Alpine Investors (Alpine) has completed sale of its portfolio company, Mindful (formerly known as VHT), a specialist in callback automation, to Medallia, a customer and employee experience business. Terms of the sale have not been disclosed. Mindful is a provider of callback technology for nearly 400 of the world’s leading brands. Alpine acquired the business, then know as Virtual Hold Technology, in 2018 and appointed Matt DiMaria as president and CEO. Adopting Alpine’s People-First playbook, the Mindful team transformed the company, generated over 100% revenue growth for three consecutive years from its new SaaS offering and more than doubling overall

SPORT BUFF – a specialist in gamification and on-screen engagement – has attracted a further $2.5million of global investment in its seed round of funding, following successful pre-seed funding in February 2021. Among the fresh investors in SPORT BUFF are Sport Republic (UK), Longboard Capital (US), Calvert Drive (NZ) and Intrepid Ventures (CY), alongside personal investment from a number of individuals including Matthew Benham, owner of English Premier League club, Brentford FC. SPORT BUFF graphics fit around the original coverage and broadcaster’s layout to give viewers extra information, engagement and interaction – through posts, polls and quizzes – that enhance

Stockholm-based sustainability platform Worldfavor has secured €10.2 million in a Series A funding round led by SEB Private Equity. The funding will be used to fuel growth and and finance the firm’s expansion plans.  Existing investors Brightly Ventures and Spintop Ventures also participated in the round which brings the total raised by Worldfavor top date to €13.4 million. Worldfavor is a sustainability platform which enables businesses worldwide to easily access, share, and leverage business ESG data – such as GHG emissions, diversity, human rights, anti-corruption and more – to gain insights and make sustainable action possible, both internally and through

Periscope Equity portfolio company Praecipio Consulting, a cloud-first business and technology consulting firm, has acquired Coyote Creek to create one of the largest North American Atlassian Platinum Solution Partners. For 20 years, Coyote Creek has provided IT and engineering services across the Atlassian platform. The company is highly regarded for its customer-first philosophy and proactive approach to enterprise transformation, including DevOps consulting and IT service management. Coyote Creek will be a powerful addition to Praecipio’s service suite, building upon its reputation as a cloud-first, enterprise-level strategic advisor that helps organisations connect business and IT to become more responsive and adaptive.

Palatine-backed CTS Group has acquired the geo-technical and geo-environmental specialist In Situ Site Investigation Limited, the latest of nine acquisitions that have given the technical consulting firm a market leading position in testing infrastructure materials, surveying and monitoring services.   With headquarters in St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex, In Situ Site Investigation employs 37 staff and operates internationally across many locations. The company is a well-established ground investigation services business founded in 2008 by Managing Director Darren Ward. It has grown strongly over the years based on a strong client focus, enabling them to branch out into other areas of Cone

Hazeltree, a specialist in treasury and liquidity management technology for the alternative asset and investment management industries, has secured a $14 million strategic investment in a funding round led by FINTOP Capital, a venture capital firm focused on fintech B2B SaaS companies.

BV Investment Partners (BV), a middle-market private equity firm focused on the tech-enabled business services, software and IT services sectors, has sold RKD Group, a provider of omnichannel fundraising and marketing services to the nonprofit sector, to Incline Equity Partners. RKD Group, headquartered in Dallas, has raised billions of dollars for its clients and currently serves hundreds of nonprofit organisations, within segments such as food banks, health & disease, social service and animal welfare. Nonprofits rely on RKD’s data-driven, omni-channel solutions to generate net revenue, accelerate growth, build long-term donor relationships, and drive online and offline donor engagement. BV acquired

Alantra has completed the acquisition of an additional 24.5% stake in pan-European asset manager Access Capital Partners (ACP) from OP Financial Group for a cash consideration of approximately €24.5m. As anticipated in the 2021 Financial Results Presentation, it was Alantra’s intention to execute the call option, which was agreed upon at the time of the initial 24.5% acquisition in December 2018. Following the transaction, Alantra owns a 49% stake in the company and the executive partners the remaining 51%. This investment marks a new milestone in Alantra’s strategy of becoming a leading pan-European diversified asset manager offering a wide range