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Investcorp Technology Partners’ portfolio company, Ageras Group (Ageras), a provider of recurring revenue-driven accountancy software, solutions and services to both SMEs and accountancy firms, has raised USD73 million from Lugard Road Capital, the US-based alternative asset manager.
The new investment will be used to accelerate Ageras’ expansion into existing growth markets, creating potential for both inorganic and organic growth opportunities. Ageras is well positioned to capitalise on the rising demand for automated business tools and the new investment will also support the continued innovation of its mission critical software.
Ageras operates in six markets: Denmark, the US, Sweden, Norway,
Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington), a middle market private equity firm, has secured a passive, non-voting, minority equity investment by Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s (GSAM) Petershill programme.
The investment follows a multi-decade relationship between Goldman Sachs and Arlington in which GSAM has been a limited partner investor in Arlington’s funds. The transaction will have no impact on the day-to-day operations or management of Arlington. The additional capital will facilitate the continued strategic growth of Arlington as it expands an existing first-class base of global limited partners, utilises its unique sector expertise to provide additional highly differentiated investment vehicles to its investors,
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed infrastructure asset and private equity investment manager specialising in ESG-oriented strategies, saw the NAV of its three OEICs, FP Foresight UK Infrastructure Income Fund (FIIF), FP Foresight Global Real Infrastructure Fund (GRIF) and FP Foresight Sustainable Real Estate Securities Fund (REF), break through GBP1 billion in January 2021.
FIIF, launched in December 2017 which targets an annual income of 5 per cent through the active management of UK-listed renewable energy and infrastructure investment companies, recently celebrated its third anniversary, having delivered strong performance of 29.76 per cent since launch (FTSE All share 0.98 per cent)
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On-demand laundry and dry-cleaning platform Laundryheap has raised USD3.5 million as part of Series A round led by Sova VC, the firm’s second deal since launch following its investment of USD2.5 million in the Series B round of translation platform Smartcat.
Secure Trust Bank’s Commercial Finance division has provided more than GBP70 million in funding to private equity-backed businesses in 2020.
Despite the challenges faced across the sector in 2020, this figure reinforces Secure Trust Bank’s continued appetite to write new business and support existing clients. Of the GBP70 million of new facilities provided, GBP20 million related to CBILS and CLBILS support provided to existing PE-backed clients.
Key transactions across the country included a GBP7 million asset-based lending facility for Moda Furnishings, completed in October. The high-quality garden furniture provider, backed by Endless LLP, required funding to increase inventory and
Elysian Capital, an independent Private Equity Fund investing in the UK and Ireland lower mid-market, has appointed Apex Group (Apex) to provide full ESG Ratings & Advisory services.
The Clarison Group has been formally launched, bringing together four leading companies in the façade industry, Alucraft Limited, Alucraft Systems Limited, Williaam Cox and EAG, to create a new force in the design, manufacture and installation of architectural glazing and façade systems in the UK & Ireland.
Alucraft Limited and Williaam Cox are based in Ireland and Alucraft Systems
and EAG in the UK.
The Clarison Group is majority owned by Elaghmore, a UK-based private equity fund, which acquired the Alucraft and Williaam Cox businesses in 2018 and EAG in 2019.
The combined group has over 400 employees and operates
Nordic Capital has expanded its tech and payments track record, with the highly successful IPO of Cint Group AB (publ) (Cint).
Cint, a global software leader in digital insights gathering, today announced the outcome of the initial public offering of its shares on Nasdaq Stockholm. The offering was substantially over-subscribed, attracting very strong interest from large Swedish and international institutional investors as well as the general public in Sweden. The market capitalisation of Cint, based on the IPO price of SEK72 per share, is approximately SEK9.8 billion.
In 2016, Nordic Capital invested in Cint with the ambition of creating
Legrand, a global specialist in electrical, digital building, and data centre infrastructures, has acquired from A&M Capital Opportunities the Champion ONE (C1) family of brands, providers of optical networking components and solutions for the telecommunication, content provider, data centre, and enterprise markets.
The news marks the latest move by Legrand to support data centre and mission-critical IT’s ever-growing need for reliable, highly available and scalable power and connectivity solutions.
With lab, office and warehouse locations in both Lake Forest, CA and Independence, OH, the C1 family of brands, which include Champion ONE, Approved Networks, and US Critical, will join
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