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Canadian private equity group Novacap has acquired an interest in AGA Financial Group Inc (AGA), one of Quebec’s leading employee benefits advisory firms and third-party administrators of group insurance and retirement plans.AGA helps businesses across Canada develop and administer tailor-made group insurance plans. AGA was founded in 1978 and has been owned and operated since 2013 by veteran insurance executives Martin Papillon, Chantal Dufresne and Gabriel Gagnon. AGA serves more than 1,200 clients across the spectrum from small and medium-sized businesses to those with national footprints. It employs more than 100 professionals, including a team of actuaries and a network
The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has listed its portfolio company Mintra Holding AS, a provider of on-demand digital learning and enterprise HCM software solutions for safety-critical industries worldwide, on the Merkur Market of the Oslo Stock Exchange.
B-North has raised a further GBP1 million as it moves closer to obtaining regulatory approval.B-North teamed up with County Durham fintech specialist, Growth Capital Ventures (GCV), to announce the fundraise, which is part of a GBP20 million series A fundraising round designed to give B-North the necessary capital to finalise its banking licence process.
Prior to this latest raise, B-North had completed two fundraising rounds worth a combined GBP6.9 million.
Tapping into the UK SME lending market which has a stock of over GBP150 billion, Manchester-based B-North will deliver loans of between GBP500,000 and GBP5m and is built upon the
Nu Quantum, a quantum photonics specialist, has raised GBP2.1 million in Seed funding in a round led by Amadeus Capital Partners. Ahren Innovation Capital, IQ Capital, Cambridge Enterprise and Martlet Capital have also followed-on from the company’s pre-Seed investment round last September, with Seraphim Capital joining as a new investor. The funding will go towards a state-of-the-art photonics lab in Cambridge and a major recruitment drive for scientists, product team members and business functions as the company approaches the launch of its first commercial technology demonstration.
Nu Quantum brings together a portfolio of intellectual property combining quantum optics, semiconductor photonics, and
Vacation Innovations (VI), a provider of travel-related products, software and services, has acquired Holiday Systems International (HSI), an established travel technology solutions provider and membership platform with a 27-year history of innovation in the travel industry. HSI provides travel discounts at below-OTA rates and custom software solutions that drive a range of private-client travel, rewards and exclusive loyalty programs for a membership base of nearly 400,000 travellers and multiple major global corporate partners.
HSI was founded in 1993 by Craig Morganson and has earned its reputation as a leading developer of award-winning, travel-related technology and membership-based discount programs, producing some of
An affiliate of SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has completed its previously announced acquisition of the specialty polymers business of Baker Hughes. The business has been renamed NuCera Solutions (NuCera), reflecting its history of innovation in the specialty polymers and polyethylene wax markets.
NuCera, with manufacturing operations in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, produces specialty low molecular weight olefin polymers, including a range of differentiated functional polymers and premium, high melting point polyethylene waxes. Over its 85-year history, the business has been dedicated to innovation and has developed a strong
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has completed a significant growth investment in Priority Software Ltd, a global provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. TA joins existing investor Fortissimo Capital, a leading private equity firm based in Israel and focused on special situations and growth opportunities, as an institutional investor in Priority Software. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1986, Priority Software provides end-to-end cloud-based (SaaS) and on-premise business management solutions for organisations of all sizes to improve business efficiency and the customer experience. The company’s Priority PRO product provides comprehensive ERP software for
CC Capital, a private investment firm focused on investing in and operating high-quality businesses for the long term, and Motive Partners (Motive), a specialist private equity firm focused on growth and buyout investments in technology-enabled financial services companies, are to acquire Wilshire Associates (Wilshire), an investment technology and advisory company.Since its founding by Dennis Tito in 1972, Wilshire has grown from an investment technology firm into a global advisory company specialising in investment products, consulting services, and technology solutions. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, the Company serves a deep blue-chip client base of asset owners, including corporate and public pension
In this video interview, Private Equity Wire speaks to Monika Nachyla, partner at Abris Capital, about the most important features of the new ESG Scoring Application software, as well as her views on the state of ESG investing in the CEE region and how the pandemic will affect impact investing going forward.
An investor group led by Greenbriar has committed to invest USD500 million in a Series A preferred stock financing for Uber Freight, the logistics arm of Uber, valuing the unit at USD3.3 billion on a post-money basis. Uber will maintain majority ownership in Uber Freight and will use the funds to continue to scale its logistics platform and accelerate product innovation to equip shippers with technology to power their supply chains.
In connection with the investment, Michael Weiss and Jill Raker, Managing Partners of Greenbriar, will join the Uber Freight Board of Directors. With a combination of more than 40 years
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