Deals
Clearlake Capital Group is to acquire Confluence Technologies (Confluence), a global software and data solutions provider helping the investment management industry solve complex data challenges, from TA Associates (TA).
Upon closing of the transaction, Clearlake will become the majority shareholder while TA will retain a minority equity stake. Mark Evans, CEO of Confluence, will continue to lead the Company supported by the existing management team.
Confluence works with the world’s leading asset managers and service providers to automate business processes across the front, middle and back office. The Company’s investments in the latest technology and expertise allow it
Private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners portfolio company Mirion Technologies (Mirion) has entered into a Business Combination Agreement with GS Acquisition Holdings Corp II (GSAH), which would see the Company list on the New York Stock Exchange.
GSAH is a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Mirion is a global provider of radiation detection, measurement, monitoring and analysis equipment and services that customers rely on to protect their personnel and environment while delivering their services safely and efficiently. Mirion employs around 2,500 people globally, and generated approximately USD650 million in pro
The Maven UK Regional Buyout Fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has invested in Titan Wealth Holdings (Titan) to support Titan’s platform acquisitions and future acquisition strategy.
Titan has been formed to provide more integrated and flexible services to investment managers and independent financial advisers (IFAs) through a central proposition that combines discretionary fund management (DFM) with integrated trade, custody and settlement services through a leading technology platform. Titan presents an exciting opportunity within the rapidly evolving wealth management sector to offer higher quality, more flexible and independent services to clients. Titan, which is targeting GBP20-GBP30 billion in assets
EQT’s EQT VIII fund (EQT Private Equity) has agreed to sell Aldevron to Danaher Corporation for an enterprise value of USD9.6 billion.
Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, has acquired a stake in NetCo Group, following investment from funds managed by IK Investment Partners (IK) and Andera Partners.
CAPZA Growth Tech is to acquire a minority stake in Advens, a cybersecurity and SOC-as-a-Service specialist in France.
Founder Alexandre Fayeulle and the current management team remain majority shareholders. As a result of the transaction, which values Advens at more than EUR100 million, the shareholding will be extended to one third of Advens’ employees.
Advens offers a comprehensive cybersecurity package that combines high value-added services with an innovative Security-as-a-Service model to meet the growing needs of companies, regardless of their specific sector or business.
Advens has developed an operational security centre (“Security-as-a-Service Factory”) unique in France, which takes advantage of
bd-capital, a pan-European, operationally-led private equity firm, has made an investment in SportPursuit, an online private sales club in the UK and Germany focused on active lifestyle and sports products.
This latest investment into SportPursuit follows the firm’s recent investments into Symprove, the gut health products business, and Ascenti, the UK’s leading provider of physical and mental wellbeing services. All three investments follow a consistent strategy of investing in companies where changing patterns of consumer behaviour and technology disruption are creating growth opportunities.
SportPursuit was founded in 2011 by a group of friends with a shared passion for activity
The BUILD Fund (BUILD), an impact fund created in partnership between Bamboo Capital Partners (Bamboo) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), has made its inaugural investment, providing a USD500,000 working capital facility for Mwezi, a Kenyan distributor of solar products.
Mwezi is a last-mile solar energy solutions distributor targeting rural Kenya. The company provides high-quality solar-powered, Lighting Global accredited products. Mwezi offers customers access to these products through a Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) solution to address the financing barriers that have historically held back low-income households in rural sub-Saharan Africa from affording clean energy.
Mwezi sells and distributes products
Akur8, an insurtech automating insurance pricing with its proprietary Transparent AI, has closed a Series B funding round of USD30 million, bringing its total funding to USD42 million.
The investment round closed less than two years after the P&C and health insurance pricing SaaS solution provider first commercialised its platform, and just 15 months after its Series A led by BlackFin Capital Partners and MTech Capital. Both are reinvesting in this round.
Founded in 2018, Akur8’s vision is to transform insurance pricing with its Transparent AI, to empower actuaries and pricing teams to make better decisions, faster. The cloud-based
Inflexion has completed the acquisition of Infront ASA, a European provider of financial market data and software solutions currently listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
The founders of Infront, CEO Kristian Nesbak and CIO Morten Lindeman, are reinvesting a portion of their proceeds alongside Inflexion. The investment is being made by Inflexion Buyout Fund V and Supplemental Fund. The business will be delisted shortly after the acquisition.
Headquartered in Oslo, Infront provides a suite of data and software solutions which allow financial institutions to manage investment decisions, reduce costs and comply with changing market requirements. The company serves more than
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