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Aruwa Capital Management (Aruwa), an early-stage growth equity and gender lens fund investing in Nigeria and Ghana has made an investment in CrowdForce, a financial services distribution platform serving the underserved and unbanked population in Nigeria.
In line with Aruwa’s gender lens investing strategy and from meetings held with agents and aggregaÂtors in the field, the firm observed a significant representation of women in CrowdÂForce’s agent network, with over 35 per cent of the Company’s agents being women, which is in line with its mandate to partner with companies who are providing economic empowerment to women.
New York-based private investment firm Aquiline Capital Partners (Aquiline) is to become a significant shareholder in VirtusLab, a software development and consulting company based in Poland. VirtusLab specialises in cloud-native, reactive systems, data science, data engineering and front-end development to enterprise customers globally.
Financial terms of the transaction, which will see existing management roll a portion of their equity stake and maintain ownership in the company, have not been disclosed. Founder and CEO, Rafal Pokrywka will continue to lead the business, along with CTO, Pawel Dolega and COO, Tomasz Orzechowski.
Solactive AG (Solactive) has acquired 100 per cent of the share capital of Global Property Research BV (GPR) from Van Lanschot Kempen NV.
PGR holds a longstanding track record in the indexing business and is a registered Benchmark Administrator under the European Benchmarks Regulation. Since its inception, in 1995, the company ranks amongst the top global index providers in property and infrastructure research and provides its services to leading financial institutions.
Investcorp, a global alternative investment firm, has RESA Power (RESA), a provider of power services that enhances the safety, reliability, and efficiency of electric power systems, from Blue Sea Capital, a growth-oriented private equity firm.
Investcorp’s partnership with RESA, which is led by Monte Roach, an industry veteran with over 30 years of experience will focus on continuing the Company’s organic growth, expanding geographically across North America, and accelerating the completion of strategic, value-creating add-on acquisitions.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Growth-focused private equity firm Trilantic North America has spun out its energy team to form a new, independent firm called Greenbelt Capital Partners (Greenbelt).
Greenbelt will formally launch on 1 January, 2022, and will be headquartered in Austin, Texas, while maintaining an additional presence in New York. The firm, named after the outdoor recreational parkland in Austin, will be led by Chris Manning, who currently serves as one of the Managing Partners of Trilantic North America. Chris will be joined by Glenn Jacobson, Andy Hopping, Chris Murphy, Sam Graham, and the rest of the Trilantic North America energy team. Trilantic
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising midmarket companies, has sold portfolio company Fazoli’s Group to strategic buyer FAT Brands for an enterprise value of USD130 million.
Fazoli’s, which specialises in moderately priced Italian food favourites, including freshly prepared pasta, Submarinos sandwiches, and unlimited signature breadsticks, has nearly 220 franchised and company-owned restaurants in 28 states.
Godspeed Capital Management (Godspeed Capital), a lower middle-market Defence & Government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm, has made a strategic investment in Varen Technologies, a provider of cybersecurity, software, and intelligence solutions for the Defence and Intelligence Communities.
Financial terms of the transaction, which will see Varen Technologies will remain headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, and continue to be led by President & CEO Marty Leshin and the existing management team, have not been disclosed.
Godspeed Capital plans to meaningfully invest in Varen Technologies by increasing investments in technology, talent acquisition, business development, corporate infrastructure, and strategic acquisitions
Kartesia, a European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, has provided a financing solution to support mid-market private equity firm Palatine Private Equity (Palatine) and its portfolio company, Leicester-based Construction Testing Solutions (CTS).
The capital for this transaction was funded from Kartesia Senior Opportunities I (KSO I), which has now completed twelve investments in the UK market since the launch of the strategy in 2020. The deal team at Kartesia comprised Nick Holman, Kamil Kapasi and Karan Patole. The investment also marks Kartesia’s second transaction with Palatine Private Equity.
Slovak fund management company Sandberg Capital has closed its second private equity fund, Sandberg Investment Fund II, at its hard cap of EUR130 million.
Capital under management has increased by EUR 21 million from the fund’s first close in January 2021.
The new commitments come from new as well as existing investors. The fund, among the largest private equity funds in Slovakia, brings together domestic and foreign institutional and private investors.
The investors in Sandberg Investment Fund II initially included the European Investment Fund, J&T Finance Group (including J&T Arch Investments SICAV, J&T Banka and 365.bank), Tatra banka, a member
PSG, a growth equity firm focused on partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies, in combination with ShieldCo, a PSG V portfolio company, has acquired Traction Guest, a provider of cloud-based visitor management and workforce security software.
This marks ShieldCo’s second investment. In September 2021, the company invested in Sign In App, a provider of workplace risk management software solutions. Jeff Gordon, a Senior Advisor at PSG, will lead the new operating company, ShieldCo. Keith Metcalfe will continue to lead and focus on growing the Traction Guest business as CEO and will also join the ShieldCo senior leadership team,
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