Vector Capital has become the majority shareholder in WatchGuard Technologies by acquiring the interests in the business previously owned by Francisco Partners and other co-investors. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Founded in 1996, WatchGuard has made enterprise-grade security accessible to all types of organisations for more than 25 years. The company’s unique focus on delivering best-of-breed security offerings and enabling Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to easily deploy and administer these solutions has fuelled mainstream adoption of advanced cybersecurity. During Vector Capital’s and Francisco Partners’ joint ownership for more than a decade, WatchGuard transformed from a trusted

Taxfix, a Europe-based mobile tax app, has raised $220 million in a Series D funding round led by Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG), part of the CAD$242 billion Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers). Existing investors Index Ventures, Valar Ventures, Creandum, and Redalpine also particpated in the round which values Taxfix at over $1 billion. As part of  the transaction, Avid Larizadeh Duggan, Managing Director, EMEA, of TVG, will join the Taxfix board.

Suntera Global has acquired US fund administration business Socium Fund Services in a key strategic move as the firm continues to grow and expand its international footprint into new global markets. The acquisition of Socium, which requires no regulatory approval and completes with immediate effect, will strengthen Suntera Global’s offering for fund managers and provide the group with an important US operation for the first time, adding three key North American locations to its international footprint. The deal is the seventh strategic acquisition made by Suntera Global since securing investment from leading mid-market investor Palatine in 2019. Founded in 2016,

Main Capital Partners (Main) has acquired a majority stake in two Dutch software companies – BCS, a human resource management (HRM) and payroll software provider, and Pro4all, a construction software specialist. The new acquisitions will be developed into international market leaders within their respective software segments through various strategies, like autonomous growth, strategic add-on acquisitions and expanding the product portfolio’s. Main’s strategic aim is to build leading European software companies with a crucial role in society, in markets such as (among others) healthcare, government, e-learning, data security, human capital management, finance and the housing and construction market.  With BCS, Main

Abris Capital Partners (Abris), a Central European private equity investor, has supported GreenGroup, the largest integrated recycling group in Central Europe, in a €127m fundraising. The financing will allow GreenGroup to build on the successful growth already delivered since Abris’ entry and accelerate its plans to scale up its operations across the region, developing unique solutions to recycle previously discarded materials and to penetrate new segments.  The funding was raised through a syndication of banks including UniCredit Bank and Raiffeisen Bank as coordinating banks, and BCR, ING Bank and OTP Bank. This syndication reinforces the trust of GreenGroup’s partners and

Airedale Group, UK specialist in the installation and servicing of catering equipment and a portfolio company of Rubicon Partners, has acquired Network Catering Engineers Limited (Network). Founded in 2000 by Tim Church, Network has grown into one of the best known names in the industry with a reputation for delivering exceptional service to a broad customer base nationally across the UK. The business employs 90+ engineers and carries out maintenance services to in excess of 60 ‘chain’ customers. The deal is Airdale’s first acquisition since the Rubicon Partners investment in the business.

Pearl Street Equity and affiliates have acquired Webonise US, (Webonise), a global technology product development and services company that builds capabilities that enable businesses to thrive. Founded in 2012, Webonise has more than 200 software engineers, user experience designers and digital strategy consultants who build digital products as well as proprietary SaaS B2B tools and platforms across robotic process automation (RPA) and intelligent automation, software development, marketing technology, cybersecurity, data science, e-learning, and sports and iGaming.  With offices in the United States, India and Canada, the Company serves global clients across industries as diverse as consumer goods, manufacturing, finance, media,

Horizon Capital, a US private-equity firm investing in high growth export-oriented and domestic companies primarily in Emerging Europe, has acquired a minority stake in Miratech, becoming its largest finance investor in the process, via its $200 million Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, LP (EEGF III). Horizon Capital will help Miratech to accelerate its ongoing global expansion in providing digital product engineering and customer experience design services to renowned global companies.

Glennmont Partners from Nuveen (Glennmont), a clean energy infrastructure investment specialist, has divested its Margam Green Energy Plant (Margam) to Greencoat Capital (Greencoat). Margam is an operational 41.8MWe bioenergy plant located in South Wales near Port Talbot, which is fuelled by waste wood and generates renewable power. It benefits from accreditation for 1.4 ROCs per MWh and has 15 years of ROC life remaining. The plant was originally acquired by Glennmont in 2015 during the construction phase and has been operational since 2019.  Margam has been an important element of the local community, which is evidenced by the Margam twenty-year