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New research from Revolution.Aero amongst private equity and venture capital professionals reveals that 69 per cent expect the amount of money their industries invest in the aviation sector to increase between now and the end of 2020, and just 4 per cent expect it to fall.
The corresponding figures for the next five years are 73 per cent and 12 per cent respectively.
The aviation sector is currently a hotbed of innovation with on-going projects looking at electric aviation, air taxis to supersonic jets, all topics that will be discussed at Revolution. Aero’s first European meeting which takes place in
Swipii, the loyalty card app, has secured an investment of GBP1.9m through a funding round led by award-winning Scottish venture capital firm Par Equity.
The latest version of the app removes the need for physical loyalty cards by linking to a debit or credit card and rewarding users with points as they shop at businesses signed-up to Swipii. The app’s original iteration had 1.1m users and its 1,700 affiliated businesses saw up to a 1.5x revenue boost, but it relied on using iPads to track visits only.
Chitresh Sharma, co-founder and CEO of Swipii, says: “We estimate that there are
New Heritage Capital (Heritage) has made an investment in Columbia, SC-based Rhythmlink International (Rhythmlink), a designer and manufacturer of disposable neurodiagnostic devices and consumables.
Rhythmlink’s products provide the connection between “people and machines” in order to identify, record, and monitor important neurophysiological information. Heritage completed its investment via its unique Private IPO® solution, which leaves operating control in the hands of the reinvesting founders while providing them the desired liquidity and financial flexibility to accelerate growth into the future. The investment was completed on 19 February, 2019.
“We chose to partner with Heritage because of their experience in backing founder-owned
KnowBe4, provider of a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has secured a sizeable minority investment from global investment firm KKR, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures.
The investment, which values the company at over USD800 million, comes off the back of an exceptional 2018 for KnowBe4, which reached USD120 million of bookings and revenue growth of 110 percent.
“KKR is an important strategic partner for KnowBe4 as we continue to grow worldwide and bring new-school security awareness training to new markets,” says Stu Sjouwerman, CEO of KnowBe4. “We have had 23 straight quarters of explosive growth and there is no slowing down. All organisations
Pandea Global M&A – an international network of advisory firms co-founded by Dow Schofield Watts – completed 110 transactions with a combined value of over EUR1.6 billion in 2018.
The network, which has members in 15 countries, was most active in the business support services sector, which accounted for 25 per cent of the completed deals, followed by consumer and retail (15 per cent), construction and engineering (13 per cent) and technology (12 per cent).
Notable cross-border deals included the sale of UK-based specialist flooring supplier Kemtile to US-listed engineering giant RPM International, and the sale of Irish alarm
European private equity firm Astorg is to acquire a minority shareholding in Acturis Group, a leading supplier of insurance software. Under the terms of the transaction, existing investor Summit Partners will exit its position. Acturis employees will continue to own the majority of the company.
The Acturis Group was founded in 2001 and today comprises some 700 colleagues across five countries and four divisions. The four divisions include: Acturis SaaS, a leading multi-tenant SaaS platform for the general insurance industry; Acturis Deutschland, the market-leading broker software platform and comparison engine in the German broker market; ICE InsureTech, a cutting-edge platform
Private equity investors are likely to favour cycle-tested managers this year, says Tom Franco, Partner, Clayton Dubilier & Rice…
If global markets become jittery over the coming months, investors are likely to retrench and maintain their private equity allocations with a smaller number of trusted managers who have proven their worth through different economic cycles.
During any period of economic uncertainty, confidence among corporate CEOs diminishes and affects capital expenditure, investment plans etc. That impacts the stock markets and has a ripple effect on investor sentiment.
Speaking exclusively to Private Equity Wire, Tom Franco (pictured), Partner at Clayton
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the mid-market, has sold CINgroup, a provider of innovative software and due diligence solutions to attorneys and their clients. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
CINgroup is the world’s leading bankruptcy workflow solutions provider to the consumer bankruptcy market. The Company manages a suite of technology-based solutions with widely recognised name brands, including Best Case Bankruptcy, CINcompass, and CIN Legal Data Services. These products and services function seamlessly with bankruptcy courts, trustees, creditors, and other service providers within the consumer bankruptcy
Northill Capital has completed its acquisition of a majority equity interest in Strategic Investment Group, previously held by FFL Partners.
Strategic’s senior management and investment teams increased their direct ownership of the firm as part of the transaction, with further increases expected over time.
Strategic, founded in 1987 and based in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest independent investment manager dedicated to the OCIO sector, with AUM of over USD26 billion on behalf of its discretionary clients. OCIO services are a growing part of the investment management industry and Strategic, as a leader in this segment, provides high-quality, independent, customised
Inflexion Private Equity has acquired Times Higher Education (THE) from TPG Capital (TPG), the global private equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG.
THE, formerly part of Tes Global, has been carved out as an independent entity as part of the investment from Inflexion. The investment was made by Inflexion’s dedicated mid-market buyout funds.
THE is the world leader in university data, rankings and content, with institutions, academics, students, industry and governments utilising the information to gain insight, inform strategic priorities, benchmark, assess and select higher education institutions. THE has led on higher education analysis for nearly half a
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