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Prometheus Group, a global provider of asset management operations and optimisation software, has acquired S&V, a provider of data services and technology solutions for various industries such as manufacturing, airlines, utilities and oil and gas.
S&V has spent over 13 years helping customers discover and maximise the value of their material data.
Financial terms of the acquisition of S&V, the eighth made by Prometheus Group since being acquired by Genstar Capital in 2019, have not been disclosed.
Integrity360 and Caretower, two established providers of cybersecurity services, have joined forces with Caretower becoming an Integrity360 company.
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
For the 2021 calendar year Caretower reported sales of circa GBP28 million in 2021 and operates from offices in London and Sofia, Bulgaria. All of Caretower’s employees will remain with the group. Combined, the enhanced group expects sales exceeding GBP70 million in 2022.
Both Integrity360 and Caretower are steeped in the roots of the cybersecurity industry having been established in 2005 and 1998 respectively. Both organisations are well known
Alantra, an independent global mid-market investment banking and asset management firm, is expanding its Italian operations with the hire of five senior professionals in its Investment Banking division.
With these appointments, Alantra will further develop its Investment Banking capabilities in the country, which currently offers M&A, Debt and ECM services to mid-sized family-owned businesses, corporates and institutional investors. The business will be led by Carlo Dawan (Chairman & CEO) and Stefano Bellavita (Executive Vice Chairman and Head of ECM).
Dawan has joined Alantra from GCA Altium, where he led the Milan office for 13 years. Before that, he founded and
North west based multi-family investment office Arete has led a GBP3.5 million funding round in Dynamis, a technology enabled service provider.
Warrington-based Dynamis is headed up by founder and CEO Martin Smith, who has been providing greener domestic energy solutions for over ten years. Before launching Dynamis, he successfully exited Sunlight Tech after selling the business to Octopus Energy.
The investment from Arete will help Dynamis develop and innovate its hardware and software solutions, alongside a core installation programme that aims to decarbonise the UK’s housing stock.
Odeon Capital Group (Odeon), a New York-based independent Broker-Dealer with trading, investment banking, and research services, has hired Pierre Y Chung, CFA as a Managing Director on its Credit/Special Situations desk.
Working with Peter Schellbach, Head of Corporate Trading, Pierre will focus on sourcing unique product across the credit spectrum. Prior to joining Odeon, he was a Managing Director at both Cowen and Guggenheim. Prior to that, Pierre was with Marblegate Asset Management, Macquarie Bank, and The Blackstone Group.
Under the leadership of Neal Thomas, a capital markets veteran with over three decades of experience in High Yield/Distressed sales and
Wearable Link Limited, trading as Plinx, has secured GBP500,000 in funding to support its investment in product development and enter new markets as well as supporting the creation of seven new jobs for the local Worcestershire economy.
Plinx secured funding from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), from the West Midlands Debt Finance fund managed by Maven Capital Partners (Mave) and backed by the Recovery Loan Scheme.
Based out of Malvern Science Park, Plinx is an IoT technology provider specialising in the development of an innovative health and safety system for the construction sector.
Three senior executives from alternative investment platform CAIS have joined Forbes Councils, an invitation-only organisation where top business leaders and entrepreneurs across industries share insights via educational content published on Forbes.com.
Abby Salameh, Chief Marketing Officer, joins the Communications Council, Shane Williams, Chief Technology Officer, joins the Technology Council, and Alessandra Van Der Meulen, Director of People Experience, joins the Human Resources Council.
All three leaders were vetted and selected by an independent review committee based on the depth and diversity of their respective experience. Criteria for acceptance includes a track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics, as well
TitanHQ, an invested company of UK mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge, has acquired Cyber Risk Aware, a security awareness platform.
Headquartered in Galway, Ireland and with offices in Florida, TitanHQ provides Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and businesses with advanced web filtering, email security and archiving solutions.
Having identified the growing market momentum for SaaS-based security solutions, Livingbridge invested in Titan in 2020, and has supported TitanHQ’s growth plans through increased investment in product development and people.
Cyber Risk Aware is a leading security awareness platform, with a portfolio of blue-chip clients including Invesco, Standard Chartered and Glen Dimplex.
Northlight Capital Partners, a leading middle-market real estate credit fund manager, has announced the second closing of its third institutional fund, Northlight Real Estate Opportunity Fund III (NREOFIII).
Together with Northlight’s co-investment separately managed accounts, total capital commitments now exceed USD125 million.
NREOFIII has already closed on 14 transactions, totalling USD109 million of fund and co-investment equity capital. These investments range from acquiring sub- and non-performing loans secured by real estate to originating new loans secured by residential land development projects.
Northlight expects to have the NREOFIII final closing at the beginning of the second quarter of 2022.
Actyv.ai, an AI-powered Enterprise SaaS platform with BNPL for B2B embedded, has raised USD5 million in a Pre-Series A funding round led by Dubai-based 1Digi Investment management firm, the family office of Raghunath Subramanian, Global CEO, Actyv.ai.
With these fresh funds, Actyv.ai plans to scale and expand globally.
Actyv.ai is an easy to adapt Enterprise SaaS low-code no-code platform. It is used by large enterprises to transform their supply chains and to empower their partners with an intuitive platform and financial products.
Actyv.ai solves complex business and real-life problems for enterprises by leveraging existing IT systems (using the low-code no-code
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