HighPost Capital (HighPost), a private investment firm focused on the global consumer and consumer technology sectors, has acquired Centr, a personalised digital health and fitness platform curated by Chris Hemsworth and his hand-picked team of internationally renowned experts, and Inspire Fitness (Inspire), a leader in state-of-the-art fitness equipment.

Elgin Property Finance (Elgin), a new property finance lender, has partnered with Pollen Street Capital to provide finance to high quality affordable development opportunities across Ireland. This new lending partnership will look to fund up to EUR300 million of Irish development loans over the next three to five years.

Sona, the all-purpose ‘people operating system’ providing deskless workers with an easy-to-use platform for managing everything work-related, has raised a USD6.8 million seed round. The round was led by Google’s Gradient Ventures and comes just four months after the company’s pre-seed raise. Created for industries that employ deskless shift-based staff – such as health and social care, retail, hospitality, and the voluntary sector – Sona lets employees access vital functions such as scheduling, shift allocations, attendance records, and one-to-one and one-to-many communication with a tap. The London-based startup has now raised an aggregate of USD9 million since August 2021. It will use

Sarasin & Partners has acquired Bread Street Capital Partners. The deal will see Sarasin & Partners build out a new specialist private markets business called Sarasin Bread Street. Sarasin & Partners is a global investment manager that invests thematically and responsibly on behalf of institutions, charities and private clients, with GBP21 billion in AUM.  Bread Street is a private markets boutique founded in 2021 by former Aberdeen Standard Investments private markets investment duo, Alex Barr and James Witter.

The Riverside Company, a global private equity investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in EventsAIR, an Australian events management software solutions provider for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. The investment is being made in partnership with EventsAIR’s founder, Trevor Gardiner, and several other members of the management team including incoming CEO Matthew Donegan-Ryan. EventsAIR, headquartered in Brisbane, develops software that is used before, during and after events to manage registration, attendee engagement, operations, housing, travel, marketing and communications.  Riverside will support EventsAIR with its international expansion plans in North America and Europe and will

Orka Technology Group (Orka), a SaaS business that provides tech-based solutions for shift workers and their employers, has secured a GPM3 million investment from venture capital investor Praetura Ventures. The business will use the funding to support people – such as cleaners, engineers and security staff – seeking shift work in the facilities management (FM) sector by helping them to source job opportunities, onboard with new employers and get paid.   With Praetura Ventures’ investment, Orka plans to accelerate product development, grow its API integration programme and target growth in new markets, including in the mechanical and electrical sectors.

NorthEdge-backed Correla has completed its first strategic acquisition – CloudKB, a cloud-based energy data management business. NorthEdge acquired Solihull-based Correla in March 2021. Correla is the only technology service provider with end-to-end visibility of the UK’s gas network, and enables access to this data through a real-time, visual and interactive analytics dashboard – enabling customers to monitor the impact of Carbon reduction programmes and drive efficient energy usage. 

Funds advised by KLAR Partners Limited (KLAR Partners) is to invest as growth partner in NWT Group, one of Germany’s leading service providers for the solar industry. NWT Group was established to help accelerate Germany’s transition towards renewable energy. NWT Group provides best-in-class design and procurement services for a broad installer network in the German rooftop solar market. In 2021, NWT Group achieved sales of more than EUR 50 million. The investment in NWT Group is in line with KLAR’s strategy to invest in companies operating in business services and industrial technology within growing markets. Growth in the German solar