Deals
TECHNEDs Investment has signed an investment deal with Poole-based unified communications provider Crystal Clear Telecom, aimed at building Crystal Clear Telecom into Dorset’s leading UC provider through organic growth and base acquisitions.
Crystal Clear Telecom will benefit from TECHNEDs’ experience in building technology businesses. The plan is to provide more Dorset businesses with unified communications services and managed IT services.
New products and services are expected to launch in the first half of next year.
Simon Mewett, Managing Partner, at TECHNEDs, says: “Crystal Clear Telecom has very ambitious plans to become the UC partner of choice for business
Halcyon Capital Management (Halcyon) has sold minority stakes to TPG Sixth Street Partners (TSSP), the global credit and credit-related investment platform, and to Dyal Capital Partners (Dyal), a division of Neuberger Berman Group.
TSSP has made a new minority investment in the firm, while Dyal has invested additional capital to increase its existing minority investment, resulting in its ownership stake approaching its initial 2012 investment.
As part of the transaction, certain managing principals of the firm, their family members, and the philanthropic foundation started by the firm’s founder Alan Slifka have purchased significant equity in the firm. Terms of
Accordion, a private equity-focussed financial consulting and technology firm, has received a significant minority investment from FFL Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies.
The investment will be used to expand Accordion’s service offerings for private equity-backed CFOs and their finance teams, attract and acquire additional talent, spur continued geographic expansion, and support the ongoing development of Accordion’s portfolio operations SaaS platform.
Since its founding in 2009, Accordion has become the go-to consulting and technology partner for value creation in the private equity community. Accordion is the only firm focused exclusively within the
Virtual reality provider ARena Space has attracted investments of USD7.7 million from the processing company Rucard. The deal was structured by a venture fund IP Fund.
Financing will be directed primarily to the development of the company in the international market. In particular, ARena Space will open its branch in Amsterdam.
The money also will be spent on the development of VR and AR products for the mass market, the creation of a fund for developers of virtual and augmented reality content and a network of new-generation VR parks in Europe and the USA. The company is already in
Panoramic Growth Equity (Panoramic) has completed the fifth exit from its first fund with the sale of Edesix, a specialist in body worn video hardware and software, to Vigilant Solutions, of Livermore, California.
Based in Edinburgh, Edesix sells across multiple global markets and has grown strongly following Panoramic’s investment in 2014. Under the direction of CEO Richie McBride, the business will continue its expansion as part of Vigilant, a provider of artificial intelligence and data analytics technologies for public safety.
During Panoramic’s investment, Edesix has successfully developed its product and software range, entered into new international markets and delivered
An affiliate of middle market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock) has acquired Louisiana Fish Fry Products (Louisiana Fish Fry), a manufacturer and supplier of branded, Louisiana-inspired food products.
Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the Company provides a broad array of Louisiana-inspired food products, including spices & seasonings, seafood boils, breadings & batters, sauces & marinades, and rice mixes. The Company serves leading grocery and mass market retailers as well as foodservice customers nationwide. Founded by the Pizzolato family more than 30 years ago, Louisiana Fish Fry has earned an exceptional reputation for great tasting, authentic products, and outstanding
Cairngorm Capital Partners’ Fund II has acquired Helix Tool Company Limited (Helix), an independent cutting tools specialist based in the North of England.
This transaction advances Cairngorm Capital’s strategy to create a new national full-service Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) distribution business providing precision engineering components, specialist ancillary services and in-depth technical expertise to industrial clients.
Founded by Charles and Louise Robinson in 1994, Helix is a leading independent cutting tools specialist offering both consultancy and supply to clients across the aerospace, automotive, medical, oil & gas and power generation sectors. It has built its reputation and long-standing
An affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG) is to sell its stake in FNZ, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider to the European wealth management industry, to Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) and Generation Investment Management (Generation) (CDPQ-GIc) in a transaction valuing the Company at GBP1.65 billion.
Headquartered in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, FNZ is a market leading Platform-as-a-Service provider to the European wealth management industry. During HIG’s ownership, the Company has delivered exceptional growth and substantially grew its footprint and broadened its offering into continental Europe and Asia across all segments, from mass-market workplace pensions to mass-affluent
An affiliate of New Water Capital, a Boca Raton-based private equity firm focussed on lower-middle market companies, has made a growth capital investment in The Perfect Bite Co, a research, development and ideation firm for the frozen food industry.
Founded in 2006, Los Angeles-based The Perfect Bite Co develops innovative recipes and products for a number of prominent national grocery and club brands, as well as airlines and other hospitality companies. President and CEO Teri Valentine built the company based on the philosophy that food should be handmade from scratch using high-quality ingredients. Products created by The Perfect Bite Co
Having raised over GBP650,000 from HNWIs and received offers of GBP1.3 million grant funding from the Welsh Government, AERALIS, a UK start-up pioneering a modular jet aircraft system, has launched a GBP1 million fund raise via Syndicate Room, a B2B crowd funding website, as part of a Phase 2 EIS-Assured funding round.
AERALIS is courting global air forces dissatisfied with traditional pilot training systems, which typically employ a combination of dissimilar training aircraft and non-integrated ground-based training systems. The company is planning to cover all basic and advanced flying training needs with a common aircraft and training system which will reduce
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