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Talis Capital has co-led an additional funding round along with Credo Ventures into leading price management, optimisation and CPQ SaaS provider, Price f(x).
Price f(x) has now raised a total of USD8.3 million on the back of its most successful year, having doubled the number of customers it serves. Price f(x) has also successfully established a market presence in the US and Asia Pacific with new offices in Chicago, IL and Brisbane, Australia.
Managing Partner of Ventures at Talis Capital, Matus Maar, says “Price f(x) has been a stand-out performer in Talis’ portfolio and we think there is a huge
Gemini experienced record-breaking growth in 2017, with an 80 per cent increase in the number of registered fund launches executed during the year.
When surveyed, clients cited the key drivers in selecting Gemini for their new funds, including:
• Gemini’s turnkey solutions, which help them scale their operations and focus on their strategy
• the firm’s established risk management, cybersecurity, and compliance processes
• its agility in handling complex/evolving investment strategies
• a joint-venture approach to client relationship management offering a true business partner
• the firm’s extensive network of other service provider relationships (eg, legal, auditing, etc)
“New markets,
Corsair Capital, a private equity firm focused on the financial services industry, has acquired RGI, a provider of core software solutions to the insurance market.
This investment underscores Corsair Capital’s commitment to the attractive and growing insurance technology industry. RGI provides insurers with a comprehensive and modular offering which addresses core insurance processes including policy administration, claims, analytics, market management, reporting and sales and distribution. Serving Property & Casualty and Life insurance clients, PASS_Insurance, RGI’s flagship software suite, is a one-stop solution for insurance providers.
RGI has an international customer portfolio comprising more than 200 installations across more than
Clearwater International UK has advised construction services provider and independent trader of aggregates GRS Roadstone Group Limited (GRS), on raising finance to support its acquisition of S Walsh Holdings Limited (Walsh).
The funding has been provided by a three bank term loan syndicate, Lloyds Bank, RBS and HSBC, and a three lender receivables finance syndicate comprising Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance, HSBC Invoice Finance and RBSIF.
GRS is the UK’s largest independent supplier of natural and recycled aggregate. It offers a complementary waste removal and transport service, providing customers with a one-stop shop solution. This value-add service has led to
SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software, has completed the acquisition of Loggly, Inc, a provider of cloud-based log monitoring and log analytics software.
Loggly is an SaaS-based, unified log monitoring and log analytics product, that aggregates, structures, and summarises log data so users can analyse and visualise their data to answer key questions, spot trends, and deliver actionable reports. The acquisition complements the company’s existing portfolio of SaaS-based cloud monitoring solutions and SolarWinds plans to continue investing to innovate and enhance Loggly.
With the acquisition, SolarWinds also will deepen its cloud-software engineering and analytics expertise. Former Loggly executives Manoj
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners Private Markets team (AIP Private Markets), an investment team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, has completed the final close of its first standalone co-investment fund, Private Equity Co-Investment Fund I (PECO I).
Commitments to PECO I totalled USD425 million, exceeding AIP Private Markets’ target of USD350 million.
PECO I seeks to achieve strong risk-adjusted returns by investing in a diversified portfolio of direct co-investment opportunities alongside high-quality private equity sponsors in buyout and growth transactions across North America and Europe. Consistent with the investment team’s broader strategy, PECO I seeks to provide exposure to
Monomoy Capital Partners (Monomoy), a private equity fund focused on deep value investing and business improvement in middle-market companies, has completed the sale of Katun Corporation (Katun) to a Taiwanese buyer, General Plastic Industrial Co (GPI), for an undisclosed amount.
Katun is one of the world’s leading providers of OEM-compatible imaging supplies, toner, photoreceptors, and parts for copiers, printers, and other equipment for the imaging industry. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and operates sales and distribution facilities throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
“Over our ownership period, we helped transform this corporate
Arcapita has acquired a controlling interest in MC Sign Company (MC Sign), a provider of signage and lighting services in the United States, for a total transaction value in excess of USD100 million.
Atif A Abdulmalik, Arcapita’s Chief Executive Officer, says: “We are excited to complete a US private equity transaction and pleased to partner with the management team at MC Sign to help grow the Company’s suite of services and customer base. MC Sign is led by a very experienced team of professionals who have grown the business considerably over the past few years, and we believe the Company
Seedrs had its biggest year since launch in 2017, with GBP125 million invested into campaigns on the platform and 168 deals funded. The company recently surpassed GBP300 million invested into campaigns on the platform and has now funded over 590 deals since its launch.
Five-year old Seedrs completed over 130 per cent more GBP1 million-plus campaigns in 2017 than the previous year, breaking a number of records in the process. Challenger bank Revolut raised its cap of GBP3.8 million from over 4,200 investors in August 2017 as part of their GBP50 million Series B round led by Index Ventures, awarding
Private equity funds managed by Blackstone (Blackstone) have completed the previously announced acquisition of Schenck Process (Schenck), a specialist in measuring and process technology equipment.
Blackstone and Schenck have also announced the appointment of Keith Cochrane as Chairman and Harry Kenyon-Slaney as Member of the Advisory Board of Schenck.
Cochrane brings extensive senior and board-level experience to the role. He is currently Interim Chief Executive of Carillion plc, prior to which he served as long-standing CEO of The Weir Group plc, a leading manufacturer of highly-engineered products and services for the minerals, oil and gas and power industries. He
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