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Aliter Capital-backed Edwin James Group (EJG), has completed its fifth acquisition – Peak42 Limited (Peak42) – just two weeks after acquiring Jex Engineering.
Peak42 specialises in control and automation technology with core expertise in system integration, consultancy and performance management, with strong and established relationships with several high-profile manufacturing and infrastructure clients, and some of the UK’s leading brands in food and beverage.
Peak 42 has offices in Daresbury (Cheshire), as well as expert teams in Chesterfield, Newcastle and Reading, strengthening Edwin James Group’s presence across the UK and aligning with Edwin James Group’s strategy to bring together leading engineering
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a technology provider for the financial industry, has acquired D3 Technology, a provider of online and mobile banking for the Large Financial Institution (LFI) market.
Adding D3 immediately expands NCR Digital Banking into new market segments, including US large banks and over time, international banks.
“D3 has a well-earned reputation for innovation and product excellence and delivers one of the most advanced digital platforms for large banks,” says Michael D Hayford, president and chief executive officer, NCR Corporation. “NCR’s Digital First Banking solutions help financial institutions connect with consumers whenever, wherever, and this acquisition helps
Ancala Partners (Ancala), an independent infrastructure investment manager, has acquired a 50 per cent interest in Dragon LNG, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal located at Milford Haven, Wales.
Ancala acquired the interest on behalf of its managed funds from Petronas LNG Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas). Transaction terms have not been disclosed.
Dragon LNG is one of three LNG regasification terminals in the UK. The terminal has a gas send out rate to the UK’s National Transmission System of up to nine billion cubic metres per annum, providing clean and reliable energy for millions
Global credit specialist CIFC, which launched a European office in London last year, has completed the first phase of its UK research team recruitment with the appointment of its fourth analyst.
Senior Analyst Rinse Terpstra has joined from Chenavari Investment Managers where he worked as a senior investment analyst focusing on CLOs. He has more than 12 years of leveraged loan and high yield credit experience in Western and Central Eastern Europe as well as Turkey.
Analyst Zoltan Paller has joined from UBS where he focused on leveraged finance and direct lending opportunities in the EMEA region. Prior to
Capzanine, an independent asset manager and private investment house for small and mid-sized companies, has changed its name to CAPZA.
With 15 years of growth under its belt, CAPZA now offers capabilities in four European countries (France, Germany, Spain and Italy). On the back of its unique track-record, CAPZA early this year reinforced its historical partnership with AXA (now holding a 46 per cent stake), which began in 2005, to support it in its international ambitions, particularly in rolling out new distribution channels.
CAPZA Group now has about 50 employees (in Paris, Munich, Madrid and Milan) and manages EUR2.7 billion
An Edinburgh company whose software platform helps universities to engage and recruit students has secured a GBP1.8 million investment from Mercia Fund Managers, the Scottish Investment Bank’s Co-Investment Fund and existing angel investors.
This latest funding round will allow GeckoLabs to more than double the size of its team and expand its operations in North America. It brings the total raised by the company to GBP3 million. Gecko’s student engagement platform GeckoEngage allows universities to capture, manage and follow up with prospective students, and is used by over 50 per cent of the UK higher education market including leading names
Private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has sold GEV Group Holdings Limited (GEV) to Bridges Fund Management generating 2.7x returns for Maven investors. The existing management team, led by CEO David Fletcher, is re-investing as part of the deal and will continue to lead the business.
Headquartered in Hull, GEV Group is a diverse energy services business with a key focus in the wind power renewable market. Established in 2008, the Company initially specialised in providing experienced engineering personnel for the UK oil and gas sector. Following the appointment of David Fletcher as Managing Director in 2010, GEV diversified
Research carried out by Guernsey Finance has revealed rising interest in green investment from private equity managers, but it also flags that they underestimate the funding requirements and commercial opportunity for limiting global warming.
Three-quarters of those surveyed had increased exposure in green and sustainable finance and everyone planned to do so in the near future. They said that external drivers, such as investor demands and competitive forces, including the ‘Attenborough Effect’, where the veteran broadcaster David Attenborough is credited with making people more conscious about the impact of their consumption, were the main reason for doing so.
They
Horizon Capital, a specialist technology and tech-enhanced business investor, has made an investment in education software and services firm Juniper Education.
Horizon has made a GBP20 million equity commitment from the Horizon 2018 fund of which over half is reserved for future acquisitions. This is the second buy-and-build platform investment by Horizon this year and follows on from the group’s investment in software and data analytics business STRAT7 in March. Horizon has completed nine add-on acquisitions for its portfolio companies so far this year.
Horizon is supporting Juniper Education’s Executive Chairman Gavin Freed, together with the wider management team to
Partech has appointed Paul Vider as Principal for the firm’s Growth Fund, which has completed five financings in high-growth disruptive companies in Europe in the past 18 months alone.
Deals include: Exporo, a digital real estate investment platform in Germany; Berlin-based Urban Sports Club currently experiencing triple digit growth; Evaneos, a multiday tour marketplace in Europe in which Partech led a EUR70 million investment round in June 2018; and NA-KD.com, which has rapidly scaled to over SEK1 billion in revenues since Partech’s investment in January 2018.
The wider Partech Growth portfolio recorded an average annual revenue growth rate of
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