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Luminate Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on enterprise software, has completed a strategic growth investment in Axonify, a specialist in frontline employee training software.
Luminate’s investment will enable Axonify to expand its leadership position in the frontline training and communications market by accelerating new product innovations and other key growth initiatives. Axonify will continue to be led by CEO and Co-Founder Carol Leaman.
Axonify’s market-leading training and communication SaaS platform is purpose-built to serve frontline employees. Axonify delivers personalized, bite-sized bursts of learning directly into the flow of work, for just a few minutes a day, promoting employee
Kirkland & Ellis has emerged as the top legal adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by both value and volume in technology, media & telecom (TMT) sector for Q1 2021, having advised on 86 deals worth USD55.6 billion.
A total of 3,009 M&A deals were announced in the sector during Q1 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s report, ‘Global and Technology, Media & Telecom M&A Report Legal Adviser League Tables Q1 2021’, deal value for the sector increased by 88 per cent from USD175 billion in Q1 2020 to USD329 billion in Q1
The XA Network, a member-based investment network of executives from prominent tech firms in Southeast Asia, has appointed an advisory board.
The appointments signal the organisation’s growth and reach, as the Southeast Asian digital economy proves resilient and is racing ahead at full velocity.
John Wood (ex-Microsoft, Room To Read), Steve Chen (co-founder of YouTube), Maya Hari (Twitter) and David Thevenon (Balderton Capital, ex-Google) have been appointed to advisory board positions. They will work directly with the members as the organisation scales and will champion the new purpose – to be an organisation that fosters inclusive innovation for the
Cybersecurity fundraising activity is on track for another record year, according to ICON Corporate Finance’s April 2021 cybersecurity sector report, which reveals that sector valuations have hit historic highs over the past 12 months.
In Q1 2021 USD3.7 billion was invested by VCs globally, an increase of +35 per cent. That looks set to shatter 2020’s record USD8.3 billion (+22 per cent).
The resilience of the market was demonstrated as more than USD22 billion in M&A deal value was transacted, despite the challenges of a global pandemic
Public cybersecurity stocks have traded at all-time highs, seeing the sector more than
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with USD44 billion of equity capital under management, has completed a recapitalisation of Windows USA (Windows USA).
HIG is partnering with Michael Allbritton, Robert Tankersley, Ryan Guthrie, Eric Oliver and the current management team to provide additional resources to accelerate the Company’s successful growth trajectory. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Royal, Arkansas, Windows USA is a vertically integrated home services business providing replacement vinyl windows to homeowners in the Southern US. Windows USA is one of the largest direct-to-consumer (DTC) providers of replacement windows in
Astorg has completed its acquisition of Corsearch, from Audax Private Equity (Audax). Corsearch’s suite of end-to end brand risk and performance solutions include trademark research, online brand protection, and anti-piracy.
Building on Corsearch’s innovative tools for trademark clearance and brand and content protection, the new owners will invest in the continued development of the business and its services. Corsearch’s management team, led by CEO Tobi Hartmann, will continue to lead the organisation, building on an impressive track record of organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
The acquisition of Corsearch marks the second intellectual property (IP) deal announced by Astorg, which previously
Kenect, a provider of business texting and communications technology, has secured a strategic growth investment from funds advised by PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled service companies.
The investment aims to fuel Kenect’s next phase of growth including: Continued product innovation, scaling the go-to-market, adding to the customer support organisation and pursuing strategic acquisitions, all in order to better serve Kenect’s growing list of clients across North America.
Financial terms have not been disclosed.
“We couldn’t be more excited to work with PSG to continue our mission of connecting businesses with consumers through our messaging
TCG Crossover (TCG X), in partnership with The Column Group, has raised an inaugural USD824 million fund focused on crossover and public investments in the life sciences.
The oversubscribed fund attracted an array of premier investors including university endowments, family offices, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds.
TCG X invests exclusively in innovative drug discovery companies that are seeking to make an impact on unmet medical needs. By leveraging its relationship with The Column Group and its Science Partners, the firm adds extensive scientific and operating expertise to its portfolio companies. While TCG X will invest in some late stage
Norwest Equity Partners (NEP), a middle market investment firm founded in 1961, has appointed Eric Kau, a proven operating executive and CEO advisor, as an operating partner.
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