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Gloucestershire law firm BPE Solicitors has acted for Allenby Capital Limited, a nominated adviser and broker for the AIM market in a deal that raised approximately GBP3.5 million for Grafenia.
Grafenia is the company behind the Nettl network of web studios – including those situated in Cheltenham and Gloucester. Allenby Capital Limited is employee-owned and provides brokerage and advisory services to fast growing companies, especially those looking to join AIM.
This most recent deal builds on the experience of the Corporate team in BPE; having acted for a large number of AIM company clients, this represents the first time
International law firm CMS has advised UK gaming company The Rank Group (Rank) on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of QSB Gaming Limited, owner of YoBingo.es, a Spanish digital bingo business, for up to EUR52 million.
The acquisition of the Yobingo Group expands Rank’s digital footprint in Spain and provides it with a proprietary platform and content for the Spanish market with strong potential to support other regulated markets. This deal further solidifies CMS’ pre-eminence for M&A in the gaming sector, and follows the firm’s recent roles on the GBP176 million recommended takeover of AIM-quoted online gaming
Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP3 million investment into Altrincham-based, DA Languages Limited (DAL).
DA Languages is a fast-growing interpreting and translation services business with a network of thousands of vetted professional linguists, who speak more than 450 languages, from Polish to Abkhaz and Zulu and complete thousands of interpreting and translation jobs each month. The Company offers three core services, face-to-face interpreting, telephone interpreting and written translation services to corporates, charities, NHS Trusts and City Councils.
The Company was founded in 2007 by Actar Arya, when she recognised a gap for high quality and reliable interpretation services
Malwarebytes, a malware prevention and remediation solution, has acquired Binisoft to strengthen its platform for protecting endpoints by integrating the top Windows Firewall Control tool.
The management software allows admins quick access to Windows Firewall settings and enhances the management functionality of networking rules for each application.
Continued increases in cyber threats, including malware that communicates and coordinates data theft and other malicious attacks, means it is more important than ever to deploy tools that allow better management of a user’s Windows Firewall. Doing so ultimately enables the user to manage networking rules for each application in a more
A company backed by private equity firm Permira is to sell Magento Commerce, a specialist in cloud digital commerce, to Adobe in an all-cash transaction for USD1.68 billion.
Hillhouse Capital, the Asia-focused investment firm, will also sell its stake in Magento to Adobe in this transaction.
Magento Commerce was acquired by the Permira funds from eBay Inc in 2015 and received an investment from Hillhouse Capital in 2017.
“We are delighted to have partnered with the Magento management team during this period of impressive performance,” says Phil Guinand, Partner at Permira. “Magento has grown its customer-base and enterprise
Nexxus has sold portfolio company Maak Arca Holding, a platform of construction and decoration businesses in Mexico, to a group of Mexican private investors.
The divestment was made through the spin-off and sale of the subsidiaries Mármoles Arca and Madarca, companies specialised in the distribution and sale of natural stones and wood, respectively.
Nexxus (through Nexxus Capital Private Equity Fund V, LP and Fideicomiso Nexxus IV), remains invested in a newly created holding company, Vidrios y Fachadas Holding, which consolidates Vitrocanceles and Vitrogenera, companies specialised in the production, distribution and installation of glass for facades and aluminium window frames.
Arlington Capital Partners has agreed to sell Polaris Alpha, a provider of mission solutions for complex defence, intelligence, and security customers, as well as to other US federal government customers, to Parsons.
Parsons’ acquisition of Polaris Alpha will be the latest in the company’s series of strategic investments focused on companies with technologies aligned to evolving threats in the land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains.
Parsons’ existing artificial intelligence (AI), signals intelligence, and data analytics expertise supporting defensive and offensive cybersecurity missions will be expanded by the integration of Polaris Alpha’s machine learning, data, video, multi-source analytics and
UK private Equity firm Sovereign Capital Partners, has exited its investment in Kindertons, a nationwide provider of outsourced accident management services for motor insurers and insurance brokers, together with claims management services, to ExamWorks, a portfolio company of Leonard Green & Partners.
Completion is subject to change of control consent by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The exit will deliver a gross return of 8x and a 73 per cent IRR to investors.
Sovereign originally completed the management buy-out of Kindertons in October 2013, with Sovereign worked closely with the management team to appoint Jon
Sandton Capital Partners, a special situations investment fund, has acquired VVB Engineering Ltd (VVB), a specialist mechanical and electrical contractor, for an undisclosed sum.
Established in 1991; VVB is one of the leading contractors in the UK, for mechanical and electrical works in the construction and installation of tunnels. The company works on many high-profile projects in partnership with some of the main UK and European civil contractors, operating in five key strategic sectors; rail, road, airport, power and utilities and construction. VVB’s head office is in Ramsden Heath, Essex and they employ over 250 people with a turnover of GBP75million.
Emerson (EMR) has agreed on terms to acquire Aventics from Triton for a cash purchase price of EUR527 million. Aventics is among the global leaders in smart pneumatics technologies that power machine and factory automation applications.
Emerson is a leader in fluid automation technologies for process and industrial applications, and Aventics significantly expands the Company’s reach in this growing USD13 billion market.
Aventics builds upon and strengthens Emerson’s capabilities and solutions in key discrete and hybrid automation markets, including food and beverage, packaging, automotive assembly and medical equipment. Emerson’s expanded offering creates one of the broadest portfolios of
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