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AMP Capital’s Global Infrastructure Equity team has created a new company focused on acquiring and aggregating telecom site leases globally, in partnership with Eric Overman. 
Sunamp, a thermal storage technologies company, has secured a GBP6 million (USD8.3 million) convertible loan note investment from the Scottish National Investment Bank. Sunamp will use these funds to increase its sales in the UK, scale up production, and to accelerate international expansion into China, the Americas and continental Europe.   Sunamp is already active in 17 countries and has so far shipped over 15 thousand thermal batteries for the residential market from its UK manufacturing facility on the outskirts of Edinburgh. It recently opened new premises in Zurich and will open its first overseas manufacturing facility under licence in
Odyssey Energy Solutions has acquired the German remote monitoring and control technology company, Ferntech. Emily McAteer, CEO and Co-Founder, Odyssey, says: “We’re delighted about the acquisition of Ferntech and the opportunity it presents to expand the toolkit we offer our clients and users. We’ve successfully worked with the Ferntech team and their technology for several years. The acquisition significantly advances our mission to enable streamlined development, financing, and operations of distributed infrastructure projects at scale.”  Odyssey has become the go to platform for investors and governments making investments in the distributed renewable energy market and is currently facilitating flow of
Mirakl, an enterprise marketplace SaaS platform, has raised USD555 million in a Series E funding round led by Silver Lake, with participation from long-term investors 83North, Elaia Partners, Felix Capital, and Permira. The new funding increases the company’s valuation to more than USD3.5 billion. Mirakl’s valuation has more than doubled since its USD300 million Series D funding round announced on 22 September, 2020 and led by Permira’s growth fund. The company is poised to accelerate its rapid growth through the continued adoption of its flagship enterprise marketplace platform that already powers billions in gross merchandise value (GMV) and delivers speed,
Private equity investment firm Growthdeck has closed a GBP570k fundraise for Soho Street Cocktails, the ready-made premium cocktail maker.
LightEdge, a provider of colocation, cloud and managed service solutions, has acquired Cavern Technologies, an enterprise-grade data centre provider in Kansas City. Cavern Technologies was founded in 2007 as the area’s first colocation data center and is Kansas City’s largest colocation provider today. The natural limestone environment of Cavern’s underground facility serves as a fortress of security and resiliency for customers. Cavern provides a unique value proposition for mid-market to Fortune 1000 enterprises across the Midwest, offering customizable private suites for customers with two to 200+ cabinets.   Jim Masterson, CEO of LightEdge, says: “This is the first acquisition under
Oceanwood, one of Europe’s longest running Event Driven managers, has partnered with Alma Capital, a UCITS platforms, to launch a UCITS version of the flagship Oceanwood Opportunities strategy.
Graycliff Partners has completed the acquisition of Electro-Mechanical Corporation (EMC), a manufacturer of engineered electrical equipment sold into utility and industrial end markets. Based in Bristol, Virgina and founded in 1958 by Frank Leonard, EMC manufactures medium voltage electric equipment, primarily switchgears, transformers and custom systems that serve as critical components for utility and industrial power infrastructure. The company’s products are sold to electrical utilities, renewable energy generators, mining operators, and general industrial users of power. The company has been family owned for over 60 years, and goes to market under two leading brands, Federal Pacific and Line Power. “The
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London is the leading destination to grow a technology business outside of Silicon Valley, according to a comprehensive ranking of international startup hubs compiled by Startup Genome for its annual Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2021. 
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Walgreen Co, is making a majority investment in Shields Health Solutions, a specialist in integrated, health system-owned specialty pharmacy care.  WBA’s investment signifies another step the company is taking to accelerate innovative healthcare models for future growth, providing a platform to further develop health system partnerships and coordinate care for those with complex, chronic conditions.   The approximately USD970 million investment will support the continued growth of Shields’ health system-based specialty pharmacy strategy, and builds on a minority equity investment that WBA announced in July 2019. The new investment gives WBA approximately

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