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Caju Benefícios, a flexible benefits management platform, has raised $25 million in a Series B round led by K1 Investment Management, a Los Angeles-based investment firm focused on high growth B2B software companies.
StepFunction, a specialist in SaaS revenue growth solutions, has secured $5 million in a post-seed raise led by Dallas Venture Capital (DVC) with participation from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Inventus Capital Partners, and Z5 Capital.
Using machine learning, StepFunction helps leading SaaS companies substantially improve the amount and predictability of their subscription revenues based on a data-driven, real-time understanding of customer intent.
Launched in 2020, the StepFunction Customer Intent Engine (CIE) ingests an extensive range of customer behaviour signals — for example, product usage, support tickets, survey feedback, CRM, social media signals — over a long period of time.
Outdoor Living Supply (OLS), a platform for outdoor living products with a focus on hardscapes, and a portfolio company of Trilantic North America, has acquired Stone Garden, an independent distributor of natural and cultured stone, landscape, and hardscape supplies to the Cape Fear region of North Carolina.
This acquisition further strengthens OLS’s presence in the Carolinas and extends its footprint into the coastal market.
Stone Garden was founded in 1999 by Nina Brown. For more than 20 years, the Company has reigned as the region’s premier stone yard and outdoor living centre. Since its inception, Stone Garden has worked
Thoma Bravo is to sell Frontline Education to Roper Technologies, a provider of administration software purpose-built for K-12 educators, in an all-cash deal worth $3.725 billion, according to a report by PE Insights.
The software investor first acquired Frontline Education in 2017 and has since supported six bolt-on acquisitions which have helped the business expand its product portfolio from 16 to 30 solutions and significantly both revenue and headcount.
The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
Monroe Capital (Monroe) has appointed Amanda Tallman as vice president, direct originations. Tallman, who will be based in the firm’s Chicago office, will be responsible for originating transactions direct to non-sponsored and family-owned businesses.
Prior to Monroe, Amanda was a Vice President at PNC Bank for nearly 10 years.
While at PNC, she assisted middle market privately held businesses and their owners navigate various transformational events through a variety of financing solutions.
Monroe Capital (Monroe) is a boutique asset management firm specializing in private credit markets across various strategies, including direct lending, asset-based lending, specialty finance, opportunistic and structured credit,
CrowdX, a venue for privately held companies, and fintech Delio have joined forces to launch an investment platform that connects professional and institutional investors with the fast growth companies of the future.
The platform opens up access to investment opportunities in early-stage UK businesses via primary private debt issuance plus primary and secondary private equity trading. Delio’s digital tools will facilitate easier access to investment opportunities, so brokers, family offices and discretionary fund managers can gain access to a range of growth to pre-IPO stage companies.
Historically, challenges with secondary market liquidity have served to limit the appeal of investing
Discovery Education, a global edtech company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, has acquired Pivot Interactives SBC.
Led by a team of science teachers, practitioners, and students, Pivot Interactives develops dynamic cloud-based activities and labs that actively engage students in the authentic exploration of real scientific phenomena.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Pivot Interactives is Discovery Education’s second acquisition this month, having also acquired DoodleLearning.
The Capstreet Group (Capstreet), a Houston-based lower middle market private equity firm, as sold Thorpe Specialty Services (Thorpe), a maintenance and engineering services and solutions provider in petrochemical and other industrial markets, to KLH Capital (KLH). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Thorpe, which can trace its roots back to 1954, provides critical, skilled craft services and custom fabricated products to companies operating in high temperature, severe services, caustic, acidic and highly corrosive environments.
Headquartered in Houston, TX with additional branch locations across Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Western Canada, Thorpe serves customers including Fortune 500 companies
Bybit, the third largest crypto derivatives exchange in the world by volume, has partnered with Circle Internet Financial, a global digital financial technology firm and the issuer of USD Coin (USDC) and Euro Coin (EUROC) to help accelerate the growth of Bybit as a gateway for retail and institutional USDC-settled products.
Bybit aims to become a one-stop gateway for USDC-settled options. The Exchange’s market-beating liquidity is matched with features such as portfolio margin, which lowers margin requirements on hedged positions, and unified accounts that accept BTC/ETH/USDT/USDC as collateral. Under the agreement, Bybit will offer Circle’s services to their users, expand
Blue Point Capital Partners has acquired Water Lilies Food, a manufacturer and distributor of premium frozen Asian-inspired cuisine for major retail private label and foodservice customers nationwide.
Blue Point made the investment in partnership with Peter Lee, second generation family member and CEO, who is retaining a significant ownership position in the Company.
Water Lilies offers a broad portfolio of products, including dumplings, spring rolls, egg rolls and bao buns, with a focus on authenticity and creativity.
Blue Point operating partners Angelo Fraggos and Clarence Mouwill serve as board members and strategic advisors to the
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