Elaghmore, a UK-based private equity fund, has acquired one of Europe’s leading visual communication experts, Concept Group Limited (Concept), a provider distinctive sign and large format LED solutions using traditional, bespoke and digital signage.  Customers include some of the world’s largest Out of Home advertising companies, including Global Media Group, Open Media, and JCDecaux.   Birmingham-based Concept will become part of the Hexcite Group which Elaghmore created in 2019. The Hexcite Group provides specialist signage design, manufacturing, installation and vital aftercare services to leading retailers and brand owners The Hexcite Group includes Blaze Signs which has substantial signage manufacturing capability

LDC, a mid-market private equity firm, has made a significant minority investment in international warehouse safety, impact protection and storage equipment provider, IWS Group, to support a continued buy and build strategy. IWS Group provides essential products and services to the global warehousing, logistics and material handling sectors. Through its growing family of companies, IWS Group provides its customers with a one-stop solution to make their sites safer, more efficient and environmentally sustainable.   The Group has a global customer base across multiple channels including operators, contractors, system integrators and resellers.    LDC is backing the existing management team, led

AVIA Capital has invested in Hadatap, Poalnd’s leading provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, to fund research and development costs, increased production capacity and an expansion of sales in Poland and other European countries. RFID uses readers to identify and track objects equipped with smart tags containing microchips. The technology allows companies such as wholesale and retail traders to streamline the process of monitoring inventories, improving efficiency and cutting costs. RFID is also used by public institutions such as courts and libraries. Founded in 2006, Hadatap has implemented RFID solutions in more than 150 large and medium-sized companies and

Bookkeeper360, a fintech accounting solution for small businesses, has raised $3.5 million in a seed funding round backed by new strategic partners, customers, and previous investors, who are also Angel Investors of Etsy.com. In the past 14 months, Bookkeeper360 has grown its team by 120% and now supports nearly 1,000 customers nationwide between its software and a full suite of accounting, advisory, tax, payroll, and back-office solutions. This includes three new directors that have joined to oversee its software engineering, advisory, and customer onboarding departments. In October 2022, Bookkeeper360 will celebrate its 10th anniversary. Bookkeeper360 currently has integrations with Xero,

CARROLL, a national real estate investment firm, has held the final closing of its seventh investment vehicle, Carroll Multifamily Venture VII with more than $340 million in capital from two institutional investor closings in July 2022 and December 2021. The fund will target multifamily assets in line with the firm’s value-add and core-plus investment strategy across the Sun Belt region with $5.5 billion in total buying power.   CARROLL’s seventh investment vehicle closed at more than double the size of the Firm’s prior vehicle, Carroll Multifamily Venture VI, which closed in 2019 at $125 million. The increased commitment follows a

CORE Industrial Partners (CORE), a Chicago-based private equity firm, has acquired Contract Filling Inc (CFI), a specialised contract manufacturer of high-end fragrances, deodorants and cosmetic products, by CORE portfolio company Arizona Natural Resources (ANR), based in Phoenix, Arizona.  The acquisition solidifies ANR’s position as one of North America’s largest manufacturers of personal care and beauty products. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, CFI is a well-established contract manufacturer of fragrances and deodorants with nearly four decades of experience.  CFI represents the fourth addition to CORE’s ANR platform. Together, CFI and ANR have more than 800,000 square

Luminovo – an AI-powered software suite helping electronics leaders bring vital innovations to market faster, cheaper and more sustainably – has raised €11 million in a seed round led by Chalfen Ventures with participation by Tencent, Verve Ventures and Khadjavi Capital Partners, as well as existing investors La Famiglia and Cherry Ventures.  Launched in 2020 and led by Munich-based Stanford alumni Sebastian Schaal and Timon Ruban, Luminovo is the world’s first end-to-end cloud-based software suite built to help fuel technological progress through the improvement of hardware development on a global scale.  Luminovo’s unified data model and modular software suite streamlines,

Zing Dev Limited (Zing), a consulting partner of global cloud-communications provider Twilio, has launched as a fully independent company following significant new investment from Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and existing shareholders. Twilio is the customer engagement platform that drives real-time, personalised experiences for today’s leading brands. Its platform powers trillions of interactions annually to create engaging experiences for their customers. Its portfolio of services includes flagship cloud-based programmable contact centre solution, Twilio Flex. Based in London, Zing spun out from ProspectSoft just over two years ago, but remained part of the same group. With Maven’s profitable sale of ProspectSoft to