Online payment service provider Buckaroo is to acquire SEPAY, a point-of-sale (PoS) payment solutions provider in the Benelux, with the support of Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European growth buyout investments, and Buckaroo’s majority investor, alongside the managers of SEPAY. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in The Hague, SEPAY is a fast-growing licensed payment institution specialised in PoS payment solutions in the Benelux. Thanks to its credit card acquiring capabilities and highly efficient merchant onboarding process, SEPAY has distinguished itself in its ability to provide a comprehensive and highly competitive PoS solution, with next day implementation of

Connection Capital, a specialist private client alternative investments business, has completed a £6.4 million investment in the MBO of one of the UK’s leading TV and film set design and build businesses, Cardiff-based 4Wood TV and Film Ltd, whose customer base includes Netflix, Disney+, the BBC and HBO. The transaction was supported by a senior debt package from Virgin Money (Clydesdale Yorkshire Bank). The company’s recent and on-going work includes the high-profile productions of His Dark Materials (BBC/HBO), Sex Education (Netflix), Doctor Who (BBC), A Brave New World (Universal), A Discovery of Witches (Sky) and Willow (Disney – premiering later

Global cryptocurrency trading platform KuCoin’s venture capital arm – KuCoin Ventures – has made a strategic investment in Torches Finance, the decentralised lending protocol based on KuCoin Community Chain (KCC). Torches Finance is a KCC-based lending protocol that integrates functions such as lending, leveraged mining, and NFT. So far, Torches Finance has opened deposit and lending services for BTC, ETH, KCS, USDT, and USDC. Torches Finance has made serious efforts to enrich usage scenarios, innovating token incentive models and implementing strict risk management measures. The Torches Finance usage scenario foresees users gaining token benefits through various channels, including, but not

Mayfair Equity Partners (Mayfair), a dedicated consumer and technology focused private equity investor with over £1 billion in assets under management, has backed a management buyout of Access Partnership (Access), a global firm providing advisory services to technology businesses globally in the fields of regulation and public policy. Founded by its CEO Greg Francis in 1999, Access advises blue-chip technology and telecom clients on achieving entry to new markets on fair terms and maintaining access to existing markets around the world. Access also advises governments, multilateral organisations, and regulatory authorities to ensure that new technology is appropriately regulated.  Headquartered in

  IT-Salonen Ltd. Through the acquisition, iLOQ, a pioneer in digital access management, will further strengthen its programming capabilities. Under the trade name DreamIt, IT-Salonen specialises in providing a wide range of IT services and various cyber services, and also develops software products. Kodinportti is a digital user interface for residential and commercial properties.  Over time, all of DreamIt’s Oulu-based employees will move to iLOQ’s product development team in the company’s headquarters in Oulu. DreamIT also has employees in Tampere and Helsinki. 

Ideagen, a specialist in compliance software for regulated industries, has secured an investment from Hg, a leading software and services investor. Following a positive shareholder meeting on 23 June, 2022, which showed support for Hg’s offer for the business, Ideagen has now delisted from on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market.   Established in 1993 and headquartered in Nottingham, UK, Ideagen’s software helps companies comply with regulation and manage risk. It is a leader in the $30 billion-plus regulatory and compliance software sector, serving highly regulated industries such as life sciences, healthcare, banking and finance and insurance.    The

Eurazeo has closed the sale of its majority stake in the Orolia group, a specialist in R-PNT (Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing) solutions and applications, to Safran for €189 million.

The Sterling Group has completed its acquisition of Ergotron, a global company focused on improving how people work, learn, play and care for others. The Sterling Group will support Ergotron as it enters a new phase of growth, just on the heels of celebrating 40 years in business.  For decades, Ergotron has been using human-centred design principles and the Technology of Movement to build environments that help people thrive. A pioneer of the sit-stand movement in the workplace, Ergotron offers award-winning standing and mobile desks, ergonomic wall mounts and monitor arms for office and industrial settings. Ergotron also has a

Sidley Austin has appointed Gabriel (Gaby) Valdes as a Global M&A and Private Equity partner in Miami. Prior to joining Sidley, Valdes, a Miami native, was a corporate partner in the Private Equity practice at McDermott Will & Emery. In addition, Miami natives Karla Utset, previously at McDermott Will & Emery; Marcos Alvarez, previously at Holland & Knight; and Anabelle Dahdah, previously at Jones Day, will be joining in Miami as Senior Managing Associates in the M&A and Private Equity Global Practice group.   Valdes focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, and other corporate transactions involving