Deals
Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) is in exclusive negotiations with NiXEN Partners, Initiative & Finance and the management team for the acquisition of Vulcain Ingénierie. The completion of the deal remains subject to the approval of employees’ representatives and relevant authorities.
Founded in 1998, Vulcain Ingénierie is a leading French engineering consultancy group serving the energy and pharmaceuticals sectors. Thanks to its specialist positioning, Vulcain Ingénierie has grown into a key player in its market, with a strong reputation among its main contracting parties. With this transaction, the group will continue its development in France as well as pursuing an active
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) is to make a strategic growth investment in Digitech Computer (Digitech), a leading provider of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and technology solutions for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transport providers.
Founder and CEO Mark Schiowitz and the Digitech management team will maintain a significant ownership position and continue to manage the growth of the Company with support from Pamlico. Further terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“This marks a new chapter for Digitech, and the next step in evolving the industry’s foremost billing platform dedicated solely to EMS,” says Mark Schiowitz, CEO of Digitech. “Our mission is
ClearCourse Partnership, a group of technology companies providing software, services and digital capabilities to the membership, events & bookings and sports & leisure sectors backed by Aquiline Capital Partners, has acquired intelligentgolf, a web-based provider of golf club and competition management software.
The deal represents an expansion of ClearCourse’s offering into the sport & leisure industry and is the tenth company to join the Partnership since its foundation in October 2018.
intelligentgolf was founded in 2000 with the aim of making playing in golf competitions at club level easier and more rewarding for players. The company offers a variety
HYPE Capital has invested in Israeli startup, Tokabot, an intelligent fan engagement and monetisation platform for sports and entertainment.
Tokabet clients include betting giant BWIN, German football clubs and the German Football Association (DFB).
HYPE Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund, has today announced its the lead investor in Tokabot. The Fund is actively looking to leverage their unique access to hundreds of sports startups worldwide to make early stage investments. BILD, a fellow investor in Tokabot, is Germany’s leading digital media brand with a strong sports footprint. BILD belongs to Axel Springer, a media and technology company based in
Following a GBP6.3 million equity investment in 2018, pioneering airspace developer Apex Airspace (Apex) has secured a further GBP3 million equity investment from BGF, the UK’s most active investor in growing businesses, to help roll out airspace developments across the UK and support business growth.
The latest wave of funding, which brings Apex’s tally to GBP22 million in 2019, will help fund the delivery of its growing pipeline of opportunities in London, Bristol and Birmingham as well as positioning the company for continued growth. This will include investment in new technology, market research to identify further airspace development potential across
Thomas H Lee Partners (THL), a private equity firm investing in growth companies, is to acquire AutoStore, a robotics and software company providing automation technology to warehouse & distribution facilities around the world.
Members of AutoStore’s senior management team and EQT, among others, will continue to hold minority positions in the Company. EQT will also remain on the Board alongside THL going forward. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close during the third quarter of 2019, have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1996 and located in Nedre Vats, Norway, AutoStore designs and engineers patented high-speed robots, highly modular
Business-to-business (B2B) auto parts trading platform Haoqipei has closed a USD60 million Series D financing round led by Access Technology Ventures, with David Yang joining the Haoqipei Board of Directors.
Additional participants in the financing included existing investors XVC Venture Capital, Jeneration Capital, DCM and SIG.
Founded in 2016 and now having raised more than USD150 million in private capital, Haoqipei is an online, technology-driven trading platform connecting vehicle repair shops with auto part suppliers. The company provides market price comparisons and online payments through its software as a service (SaaS) system, and offline warehousing and logistics services.
The
Xirgo Technologies (Xirgo), a portfolio company of private equity firm HKW, has acquired UAB Baltic Car Equipment (BCE) based in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Founded in 2006, BCE provides a variety of fleet management solutions, including hardware and software suites for light vehicles, trucks, heavy machinery, and agricultural equipment targeting a variety of industries.
Shawn Aleman, CEO of Xirgo, says: “We are very excited to welcome the BCE team to Xirgo. The joining of our companies will allow Xirgo to establish a European footprint improving our access to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, enabling our companies to target new customers
Fortino Capital Partners has expands its portfolio of Travel & Expense management companies with an investment in Declaree.
Founded in 2014 by Bas Janssen, Bart Jochems and Jasper Spoor with the ambition of simplifying and facilitating paper-based and cumbersome expense management processes, Declaree has 20 employees and 750 clients mainly located in the Netherlands and Germany. In the Netherlands and Belgium, Declaree serves large customers such as KLM, Hunter Douglas, Schiphol and KPMG, as well as many small and medium-sized companies. For Germany, it is about companies such as Lemonaid, Suitepad and Lufthansa Group Business Services.
Expense management is a
Connected Energy, a specialist in site-integrated energy storage solutions, has secured a GBP5 million investment to realise ambitious growth plans on a global stage.
The significant investment, made by Sumitomo Corporation, ENGIE and Macquarie Group, will provide the UK company with a platform to deliver its next phase of international growth having developed the world’s only commercially-available, stationary, energy storage system which uses electric vehicle battery packs after they have completed their useful lives on-board vehicles.
With rapidly increasing, global electric vehicle sales, Connected Energy is at the forefront of worldwide innovation having developed a means of reusing electric
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