Allocations
KKR, a global investment firm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ensono, a specialist hybrid IT services provider, from Charlesbank Capital Partners and M/C Partners. The new investment follows multiple years of strong performance by Ensono, including robust growth in 2020 and its recently completed acquisition of Amido, a UK-based cloud native consultancy.
Ensono provides a comprehensive suite of services that help enterprises manage, optimize and modernize their IT systems across mainframe, cloud and hybrid infrastructure. Charlesbank and M/C Partners acquired the company in 2015 as a corporate carve-out. Since rebranding as Ensono in 2016, the company has achieved
Addition Capital, the London-based family investment office, has completed a control investment into Be-A Education Ltd, supported by funding from Shawbrook Bank.
Hertfordshire-based Be-A Education is the operator of the highly successful and fast-growing New Skills Academy and Staff Skills Training businesses with a mission to make learning accessible to consumers and businesses globally. To date, the award-winning company has sold nearly 1 million courses to consumers in over 30 countries.
The strategic investment, in partnership with Be-A’s founders, marks a new phase in Be-A’s continuing mission to bring affordable and accessible upskilling courses to consumers and businesses globally through
Private-equity backed Access Partnership has secured an undisclosed investment from Shawbrook Bank.
The international firm, also backed by Mobeus Equity Partners, specialises in shaping international public policy for the global technology sector.
The Group has witnessed rapid growth in recent years, driven by market dynamics around increasing regulatory pressures in data security, communications and artificial intelligence.
Supported by Mobeus, the Access Partnership management team are pursuing a period of organic and acquisitive growth, further funded by an undisclosed commercial facility from Shawbrook Bank, a specialist lender to UK SMEs.
“Governments and their citizen-stakeholders want technology on terms that are fair
The Gresham House British Strategic Investment Fund (BSIF) made a GBP10.5 million investment into Borderlink Broadband Limited (Borderlink).
Borderlink is a Fixed Wireless Access and Fibre broadband operator serving business and residential customers across Scotland, Cumbria and Northumberland. Borderlink is headquartered in the Scottish borders with depots and offices based at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Kelso, and Carlisle respectively. Borderlink’s current network focuses on rolling out high speed fibre broadband connectivity across five counties today, with the intention to grow more widely across Scotland and Northern England.
Borderlink will use the BSIF investment, in conjunction with the various Government schemes available to support
Hospitality technology platform LOKE has raised GBP2.85 million in a funding round led by Guinness Asset Management.
LOKE provides hospitality and retail businesses a sales and marketing platform designed to create new revenue channels, increase the average order value, frequency of transactions and reduce labour costs. This is achieved via a suite of digital sales and marketing tools powered by a bespoke rewards and promotion engine.
LOKE’s platform ‘democratises’ technology previously only available to the world’s biggest brands to any hospitality or retail business. With eight years of experience developing solutions, its expertise has helped support SMEs thrive during
Zeigo’s renewable energy procurement platform has completed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) on behalf of Gresham House, a market leading specialised alternative asset management group dedicated to sustainable investments. The site is a 4.3MW Solar Farm located in Leicestershire, England.
By partnering with the Zeigo platform, which uses the very latest technology to simplify the PPA procurement process, Gresham House accessed a wide variety of supplier offtakers which enabled them to complete the PPA swiftly and at a favourable price.
JP Cerda, CEO of Zeigo, says: “We are happy to partner with Gresham House to provide them with the end-to-end
Private equity and infrastructure investment manager Foresight Group (Foresight) has completed an equity investment into Beckett Investment Management Group Limited (Becketts), a Chartered Financial Planner and regional provider of financial, wealth management and employee benefits advice to private clients and companies, primarily in East Anglia.
This is the third investment from the Foresight East of England Fund, which targets investments in established, profitable SMEs in the East of England.
Founded in 1988, Becketts helps private clients and companies make the right financial choices by providing top quality independent financial and employee benefits advice. Headquartered in Bury St Edmunds and
Multi-strategy private equity firm TZP Group’s TZP Small Cap Partners II has acquired a majority stake in Akerson Enterprises (d/b/a Kindred Bravely), a provider of maternity and nursing basics apparel.
Launched in 2015 by Deeanne Akerson and Garret Akerson, Kindred Bravely is a digitally-native, direct-to-consumer brand focused on basics apparel for pregnant and nursing mothers. The Company’s products span multiple categories, including bras, loungewear, underwear, and sleepwear, amongst others. Built on the solid foundation of providing comfort and functionality that supports and encourages “her” on her motherhood journey, Kindred Bravely has developed a devoted customer base and has rapidly
The RO Group (RO) has launched RO Capital Partners, an active, early stage investment partner which will principally focus on: proptech, cleantech, and fintech investments.
The RO is a family owned group of companies established in 1932 and has been successfully investing across a diverse range of sectors since its formation. The RO has a strong track record of growing and realising shareholder value, giving it the depth and scope needed to launch a dedicated investment business. RO will utilise its well established corporate infrastructure, which will contribute to the success of any investments made by Capital Partners. This includes
General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has appointed Lord Browne of Madingley as a Senior Advisor, based in London.
Lord Browne will advise the firm on environmental, social and governance considerations, with a particular focus on the path to Net Zero emissions. He will work with General Atlantic to find new ways to invest in climate solutions, and help develop corporate strategies for addressing global climate change.
Lord Browne served as Group Chief Executive of international energy company BP from 1995-2007. During that period he led the company through a period of major growth and change, including BP’s merger
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