Allocations
The North East Development Capital Fund (NEDCF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) has invested GBP750,000 in Newcastle-based CRL Foods Ltd (CRL Foods), a specialist food & beverage canning, sterilisation and pasteurisation business.
The funding will allow the business to scale, increasing its production capacity and streamline efficiencies in order to service its growing list of international customers. The investment will also enable CRL Foods to expand its team, creating seven new jobs in Newcastle.
CRL Foods utilises bespoke new retort systems to sterilise and pasteurise food and drink that deliver significant quality benefits over current retort technologies
Funds advised by Apax are to acquire Infogain, a Silicon Valley-based specialist in digital transformation and software services, from ChrysCapital.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in Q3 2021. Terms of the transaction have not disclosed.
Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, Infogain provides human-centred digital platform engineering services to its customers. With a team of 5,000 globally, Infogain serves companies, including Fortune 500 customers, in the travel, healthcare, retail/consumer packaged goods (CPG), insurance, telecom, and tech industries, supporting them in their artificial intelligence, experience design and cloud journey,
Rubicon Partners (Rubicon) has acquired Airedale Catering Equipment Group Limited (Airedale), a UK specialist in services to the commercial kitchen and catering market.
Based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Airedale provides a fully integrated end-to-end solution including design, supply, manufacture and installation of professional kitchens and maintenance services.
Airedale was established by Peter Bywell and John Rhodes in 1985. In 2013, in the context of a management succession, Rob Bywell led a management buyout with the support of Rockpool Investments (Rockpool). The business has expanded rapidly over the last seven years, including through the acquisition of two service businesses which today
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in DIGARC a provider of academic catalogue and curriculum management, class and student scheduling and student pathfinder software for higher education.
The investment is an add-on to Riverside’s Modern Campus, a modern learner engagement platform for higher education institutions. The investment enables Modern Campus to accelerate its commitment to customer success by revolutionising learner engagement with massively personalised digital experiences.
Founded in 2001, DIGARC is committed to aiding higher education institutions to engage students through the power of a connected, integrated curriculum.
ComplySci, a provider of regulatory technology and compliance solutions for the financial services sector, has secured a growth capital investment of approximately USD120 million from K1 Investment Management, a private equity investment firm focused on high-growth enterprise software companies.
ComplySci is a specialist in offering compliance software that creates a robust employee compliance function. The company’s solutions aim to deliver scalable identification and mitigation of employee regulatory and compliance risks, at a high degree of precision and on a cost-efficient basis.
ComplySci partners closely with C-suite teams as well as in-house compliance, legal and technology professionals to deliver technology-enabled
Quantum-Si Incorporated (QSi), a specialist in next-generation semiconductor chip-based proteomics, has completed its business combination with HighCape Capital Acquisition Corp (HighCape), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by leading healthcare growth equity manager HighCape Capital LP.
The business combination and concurrent private placement, which were approved by HighCape’s stockholders at its special meeting held on 9 June, 2021, provide over USD500 million to fund the further development and planned commercialisation of the company’s single-molecule, semiconductor chip-based protein sequencing and genomics technology.
Following the transaction, the combined company was renamed Quantum-Si Incorporated, and its Class A common stock and warrants
Arrington Capital, a digital asset management firm in blockchain-based capital markets, has launched a new USD100 million fund to support initiatives building on Algorand, a blockchain accelerating the convergence of decentralised and traditional finance.
The Arrington Algo Growth Fund (AAGF) aims to encourage and spur additional development on Algorand, which has seen significant growth and adoption recently across DeFi (decentralised finance), traditional finance, the public sector, NFT space and more.
AAGF will invest in Algorand-focused projects, including liquid and illiquid coins, to empower projects that are creating new financial applications in the Algorand ecosystem. Algorand, the brainchild of Turing Award
TreasurySpring, the London-based financial technology company that operates the world’s first Fixed-Term Fund platform has closed its latest capital raise, securing more than USD10 million of new investment in a round that was co-led by MMC Ventures and Anthemis Group, with participation from existing investors, including ETFS Capital. The company has now raised more than USD15 million since its first external capital injection in November 2017.
Founded in 2016 by long-term business partners Kevin Cook, Matthew Longhurst and James Skillen, TreasurySpring’s FTF platform enables all holders of large cash balances to minimise risk and maximise returns, providing simple, digital access
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of 1E Limited from its founders.
“Our team helped to successfully navigate this important strategic investment, which will enable 1E Limited to capitalise on the growth of remote working,” says White & Case partner Ken Barry, who led the Firm’s deal team. “Our role advising on this deal highlights White & Case’s expertise in private equity, as well as our experience on transactions involving fast growing technology companies.”
The investment was made by Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (CETP) IV, a EUR1.35 billion fund that
Limerston Capital portfolio company Forensic Access Group has completed the acquisition of Alecto Forensic Services Limited.
This is the latest acquisition into the Forensic Access Group, building on the success of Forensic Access and following the recent acquisition of IntaForensics. This acquisition supports the ambitious growth strategy aimed at creating a leading international forensic and criminal justice services organisation.
Oxfordshire-based Forensic Access is leader in the provision of forensic science and support services to the UK criminal justice system, and forms part of the larger Limerston Capital backed AFA International.
Swindon-based Alecto specialise in forensic: anthropology, archaeology, ecology, imaging, proficiency
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