Managers
Citizens M&A Advisory has served as the exclusive financial advisor to Black Diamond Networks on its recapitalisation by Tenex Capital.
Founded in 1999, Black Diamond is a provider of professional staffing solutions exclusively focused on scarce, high-end skill sets in advanced technical verticals. Black Diamond’s differentiated model focuses on rapid deployment of experienced, well-qualified personnel primarily within life sciences, as well as within the engineering and technology sectors.
Bregal Sagemount (Sagemount), a global private equity firm that specialises in backing growing companies to the Board and investor base, has made a significant equity investment in Transflo, a provider of mobile business intelligence and payments facilitation tools to the transportation sector, backed by tech-focused private equity firm True Wind Capital (True Wind).
Funds managed by Blackstone GP Stakes have acquired a minority ownership interest in Nautic Partners, a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in the healthcare, industrials, and services sectors.
Blackstone GP Stakes specialises in value-added, long-term investments in the management companies of leading private equity firms.
Nautic recently closed on the firm’s tenth private equity fund at a hard cap of USD3.0 billion with strong support from both existing and new institutional investors. Nautic closed its previous fund, Nautic Partners IX, in 2019 with USD1.5 billion of committed limited partner capital.
LogMeIn, a provider of cloud-based solutions such as LastPass, GoToConnect, GoToMeeting, and Rescue, and a portfolio company of private equity firm Francisco Partners, is to establish LastPass as a standalone company.
A zero-knowledge password management specialist, LastPass is used by more than 30 million users and 85,000 businesses worldwide and is set for strong and sustained growth as consumers and businesses continue prioritising password security.
By establishing LastPass as a standalone business, the company plans to increase investment in the customer experience, go- to-market functions and engineering to accelerate its organic growth in password management, Single Sign-On (SSO) and
CellCarta, a global provider of precision medicine laboratory services, and a portfolio company ion private equity firm Arsenal Capital, has acquired Biogazelle (Biogazelle), a specialist in genomic testing solutions.
Located in Ghent (Belgium), Biogazelle develops and deploys high-end digital PCR (dPCR), quantitative PCR (qPCR) and RNASeq assays for its pharmaceutical and biotech industry clients.
Ten Coves Capital has lead a USD50 million series B funding round in TealBook, a supplier data foundation that autonomously enhances supplier data and powers e-procurement technology.
Other notable investors include: BDC Capital, Grand Ventures, Royal Bank of Canada, Reciprocal Ventures, Refinery Ventures, S&P Global, Stand Up Ventures, RTP Global, Workday Ventures, Good Friends, an early-stage venture capital firm started in 2019 by the founders of Warby Parker, Harry’s and Allbirds, along with debt financing from CIBC Innovation Banking.
Since TealBook announced Series A Funding in January 2021, TealBook has experienced 350 per cent revenue growth.
Pelion Venture Partners has closed Pelion Venture Partners Fund VII at USD365 million, exceeding the fund’s initial target of USD250 million.
Greenstone Equity Partners, the largest licensed fund placement firm in the Middle East, supported Pelion Venture Partners in achieving fund closure by raising capital from its network of GCC-based institutional investors.
Pelion invests in software companies across the United States, partnering with technology founders in B2B SaaS, fintech, marketplaces, cloud computing and security.
OMERS Ventures has lead a USD45 million Series C investment round in Medal.tv, a specialist in short-form gaming video clip.
The latest round follows a previously unannounced USD15 million Series B from Makers Fund, Horizon Ventures, Dune Ventures, and others.
Medal has used these funds to strategically acquire the technology, talent, and resources to change how players share and experience gaming moments together.
Nexa Equity LLC, a private equity firm focused on scaling lower middle market software and fintech businesses, has made a majority growth investment in Leap, a provider of home contractor sales enablement software.
Leap’s management team and founders will continue to be meaningful shareholders. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Leap is a purpose-built, on-demand software product developed by seasoned home improvement professionals that enables contractors to provide sales bids to potential clients on the spot. Leap’s proprietary application helps home contractors eliminate errors, increase profit margins and present professionally throughout the sales process. The company serves
NewSpring Franchise, private equity firm New Spring’s fifth and newest strategy focused on innovative franchise and multi-unit concepts, has completed a strategic investment partnership with Central Bark, a doggy day care provider.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
As part of the agreement, Central Bark Co-Founders Chris Gaba and Jackie Jordan will continue to oversee day-to-day operations of the brand while working with NewSpring to help fuel company growth and profitability. Together, they will continue to provide best-in-class franchisee support while making strategic investments in technology and operational efficiencies to maximise the network’s success.
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
