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CVC Capital Partners’ (CVC) CVC Growth Fund is to sell Kount Inc (Kount), a provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI)- driven fraud prevention and digital identity solutions, to global data and analytics company Equifax in a deal valued at USD640 million. 
Enfusion, a specialist in investment management technology solutions and services, has received a USD150 million minority investment from ICONIQ Growth. The funding is an endorsement of Enfusion’s pioneering cloud-native SaaS approach to breaking technological barriers and removing informational and operational constraints for its investment management clients. In line with Enfusion’s continued profitability and growth, this funding values the Company at $1.5 billion. ICONIQ Growth joins FTV Capital and Hillhouse Capital as institutional investors in the company.   Over the last several years, traditional and alternative asset managers using Enfusion’s integrated front-to-back office software and services have used the platform to simplify
Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has made a GBP3.5 million growth capital investment into IMMJ Systems Limited (IMMJ), a rapidly growing electronic document management solution (EDMS) supplier, with a focus on healthcare.Founded in 2015, by a team experienced in enterprise IT and NHS technology distribution, IMMJ developed MediViewer. This leading EDMS addresses a critical challenge for healthcare providers, digitising patient records and providing a single, easy access interface for clinical caregivers. MediViewer is highly intuitive, secure, quick to implement and works seamlessly with other software systems, achieving high user adoption rates and leading to
Spartronics, a provider of contract manufacturing and design services and a portfolio company of middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP), has completed the acquisition of Primus Technologies Corp. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.   Headquartered in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, andf ounded in 1959, Primus Technologies provides engineering, manufacturing and testing services of circuit card assemblies and box builds for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the aerospace, defence, medical and complex industrial markets. The company operates two facilities in the United States.   “The decades of precision engineering expertise Primus brings, coupled with its excellent
Puma Private Equity, the private equity division of Puma Investments, has completed a EUR2.4 million investment into international vehicle and fleet safety solutions provider CameraMatics, as part of a EUR4 million Series A investment round.  Comprising Puma Private Equity’s third investment delivery over the past six weeks – during which it has facilitated GBP7.7 million in funding – this latest investment completion further reflects the business’s ability to close transactions swiftly and provide scale-up funding to companies across sectors and throughout the UK.  Established in 2016 by Mervyn O’Callaghan and Simon Murray, CameraMatics is an Internet of Things (IoT) fleet and
Lacerta Group, a designer and manufacturer of specialty thermoformed packaging solutions, has secured strategic investment from funds advised by SK Capital Partners, a New York-based private investment firm focused exclusively on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors.SK Capital is acquiring a majority interest in the business. Lacerta’s co-founders, Ali and Mory Lotfi, will continue to retain a significant ownership stake in the Company. Terms of the deal have not been announced.   Privately held since it was founded in 1993, Lacerta is a leading provider of innovative packaging solutions primarily serving the food sector. The Company offers a comprehensive
Sprockets has announced a USD3.4 million venture raise, allowing the company to further drive innovation in the hourly workforce and empower customers to hire applicants that are the precise fit for their needs.Lytical Ventures of New York City led this round of investment for the SaaS company after they had such a successful year despite the global pandemic. Due to their growth before and during Covid-19, Sprockets showed strong demand from verticals dependent on the hourly workforce with high employee turnover. This raise sets them up for significant expansion within the foodservice, healthcare, and hospitality markets. AJ Richichi, CEO of
Private equity firm TA Associates has acquired a stake in , a leading global growth private equity firm, has acquired a significant stake in OmniActive Health Technologies, a provider of scientifically-validated, natural nutraceutical ingredients. 
The UK Treasury’s Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (CIIF), which is managed by Zouk Capital, has now reached a total of GBP380 million in signed commitments (against a target of GBP400 million) following a third close. The close was anchored from the private sector by Willis Towers Watson’s clients and investment funds and Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s Climate Impact Fund, with funding matched by HM Treasury. The fund is targeting a final close in early 2021. Both global leaders in their fields, investment consultant and fund manager Willis Towers Watson and asset manager Morgan Stanley Investment Management further strengthen the impressive list
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OnePlanetCapital has launched a specialist sustainability EIS Fund to invest in sectors including green tech, tech, fintech and broader B2C businesses. Founded in 2019 by entrepreneurs Matthew Jellicoe and Ed Stevens, together with Tony Flanagan of Wilton Group, the OnePlanetCapital fund will focus on climate change, the environment and consumer sustainability; by looking at environmental impact, social purpose and corporate governance in its investee companies. The initiative comes as Prince Charles is asking companies to join the Earth charter, which is being set out at his virtual address to the One Planet Summit today. “In 2019 the UK became the

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