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bd-capital, a pan-European, operationally-led private equity firm, has made its latest investment into TAPTAP Digital, an advertising technology and marketing intelligence software platform in Southern Europe, Latin America and Africa. This is bd-capital’s first investment in Spain.
TAPTAP was founded in 2010 by Alvaro del Castillo. The business has developed its own software platform called Sonata that helps deliver relevant advertising content to consumers while protecting their privacy. It aggregates and cross references multiple sources of location data, which helps advertisers to increase brand awareness, build purchase interest and boost consideration.
A key changing pattern of consumer behaviour is the
TELEO Capital Management (TELEO) has acquired Flatirons Solutions, Inc (Flatirons) from Presse Participations.
Flatirons is specialist in technical content management solutions for the aviation and defence industries. This investment marks TELEO’s second investment in aviation software and fifth corporate carve-out since 2019.
Flatirons offers a critical SaaS solution for the global aerospace industry which helps improve the productivity of maintenance procedures, ensuring regulatory compliance. TELEO’s investment will support the continued innovation of Flatirons’ software, driving significant operational efficiencies for the aerospace industry.
“The aerospace market is rapidly changing in response to regulations and technological advances. Flatirons provides organisations with a
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund (SEQI), a FTSE250 specialist economic infrastructure lender, has signed a private bilateral three-year facility agreement of up to USD50 million to EXMAR, the Euronext listed maritime and offshore solutions provider.
EXMAR will use the loan to repay part of the current NOK650 million bond issued by EXMAR Netherlands BV at maturity (May 2022).
David Fussell, Vice President at Sequoia Investment Management, says: “We have built a strong relationship with EXMAR since our first investment with the company in 2018 and are pleased to announce this new three-year facility. We believe LNG has a significant
Prytek Holdings (Prytek) has completed a strategic investment in Hirewell, a US-based talent acquisition solutions firm, as it continues its expansion.
Prytek enters the Human Capital space by investing into Hirewell, a US-based talent acquisition solutions firm and merging ICV, an AI sourcing solution (a Prytek technology company) to create a vertical integrated holding and delivering a managed service solution. This combined solution includes data technology, natural language programming, and business intelligence to marketplaces and offers an entire recruiting managed service.
Prytek will provide strategic capital to accelerate Hirewell’s organic growth and invest in technology to integrate it into
Pexapark, a provider of software and advisory services for post-subsidy renewable energy sales, has formed a new partnership with ConWX, a provider of power forecasting services for global energy providers, to enable asset developers, owners and investors to more effectively site and value new renewable energy projects.
The agreement will see ConWX make its power and weather modelling data available to Pexapark users via the PexaQuote Price Reference platform. Combining these industry-leading data streams will help developers, producers and investors to swiftly quantify the value of new wind and solar asset investment opportunities.
They will be able to identify
McVeigh Global Meetings and Events (MGME), a corporate meetings and events company and a portfolio company of private equity firm Infocommerce Partners, has acquired PRIME Event Partners, a Canadian full-service event management company.
This move expands on MGME’s global presence, with offices in Toronto and Vancouver, bringing new growth opportunities and enhanced service capabilities to clients across North America and around the world.
“We are very excited to welcome the PRIME team to our family,” says Jeff Guberman, CEO of MGME. “The acquisition of PRIME builds on our global business strategy with an incredible team that brings depth of experience
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has made a GBP749,000 growth capital investment into TMAC, using equity finance from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) as part of a cGBP1.5 million funding round.
Founded in 2018 by Jimmy Hosang and Sean Northam, TMAC is a rapidly growing contact centre software solutions company. Based in Manchester and with significant operations across the Midlands, TMAC’s proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning software drives efficiency, reduces costs and improves results for large contact centres primarily in the insurance, retail and banking sectors.
It offers three affordable modular
The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has released an updated Due Diligence Questionnaire and Diversity Metrics Template.
The documents are intended to standardise the key areas of inquiry posed by investors during their diligence of managers and to provide a framework for ongoing monitoring of progress related to DEI. Each has been meaningfully updated to reflect changes in the marketplace and to incorporate comments received during ILPA’s public consultation process earlier this year.
“Market practices—and ILPA’s own guidance in response, as reflected in the ILPA Principles—have evolved significantly since the release of the DDQ in 2013. While DEI is a
HIG Capital (HIG) has sold its portfolio company, Empire Today to Charlesbank Capital Partners (Charlesbank).
Empire Today is the largest shop-at-home, direct-to-consumer flooring company in the United States, operating in over 70 of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. The Company serves residential customers with a wide selection of carpet and hard surface flooring products for homes, and sells fully installed flooring solutions to businesses, including multi-family properties, restoration companies, REITs, and other organisations.
HIG acquired the Company in November 2016 in partnership with Empire Today’s management team. Through numerous strategic initiatives and investments, the Company enjoyed significant growth
Grain Management (Grain), a private equity firm focused on investments in the global communications sector, has appointed industry veteran Kevin Naughton as a Managing Director.
Former Chairman and Co-head of Credit Suisse’s Private Funds Group, Naughton’s role at Grain will focus on investor relations, with a particular focus on capital formation and strategy for product development.
“We are thrilled to welcome Kevin to the Grain team,” says David Grain, Founder and CEO of Grain Management. “His deep experience in global fundraising will be a welcome addition to our deep bench of talent as we continue to expand our international presence
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