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CloudNine, a provider of eDiscovery automation software simplifying litigation, investigations, and audits has announced the closing of a major funding round led by Denver based, private equity firm, Crest Rock Partners (Crest Rock). Terms of the transaction were not announced. Steve Johnson and Jeff Carnes, partners and co-founders of Crest Rock will join the CloudNine Board of Directors. 
Audax Private Debt, as Administrative Agent and Sole Lead Arranger, has provided a unitranche credit facility to support the acquisition of Summit Spine & Joint Centres (Summit) by MSouth Equity Partners (MSouth), an Atlanta-based private equity firm.  Based in Lawrenceville, GA, Summit is an operator of ambulatory surgery centers and pain management clinics in the greater Atlanta area. Summit provides interventional pain management treatment to patients who suffer from chronic pain symptoms.  “Dr Patel and his team have done an outstanding job building Summit into a leading provider of interventional pain medicine by offering comprehensive, patient-focused treatments,” says Rahman Vahabzadeh,
GCM Grosvenor, a global alternative asset management solutions provider, will seek to upsize its Term Loan by USD85 million to enable the repurchase of certain fund investments and rights to future carry associated with Mosaic (collectively, the Mosaic Assets).   Based upon values as of March 31, 20211, GCM Grosvenor will repurchase assets and carried interest at net asset value of approximately USD238 million (consisting of fund investments valued at USD87 million and unrealized carried interests net asset value of USD150 million) and rights to additional future carried interest associated with USD423 million of carry dollars at work, for an
Investment management company Everwood Capital, through its Fund V, and renewable energy multinational the Prodiel Group, have teamed up to create DVP Solar, a company focusing on developing large-scale photovoltaic projects.   This new firm, in which each of the two companies holds a 50 per cent stake, has been started with the goal of providing a comprehensive response, throughout the value chain, for international growth of photovoltaic solar power, focusing particularly on the leading European markets and selected Latin American markets.     DVP Solar Chairman Ángel Haro says: “DVP Solar is backed, on the one hand, by the
Proptech
Build-to-rent and PBSA investor Amro Partners has launched a venture capital arm in order to invest in proptech and fintech start-ups that are looking to solve pain points in property deal processes.  Amro’s first investment is in the residential property transaction platform Coadjute, which digitally connects buyers, sellers and professional parties on a single network.  Using blockchain technology, Coadjute is an open network which seeks to allow all parties involved in a property transaction to share information and documents through their existing software, cut costs, reduce the risk of fall-throughs and speed up the process of buying and selling homes.  Following three pilots, Coadjute will use this
Browne Jacobson’s Corporate Technology team has advised Agilico Bidco Limited (Agilico), a workplace technology business, on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Diamond Group (Holdings) Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Agilico specialises in providing leading workplace technology solutions to a customer base of 11,000 including: managed print, information management, agile working and telecoms and IT.  The investment will support Agilico’s strategic plans for expansion and will strengthen its offering in the North region. Diamond Group which was set up in 1992 and is based in Gateshead delivers bespoke business solutions to a host of SMEs across the
Immersive Labs, the company empowering organisations to measure and improve cybersecurity skills across technical and non-technical teams, has closed a USD75 million Series C funding round led by new investors Insight Partners alongside Menlo Ventures, Citi Ventures and existing investor Goldman Sachs Asset Management.  The investment will accelerate delivery of a progressive new Cyber Workforce Optimisation platform. With cyber risk no longer confined to technical specialists, expert skills are now required across the entire organisation. From crisis management with executives, to secure software development amongst engineers and ensuring compliance in legal teams, the platform will use data insights to understand
ENSO, which is developing a revolutionary EV tyre that can increase the distance that an electric vehicle can travel and at the same time reduce tyre pollution (air and micro plastic pollution), has launched a crowdfunding campaign via the Crowdcube platform. The Crowdcube campaign, to support the R&D and commercial development of ENSO, coincides with the success of a hypermile challenge by Mission Motorsport (the UK Armed Forces’ motorsport charity) to break the world record of driving a standard Renault ZOE electric car the longest distance on a single charge.  On Thursday June 10th, the ZOE – equipped with ENSO’s
Aksiom Services Group, a partnership between Ara Partners and the Aksiom Group, has acquired Anesco Holdings, the parent company of the Anesco Group, for an undisclosed sum.   Anesco joins the group’s growing portfolio of companies who are developing and building low carbon infrastructure and helping accelerate global decarbonisation.     As a UK market leader in renewable energy, Anesco manages the development, design, construction, maintenance and market optimisation of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.     The company has developed and constructed more than 115 solar farms and energy storage facilities, including the UK’s first solar farm free
The Heubach Group (Heubach), in partnership with SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), is to acquire Clariant’s Pigments Business (Clariant Pigments).  The combined business will operate under the Heubach name, creating a global pigments leader generating more than EUR900 million in annual sales.   The transaction values Clariant Pigments at approximately CHF805 million, with additional consideration of CHF50 million contingent on the 2021 financial performance of the business unit. As part of the transaction, Clariant will be reinvesting for a minority stake in the combined business, demonstrating its continuing commitment to the success of Clariant Pigments and the substantial growth opportunity

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