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Technology-focused private equity firm Accel-KKR has closed its latest fund, Accel-KKR Emerging Buyout Partners LP at USD640 million, bringing Accel-KKR’s total assets under management to over USD10 billion.
“Despite the less-than-ideal conditions imposed by the pandemic, we completed a very efficient, successful fundraise almost completely during the lockdown,” Rob Palumbo, managing partner of Accel-KKR, commented on the fundraise.
Accel-KKR Emerging Buyout Partners LP Fund -which closed at its hard cap- comprised USD460 million in limited partner commitments and USD180 million in general partner commitments, and will continue Accel-KKR’s strategy of investing in software and tech-enabled services companies, with a
EQT Ventures has led a USD 12.7 million Series A round into Amsterdam-based development startup CodeSandbox, which is used by the likes of Stripe and Shopify, from its AI platform Motherbrain.
Other participants in the round include existing investors Kleiner Perkins, Arches Capital, as well as angel investor Guillermo Rauch. They were also joined by two new angels – Andreas Blixt and Daniel Gebler.
Founded in 2017 by former Facebook developer Ives van Hoorne (CEO) and industrial designer Bas Buursma (COO),CodeSandbox enables teams to prototype, build and host web applications via its web development platform.
The duo set out
Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington) has formed BlueHalo a provider of advanced engineering solutions and technology to the national security community through the combination of AEgis Technologies, including its previously integrated acquisitions Excivity and EMRC Heli (“AEgis”), an Arlington portfolio company, and its recently announced acquisitions of Applied Technology Associates (ATA), and Brilligent Solutions (Brilligent).BlueHalo is purpose-built to provide industry leading capabilities in the domains of Space Superiority and Directed Energy, Missile Defense and C4ISR, and Cyber and Intelligence. The Company is an end-to-end lifecycle partner delivering technical expertise from R&D through deployment. BlueHalo seeks to deliver advanced engineering to address
ARQIS has supported the Munich-based multi-family holding Liberta Partners in the acquisition of Kienzle Automotive. The transaction was carried out via Liberta Partners Fund II in the course of a succession partnership. The transaction is expected to be completed in early November.
Kienzle is the leading German provider of sales and related services for networked devices and systems in the automotive aftermarket sector. In the area of data management and fleet telematics, Kienzle works with established software developers to create customer-specific evaluations and readout options. The medium-sized company is based in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
“The name Kienzle has
Keyrock, a digital asset market maker building scalable, self-adaptive technologies to support efficient markets, has raised EUR4.3 million to accelerate its growth. The Brussels based business secured investment from SIX Fintech Ventures and MiddleGame Ventures. Existing investors Volta Ventures, Seeder Fund and TNN Patrimony are also taking part in the round. Capital markets worldwide are on the verge of tremendous innovation and potential disruption. Through the ICO frenzy, the blockchain has proven to be an efficient way to create digital assets. The resulting assets are easily exchangeable 24/7, worldwide, and completely fractionable. Capital markets incumbents are now heavily investing to apply
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in Cheshire-based employment specialist Ellis Whittam (EW) to Marlowe plc. The exit follows a successful four-year partnership that saw EW accelerate organic growth and expand its position as a leader in high quality subscription-based compliance services.
Founded in 2004 by solicitor Mark Ellis, EW provides employment law, HR and safety services to over 35,000 UK employers.
LDC made a significant minority investment in EW in 2016, giving the business the financial firepower and support to drive forward its growth strategy. Since then, EW has grown organically, investing heavily across its
Ironwood Capital has made a subordinated debt and equity investment in Micro Precision LLC (MPI) to support the acquisition of PRL Inc (PRL). Headquartered in South Windham, Connecticut, MPI is a tier-one, Level 1/SUBSAFE supplier of critical components and assemblies for the United States Navy’s Virginia and Columbia class submarines, as well as a prime contractor to other governmental agencies and first tier military contractors. MPI is a portfolio company of Compass Partners Capital, a Stamford, Connecticut- based investment firm.
PRL is a leading supplier of high-tech alloy castings, close tolerance machined components, and nondestructive testing and upgrading services. PRL will
The Partners are pleased to announce the launch of Victory Hill Capital Group (Victory Hill), a specialist investment firm targeting direct investments in global energy infrastructure that support the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with the aim of facilitating a smooth transition to green energy.
Non-bank or direct lending saw a total of 140 European deals in the first half of 2020, compared to 197 for the same period last year, a decrease of 29 per cent. The latest Alternative Lender Deal Tracker from Deloitte showed deal count dramatically slowing as the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the private debt markets, especially in Q2 when the volume of deals fell by 58 per cent, compared to the same period in 2019.
The majority of the deals were M&A related with 67 per cent of the European deals being used to fund a buy-out. Out of the 447
UK private equity manager Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP2 million in MirrorWeb, a tech firm that enables organisations to capture, archive and monitor web-based content for digital oversight and regulatory compliance. The transaction has been funded by Maven’s managed VCTs and represents Maven’s tenth VCT investment in 2020.
Manchester-based MirrorWeb has developed a cloud-based SaaS platform that helps organisations create accurate and immutable records of online communications, ensuring they meet compliance obligations and information of cultural or historical value is never lost.”
Financial services firms are increasingly finding it difficult to meet modern record-keeping requirements, citing digital compliance as
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