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Technology and healthcare-focused buyout firm LLR Partners has made a growth investment in transportation management platform PCS Software. Existing investor Capstreet remains a minority shareholder in the business.
PCS runs AI-driven transportation management platforms that automate transportation logistics operation via a single comprehensive web-based solution. LLR’s investment will support continued organic growth and product innovation plans as well as the pursuit of strategic acquisitions.
Kevin Johnson, principal at Capstreet, said: “Over the last three years, we have built out the PCS management team, invested in sales and go-to-market initiatives to expand into new customer segments, upgraded the software architecture, and completed
Technology-focused private equity firm Vector Capital is to make a $100 million strategic minority investment in real-time cyberprotection business Malwarebytes.
Vector Capital Managing Directors Sandy Gill and Dave Fishman will join the company’s Board of Directors as part of the transaction.
Founded in 2008, Malwarebytes detects and mitigates cyber threats for customers through intelligence, AI and machine learning.
The new capital will be deployed for product innovation, scaling the channel partner program and grow its Managed Service Provider business, the company said.
The funding by Vector Capital follows investments led by Highland Capital Partners and Fidelity Management and Research Company.
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) has sold its remaining 30% stake in Shields Health Solutions to Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) for $1.37 billion, based on the exit multiple agreed at the time of Walgreen’s September 2021 investment in Shields Health.
WBA’s full acquisition of Shields follows the increase of its stake to approximately 70% in September 2021.
Shields runs specialty pharmacies in the US with nearly 80 health system partners representing approximately 1,000 hospitals nationwide. It delivered pro forma sales growth of 57% for the first nine months of fiscal 2022, driven by key contract wins, further expansion of
Global institutional investor GIC has entered into a strategic partnership agreement to acquire luxury beach resort group Sani/Ikos (SIG) in a €2.3bn deal. GIC will become the leading shareholder alongside SIG’s management team.
Other investors in the group include Oaktree Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Moonstone, Florac and Hermes GPE who will be selling their stakes to GIC as part of this transaction.
Founded in 2015, SIG owns and operates luxury resorts in the Mediterranean. It recorded a 52% year-on-year increase in bookings this year and a 59% increase when compared with 2019. Its Ikos concept resorts were named TripAdvisor’s
TA Associates (TA), a global growth private equity firm, has completed fundraising for TA Debt Fund V with total commitments of more than $1.1 billion.
Starburst Ventures, a first venture capital firm dedicated to investing across aviation, space, and defence, has launched a new early-stage fund.
Focusing on aerospace, defence, and security, as well as enabling sciences and technologies, Starburst Ventures is investing in the next generation of industrial, software and hardware companies.
The fund’s team will be led by Starburst Ventures’ Founder and General Partner, François Chopardand investor Benjamin Zeitoun. Together they hold a significant track record of securing investment and building startups from the early stage to IPO.
Joining them in an advisory capacity is Jacqueline Tame, startup founder and former Deputy Director
Novata, an ESG data platform built for the private markets, and S&P Global Market Intelligence, a provider of information services and solutions to the global markets, have formed a strategic partnership to provide private market investors with a holistic data solution that simplifies the process of collecting both financial and ESG data.
Through this partnership, Novata’s platform will be made available for S&P Global Market Intelligence customers to bridge their ESG data with financial data in order to provide a single source of insights. This proposed integration will help market participants make informed decisions about how ESG drives financial outcomes,
A private equity fund initiated by Hamburg-based family office Lennertz & Co is acquiring a minority stake in SuperVista AG, which operates under the “brillen.de” brand in Germany.
Lennertz & Co, alongside some of SuperVista’s founders and employees, are participating in the current Series B funding round, which has amounted to a sum in the tens of millions.
With its unique digital concept, the Brandenburg-based company combines the cost efficiency of an online provider and the necessary customer service provided by having a traditional brick-and-mortar store. The partner opticians in the SuperVista-network are thus enabled to hold their own against
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has grown its team in the East Midlands and East of England with the appointment of Simon Peacock as Investment Director and Mikayil Salahov as Investment Manager.
Peacock joins LDC following more than 15 years at Alantra, an investment banking and asset management firm focusing on the mid-market. As a Partner there, he advised companies on both a regional and sector basis, including consumer, industrials and business services, to help ensure the smooth completion of M&A transactions. He also has extensive experience within the food industry, as Director of Food & Drink at Catalyst, prior
Kaiko Systems, a Berlin-based software startup digitizing maritime shipping, has successfully completed a seed financing round of €2 million. The funding round was backed by multiple investors including Schoeller Holdings, Vineta Ventures, A Round Capital, Flagship Founders as well as industry experts such as Clasen Rickmers and Justus Kniffka.
Kaiko Systems helps global shipping companies to digitalise onboard operations of frontline workers, reduce downtime, and increase technical management productivity. The capital infusion will be used to grow its team, further advance its software solution, and expand into new geographies.
Since launching their product in 2021, Kaiko Systems has swiftly won
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