HomeTown Ticketing, a provider of digital ticketing and event software to schools, districts, conferences, and associations, has secured a $75 million growth investment from Nexa Equity, a private equity firm focused on scaling lower middle market software and fintech businesses. The capital will enable HomeTown Ticketing to launch new product innovations and meet heightened demand from customers looking to modernise their events management.

Software investor Main Capital Partners (Main) has sold OBI4wan to Spotler Group. OBI4wan is a Dutch omnichannel customer service and marketing SaaS solution to bring webcare, intelligent live chat, chatbots, messaging, social engagement, and media monitoring to their growing marketing technology and services portfolio. Founded in 2011, OBI4wan is the Benelux market leader in enabling marketers and customer service professionals to provide a consistent, responsive customer experience across multiple channels, including chatbots, messaging apps, and social media. All of the digital channels where consumers are increasingly expecting brands, governments and service providers to be present and engage with them. 

Measure Protocol, a UK scale-up that offers a new way to access consumer behavioural data at a scale, has secured funding to allow it to continue the development of its technology and to scale-up its marketing and sales efforts. The total investment came from a range of sources, including Blackfinch Ventures, Italian Angels for Growth – the largest network of business angels in Italy – and Blockchain Valley Ventures (BVV). Established in 2018, and based in Holborn, London, Measure Protocol has grown considerably over the last four years under the watch of co-founders Owen Hanks, Paul Neto and John Martin

ArK Kapital has signed a new SEK1.5bn  senior secured debt facility with Pollen Street Capital. ArK recently announced a  seed funding raise led by Local Globe, with participation from Creandum and angel investors including Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen, iZettle founder Jacob de Geer, and EQT Ventures founding partner Hjalmar Winbladh.   Pollen Street supported the round in a new partnership, providing a €150 million senior secured debt facility. The firm has deep expertise in tailored debt funding and strategic insight for SME lenders, with this deal representing Pollen Street’s first facility in Scandinavia.   The EY Financial Services Corporate Finance

Griffon Corporation (Griffon) is to sell Telephonics Corporation (Telephonics) to TTM Technologies (TTM) for $330 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close within the second calendar quarter of 2022, subject to certain closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Lazard is acting as financial advisor to Griffon for this transaction, and Dechert LLP is acting as Griffon’s legal counsel. JP Morgan is acting as exclusive financial advisor to TTM, and O’Melveny & Myers LLP is acting as TTM’s legal counsel.

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc (GRID), has partnered with Origami, an independent energy technology platform for green energy assets, and battery optimiser Habitat Energy Ltd. Origami is preparing battery assets with a combined capacity of 50MW to participate initially in the Dynamic Containment (DC) and Wholesale Markets, following the discontinuation of National Grid’s Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) service. With the discontinuation of EFR, a service in place since late 2016, numerous battery assets throughout the UK require upgrades to participate in the new markets that are replacing it – such as Dynamic Containment (DC), Dynamic regulation (DR) and in

Global investments firm KKR has acquired Twenty Anson, a prime-grade office building in Singapore’s central business district (CBD). The transaction marks KKR’s first real estate office investment in Singapore, and reflects KKR’s confidence in Singapore’s position as a leading regional financial hub and the long-term prospects of its office real estate market. Completed in 2009, Twenty Anson is a 206,163-square-foot commercial building in the heart of the Tanjong Pagar precinct and part of Singapore’s CBD. The building sits at the nexus of multiple new office, hotel and retail, and residential developments, and is situated near public transportation networks. The prime-grade

Clipboard Health, a profitable, app-based marketplace that matches healthcare professionals with open shifts at healthcare facilities near them, has secured $80 million in funding over two rounds, bringing the company’s total financing to more than $90 million, with a Series C post-money valuation of $1.3 billion. The $80 million was raised over two rounds of funding: a $30 million Series C round, which closed in February 2022, and a $50 million Series B round, which closed last year. The latest round was led by Sequoia Capital and the Series B was led by IVP.  Additional investors in the company include

Maven VCTs and the North East Development Capital Fund (NEDCF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Maven, have invested £2.2 million in Reed Thermoformed Packaging Ltd (trading as iPac Packaging Innovations). The transaction is split evenly between NEDCF and the Maven VCTs. The NEDCF first provided funding to iPac in 2019 to help it invest in state-of-the art equipment, including new thermoform machines. The business has since tripled its revenues to over £10 million. Today’s funding will support the scaling of the business, facilitating an increase in the manufacturing lines from 5 to 13 within five

Convene, a hybrid meeting, event, and workspace provider, has completed its recapitalisation plan, led by HBC, a holding company at the intersection of real estate, technology and retail, and a fund managed by the Private Equity Group of Ares Management Corporation (Ares), a global alternative investment manager. Convene will operate HBC’s existing portfolio of flexible work, event, restaurant and meeting spaces, which are expected to be rebranded as Convene and will remain branded as SaksWorks in the interim. HBC will be the majority owner of the combined entity, with 26 facilities under management and dozens more under development, which is