North Haven Capital (NHC), a private investment group based in Portland, Maine, has acquired New England-based Chamberlain Group (TCG), a designer, developer, and manufacturer of anatomical medical models.  NHC teamed up with BankProv, a future-ready commercial bank that offers adaptive and technology-first banking solutions to emerging markets and BDC Capital, recognised locally and nationally as a leader and innovator in business lending and capital investment. Upstream Capital assisted in originating the transaction. The Chamberlain Group’s products provide the best alternative to animals and cadavers for emerging medical device training and the associated procedures. NHC identified TCG as a scalable, high

The Marketing Practice, a B2B marketing specialist backed by private equity investor Horizon Capital, has extended its presence in the APC region with the acquisition of ABM, demand and media specialist Rombii.  The deal marks the company’s first acquisition in the region and its fifth in the last 18 months, making it one of the largest B2B tech marketing specialists in the world.   Rombii’s founder Sam Howell and its managing director Marcus Wilkinson will remain in their roles. Rombii joins US-based Campaign Stars and 90octane alongside Kingpin and Omobono, all of which were acquired in the last 18 months

Accordion, a private equity-focused financial and technology consulting firm, has secured a majority growth investment from Charlesbank Capital Partners (Charlesbank), a middle-market private investment firm, and Motive Partners (Motive), a specialist private equity firm focused on financial technology.  FFL Partners (FFL) meanwhile, a private equity firm focused on growth investments in healthcare and tech-enabled services, has exited its investment in the business by selling its minority stake to Charlesbank Capital Partners.  Nick Leopard, Founder and CEO, and the Accordion team will remain major shareholders alongside Charlesbank and Motive. The growth investment is intended to serve as an accelerant for Accordion’s

Private equity fund Abac Sustainable Value II FCR (Abac), a fund specialised in sustainable value investments in the mid-market segment, has completed the acquisition of the industrial arm of Intermas Group (Intermas).  In parallel, Catral Garden & Home Depot (Catral), a gardening company owned by JPMorgan and Blackpearl, are acquiring the group’s gardening and DIY division. Abac plans to boost growth in Intermas’s industrial business, by promoting the company’s innovative material technology and sustainable product lifecycles.  Intermas, which is headquartered in Llinars del Vallès (Barcelona, Spain), was started by the founding family over six decades ago and currently generates annual

Tailwater Capital (Tailwater), a private equity firm that invests in energy and growth infrastructure solutions, is to sell NorTex Midstream, (NorTex) to Williams Field Services Group (Williams), a subsidiary of The Williams Companies for $423 million.

Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) and its private investor network have successfully exited an investment in threat intelligence platform Intelligence Fusion after the company y was acquired by Sigma7, providing a profitable return for all investors. GCV, based in North East England, has supported the Intelligence Fusion team, headquartered in Durham, since inception in 2015 on both an investment and technology basis.   Through GCV Labs, the company’s venture builder division, GCV worked closely with founder Michael McCabe on the concept from idea stage through to the launch of the core threat intelligence platform. GCV Labs provided a full-service software development

NorthEdge-backed Distology has acquired Squareball Digital (Squareball) a specialist in Identity Access Management strategies. Squareball already works alongside some of Distology’s vendor partners, including Okta and Auth0. The acquisition represents another significant milestone for Distology following the investment from lower-mid market private equity firm NorthEdge in March 2021.   Since investing in the business, NorthEdge has focussed on supporting Distology to invest for growth, which has seen the business expand its team, move offices, launch the Distology proposition in Europe, increase strategic vendor partnerships and gain recognition for the work they do to drive diversity in the technology sector.  

Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising lower midmarket companies, has acquired SmartSign, an online provider of customisable signs, labels, and tags for regulatory, compliance, and safety applications. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, SmartSign operates a network of nearly 30 websites, each dedicated to offering highly specialized and customizable products to customers to fit thousands of specific-use cases. SmartSign services businesses of all sizes, including sales to 75% of the Fortune 1000 and across hundreds of verticals, including education, healthcare, and industrials. Sentinel partnered with SmartSign’s management team

Calulus has led a funding round in Optalitix, a provider of low code SaaS products, data analysis and AI models to insurers, and other financial institutions, providing £2.5 million of the total £4 million raised. The funds will primarily be used to expand he sales capacity, invest in marketing and accelerate product development by expanding the engineering team. United Trust Bank subscribed for new equity following an earlier investment and support for the business. Founded in 2013 by Jonathan Shapiro and Dani Katz, Optalitix allows business processes currently based on Excel to be transformed into robust online systems. It currently