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Blackfinch Ventures has completed on four new investment deals totalling GBP3.27 million in a move which demonstrates its ongoing commitment to facilitating the growth of innovative technology and tech-enabled companies.
Business intelligence platform WatchMyCompetitor received a total of GBP1.0 million, and Culture Shift, an online platform that is designed to identify and prevent harassment and bullying in the workplace, received GBP775 thousand.
In addition, llluma Technology, a contextual advertising company which uses AI to learn from online browsing behaviour during live campaigns to reach target audiences, has received GBP1.1 million, and job management software company Payaca received GBP330
Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc (LSE: SSIT), the world’s first listed fund focused on SpaceTech, has made a new USD25 million investment into HawkEye 360, a commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics.
PSG, a growth equity firm focused on partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled service companies, is to acquire a majority stake in Universign, a provider of SaaS-based electronic signature solutions.
Universign will join Signaturit and Ivnosys to offer one of the widest catalogues of digital transaction management and trust services in Europe.
Headquartered in France, Universign was founded in 2001 and has evolved into a leading e-signature, e-seal and timestamping software solutions provider, serving more than 9,000 clients. Universign has built longstanding relationships with large corporates and expanded towards the SMB segment. As one of the sector’s pioneers and
PAI Partners (PAI), a pre-eminent private equity firm, today announces that it has reached an agreement to sell Atos Medical, a global specialist in supporting patients with a neck stoma, to Coloplast, a Danish multinational company that develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices and services related to ostomy, urology, continence, and wound care, for an enterprise value of cEUR2.2 billion.
Founded in Sweden in 1986, Atos Medical was born out of a desire to make life easier for people living with a laryngectomy by providing personalised care and innovative solutions for restoring speaking ability after surgical removal of a patient’s
KKR is to acquire Japanese chemical storage tank operator Central Tank Terminal (CTT) from an affiliate of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA).
The investment will be used to reinforce CTT’s leading position in the chemical storage tank industry and to pursue future growth opportunities, including bolt-on acquisitions.
CTT is Japan’s largest independent chemical storage tank operator, offering over 300,000 cubic meters of storage capacity across seven terminals located near key ports and strategic hubs around Tokyo Bay, Osaka Bay, Nagoya and Kitakyushu. The Company provides tank storage and auxiliary services to more than 80 blue-chip customers, including major chemical
Greentech start-up Plan A, a leadng platform of science-based tools for carbon accounting, decarbonisation, and ESG management, has successfully closed a USD10 million Series A funding round led by European venture capital firm HV Capital and Netherlands-based Keen Venture Partners.
Existing investors Demeter IM and coparion are also doubling down on their seed investment. Plan A will use the capital to further develop its platform and expand internationally, with the opening of offices in London, Munich, Paris and other international hubs.
To help companies meet the ever-increasing societal and regulatory pressures, Plan A is further deepening its SaaS platform’s calculation
Equita Capital SGR – the alternative asset management company of the Equita Group – and Cordusio SIM – the wealth management boutique of the UniCredit Group – have held the first closing of Equita Smart Capital – ELTIF, a private equity and alternative PIR fund which will invest in Italian small and medium enterprises.
After just a few months of marketing, Equita Smart Capital – ELTIF has reached EUR50 million of commitments, well above the EUR30 million threshold necessary to first close the fund and including a commitment from a primary institutional investor.
The focus on Italian private equity
Financial services company Beckett Investment Management Group (Beckett) has made a strategic bolt-on acquisition in the East of England, as it continues to expand amid continuing strong demand for its trusted services.
Six months after an investment from the GBP100 million Foresight East of England Fund, Beckett, which is headquartered in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, has grown its assets under management from GBP775 million to GBP850 million and expanded its team by more than 10 per cent to 85.
Managing Director, Ian White, says: “2021 is proving to be a milestone year for our business, which has continued to build
Livingbridge has partnered with Veramed, a leading specialist biometrics Contract Research Organisation (CRO) serving pharmaceutical and biotech clients across the UK, Europe and US.
The Company’s founders Matthew and Emma Jones will retain a significant shareholding and along with the existing management team continue to manage the business on a day-to-day basis. Livingbridge’s investment will support the Company’s strategy to expand geographically, broaden its offering and continually improve its employee and client experience.
Founded in 2012 by Matthew and Emma Jones and headquartered in London, Veramed provides statistical consulting, programming and study reporting, and market launch and commercialisation services
Victory Capital Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per cent of WestEnd Advisors (WestEnd) for an upfront payment of USD480 million.
WestEnd will become Victory Capital’s 12th Investment Franchise and represents a new dimension of growth and diversification. Founded in 2004, and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, WestEnd provides financial advisers with turnkey, core model allocation strategies serving as holistic solutions and complementary sources of alpha. With approximately USD18 billion in assets, the firm offers four primary ETF strategies and one large cap core strategy, all in tax efficient Separately Managed Account (SMA) structures.
“The acquisition
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