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UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a GBP3.5 million investment in Contego Fraud Solutions (Contego), to support the continued growth of the business.
The transaction is being jointly funded by Maven and NVM Private Equity (NVM) which are investing GBP1.8 million and GBP1.5 million respectively. The remaining GBP0.2 million is being funded by existing investors.
Contego provides an automated compliance solution across a wide range of industries, helping organisations in the property, banking, financial services and public sectors to gain a full understanding of their clients, customers and employees by automating onboarding, monitoring and data
Privacy engineering software company, Privitar, has raised USD16 million in a Series A funding round led by Partech Ventures with participation from CME Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.
Existing investors IQ Capital, 24Haymarket and Illuminate Financial have reinvested. Privitar will use the funds to accelerate the delivery of its product roadmap and core IP. The firm will also look to build on sales success in Europe with expansion to the United States and other key geographies.
The landmark investment signals the growing significance of the privacy engineering discipline, as data-driven organisations look to maintain customer trust and comply with legislation
White Oak Global Advisors and its affiliates have sourced arranged and provided a cornerstone commitment, alongside early commitments from funds advised by Permira Debt Managers, and HIG WhiteHorse, for a EUR164 million Senior Financing to support the acquisition of Getronics by strategic investor Bottega InvestCo.
Getronics is a leading player in the ICT services sector in Europe, with strong positioning within medium to large-sized enterprises and with public institutions. The Lenders were involved at an early stage of the process, coordinating their diligence with Bottega and management, and structuring a bespoke solution for the new owner/operator, while focusing global resources
Form3, a cloud-based, end-to-end, secure platform for global payments processing, has secured a strategic investment from Barclays, the Angel CoFund and several individual investors who have joined the existing shareholders in raising USD5 million.
This latest funding will be used to continue building on Form3’s momentum in the UK and expand services across Europe and North America.
Form3 will use this round of funding to continue expanding its API based Payments-as-a-Service platform to offer clients real-time and interbank payment types. In addition to the current offering for UK Faster Payments, Bacs, CHAPS, SEPA and SWIFT, Form3 will launch SEPA
Activa Capital and Bpifrance have sold their stakes in Nexeya, a French group specialised in the design and manufacture of mission-critical electronic systems for major industrial companies primarily in the defence, aeronautics, space, energy, railway and automotive sectors.
After having substantially reinvested, Nexeya’s management now holds a majority stake in the group.
The operation, led by Nexeya managers Jean-Yves Rivière, Philippe Gautier, and Jérôme Giraud, gives the group’s management a 75 per cent majority stake in the company. The management team plans to accelerate the company’s development by product innovation and international expansion.
Established in 1997, Nexeya works
CSM Bakery Solutions, a specialist in bakery ingredients, products and services, is selling its BakeMark business to Pamplona Capital Management.
The sale is part of CSM’s strategy to focus on its core business in Europe and North America, according to President and CEO Marianne Kirkegaard.
“We have always had great appreciation for the value of the BakeMark business but this sale will help us support our goal of further strengthening our core business in Europe and North America by focusing on our value added bakery products and ingredients portfolio,” she says. “Under Pamplona’s ownership, BakeMark can further strengthen its
Synerlab has raised an additional EUR160 million in debt from its current partner ICG and Goldman Sachs.
21 Centrale Partners took over Synerlab in December 2013, with the support of Ardian, to create a pan-European CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation).
Over the past four years, Synerlab Group’s sales have grown by 30 per cent.
The new debt financing comprises several lines, giving the Group the means to refinance its current debt, finance its future investments and continue its external growth strategy, in particular through two strategic acquisitions abroad, which could be finalised in the coming months.
Altitude Partners has launched Altitude Two, a capital growth focused private equity fund designed to benefit investors with investments qualifying for two significant HMRC reliefs: Business Property Relief and Investor Relief.
The fund is rapidly approaching its first close target. Overall, the fund is looking to deliver a final close of GBP20 million by the end of the year.
Altitude Two follows the principles of Altitude’s first fund with a geographical focus on the south, and a unique investment model into the equity gap. The professionally managed fund benefits from the rigour and focus provided by an advisory panel
Barings has acted as mandated lead arranger of senior secured credit facilities to support the acquisition of UK insurance brokerage Lark Group by Bowmark Capital-backed Aston Scott.
The combination of Aston Scott, a leading provider of commercial insurance products to small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK market, and Lark’s specialised capabilities will create one of the UK’s top 20 independent commercial insurance brokers and employee benefits practices with 600 staff placing more than GBP250 million in gross premiums from 18 offices across the UK.
In addition to senior secured unitranche funding, Barings is also providing a committed acquisition
Private equity firm MidOcean Partners is to sell Water Pik, a producer of branded oral health products and replacement showerheads, to Church & Dwight Co, a specialist in personal care, household and specialty products under the Arm & Hammer brand name and other well-known trademarks, for approximately USD1billion in cash.
The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
Water Pik is the No1 water flosser brand and the No1 replacement shower head brand in the US. Water Pik’s branded oral health business offers a complete line of
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