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Energy Impact Partners (EIP), a global investment platform focused on the transition to a sustainable energy future, has participated in Rheaply’s latest investment round through its Elevate Future Fund. Rheaply is a cloud-based resource exchange platform that connects people and organizations with resources, improves reuse outcomes and catalyzes the circular economy. Earlier this summer, Rheaply announced a $20 million raise focused on driving a revolutionary shift in enterprise resource management. This funding round makes Rheaply co-founder and CEO, Dr Garry Cooper Jr, the single highest-funded Black entrepreneur in climate tech in the city of Chicago. With this funding, Rheaply intends
Palatine Private Equity has completed a significant investment into My Pension Expert following approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). My Pension Expert is a UK at-retirement adviser, with its telephone and video-based services allowing the company to provide independent financial advice on a national scale.   Palatine’s investment will accelerate My Pension Expert’s growth plans as the business aims to ensure people of all wealth brackets can receive independent financial advice and achieve their desired retirement outcomes.   As part of the process, My Money Expert also completed a debt refinancing with Beechbrook Capital. The new package from Beechbrook
iCapital, a global fintech platform driving access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries, has completed the acquisition of SIMON Markets. The transaction meaningfully broadens iCapital’s investment menu, technical capabilities, education offerings and support services for advisors and their clients. Through this acquisition, iCapital will create a single source of alternative investment strategies from nearly 300 asset managers and product manufacturers, adding SIMON’s structured investments, annuities, digital assets and risk-managed products offerings to iCapital’s extensive menu of private offerings including equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure, direct deals, hedge funds, and other alternative strategies.  The combination
Linden Capital Partners (Linden), has completed its acquisition of Aspirion, a specialist in technology-enabled healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM), from Aquiline Capital Partners. The Chicago-based private equity firm, which focuses exclusively on the healthcare industry, is joined by Varsity Healthcare Partners (VHP), a healthcare services private equity firm with RCM investing experience through its portfolio company Ventra Health, as a minority shareholder. Aspirion is a provider of RCM services for complex claims and revenue integrity, offering a broad array of technology-driven solutions for the most specialised revenue cycle challenges faced by hospital systems and healthcare providers.  To support Aspirion’s growth
Affilates of SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), a New York-based private investment firm focused exclusively on the specialty chemicals, materials and pharmaceuticals sectors, have completed the acquisition of Valtris Specialty Chemicals (Valtris) from HIG Capital. Valtris is a global manufacturer of a comprehensive portfolio of specialty additives and precursors, offering solutions and innovative products to customers around the world. Valtris develops products that provide essential performance properties across a variety of applications including plastics, coatings, adhesives and sealants, pharmaceuticals, flavours and fragrances, and personal care products. The Company operates nine manufacturing locations and employs approximately 700 people across North America,
Affiliates of Stellus Capital Management (Stellus), a specialist in middle market direct lending, have provided senior debt financing and an equity co-investment to support the acquisition of Digimind by Onclusive, a portfolio company of Symphony Technology Group (STG). Digimind is a specialist in AI-powered social listening platforms and market intelligence software.     Onclusive, headquartered in London, UK, provides industry-leading media monitoring, measurement, and workflow management solutions for public relations and communications. The Company was formed in 2022 after merging Kantar’s Reputation Intelligence businesses with Onclusive, Inc and PRgloo Ltd and rebranding the platform “Onclusive”. Through the acquisition of Digimind,
Warburg Pincus has agreed to sell its majority shareholding in Reorg, a global provider of data, analytics and intelligence for the the credit markets, to private equity firm Permira. As part of the transaction, the Reorg team will retain a significant ownership interest.
Virescent Ventures has led a AUD42.5 million Series A funding round in Hysata, a specialist in hydrogen electrolyser technology, on behalf of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Kiko Ventures (UK), IP Group Australia, Vestas Ventures, Hostplus, and BlueScope, via its ventures arm BlueScopeX, also participated in the oversubscribed round. Hysata’s electrolyser operates at 95% system efficiency (41.5 kWh/kg), delivering a giant leap in performance and cost over incumbent technologies, which typically operate at 75% or less. This high efficiency, coupled with the simple approach to mass manufacturing and low supply chain risk puts the company on a path to
IQ Capital and Northern Gritstone have a led a £3.5 million seed funding round in Imperagen, a life sciences company building unique technology to accelerate the development of enzyme biocatalysts. This represents the company’s first significant external capital raise.    The IP-rich firm is a spinout from the University of Manchester led by serial entrepreneur Dr Andrew Almond, who co-founded Conformetrix, now listed on AIM as C4X Discovery.   Imperagen will use the funding to support the development and validation of its ultra-fast enzyme engineering platform. Its ambition is to initially target its novel enzyme products at the manufacture of
Rêv Worldwide (Rêv), in partnership with funds advised by Searchlight Capital Partners (Searchlight), is to acquire the Netspend consumer business from Global Payments in an all cash transaction valued at $1 billion.

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