Sideshow, an independent digital agency group, has taken significant investment from Waterland Private Equity (Waterland) to support its ambitious growth plans. Sideshow Group aims to become a global leader in evidence-driven digital communications. The partnership will support Sideshow’s vision by accelerating investment in services that deliver meaningful and measurable impact to its clients, and by helping retain and attract the best people in the industry. Sideshow Group offers clients a highly connected family of specialist agencies including Vertical Leap, Thinking Juice, Bunnyfoot and Conversion, that together provide digital services ranging from experience design to conversion rate optimisation. Sideshow’s evidence-driven proposition

Mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge has completed its investment in Distology, a leading specialist cyber security distributor. Founded in 2014, Distology is a value-added-distributor representing vendors of IT security technology products across EMEA, helping to protect businesses’ digital estates from the growing threat of cyber-attacks. The business is headquartered in Manchester with access to the European market via its office in The Netherlands.   NorthEdge is backing Hayley Roberts, CEO, and her management team which includes Finance Director Andy Roche and Sales Director Stephen Rowlands, to help accelerate the business’s exceptional growth journey. Distology has enjoyed consistent success, increasing year-on-year

Inflexion has made an investment into DR&P Group Limited (DR&), a corporate insurance broker based in the North of England. The investment is being made by Inflexion Enterprise Fund V, Inflexion’s lower mid-market fund.  DR&P provides insurance products to a broad customer base across a range of end markets, with a focus on providing a tailored service to equip its clients with the best advice and competitive costings. The business was established in 1977 and has an enviable reputation, enjoying excellent relationships with blue-chip insurers across the UK.  Inflexion is well positioned to help DR&P realise its continued growth plans

Infinite Electronics, a global supplier of electronic components serving the urgent needs of engineers through a family of highly-recognised and trusted brands, has been acquired by Warburg Pincus from Genstar Capital.  The investment will support Infinite’s geographic and product line expansion, entry into new, high-growth markets and enhanced digital capabilities. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.   Infinite Electronics offers a broad range of components, assemblies, and wired/wireless connectivity solutions, serving the aerospace, defense, industrial, government, consumer electronics, instrumentation, medical and telecommunications markets. Infinite’s proprietary brands include Pasternack, Fairview Microwave, L-com, MilesTek, Aiconics, KP Performance Antennas, PolyPhaser, Transtector, RadioWaves,