Deals
Broad Sky Partners has secured a strategic investment from Capital Constellation, and made its first transaction with the acquisition of Thomas Scientific.
BirchStreet Systems (BirchStreet) a provider of procure-to-pay software to the hospitality sector, has secured an investment from Parthenon Capital (Parthenon), a growth-oriented private equity firm with deep technology and payments investing experience.
Hybrid games platform PortalOne has raised USD60 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round from a group of A-list investors.
Funds managed by Global investment firm Carlyle have sold Thomas Scientific, a distributor and sourcing partner to the life sciences industry, to Broad Sky Partners.
Revelation Pharma, a portfolio company of Osceola Capital, has completed the acquisitions of five compounding pharmacies, to include: Innovation Compounding, Pencol Compounding Pharmacy, Pharmacy Specialists Compounding, Wise Compounding, and Convex Pharmacy. In 2021, Osceola formed Revelation Pharma with the acquisition of Everwell Specialty Pharmacy.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software specialist Cooper Software, which is backed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), is building its reach in central Europe with the acquisition of German-based ERP consulting firm and IFS Applications specialist u:benit.
The acquisition of the German-based business, which will trade as Cooper Software GmbH, is another step in the company’s strategy to expand internationally following a multi-million pound investment by YFM in November 2021. It will enable Cooper Software to meet growing demand for IFS consulting and implementation services in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (D-A-CH).
The founder of u:benit, Benedikt Stallmann, takes on the role
Online education company FourthRev has raised USD8 million in a Series A funding round led by education technology impact fund Educapital.
Reach Capital, Emerge Education and Danner Capital also provided follow-on funding along with a number of edtech entrepreneurs and executives.
The investment will be used to develop and promote more Career Accelerators focused on key areas experiencing the most acute digital skills shortages such as cybersecurity, AI, analytics, UI and project management skills. As a remote first, global company, FourthRev will be doubling headcount worldwide, expanding operations in the UK, Australia, South Africa and North America.
App Radar, an app store marketing platform, has secured EUR2 million in pre-Series A investment from Austrian VC firms eQventure and aws Gründerfonds.
App Radar, which last year acquired Spanish app store optimiser TheTool, will use its investment to expand its presence in major European markets and expand its product offering.
App Radar optimises app store appearances and supports app marketing with targeted market analysis. Big data, AI-guided workflows, and easy-to-understand dashboards are used to increase visibility, engagement, and conversion.
Cairngorm Capital Partners portfolio company, Verso Wealth Management (Verso), has acquired Pavis Financial Management Limited (Pavis).
Established in 1992, Pavis is a chartered financial planning firm based in Liverpool, serving private clients across the UK.
The addition of Pavis to the Verso group, adds scale to Verso’s network and creates a hub in the North West as Verso builds its national footprint.
This is Cairngorm Capital’s 40th proprietary investment since 2016 and is typical of its buy and build strategy of providing investment capital, strategic guidance, operational and industry expertise, to support ambitious management teams in their drive for transformational
Cybersecurity specialist Saporo has raised USD2.7 million in a pre-seed round co-led by Session VC and Lightbird Ventures.
Saporo’s technology enables any organisation to model and measure its resistance to anticipate attacks and make better-informed decisions about managing its risk without the need to think like an attacker.
The Swiss cyber security startup launched in April 2021 after 18 months of research and development. Saporo was co-founded by the two brothers Olivier and Guillaume Eyries, and researcher Éric Blavier. Through shared experiences growing previous businesses and working in cyber security, the three share a vision to make cyber security accessible
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