically detect and analyse threats and protect assets. Founded by former Carlyle executive Robert Dunn and former White House Special Assistant Douglas Baker. MCG focuses on

Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de) has invested EUR2.5 million in Treasury Intelligence Solutions GmbH (TIS) (www.treasuryintelligence.com), a Walldorf, Germany-based developer of certified, wholly Web-based, highly integrated and multi-bank capable payment solutions. TIS will use the capital to expand development and sales efforts as well as to internationalize its

Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington), a Washington, DC-based private equity firm, has recapitalised Iron Data Solutions in partnership with the company’s existing management team, of privately held Iron Data Solutions, LLC (Iron Data) in order to facilitate further growth. This transaction represents Arlington’s third government software deal in the last 12

 Private equity firm Francisco Partners (FP) has sold Mincom Pty Ltd. (Mincom) to ABB Ltd (ABB). Terms of the have not been disclosed. Neil Garfinkel, a Partner and co-founder of Francisco Partners, says: “The Mincom team has done a terrific job of building a next generation asset management software platform

AXA Private Equity has acquired a minority stake in Ivalua, an e-buying solution software publisher. With this EUR3 million investment, AXA Private Equity aims to accelerate the company’s international growth, particularly in the United States, and to consolidate its Software as a Service (Saas) offer for the SME market. SaaS