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LIQID, a European digital wealth manager for affluent private clients backed by Toscafund, has secured EUR88 million in a funding round led by LGT, the global private banking and asset management group owned by the Princely House of Liechtenstein.
As part of the round, which also includes participation from existing investors, LGT will take a significant minority stake in the fast-growing Fintech and support the further expansion of the company’s offer and geographic reach.
LIQID, based in Berlin, provides its affluent client base with digital access to investment strategies and opportunities previously available only to high-net-worth and institutional investors
GovExec, an information services company for US government leaders and contractors, has acquired Government Marketing University, (GMarkU) a training, skills development, and career growth community platform that serves the entire public sector ecosystem.
Terms of the deal, which was completed with financial support from mid-market private-equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP), have not been disclosed.
Over the past eight months, GovExec has executed on its strategic vision of organic and acquisitive growth to build the most powerful set of real-time, predictive intelligence, community activation, and performance marketing tools that support government contractors at every phase of the buying process. The
EquipmentShare, an equipment and digital solutions provider serving the construction industry, has completed a USD230 million funding round led by Tiger Global Management, The Spruce House Partnership and RedBird Capital Partners, with additional participation from Tru Arrow Partners and existing investors Romulus, Insight Partners and Anchorage Capital Group.
These fundraising efforts provide capital for EquipmentShare to launch its core technology solution, T3, the operating system for construction, and expand its suite of technology solutions. This investment round also allows the company to increase its national footprint to better serve the needs of its customers.
“We are grateful to our new
Bolton-headquartered on-vehicle hydraulic systems developer Edbro has secured a new GBP10 million working capital facility from Shawbrook Bank with the support of specialist business advisory firm FRP.
Shawbrook Bank, which was introduced to Edbro by the Manchester debt advisory team at FRP, has provided a multi-million-pound asset-based lending facility, which will provide fresh capital to help to unlock some of the global development opportunities available to Edbro over the next few years. Shawbrook put forward a competitive funding proposal which ensures that, alongside support from Enact, the company has sufficient liquidity to meet those opportunities over the term of the
Travel tech start up Bookaway has closed USD46 million of investor funding from Aleph, Corner Ventures, Entrée Capital, to launch the Bookaway Group, uniting ground and sea transportation companies around the world.
Global investment firm Carlyle and sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) have taken minority stakes in Apex Group (Apex), a global financial services provider backed by Genstar Capital (Genstar).
The investment is further endorsement of Apex’s sustainable growth strategy, which will be delivered through continued organic growth and the successful integration of recent acquisitions.
Carlyle and Mubadala have invested in the ordinary share capital alongside Founder and CEO Peter Hughes, majority investor Genstar and leading growth investor TA Associates, previously announced as taking a significant minority strategic investment in The Group. This investment builds on Carlyle’s relationship with The
A&M Capital Europe (AMCE), a London-based, operationally-focused European middle-market private equity firm, is to acquire Pet Network International (Pet Network) from US-based asset management group The Rohatyn Group (TRG).
Pet Network is an omni channel pet care platform in southeast Europe, operating across Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Bulgaria. The transaction, terms of which were not disclosed, is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021.
Pet Network was created by TRG in 2018 through the acquisition and merger of three distinct businesses active in the pet supplies industry across southeast Europe: Pet Centar, which operates in Croatia, Serbia
Santander Holdings USA, Banco Santander’s US holding company, is to acquire Amherst Pierpont Securities, an independent fixed-income broker dealer, through the acquisition of its parent holding company, Pierpont Capital Holdings, for a total consideration of approximately USD600 million (cEUR500 million).
Amherst Pierpont will become part of Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (Santander CIB) global business line.
Amherst Pierpont is a leading independent broker-dealer based in the US, with a premier fixed-income and structured product franchise. It was designated a primary dealer of US Treasuries by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2019 and is currently one of only
Dechert LLP has advised a consortium led by Hohnhaus & Jansenberger and funds advised by Cathay Capital Private Equity on the recent acquisition of medifa healthcare group, a owner-run one-stop-shop provider of medical technology for operating rooms.
Cairngorm Capital Partners has acquired Munnypot Limited and Whitefoord LLP, to launch Verso Wealth Management (Verso), a wealth management group providing financial advice and investment management, powered by a digital platform.
The acquisitions are expected to complete shortly, subject to FCA approval, and mark Cairngorm Capital’s entry into the financial services and wealthtech sectors – a long-held objective of the firm.
Established in 2015, Munnypot provides an online investment service that delivers affordable and easily understood financial advice to individuals. Built to comply with the FCA’s regulatory requirements and connect with the most commonly used industry applications, Munnypot’s award winning
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