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The RMA Group of Companies (RMA), a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners, has merged with Western Technologies, Inc and Enviro-Drill (collectively, Western Technologies or WT).
The combined group will provide technology-enabled laboratory testing, inspection, and quality management services for critical infrastructure end-markets.
Ed Lyon, RMA’s President and CEO, will lead the newly combined business, supported by an experienced management team consisting of leaders from both RMA and WT. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a premier New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in alternative credit investments and middle-market private equity, has appointed Jamil Nathoo as a Managing Director of MidOcean Credit.
In this role, he will be responsible for expanding MidOcean’s institutional relationships and CLO platform.
Nathoo recently served as Head of Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) and Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Syndicate at Goldman Sachs, where he managed the global marketing and distribution process for CLO and ABS issuance. Based in New York, he will report to Dana Carey, Chief Investment Officer of MidOcean Credit.
Harris Williams, a global investment bank specialising in M&A advisory services, has appointed Dr Julian Feneley as Managing Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS).
Feneley brings close to 30 years of healthcare and life sciences industry experience to Harris Williams, and will lead HCLS’s European efforts, building on the firm’s expertise across the group’s key verticals, including pharma services, medical devices, and numerous healthcare provider segments.
Feneley was most recently Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Europe at Macquarie Capital (investment banking division of Macquarie Group).
11:11 Systems (11:11), a managed infrastructure solutions provider, has completed the acquisition of iland, a global cloud service provider of secure and compliant hosting for infrastructure (IaaS), disaster recovery (DRaaS), and backup as a service (BaaS).
11:11 Systems also recently acquired Green Cloud Defense, a channel-only, cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider. By adding iland’s steady 25 per cent YOY momentum to 11:11 Systems’ expanding national network of MSPs, VARs and IT consultants, a hyper growth pathway has been created.
Eurazeo has held the second closing of the Eurazeo Smart City II Venture fund1 at EUR150 million with new institutional and corporate partners in Europe and Asia.
After the success of its initial closing at EUR80 million in 2021, this second closing brings together top-tier institutional and corporate investors including European Investment Fund (EIF), the Korean Venture Investment Corporation (KVIC), Momentum Venture Capital (SMRT, Singapore), SCG (Thailand) and SWK the German electric utility. These new partners join an already strong group in Europe and Asia which includes French, German, and Asian groups such as carmaker Stellantis, electric utilities EDF and
Allen & Overy’s latest M&A Insights report, shows that that the value of global M&A transactions surged to a record high of nearly USD5.8 trillion in 2021, an increase of 64 per cent on 2020, and 48 per cent higher than 2018, the previous highest year on record.
The report analyses the record-breaking year for technology M&A, looking at what is driving investors to the market and the challenges they face in closing deals.
Digital infrastructure transactions continue to increase globally, with investors particularly focused on mobile towers, data centres and fibre networks.
Technology and life sciences companies overwhelmingly
Atar Capital, a Los Angeles-based global private investment firm, has acquired the assets of Metco Landscape (Metco) a privately owned landscape company in Colorado and a provider of landscape maintenance and development services across the state.
This is Atar Capital’s sixth transaction in 2021, with four completed in the month of December alone. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Atar’s investment team for the transaction included Founder and Managing Partner Cyrus Nikou, Senior Managing Director Robert Lezec, Managing Directors Stanley Huang and Vijay Mony and Director TJ McCaffrey. Dykema provided legal counsel, GHJ provided tax advisory services
Anitian, a provider of pre-engineered cloud security and compliance automation solutions, has raised USD55 million in a Series B round led by Silicon Valley-based Sageview Capital with participation from existing investor, Forgepoint Capital.
The financing round brings Anitian’s total funding to USD71 million.
The new capital will be used to fuel the company’s expansion and further transformation of the cloud security and compliance automation industries. As part of this new round of funding, Ned Gilhuly, Co-Founder and Partner at Sageview Capital, will be joining Anitian’s Board of Directors.
Anitian closed its Series A funding led by Forgepoint Capital in February
Biotech company ONI has closed a USD75 million Series B funding round led by RCH Venture Partners and Casdin Capital.
Section 32, ARTIS Ventures, Vertical Venture Partners, Axon Ventures and private investors, including Paul Conley also participated, along with existing investors, including Oxford Science Enterprises, also participated in the round.
Shakepay, a Canadian bitcoin technology company enabling customers to easily buy and earn bitcoin through financial applications, has raised CAD44 million in a Series A investment, at a CAD313m valuation.
The round was led by QED Investors, a US-based venture capital firm that invests in businesses that disrupt and empower the financial technology industry, funding over 150 successful fintech companies.
Existing investors Boost VC and BoxOne Ventures also participated along with Golden Ventures, Broadhaven, Henri Machalani, Mike Murchison, Jevon MacDonald, Mark MacLeod, Dan Debow, Farhan Thawar, and several product leaders from Shopify.
The funding will be used to scale Shakepay’s
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