Allocations
LoopMe, a brand-focused mobile advertising platform, has secured a USD120 million investment from Mayfair Equity Partners (Mayfair), a tech and consumer growth investment firm.
Godspeed Capital Management (Godspeed Capital), a lower middle-market Defense & Government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm, has acquired Exceptional Software Strategies (ESS), a provider of information technology solutions to mission-oriented Federal agencies, including members of the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense agencies.
The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
ESS will join Godspeed Capital’s recently formed high-end cyber and technology solutions platform holding company, designed to provide US Defence and Intelligence Community agencies with a full suite of solutions to combat an increasing and ever-evolving level of cybersecurity and intelligence threats.
Mercer Global Advisors, a full-service wealth management firm and national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) backed by private equity firms Genstar and Oak Hill Capital, has acquired Wrenn Financial Strategies, a wealth management firm located in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Wrenn serves over 150 clients with assets under management (AUM) of approximately USD238 million.
Wrenn is focused on providing leading financial planning and investment management services to its clients using an ensemble team approach among Wrenn’s three CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals and other team members.
ECI Partners, a growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, had a strong 2021, completing seven exits with a combined value of GBP2.5 billion.
Together, these exits averaged a return of 3.5x, and include the sale of CPOMS, Content+Cloud and the IPO of tech unicorn Auction Technology Group (ATG). ATG was the best performing IPO in London during 2021 (above GBP50 million market cap) and is now a FTSE 250 constituent.
ECI continued its strong record of supporting companies to unlock growth opportunities through M&A, with the portfolio completing 14 acquisitions in total last year.
Apis Growth Fund II, a private equity fund managed by Apis Partners, has invested USD50 million in Giift, a specialist in loyalty programme management and development.
KNEIP, a specialist in fund data management and reporting solutions for the asset management industry, has acquired Dataglide, a UK-based technology company specialised in data transformation and cloud-based automation.
The acquisition brings significant technology expertise in-house, with microservices architecture and multi-tenant cloud computing, which will increase service quality and data accuracy, as well as will drive process automation across its portfolio. With Dataglide technology, KNEIP is now ready to launch new products.
Dataglide has been working with KNEIP for more than a year to build its next generation fund data management system. The acquisition is highly complementary to KNEIP’s existing
Boosted.ai, a distributed machine learning platform for global investment professionals, has closed a USD35 million Series B financing round, led by Ten Coves Capital and Spark Capital.
Portage Ventures, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and HarbourVest Partners also participated in the round. Inclusive of seed capital, Boosted.ai’s total funding now stands at USD46 million.
The funding will be used to scale Boosted Insights, the company’s web-based platform that brings explainable machine learning tools to investment managers. By using Boosted Insights, portfolio management teams can augment their existing investment processes, source new ideas and manage risks through AI without any prior
TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, has made a significant minority investment in AnovoRx Holdings (Anovo), a provider of specialty pharmacy services and customised treatment and support programs that address the unique needs of patients with certain complex and chronic diseases.
Flipdish, an international online ordering and digital experience platform for hospitality, has received a cUS100 million investment led by Tencent.
The funding values the company at over USD1.25 billion and follows a USD48.5m investment from Tiger Global Management in February 2021.
Tencent join other existing Flipdish investors Global Founders Capital, Elkstone, Enterprise Ireland and Growing Capital.
Founded by brothers Conor and James McCarthy in 2015, Flipdish provides technology that powers QR code ordering & payment at the table, online ordering for pick-up and delivery, self-service kiosks, customer loyalty programs, and digital marketing.
Private markets firm Partners Group has agreed, on behalf of its clients, to acquire North Star, an operator of specialised vessels that offer emergency response and rescue and essential offshore wind maintenance services, from Basalt Infrastructure Partners.
Headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, North Star is an established infrastructure company with a fleet of 48 Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRVs) and Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) and around 1,400 employees.
Partners Group aims to transform North Star into a leading next-generation offshore wind infrastructure services company, which reflects the firm’s focus on investing with sustainability factors in mind. Partners Group will work
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