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KKR is to acquire a majority stake in Probe CX alongside existing management from Quadrant Private Equity, Five V Capital, Rodney Kagan and other shareholders of the company.
The investment will be used to further fuel Probe’s robust growth and strengthen its digital capabilities to enhance its service offering to customers.
Probe is a leading provider of customer experience (CX) and business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions based in Australia. Probe was founded by Co-chairman Rodney Kagan in 1979 and is now the largest provider of outsourced CX and BPO services in Australia and New Zealand, with more than 600 clients
Login VSI, a company dedicated to maximising the end-user experience, has secured a significant growth investment from Wavecrest Growth Partners. The funding will be used to expand all aspects of the business, specifically sales, marketing, and product innovation.
Today’s modern enterprises need a continuous understanding of the application experience delivered to their corporate users, a need that has grown given the increase in remote work caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Business-critical applications are being deployed in enterprise data centres (on-premises) and the cloud, further increasing performance variability and driving the need for multi-environment digital workspace testing. Login VSI’s flagship product,
SWEN Capital Partners, a provider of unlisted sustainable investment solutions, has, through the SWEN Impact Fund for Transition (SWIFT), invested in Lhyfe, a pioneer and pure player in renewable green hydrogen.
It is SWEN’s first deal in hydrogen. Since its creation in 2019, SWIFT has mostly targeted projects related to methanisation in renewable gas stations (130 to 150 methanation units supported).
SWEN Capital Partners participated in Lhyfe second funds series, which allowed the company to secure 50 million euros from SWEN Capital Partners and Banque des Territoires onboard alongside original investors. The announcement comes as Lhyfe inaugurated on Thursday September
SEEIT, the first UK listed investment company of its kind to invest exclusively in the energy efficiency sector, has acquired the remaining 35 per cent equity interest that it did not already own in Primary Energy, a portfolio of recycled energy and cogeneration projects servicing the steel industry, located in Indiana, USA.
The interest was acquired from a consortium led by Fortistar LLC for a cash consideration of approximately USD92 million. The acquisition was identified as part of SEEIT’s near term pipeline in its recent equity issue.
SEEIT acquired an initial 50 per cent interest in Primary Energy in
SecZetta, a provider of third-party identity risk solutions, today announced an oversubscribed USD20.5 million Series B fundraising round.
The round was led by SYN Ventures, along with new investor MassMutual Ventures. The round also included participation from existing investors ClearSky and Rally Ventures, which strengthened their investments in SecZetta.
SecZetta offers security and assurance with its easy-to-use, purpose-built solutions that address third-party identity risk head-on and help better manage the identity risk and lifecycle management needs of growing third-party populations.
“To be successful, organisations need to automate best practices for managing the dynamic relationships required by their third-party resources
Capria Ventures, a global investor with the largest network of fund managers in emerging markets, termed the Global South, has released its annual impact report. According to the report, Capria and its affiliated network of funds have invested USD92.1 million as of December 2020, impacting 16.5 million lives across regions despite the pandemic-induced setbacks.
Capria’s network of 14 Fund managers have invested USD 92.1 million in early-stage startups spread across 56 countries as of Dec ‘2020.
“Capria is delivering market-rate returns while also creating impact through its investments in the Global South, specifically, in the tech hubs of Latin America,
ICAS World, a leading global provider of Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP), crisis management solutions and people development, will use a significant investment from the alternative lender BOOST&Co to drive its future growth and fund further acquisitions, after demand for its services surged in the wake of a growing awareness of mental health issues.
Founded in 1987, the business provides a range of mental health, work-life and wellness services to more than 2,500 corporate clients, serving more than 6.5 million employees. It employs more than 300 people and has offices in locations including London, Paris, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Johannesburg
Ropes & Gray has advised Acceleron in its USD11.5 billion sale to Merck & Co. This is one of Merck’s biggest acquisitions and diversifies the pharmaceutical company’s pipeline by adding Acceleron’s drugs to target rare diseases. The transaction was announced on 30 September.
Bernhard Capital Partners Management, a services and infrastructure-focused private equity management firm, is to acquire RailWorks Corp (RailWorks), a North American rail infrastructure solutions provider, from Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm.
The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals.
“RailWorks has enjoyed unprecedented growth over the last decade, and we are excited to see that continue with Bernhard Capital’s ownership and expertise,” says Kevin Riddett, RailWorks’ President and CEO. “For RailWorks’ customers, it is business as usual. Our crews will continue to deliver
Virtu Financial, a provider of trading solutions and liquidity to the global markets, has become a strategic investor in ClearList.
Other investors in ClearList include GTS, a leading electronic market maker across global financial instruments, Tudor Global Trading, founded by legendary investor Paul Tudor Jones, and David “Tiger” Williams, founder of Williams Trading.
Together with GTS, the Virtu investment brings together on behalf of ClearList, two of the largest global electronic equity market makers in the world.
Doug Cifu, CEO of Virtu, says: “We have been watching with interest the overall development of the private markets and in particular the
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