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Addleshaw Goddard has advised background verification company ClearStar on its GBP14.7 million takeover by private equity investor Hanover.The AG team was led by partners Simon Wood and Charles Penney supported by Louise Pritchard and Mike O’Keeffe. AG has had a relationship with ClearStar since 2014, when the team advised on ClearStar’s IPO.
The offer, which announced this morning, sees the company valued at a premium of 23 per cent over its most recent closing price.
Wood says: “This is a great result for ClearStar, and we are delighted to have been able to offer our advice and expertise.
“It is
Sectigo, a provider of automated digital identity management and web security solutions, is to be acquired by private investment firm GI Partners.Bill Holtz, Chief Executive Officer of Sectigo, says: “It has been a pleasure partnering with the Francisco Partners team over the past few years and we look forward to working with GI Partners as we write the next chapter of Sectigo’s story. The GI Partners team has a strong track record of helping technology companies expand through organic growth acceleration, M&A, and investments to support innovation. We have built a strong foundation as a leader in the cybersecurity market
BGF announcesis formally supporting The Diversity Project in its mission to accelerate progress in achieving a more inclusive culture in the investment and savings profession. As businesses start to emerge from the coronavirus crisis, BGF recognises that it is time to intensify efforts to create inclusive cultures and that diverse perspectives are needed to deliver answers to complex issues faced by the industry.
Officially joining The Diversity Project represents BGF’s ongoing commitment to do all it can to be both a thought leader as well as capital provider to help promote a more inclusive finance landscape, and in doing so unlock
Signifier Medical Technologies (Signifier), a specialist in the sleep disordered breathing market, has closed a circa USD10 million Series C funding round led by Alan Howard, VC investor and co-founder of Brevan Howard. The proceeds from this latest successful fundraising will allow Signifier to invest further in its innovative and non-invasive solutions for patients with sleep disordered breathing conditions.
The financing round also included participation from James Blair, a career healthcare venture capitalist and Partner/Co-founder of Domain Associates as an additional new investor in Signifier. Existing investors participating in the round included The Pritzker Organization and Signifier’s Chairman Kieran Gallahue,
Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, has appointed David Moffitt as Co-Head of the company’s US Credit Management business. Moffitt will be based in New York and report to Jeremy Ghose, Global Head of Investcorp Credit Management.
Moffitt brings to Investcorp more than 20 years of experience in credit investing and asset management. Most recently, he was Partner and Head of Tactical Investment Opportunities and CLO Management at LibreMax Capital, President of Trimaran Advisors, the CLO management platform of LibreMax; and President of CAVU Investment Partners LLC in New York. In these roles, David was responsible
Information services and software industry veterans Mason Slaine, Jay Nadler, and Karl Jaeger have launched of MLM II, an information services and software platform, in partnership with Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing.MLM II will focus on partnering with information, software, and technology-enabled services companies with a long-term view to value creation. As part of the launch, management and funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus have committed to fund up to USD1 billion of equity to pursue investments.
Mason Slaine, Jay Nadler, and Karl Jaeger have collectively over 90 years of experience leading companies in information
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LifeSpeak, a North American digital education platform for employee mental health and wellness, has secured a USD42 million minority equity investment from Round13 Growth Fund, Kensington Capital Partners and Roynat Capital. LifeSpeak is raising its first institutional funding round to accelerate its global growth trajectory.
Market demand for remote, technology-based mental health and wellness solutions has grown substantially in recent years. Awareness of mental health issues from anxiety and stress to suicide risk has further accelerated with the onset of COVID-19, particularly with an increasingly remote workforce.
Since its founding in 2004, LifeSpeak has established itself as a trusted
Sweden-based Valentum has merged with Clearwater International, the global leading mid-market M&A firm.
National Fire & Safety, an end-to-end fire protection and life safety solutions platform and a portfolio company of Highview Capital (Highview), has acquired Element Fire Protection (Element), a fire safety service and inspection provider headquartered in the greater Phoenix area.
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