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Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners have sold their shareholding in Deep Secure Limited to Forcepoint Federal, a global cyber security solutions business specialising in serving government and critical infrastructure clients for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is subject to regulatory review and customary closing conditions and is expected to close in or before August 2021.
Deep Secure, a provider of cyber security defence solutions, pioneering the Threat Removal approach to deliver assured malware-free information exchange for its customers, was backed by YFM Funds, including British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc. The exit will deliver
Trill Impact is to acquire ILT Education, an impactful ed-tech company and market leading supplier of digital educational tools, from Priveq.
ILT Education offers digital educational tools for schools and preschools, with a focus on audio and visual-assisted learning solutions for children and students with dyslexia, other cognitive needs or multi-lingual backgrounds. Its wide service offering, based on a SaaS1 business model, are available in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Austria and France. As a market leader in Sweden, ILT Education is serving a vast majority of all municipalities and schools.
ILT Education is a highly impactful company addressing general European
PROfounders Capital, an early stage venture capital investor, has welcomed the successful pricing of online furniture retailer Made.com ahead of its IPO on the London Stock Exchange, which will deliver a 25x return for PROfounders’ investors.
PROfounders’ investment in Made.com will also deliver another fund returner for investors, with proceeds exceeding the size of the firm’s first fund.
PROfounders first invested in Made.com in 2010, attracted by its D2C, tech-enabled business model that shortens and simplifies furniture supply chains, leading to better designs, higher quality and lower prices for customers. Since the launch of Made.com, the London-based business has expanded
Princeton Equity Group, a Princeton, NJ and Dallas, TX-based private equity firm focused on control investments in franchisor and multi-unit companies, has held the final closing of its inaugural fund, Princeton Equity Partners I, with more than USD350 million in total commitments, surpassing its initial USD250 million target.
The fund exceeded its hard cap and was oversubscribed. Investors include US and non-US-based endowments, foundations, insurance companies, public pensions, fund-of-funds, asset managers, and family offices.
Princeton is led by Jim Waskovich and Doug Kennealey and seeks partnerships with the founders and management teams of high-growth, market-defining franchisors and multi-unit businesses
European private equity firm PAI Partners (PAI) is in final negotiations for the acquisition of SGD Pharma, a leading global manufacturer of primary glass packaging for the pharmaceutical industry, by China Jianyin Investment Ltd (JIC).
NorthEdge has sold a majority stake in Orbis Protect (Orbis), a leading provider of critical security services to the UK vacant property sector, to growth investor Synova.
The deal delivers a strong return for the lower mid-market private equity specialist and includes a material reinvestment into Orbis from NorthEdge’s Fund II alongside Synova.
NorthEdge invested in Orbis in August 2018. During the partnership, Orbis has grown revenues at a CAGR of 17 per cent, added to its technology capabilities through the acquisition of Optosafe, a 360-degree CCTV tower provider, and increased employee engagement. Orbis also ranked eighth in the
NB Private Equity Partners Limited, a closed-ended investment company which invests directly in private equity investments alongside market-leading private equity firms, has appointed Louisa Symington-Mills as an independent non-executive Director.
Symington-Mills joined M&G Investment Management in 2003 before a successful career at Royal Bank of Scotland and Jefferies as a listed alternative investment funds research analyst, with a particular focus on listed private equity. She subsequently became Chief Operating Officer at LPEQ, an international association of listed private equity companies, and has played a key role in increasing awareness and understanding of listed private equity throughout her career. Symington-Mills is
LongRange Capital, a private equity firm focused on building better businesses, has made several additions to its team in recent months. Sunny Patel joined LongRange as Senior Principal, Taylor Elliott as Senior Associate, and Austin Marcus as Associate.
Patel brings to the firm a combination of investment and operating experience. Prior to LongRange, Berlin and Patel worked together for a brief period at Navab Capital Partners focusing on private equity. Patel was previously with 3G Capital, on both the private and public sides of their business. During this time, he spent several years at the Kraft Heinz Company, a 3G
Private capital must adopt a common language or taxonomy for data reporting if it is to support more timely and insightful decision-making in the investment process, according to business advisory firm KPMG UK.
The call comes as KPMG UK publishes its report titled ‘Improving data exchange fluidity between LPs and GPs’, in partnership with the Private Capital Data Standards Alliance (PCDS Alliance – formerly ADS Initiative), the membership organisation that supports the collaboration of private capital stakeholders to develop global data standards in the industry. The publication coincides with KPMG’s appointment as a founding member of PCDS Alliance.
The
Edge Investments (Edge) has invested GBP1.7 million in OTHERWORLD, a UK out-of-home Virtual Reality (VR) experience.
Edge is leading the GBP2.9 million Series A funding round alongside a follow-on investment from Imbiba, a specialist investor in leisure and lifestyle brands, and participation from games industry veterans Chris Lee and Rupert Loman.
OTHERWORLD offers immersive virtual reality experiences across entertainment, arts, education and wellness. OTHERWORLD guests enter their own ‘immersion pod’, which integrates premium VR hardware with dynamic heat, wind and rumble effects. Each pod is connected to the same place: a virtual island paradise where friends and family can explore
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