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KKR, a global investment firm, and Ensono, a leading hybrid IT services provider, have closed the previously announced acquisition of Ensono by KKR. Ensono provides a comprehensive suite of services that help enterprises manage, optimise and modernise their IT systems across mainframe, cloud and hybrid infrastructure.
“Joining the KKR family strengthens our position as a leading managed service provider and enables us to grow and drive innovation to meet the changing needs of our clients,” says Jeff VonDeylen, CEO of Ensono. “We have a great partner in KKR who shares our values, our vision, and is committed to our success.”
Uruguayan fintech payments company dLocal, the country’s first unicorn, has raised USD617.65 million in its initial public offering, which started trading on Thursday on the Nasdaq under the symbol ‘DLO’.
Of the shares sold, close to 4.4 million were by dLOcal and 25 million by its existing investors. JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley were the lead underwriters for the IPO.
Led by its 30-year-old CEO Sebastián Kanovich and headquartered in Uruguay, dLocal is the first unicorn to come out of one of South America’s smallest countries. Kanovich is a pioneer in the EM payments space, having spun off dLocal from AstroPay in January 2016.
The startup, whose high-profile backers include General
Dutch blockchain investment fund Maven 11 Capital has raised EUR40 million which it will invest in start- and scale-ups creating innovative financial services and building Web 3.0. using blockchain technology.
The new fund is a direct response to the explosive demand for investment in, and mentoring of, start-ups in decentralised finance, where cutting edge technology plays a central role. Due to this, and the rapid development of DeFi and Web 3.0, the fund could very well close before summer’s end.
“Blockchain technology allows the creation of a completely new infrastructure enabling financial services without the intervention of a third party.
The North East Development Capital Fund (NEDCF) has led a GBP500,000 funding round for Newcastle-based HiveHR Ltd (Hive), an employee listening tool, operating in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) space.
The Fund, which is managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has invested GBP250,000, alongside GBP250,000 from the Future Fund, a government backed scheme supported by the British Business Bank.
The transaction follows an impressive six months of growth with more and more organisations now prioritising how their people are feeling in the midst of significant changes to their ways of working. The funding will be used to accelerate Hive’s roadmap alongside a
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a significant investment in Pagabo, a procurement services specialist, and Sypro, a contract management and compliance software provider.
The two businesses share common ownership and the transaction will allow for the creation of a formal group of companies (Group).
Pagabo and Sypro have highly complementary propositions which provide a compelling end-to-end solution for public sector and large enterprise clients when managing complex construction projects.
Pagabo’s innovative framework agreements enable organisations to procure suppliers for a range of goods and services more efficiently, while Sypro’s Contract Manager software empowers contractors to comply with contract obligations
Paceline Equity Partners (Paceline), a Dallas-based private equity manager, has held the final closing of commitments to Paceline Equity Partners Opportunity Fund I, and Paceline Equity Partners Opportunity Fund I (Cayman) with total commitments of USD350 million.
In addition, Paceline has raised and currently manages USD64 million of third-party equity capital to invest alongside deployments from Fund I. Paceline has also raised a committed co-investment partnership with another investor, and, in aggregate, Paceline has raised USD449 million of equity capital to date.
Chief Executive Officer Sam Loughlin says: “It is the trust and confidence of our investor base that
CSC, a provider of business, legal, tax, and digital brand services, has acquired PEF Services LLC (PEF), a leading provider of technology-enabled fund administration services to private capital firms and their investors, including private equity, private debt, venture capital and US-based small business investment companies (SBICs).
This strategic acquisition greatly accelerates CSC’s fund services growth plans in the US, adding expertise and a robust technology platform to CSC’s increasingly sophisticated solutions. The deal underscores CSC’s commitment to the growing private capital fund administration market and builds upon CSC’s other recent expansion efforts in the US, Europe, and Asia.
“We’re very
Taylor Maxwell Group, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of timber and façade solutions to the construction industry, has been acquired by Brickability Group for a consideration of up to GBP63 million.
The Bristol offices of Grant Thornton Corporate Finance and Burges Salmon advised the shareholders with Grant Thornton also providing tax advisory services.
Founded in Bristol in 1959 as a brick and timber merchant, Taylor Maxwell has developed into an over GBP250 million turnover business distributing a range of sawn soft wood timber for use in the construction, pallets and fencing sectors and façade solutions, including facing
Two months after the acquisition of SocieteInfo, Explore, a specialist in the development of B2B business solutions, has acquired Belgian company Codata.
This new merger will enable Explore to deploy innovative solutions on the B2B data market for retail chains and commercial real estate professionals, and thus strengthen its position on its market.
Based in Namur (Belgium) and founded in 1989 by Claude Raick, Codata offers the reference database on the market describing the offer of commercial sites and locations in France and the Benelux, through online search tools allowing the consultation and downloading of data.
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Phil, a software therapy deployment platform, has secured USD56 million in a Series D fundraise led by Warburg Pincus, a global growth investor.
The investment is part of an arrangement for Warburg Pincus to invest up to USD100 million and enables Phil to accelerate the development of innovative products while continuing to support the growth of its customers.
As part of the investment, Fred Hassan, Director at Warburg Pincus, will join the company’s board of directors. Fred has a multi-decade career in pharmaceuticals, including roles as CEO of Schering-Plough and Pharmacia, as well as Board roles at Bausch & Lomb,
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