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Ten scaleups, which between them secured 20 per cent of total UK tech VC investment at USD3.5 billion drove UK tech in 2020, according to Tech Nations’ latest report on the state of the UK tech sector.
Bowmark Capital has agreed to sell its stake in Oxford International Education Group, an international education provider, as part of two simultaneous transactions – the sale of the company’s schools division to Nord Anglia Education, and the sale of its university partnerships, online learning and languages business to a management buy-out, backed by THI Investments.
Since Bowmark invested in the group in March 2014, Oxford International has significantly expanded the scale and scope of its schools and university partnerships businesses, more than doubling overall group revenues. The schools division has grown from one to three top-performing independent schools and now
Deep Tech start up Nuventura has launched a new funding round in order to make the crucial next steps towards the product’s industrialisation and prepare for expansion into other markets. In December 2020 deep tech startup Nuventura successfully closed an equity funding round of EUR2.5 million in extension of its 2019 seed round.
This funding round was led by new investors Cycle Eco Technology Fund and DOEN Participaties with the participation of existing investors IBB Ventures, APEX Energy and Future Energy Ventures as well as several well-known angel investors. To date, Nuventura’s total funding amounts to more than EUR8 million.
Funds advised by Apax have signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Lutech (Lutech), an IT services, software and technology company in Italy, from One Equity Partners, a middle market private equity firm.
The financial terms of the transaction, which are subject to applicable regulatory approvals, have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2001, Lutech is a leading Italian IT services and solutions provider, designing and enabling digital transformation and innovative enterprise technologies for private and public-sector clients. Lutech is able to deliver a wide range of solutions including digital strategy definition, proprietary software, system integration and
Global law firm White & Case has advised funds advised by Triton on the acquisition of ACRE, a leading end-to-end security solutions provider.
“Our role advising Triton on its acquisition of ACRE follows its successful sale of DSI Underground at the end of 2020, on which we also advised, and demonstrated the strengths of our transatlantic capabilities,” says White & Case partner Ian Bagshaw, who led the Firm’s deal team.
Since its establishment in 1997, Triton has sponsored nine funds, focusing on businesses in the industrial, business services, consumer and health sectors. The Triton funds invest in and support the
TotemFi, a decentralised finance (DeFi) prediction markets platform for the crypto community, has closed USD255,000 funding round with a roster of strategic investors including DuckDAO, Nabais Capital, LD Capital, Alphabit, Altvest, Moonwhale Ventures, and Bluenode Capital.
CEO Jolyon Layard-Horsfall says: “We couldn’t be happier with the strategic investors we’ve partnered with; each of them brings significant expertise, and comprehensive industry knowledge, to our project. We’ve no doubt that their help, guidance, and deep pools of talent will take TotemFi to the next level, and these strategic partnerships will prove invaluable long into the future.”
The raise follows a successful incubation
Lead generation technology company, ROI Media UK, has acquired Copenhagen-headquartered, Firstborn Capital.
Firstborn Capital provides digital marketing and lead generation in the fintech space, with a focus on unsecured consumer loans and bank loans through partnerships with leading financial companies and banks. The deal adds SEK9 million of annual revenue for ROI and is the company’s second acquisition since growth capital investor BGF backed the business with a total of GBP7 million investment. BGF invested GBP3 million in June 2020 and a further GBP4 million in January 2021.
The funding was raised to support the company’s expansion
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to CBPE on the sale of its portfolio company Xceptor to Astorg.
Headquartered in London, Xceptor provides end-to-end process automation solutions to financial institutions via a highly scalable, no-code software platform. By leveraging its deep financial sector domain expertise, Xceptor has been able to deliver significant and measurable ROI to its global, blue-chip customer base.
Since CBPE invested in 2017, the company has focused on investing in its product and augmenting its sales capabilities, while also building a truly international business with operations in Europe, North America and Asia. These investments
Queen’s Park Equity (QPE) has supported the management buyout of Encore Group (Encore), a specialist property management solutions provider, led by Joaquim Fillola, James Peace and Jeremy Chard.
Founding partners Stephen Chard and Neil Robinson will also retain a stake in the business.
Encore, a Cambridge headquartered Residential Managing Agent, provides a range of estate management services to over 27,000 properties across the UK. The business has grown strongly in recent years as a result of its longstanding relationships with housing developers and 16-year track record of providing high quality services to its customers.
With QPE’s support, Encore will continue
Imaweb, an independent developer and provider of automotive and dealership digital software solutions in Europe, has acquired Stampyt, a French provider of re-marketing software and other digital solutions for the second-hand vehicle market.
Imaweb is backed by funds advised by PSG, a leading growth equity firm that focuses on partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled service companies.
Founded in 2015, Stampyt’s AI-driven imaging technology enables dealerships and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to boost their second-hand vehicle sales by providing them with innovative digital solutions to support after-sales and re-marketing activities. In addition to photo and video technology, Stampyt also
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