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Ally, a leading goal-setting and business performance management software provider, raised USD15 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management, a New York based investment firm known for investing in strategic, innovative companies such as Facebook, Flipkart, Slack, and Stripe.
Previous investors Accel, Vulcan Capital, and Founders Co-op also participated in this round.
Ally helps startups and large enterprises to accelerate business performance through alignment, agility, and transparency to match the fast-paced needs of their evolving markets. Its product is based on the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) framework, the operating model for running agile
Los Angeles-based private equity firm Vance Street Capital has recapitalised Eirtech Aviation Services (EAS), a provider of specialist aviation services for the largest airlines and aircraft leasing companies globally. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Shannon, Ireland with offices in Dublin and Singapore, EAS provides design-engineering, manufacturing and product solutions, as well as asset management and CAMO services, that ensure regulatory compliance with FAA, EASA and other local jurisdiction mandates. EAS’s turnkey services provide full support to airlines, aircraft leasing companies, private operators and OEMs for all their fleet transition and modification requirements. EAS was founded
Itarle, a provider of high-performance best execution services to banks, has created Itarle Ventures, a new Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to co-invest with partners in new data analysis and liquidity services, and shared market infrastructure initiatives.
Through Itarle Ventures, the company can leverage its existing IP and commercial network to help build promising fintech companies and further develop existing venues, while identifying new investment opportunities that are not a natural fit for Itarle AG.
“Fintech investment, particularly in Europe, is at an all-time high and is expected to continue rising as capital markets become more diverse and interconnected,” says
PHD Equity Partners (PHD) has invested in Auto Marine Cables (AMC), a family-run supplier of low-voltage cables to the automotive and marine industries, to drive its growth.
The company has a turnover of GBP14 million, which allows it to deliver on orders within short lead times, and offers cables ranging from under five metres to over six kilometres in length. The funding will allow AMC to boost its growth by expanding its product range, export trade and enable current owners, Peter and Diane Hammond to realise part of their investment in the business.
Peter Hammond, who has led the
HIG Capital (HIG), a global private equity investment firm with over EUR31 billion of equity capital under management, has signed agreements to acquire Meyra Group SA (Meyra) and Alu Rehab AS (Alu Rehab).
HIG intends to combine the two companies to form a large-scale mobility equipment manufacturer in Europe. The transaction is subject to clearing by the relevant antitrust authorities with closing anticipated by end of 2019.
Founded in 1936, Meyra designs, manufactures and sells active and e-powered wheelchairs, rehabilitation equipment and orthopaedics. With manufacturing, assembly and distribution sites in Germany and Poland, Meyra has approximately 600 employees and
Independent asset manager Albion Capital is seeking to raise up to GBP34 million through top up offers for five of its venture capital trusts.
The fundraising targets the following amounts:
Kings Arms Yard VCT PLC – GBP10 million
Albion Development VCT PLC – GBP8 million
Albion Enterprise VCT PLC – GBP6 million
Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC – GBP6 million
Crown Place VCT PLC – GBP4 million
The offers provide exposure to balanced portfolios with a combined value of approximately GBP365 million, diversified across approximately 70 businesses. The top up offers reflect Albion’s confidence in an exciting pipeline of
Prestige Funds, a specialist private debt fund manager, has loaned over GBP 100 million in secured finance to biogas and anaerobic digestion projects in the UK over the last nine months.
The financing is managed through Privilege Finance, part of the same group of companies and a specialist in lending to businesses in the UK’s agricultural sector.
With the growth in this activity, Prestige has also relocated Privilege Finance to new offices north of Cambridge. This reflects the growing headcount with more than 30 additional personnel, and the scope of the group’s agri-lending activities.
Craig Reeves, Founder of
CAPZA – a private investment platform specialising on small and mid-caps – has acquired, alongside Bpifrance, a minority stake in the Coutot-Roehrig group, a specialist in inheritance genealogy.
The purpose of this operation is to support the group’s growth, both organic and external, and to establish its leadership in the sector worldwide.
Founded in 1894, Coutot-Roehrig’s core activity consists in identifying heirs in the context of successions, a profession of “long-term” investigator (from a few months to a few years, in France and across the world).
In its more than 120 years of existence, the Coutot-Roehrig group has
Real estate technology company Blueground has closed a USD50 million (GBP40 million) Series B round and expanded of its global footprint by launching in London.
The round was co-led by two prominent investment firms: Prime Ventures and WestCap Investment Partners. WestCap’s founding partner, Laurence Tosi, is an experienced investor and operator, who served as the long-time CFO of private equity firm Blackstone, and subsequently, as the CFO of Airbnb, the leading home-sharing marketplace.
Blueground envisions a world in which people feel at home wherever they choose to live, through their offering of beautifully designed, tech-powered flats for stays starting from
Broadstone, one of the UK’s leading employee benefits and pensions consulting businesses, has acquired Bristol-based BBS Consultants and Actuaries.
This is Broadstone’s fourth and largest acquisition in 2019 following the purchases of Liverpool-based CS Financial Solutions, Thomson Dickson Consulting in Glasgow and the London-based 3HR Benefits Consultancy.
Founded in 1997, BBS has established itself as a technology-led, highly respected specialist firm of workplace pensions consultants, actuaries, investment advisers and administrators. With some 250 clients, BBS is a significant player in the South West and is focussed on providing high quality pensions solutions to both trustees and employers.
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