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Bottomline Technologies
Software investment firm Thoma Bravo is to acquire Bottomline Technologies (Nasdaq: EPAY), a provider of business payments financial technology in an all-cash transaction that values the company at approximately USD2.6 billion. 
Voi Technology â€“ a European specialist in micromobility â€“ has raised USD115 million in an oversubscribed financing round led by Raine Group and VNV Global. Existing investors including Inbox Capital, Nordic Ninja, Stena Sessan, Kreos Capital also participated along with new investors Ilmarinen, Nineyards Equity and ICT Capital and others. Leading entrepreneurs and operators from King, Avito, BCG and more also participated in the fundraising round. The round closed on the back of Voi’s best ever year, in which the company outperformed its peers and saw strong and growing demand for micro-mobility. 
An affiliate of Waypoint Capital (Waypoint) has acquired a 70 per cent stake in Allergy Partners (Allergy Partners), a US group of single-specialty allergy and asthma practices. Allergy Partners will continue to be led by current Chief Executive Officer, David Brown. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Estancia Capital Partners is to make a significant investment in R&T Deposit Networks, an administrator of reciprocal deposit networks for banks and insured cash sweep programs for broker-dealers and other financial institutions.  The investment, which is expected to close on 31 December, 2021, is intended to accelerate R&T’s continued expansion within the fast-growing and dynamic cash management market.   Estancia selected Hamilton Lane who is allocating capital from New York State Common Retirement Fund, Flexpoint Ford, and Madison Capital Funding as capital partners for this investment.
Next Century Ventures (NCV), the corporate venture capital fund of NEXEN TIRE, has invested in ANRA Technologies, a specialist in air traffic control and commercial solutions in the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry. Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is a technology that aims to improve the efficiency of transportation in urban and suburban areas. UAM uses highly automated and sustainable modes of transportation to move passengers and cargo at low altitudes. UAM offers a technological solution to road traffic congestion in populated cities by enabling the distribution of road traffic to the airspace, thereby effectively addressing environmental as well as congestion
Mediterrania Capital Partners (MCP), a private Equity firm based in Malta and focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, has Ade a partial exit from its investment in TGCC via an IPO.
Endicott Growth Equity Partners (Endicott) has acquired a majority stake in Information Clearinghouse Inc and Market Service Inc, home to the Creditntell, F&D Reports, ARMS and AggData brand.  Lawrence Sarf, Founder and CEO of the Company, will remain a significant owner and serve on the Company’s board. The current executive management team will continue to run day-to-day operations. Additional terms of the transaction have not b been disclosed.   Information Clearinghouse and Market Service are providers of financial, credit, and geospatial intelligence to a diverse set of customer segments, including consumer product companies, retailers, retail real estate owners and investors,
Lonsdale Capital Partners (Lonsdale), a private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market in the UK and Europe, has exited digital transformation consultancy, P2 Consulting (P2), producing a 2.7x return on its investment.  The business has been sold to Valcon, the European consulting firm backed by Waterland Private Equity. This is the fifth exit that Lonsdale has announced this year and the fourth from its current fund.
Eudemian Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, California, and Munich, Germany, has closed its USD10 million debut venture capital fund to support early-stage, US-based software startups. The fund is backed by a community of family office limited partners with a vested interest in software, including prominent names on both sides of the Atlantic like Martin Alexander and Eva Schoeller at Schoeller Group and Mark Silverman at Silverman Family Holdings.
Healthcare investor BPOC’s portfolio company Midwest Products & Engineering (MPE INC) has acquired Racine Metal-Fab, Ltd (RMF).  Terms of the transaction, MPE INC’s second acquisition of 2021 following the purchase of MindFlow Design in August, have not been disclosed. RMF, established in 1968, is a specialist in the fabrication of highly aesthetic and complex precision sheet metal components and sub-assemblies and it will expand the range of customisable solutions MPE INC can offer to medical device and technology manufacturers.

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