Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European growth buyout investments, has acquired a majority stake in BYG4lab, an independent provider of data management software for medical laboratories specialised in both biology and microbiology. Keensight Capital will invest alongside the management team and IRDI Capital Investissement.   Founded in 1982 and headquartered in France, BYG4lab develops software that enhances the efficiency of a laboratory. The Company provides a number of key benefits, including but not limited to: improving workflow management, making instrument integration more efficient, handling mega lab configuration, designing personalised dashboards, maximising automatic validation, and managing quality control. 

Decentralised finance (DeFi) trading platform Hashflow, founded in 2021, has raised $25 million in new funding bringing its valuation to $400 million. The round included returning investors Electric Capital, Dragonfly Capital Partners, LedgerPrime, and Balaji Srinivasan, along with crypto-native new investors and market participants including Jump Crypto, Wintermute Trading, GSR, Kronos Research, and Altonomy. Other investors include Coinbase Ventures, Kraken Ventures, Fabric Ventures, Evernew Capital, Spacewhale Capital, and angel investors Meltem Demirors, Anthony Sassano, and Jason Choi.  This raise comes just over one year after Hashflow’s seed round of $3.2 million was announced in April 2021. The capital infusion will

H2 Equity Partners (H2) has invested in Motive Offshore Group (Motive) alongside its Founders and management team. Headquartered in Banff, Scotland, Motive is a Founder-owned and managed business which rents, certifies, inspects and sells winches and other back-deck equipment used in offshore energy infrastructure. The business is growing rapidly supported by the successful transition to renewables and its strengthening international footprint.   Following H2’s investment, Motive founders, David Acton and James Gregg, will continue to lead the business and work closely with H2 to deliver the next phase of growth and build on the progress made in transitioning to renewables.

An affiliate of alternative investment firm HIG Capital (HIG)m has completed the acquisition of Family Entertainment Group Holdings. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, Family Entertainment Group is an industry leading designer, developer, and operator of amusement facilities. The Company provides turnkey outsourced facility management services of arcade operations on behalf of resorts, hotels, casinos, and amusement parks. Through its market leading position and industry expertise, Family Entertainment Group enhances customer experience and maximizes revenue on behalf of its facility partners. Additionally, the Company owns and operates standalone family entertainment centers under the In The Game, Max Action,

Enhesa, a provider of global regulatory and sustainability intelligence, backed by CGE Partners (CGE), has completed the acquisition of RegScan, a platform for regulatory assurance and operational compliance content, supporting multinational corporations to improve their EHS practices. RegScan further strengthens Enhesa’s operations compliance offering, and in particular will deepen the group’s presence in the US market. The deal marks the fifth add-on acquisition for Enhesa since CGE backed the company in July 2020. CGE Partners and Enhesa were advised by Travers Smith and Holland & Knight (legal) and Houlihan Lokey (corporate finance).