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Mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge has agreed the sale of Ten10, a leading independent quality engineering and software testing consultancy, to Graphite Capital. The investment was originally made from Livingbridge’s Enterprise 1 fund.
Livingbridge established Ten10 in 2015, having identified the potential to create a market leader in the sector by acquiring and merging two existing companies, Centre4Testing and The Test People. Since then, Ten10 has become one of the fastest-growing software testing companies, with over 250 employees and offices in London, Leeds and Raleigh, North Carolina. Its portfolio of blue-chip clients spans the financial, legal, retail, and public sectors.
STX Next, a European software house specialising in Python software development, which supports international clients in their digital transformation, has acquired a new investor – a private equity fund advised by Innova Capital. The parties have not revealed the transaction value.
“The global market for new generation IT services is large, and its growth is driven by the increasing number and complexity of customers’ needs associated with their digital transformation,” says Michał Wojdyła, Managing Director at Innova Capital. “In such an ecosystem, success on a bigger scale can be achieved by businesses and teams that are able to differentiate themselves,
Omnes, through its Omnes Mezzanis 3 fund, has completed its 8th sponsorless deal through its reinvestment in Biosyl, following its previous sponsorless deal with the company in 2019.Biosyl is a leading industrial player in France in manufacturing wood pellets. Omnes, already a shareholder in the group, has reinvested alongside the company founder. Minority investors 123 IM, SOFIMAC as well as the forestry cooperative Unisylva complete the funding round.
Debt was provided by BPI and a banking consortium led by BNP Paribas, comprising La Banque Postale, HSBC, Banque Populaire Bourgogne and Banque Populaire Auvergne.
Founded in 2010, Biosyl transforms
LeapFrog Investments, a Profit with Purpose investment group, has appointed David Gonski AC to its Global Leadership Council. The appointment to the international advisory body, comprising distinguished non-executive directors from around the world, begins after Gonski’s departure as Chairman of ANZ Banking Group next week.
One of Australia and Asia’s pre-eminent business leaders, Gonski believes LeapFrog represents a synergy that will drive the future of business: Profit with Purpose.
He will focus on supporting LeapFrog’s leadership team as it expands its portfolio of two dozen high-growth companies across emerging Asia and Africa. Founded in 2007 by Sydney-based CEO Dr
Tarrytown Expocare (Tarrytown), a portfolio company of Sheridan Capital Partners, has completed acquisitions of Long’s Drugs, located in Thomson, Georgia, Long’s Closed-Door Pharmacy, located in Columbia, South Carolina, and Adler’s Pharmacy LTC, located in Cherry Hill, NJ. These acquisitions are the latest completed by Tarrytown as the Company continues expanding into new states in order to provide quality care to the Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled populations. The Company now serves individuals in 13 states.
“We are thrilled to announce our acquisitions of leading providers that expand our ability to serve individuals across the U.S. These pharmacies are representative of the cultures
Ultimus Fund Solutions (Ultimus), an independent provider of full-service fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has helped a new client, Primark Capital, bring a new fund product to market. As an interval fund that focuses on private equity, the new Primark Private Equity Investments Fund is one of the first funds that gives non-accredited retail investors access to private equity market investment opportunities. Primark Capital’s leadership is a combination of the former CEO of a USD12 billion RIA and two co-founders of Red Rocks Capital, a USD1.9 billion private equity fund.
Ultimus aligned with a multi-organisational team of industry professionals to
Apex Group (Apex), a global financial services provider, has been appointed to provide fund administration to the USD200 million “Financing Opportunities Fund” of SHUAA Capital (SHUAA), an asset management and investment banking platform in the UAE. The fund is targeting special situations in the GCC and has already attracted a total of USD68 million in commitments from investors.
Apex’s experienced team will deliver a full suite of fund administration services to SHUAA including financial reporting, investor communication, capital transactions and accounting support. Fund administration is at the core of Apex’s offering, providing clients with timely, accurate and independent fund administration
LearnUpon, a leading cloud-based Learning Management System (LMS), has secured USD56 million minority investment from global growth equity firm Summit Partners. This funding represents LearnUpon’s first major capital raise and will be used to fuel hiring, support continued execution of the company’s product roadmap and meet accelerating customer demand.
LearnUpon was founded in 2012 on the belief that a learning management system should be intuitive for users, quick and seamless to set up, and delivered with industry-leading customer support. Combining powerful functionality with unparalleled ease of use for both learners and administrators, LearnUpon helps enterprises democratise learning by dramatically increasing
bfinance, aa independent investment consultancy, has appointed Anna Morrison as Senior Director, Private Markets. Joining the research team at bfinance’s London office, Morrison brings twenty years’ experience in financial services and investments in the US, Europe and Asia.
Morrison will lead the Private Equity advisory practice and becomes the third Senior Director in bfinance’s Private Markets team, alongside fellow Senior Directors Trevor Castledine (Private Debt) and Anish Butani (Infrastructure). She will report to Managing Director Peter Hobbs (Real Estate, and Head of Private Markets), whose division has doubled in size over the past two years and now comprises ten private
CRUX, a British-Israeli startup that has developed the world’s first Knowledge Quantification platform, has announced a GBP1 million seed investment round led by WENVEST Capital, the B2B SaaS venture capital firm, and includes A-Round Capital and Founders Factory. With an overwhelming volume of information on both publisher and corporate platforms, CRUX’s groundbreaking deep tech supports digital media companies, financial services firms and management consultancies in helping users become more informed and more engaged. CRUX creates unique knowledge journeys around any topic, by measuring users’ knowledge build-up in real time, and directing users to the most valuable content for them.
CRUX uses
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