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Technology investment firm TECHNEDs has entered into a new investment partnership with call recording solutions specialist ReTell.
ReTell, which is the ninth company to join TECHNEDs’ family of technology companies, works with integrators and retains a strong partner channel serving multiple markets to deliver a range of call recording solutions. Its software handles millions of recorded calls each day providing reliable call recording for SIP, ISDN and PSTN lines.
Ed Crane, TECHNEDs LLP Partner, says: “TECHNEDs is an experienced growth investor that has an established track record within in the call recording space. By leveraging our experience and industry knowledge,
Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL) and Värde Partners (Värde), have formed a strategic partnership to pursue investments in stressed and distressed assets in India.
Operating through a joint platform, both parties will evaluate investments across sectors, focusing on the acquisition, restructuring and resolution of the substantial supply of non-performing assets in India as well as special situations financings. Given the current landscape and further prospects in asset reconstruction in India, ABCL and Värde believe there is an attractive pipeline for strong capital deployment opportunities over the next several years.
Ajay Srinivasan, Chief Executive of ABCL, says: “The ARC business
Readly, the global digital magazine newsstand, has raised EUR10m in additional funding to drive the next stage of its growth. The latest round of funding comes from new investor Swedish fund Swedbank Robur and London based Zouk Capital.
The company will use the funds to further its international expansion and support growth in its existing markets.
“Reading magazines digitally has become second nature as the demand for quality, curated content via the smartphone or tablet grows. The funding reflects confidence in our business model, team and market. It plays an important role in ensuring Readly fulfils its vision to be
Morgan Lewis has advised Digital Colony, a global investment firm focused on mobile and internet infrastructure, on its investment in Stratto Ltd.
Stratto is a leading provider of DAS (distributed antenna systems) and small cell networks in the United Kingdom offering in-building mobile coverage solutions. Digital Colony will become the majority shareholder in the company.
The transaction provides capital to further Stratto’s pipeline of indoor DAS network opportunities across the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe.
Morgan Lewis’s team was led by London partner Tom Cartwright and included associates Jack Shawdon, Nadia Akhter, and Robert Hutton; tax
SpendMend, a portfolio company of Sheridan Capital Partners, has acquired Contract Management Strategies (CMS).
Founded in 2002 by Clayton Hale and headquartered in Irvine, California, CMS provides audit recovery and professional services for its clients with specialisation in Accounts Payable Audit Recovery, Sales & Use Tax Consulting and Audit Recovery, Pharmacy Audit Recovery & Price Reduction, Medical Device Audit Recovery and Tracking.
“We are pleased to be able to bring these two organisations together,” says Dan Geelhoed, CEO of SpendMend. “Together we are able to bring SpendMend’s spend visibility, technology and analytics to the CMS client base, open up CMS’ broad
Peer-to-peer business lender, Assetz Capital, has appointed Chris Macklin as chief risk officer.
With over 35 years of experience at RBS/NatWest, including four years as head of complex customer management and strategic relationship management, Chris Macklin brings to the company a wealth of knowledge and experience in strategic, credit and risk management within the financial sector.
In his new position, and with his extensive experience in working with thousands of SMEs, Chris will build on Assetz Capital’s leading position in risk management within the peer-to-peer market.
As chief risk officer, Chris will head up all of the risk management operations of the company, as well as building on the established
Pelsis, the leading European manufacturer of branded pest control products, has acquired US-based Curtis Gilmour in a deal that will see it significantly expand its global presence.
The acquisition follows LDC’s multi-million-pound investment in Pelsis in August 2017 to accelerate its global growth strategy. The enlarged group will now operate from 15 locations worldwide, selling into over 80 countries employing more than 420 people worldwide. Specifically, Curtis Gilmour will add significant scale in the US through its Georgia and Indiana operations and will also broaden Pelsis’ European footprint through its manufacturing facilities in Wales and Sweden.
The two firms
PJT Partners is to acquire CamberView Partners Holdings, an advisory firm providing independent advice to assist public company boards of directors and management teams in building strong and successful relationships with investors.
CamberView has extensive experience advising clients in all aspects of corporate governance and shareholder activism, including contested situations. The CamberView team has an unparalleled depth of institutional client insight, bringing many years of leadership experience from some of the largest index, actively managed and pension funds as well as governance advisory firms.
CamberView was founded in 2012 with headquarters in San Francisco and offices in New York
Growth equity investor Summit Partners has acquired MercuryGate International, an independent provider of SaaS-based transportation management system (TMS) solutions.
Co-founded in 2000 by CEO Monica Wooden and President Steve Blough, MercuryGate began with a mission to solve the most complex, high-volume transportation management challenges at an affordable price. Since those early days, the company has grown immensely. Last year alone, the MercuryGate TMS managed more than USD70 billion of annual freight spend and supported over 300,000 daily logins from 80 countries.
At the forefront of logistics technology innovation for the past 18 years, MercuryGate today is one of the
Polaris and Falck have signed an agreement whereby Polaris will acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Falck Safety Services Holding A/S and take over all Safety Services activities in Falck.
Falck Safety Services is the world’s largest provider of specialist safety training for the offshore, maritime and renewables industries, operating from over 30 training centres in 21 countries. Each year, Falck Safety Services provides the most realistic and valuable training to thousands of employees from the energy and shipping industries.
The divestment of Falck Safety Services is in line with Falck’s overall strategy to focus on its
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