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An award-winning IT company which provides cloud and network solutions to blue-chip clients nationwide, has secured a GBP2 million investment from the Northern Venture Capital Trust Funds (VCTs), which are managed by Mercia.The funding will allow Atlas Cloud to further develop its range of solutions and pursue its ambitious growth plans. The company expects to create 20 new jobs at its Newcastle headquarters in the next two years, increasing existing staff numbers to 55, and increase turnover from GBP2.5 million to over GBP10 million by 2025.
Established in 2010, Atlas Cloud offers a complete range of managed IT solutions
ESO Capital Partners UK (ESO), a provider of flexible capital solutions to European SME’s, has backed Churchill Group (Churchill) the UK-based business services company.The investment provides institutional capital and support to Churchill, with ESO taking a minority stake in the business and both Stephen Edwards and Stuart Hamilton of ESO will join the Churchill Board. ESO’s track record of backing high-growth businesses will assist the Company as it continues its upward trajectory through both impressive organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
Founded in 1988 by Joel Briggs and Phil Moxom, Churchill is a rapidly growing organisation with turnover now exceeding £230
Scottish private equity firm Par Equity, an existing investor in Glasgow-based cashback app Swipii, has invested an additional GBP1 million into the company.
YFM has completed a significant investment in West Midlands-based Innovative Safety Systems (ISS), a commercial vehicle safety specialist.This represents the final new investment from YFM’s Buyout Fund I, with the second fund having already announced a first close.
ISS was founded in 2009 by CEO Gavin Thoday and the business has grown rapidly in recent years through its commitment to product innovation, exceptional customer service and expertise in the waste management sector where it is a market leader.
Based in Pershore, West Midlands, ISS currently employs 31 people and is dedicated to creating products that improve safety for
Activa Capital’s portfolio company Alliance Etiquettes, a French company producing label printing for the wine & spirits industry, is acquiring 5 Sept Etiquette as part of its consolidation strategy.
With the closing of this deal Alliance Etiquettes completes its eighth external growth operation since 2015, bringing its turnover above EUR65 million. The group also continues to identify potential external bolt-on targets, both in France and abroad; particularly in Italy and Spain, according to the company.
5 Sept Etiquette, which addresses a diversified customer base in the agri-food, wine & spirits and cosmetics label markets, was taken over in 1995 by
Lloyds Banking Group’s private equity arm LDC has invested GBP11million in James and James Fulfilment to boost its software services and operating infrastructure.
NorthEdge Capital has completed the second exit from its Fund II with the sale of Cubic Motion to Epic Games.NorthEdge’s investment in September 2017 unlocked the next phase of growth for Cubic Motion, which saw the business expand into US markets with a permanent presence in Los Angeles and transition into new headquarters at Manchester Science Park.
The Cubic Motion investment was led by George Potts, Investment Director, and Jon Pickering, Partner at NorthEdge. The exit was led by Potts and supported by Grant Berry, Managing Partner. Legal advice was provided by David Mkhitarian, Hill Dickinson.
Cubic Motion
Monomoy Capital Partners has acquired Mac Papers, Mac Paper Converters, and All Square Digital Solutions (collectively Mac Papers), a regional distributor of paper, packaging, wide format and envelope products in the Southeastern United States. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Mac Papers was founded by Frank and Tom McGehee in 1965 as a fine paper distributor in Jacksonville, Florida. Led today by their sons David, Sutton and Mac McGehee, the business has significantly expanded over its 55-year history and now generates over $600 million in annual sales. In addition to fine paper, Mac Papers now distributes packaging materials and
Edison Partners, a growth equity investment firm, has exited its investment in Scivantage to Refinitiv, a provider of financial markets data and insights, trading platforms, and open data and technology platforms. The exit generated a nearly 3x return for Edison Partners.
Scivantage has grown as a trusted Software as a Service (SaaS) innovator in the fintech market. The company’s primary solutions include wealth management offering Wealthsqope, a digital client experience, and Maxit E2E, an end-to-end tax reporting solution.
“We are grateful to CEO Chris Calhoun and his management team who combined domain expertise with consistent execution,” says Michael Kopelman,
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