Allocations
bd-capital, a pan-European, operationally-led private equity firm, has made its latest investment into TAPTAP Digital, an advertising technology and marketing intelligence software platform in Southern Europe, Latin America and Africa. This is bd-capital’s first investment in Spain.
TAPTAP was founded in 2010 by Alvaro del Castillo. The business has developed its own software platform called Sonata that helps deliver relevant advertising content to consumers while protecting their privacy. It aggregates and cross references multiple sources of location data, which helps advertisers to increase brand awareness, build purchase interest and boost consideration.
A key changing pattern of consumer behaviour is the
TELEO Capital Management (TELEO) has acquired Flatirons Solutions, Inc (Flatirons) from Presse Participations.
Flatirons is specialist in technical content management solutions for the aviation and defence industries. This investment marks TELEO’s second investment in aviation software and fifth corporate carve-out since 2019.
Flatirons offers a critical SaaS solution for the global aerospace industry which helps improve the productivity of maintenance procedures, ensuring regulatory compliance. TELEO’s investment will support the continued innovation of Flatirons’ software, driving significant operational efficiencies for the aerospace industry.
“The aerospace market is rapidly changing in response to regulations and technological advances. Flatirons provides organisations with a
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund (SEQI), a FTSE250 specialist economic infrastructure lender, has signed a private bilateral three-year facility agreement of up to USD50 million to EXMAR, the Euronext listed maritime and offshore solutions provider.
EXMAR will use the loan to repay part of the current NOK650 million bond issued by EXMAR Netherlands BV at maturity (May 2022).
David Fussell, Vice President at Sequoia Investment Management, says: “We have built a strong relationship with EXMAR since our first investment with the company in 2018 and are pleased to announce this new three-year facility. We believe LNG has a significant
Prytek Holdings (Prytek) has completed a strategic investment in Hirewell, a US-based talent acquisition solutions firm, as it continues its expansion.
Prytek enters the Human Capital space by investing into Hirewell, a US-based talent acquisition solutions firm and merging ICV, an AI sourcing solution (a Prytek technology company) to create a vertical integrated holding and delivering a managed service solution. This combined solution includes data technology, natural language programming, and business intelligence to marketplaces and offers an entire recruiting managed service.
Prytek will provide strategic capital to accelerate Hirewell’s organic growth and invest in technology to integrate it into
McVeigh Global Meetings and Events (MGME), a corporate meetings and events company and a portfolio company of private equity firm Infocommerce Partners, has acquired PRIME Event Partners, a Canadian full-service event management company.
This move expands on MGME’s global presence, with offices in Toronto and Vancouver, bringing new growth opportunities and enhanced service capabilities to clients across North America and around the world.
“We are very excited to welcome the PRIME team to our family,” says Jeff Guberman, CEO of MGME. “The acquisition of PRIME builds on our global business strategy with an incredible team that brings depth of experience
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has made a GBP749,000 growth capital investment into TMAC, using equity finance from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) as part of a cGBP1.5 million funding round.
Founded in 2018 by Jimmy Hosang and Sean Northam, TMAC is a rapidly growing contact centre software solutions company. Based in Manchester and with significant operations across the Midlands, TMAC’s proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning software drives efficiency, reduces costs and improves results for large contact centres primarily in the insurance, retail and banking sectors.
It offers three affordable modular
HIG Capital (HIG) has sold its portfolio company, Empire Today to Charlesbank Capital Partners (Charlesbank).
Empire Today is the largest shop-at-home, direct-to-consumer flooring company in the United States, operating in over 70 of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. The Company serves residential customers with a wide selection of carpet and hard surface flooring products for homes, and sells fully installed flooring solutions to businesses, including multi-family properties, restoration companies, REITs, and other organisations.
HIG acquired the Company in November 2016 in partnership with Empire Today’s management team. Through numerous strategic initiatives and investments, the Company enjoyed significant growth
Private investment firm GI Partners is to sell Generate Life Sciences (Generate), a life sciences platform that provides reproductive and newborn stem cell (umbilical cord blood and tissue) services, to CooperCompanies (NYSE:COO).
Generate Life Sciences was created by GI Partners in 2018 as the combination of California Cryobank Life Sciences, an industry-leading donor sperm and egg bank, and Cord Blood Registry, a leading provider of newborn stem cell services. The combined business became a key player in three highly complementary end-markets.
Generate serves families from preconception to post-birth throughout the significant and highly personalised journey of building a family and
Stone-Goff Partners has exited its investment in The Channel Company (TCC). TCC was acquired by investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital, a middle-market private equity firm.
The Channel Company drives sales for global technology providers through integrated marketing and sales solutions that identify, acquire, and retain channel sales partners and end-user customers. TCC’s integrated suite of solutions includes performance and content marketing, peer-to-peer engagement, consulting, brand marketing, sales enablement, and data analytics. TCC also completed a key acquisition in 2020, acquiring Audienz, a consulting and services business focused on major Cloud players – Microsoft, AWS, and Google.
Stone-Goff Partners invested
StepStone Group, a private markets investment firm focused on providing customised investment solutions and advisory and data services, has closed the StepStone Tactical Growth Fund III (STGF III), raising more than USD690 million of commitments.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP served as legal advisors for the formation of the fund.
The fund includes limited partners from around the world, including, public and corporate pension plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, family offices, high net worth individuals, and financial services and advisory firms. STGF III integrates fund, secondary and co-investments to build diversified exposure to high-growth technology and healthcare
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