Deals
mParticle, a customer data infrastructure company, has raised USD150 million in Series E funding, led by Permira’s growth fund which backs leading tech-enabled and digital businesses.
The existing investor base also participated in the round alongside new backers including former Adobe CFO Mark Garrett and New England Patriots All-Pro punter Jake Bailey. The funding will support mParticle’s continued global go-to-market expansion, as well as significant R&D investment as demand for customer data infrastructure continues to accelerate. With the round, Daniel Brenhouse, Principal at Permira, will join the mParticle Board of Directors.
Creating truly adaptive, privacy-friendly digital experiences is becoming
Onecom, a business communications technology and cloud communications specialist, has acquired IP Office Ltd in its third acquisition in 2021.
The transaction brings IP Office’s Exeter-based team and in excess of 700 customers into the Onecom Group family.
The new partnership comes after Hampshire-based Onecom’s acquisition of Olive Communications earlier this year, which created the UK’s largest business-to-business mobile, connectivity and cloud specialist in the UK, in a deal that was closely followed by the addition of thousands of customers and hundreds of channel partners with the subsequent acquisition of 9 Group.
Martin Flick, Onecom Group CEO, says: “As we
Recruitment group HCRG (Health Care Resourcing Group) has sold its homecare provider businesses CRG Homecare and Allied Healthcare.
Browne Jacobson’s corporate finance team have advised on the sale of tech services provider, Centiq to international based SoftwareONE group.
Licensed textile product provider Character World has secured a GBP14.5 million refinance package from Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance, as it plans for growth in 2022.
All Star Auto Lights, a specialty distributor of alternative automotive lighting parts and a portfolio company of Atlantic Street Capital, announced today its expansion into the remanufactured and aftermarket wheel category with the acquisitions of Jante Wheel and Perfection Wheel.
I Squared Capital, a global infrastructure investor, has established Cube Green Energy, a renewable energy platform dedicated to accelerating the energy transition to a zero-carbon economy.
The platform will develop, repower, construct, and operate wind and solar farms, as well as invest in the deployment of associated emerging technologies such as battery storage and green hydrogen. Cube Green Energy’s initial focus will be the mature renewables markets in Continental Europe that are at the forefront of the energy transition.
Cube Green Energy is led by former senior executives from GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS), the energy investment arm of
Vector Capital, a private equity firm specialising in transformational investments in established technology businesses, has made a co-investment in McGraw Hill Education (McGraw Hill), a global leader in educational content and digital platforms, in partnership with Platinum Equity.
Platinum Equity originally acquired McGraw Hill in July of 2021.
Founded in 1888, McGraw Hill provides outcome-focused learning solutions to millions of students globally, delivering both curated content and digital learning tools and platforms to the classrooms of approximately 250,000 higher education instructors, 13,000 pre-kindergarten through 12th grade school districts, and a wide variety of academic institutions, professionals, and companies. Its
Pembroke VCT, a venture capital trust focused on backing early-stage businesses, has invested GBP1 million in Peckwater Brands, the creator of data-driven virtual food brands, which develops delivery-only, fully-serviced food concepts to increase revenue for existing restaurants, its franchisees.
Launched by co-founders Leo Bradshaw and Sam Martin in June 2020, Peckwater’s solution allows independent restaurants to optimise their existing kitchen infrastructure, cooking orders for Peckwater Brands alongside their day-to-day operations. Peckwater benefits all parties; it enables restaurants to increase revenue and earnings, provides the consumer with more choice and drives more transactions through delivery platforms.
Peckwater takes a data-driven
PAI Partners (PAI) has completed the acquisition of European Camping Group (ECG) from Carlyle, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers) and Montefiore Investment (Montefiore).
Headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France, ECG operates a fleet of over 22,000 units (mostly mobile homes) across more than 310 premium campsites located in attractive destinations such as France, Italy, Spain and Croatia. The Company leverages four renowned and complementary brands (Homair, Eurocamp, Al Fresco, and Roan) ensuring deep commercial coverage in key European outbound markets.
Under Carlyle, Ontario Teachers and Montefiore’s ownership, ECG underwent significant expansion, becoming the leading mobile homes operator for holidays in
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