Latest News
London-based consultancy firm, GRAPH Strategy, has provided Commercial Due Diligence to support two private equity firms with investments into rapidly growing technology businesses.
In March 2022, Farview Equity Partners, a European growth equity investor, made an equity investment in Amplience, the leading commerce experience platform. Amplience was founded in 2008, and since then has made its mark by simplifying how content and commerce teams at the world’s best brands and retailers manage and deliver omnichannel commerce experiences. The company has experienced rapid growth in customers, partners, users and revenue and has further expanded into North America, EMEA and APAC
HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with over $49 billion of capital under management, has appointed Oliver Slade as a managing director, based in Dubai.
Slide, who will be responsible for capital raising and investor relations activities in the Middle East, has been based in the region since 2008 and has over 17 years of experience in alternative assets. He joins HIG from Partners Group, where he was the Head of Middle East and Africa, responsible for the development and capital raising activities across private markets funds and solutions in the region. Prior to Partners Group, Oliver held
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with over $49 billion of equity capital under management, is to acquire Terra Millennium Corporation (Terra Millennium), a national provider of outsourced industrial maintenance services, including refractory maintenance and other specialised services, from Court Square Capital Partners.
Terra Millennium’s executive team, led by CEO Bryan Young, will continue to lead the Company, and remain as significant shareholders. Executive Chairman Mark Stutzman will continue as a non-executive board member and significant shareholder.
The transaction, which is expected to close in Q2 2022, is subject to customary closing conditions.
Helios Investment Partners has appointed Wale Ayeni to head its venture capital strategy and launch Helios Digital Ventures.
Ayeni was until recently at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, where he was head of venture capital investments across Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
Prior to joining the IFC, Ayeni led venture capital investments in Silicon Valley for Orange, the French telecoms company. He started his career as a microprocessor design engineer with Intel Corp. and later Qualcomm, before moving to JP Morgan’s Technology Investment Banking group in San Francisco.
Helios
Neighbourly, a community investment and engagement platform for business, has raised an additional £1.6 million in an accelerator investment round led by Guinness Ventures.
This latest funding round takes the total investment raised to date by the company to £8 million ($10 million).
Founded in 2014, Neighbourly matches businesses with local good causes to ensure that donations of volunteer time, financial support or surplus products reach those who need it most, creating positive and measurable impact for organisations, communities and the planet.
The investment will help further expand the team and accelerate both brand and product development at a critical
Stafford Capital Partners (Stafford), an international private markets investment and advisory group, has invested approximately EUR100 million through a secondary transaction in DIF Capital Partners’ (DIF) fifth flagship infrastructure fund, DIF Infrastructure V.
Stafford acquired the investment from a single UK corporate pension scheme. The pension scheme sold the stake following a change in strategy that has seen it exit several fund holdings across its private markets portfolio in recent years.
The investment marks the first LP secondary to be completed in the 2017-vintage infrastructure fund and sees Stafford acquire a position as the fund reaches fully invested status with
how.fm, a SaaS training platform enabling warehouse operators to onboard, upskill, and support their operators every day, has raised $5.4 million in a seed funding round led by Join Capital.
Previous investors Kindred Capital and Capnamic Ventures also participated, along with new investors ex-Amazon UK CEO, Christopher North; CEO of Berlin-based logistics service, Forto, Michael Wax; as well as angel investments from Allegro CEO Francois Nuyts and business angel Andrej Henkler.
As part of the fundraise, Join Capital Partner, Jan Borgstädt will also join the how.fm board.
The company will use the funding to recruit across the business, grow its
Sonae IM, a corporate venture capital company from the Sonae Group and a prominent European investor in retail technologies, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies, is rebranding as Bright Pixel Capital (www.brpx.com).
The change comes with a new tagline – ‘Building a Brighter Future Together’ – and the ambition to continue identifying unique and industry-changing opportunities.
Bright Pixel Capital says its new identity conveys modernity and agility while emphasising its values of financial drive, and growth orientation.
Bright Pixel Capital distinguishes itself by creating deep and meaningful relationships with founders, co-investors, and other stakeholders, functioning as an active partner that
Capital provider Bloom Group has secured £300 million in a Series A finding round led Credo Capital Partners and funds managed by Fortress Investment Group LLC (Fortress), making the company the highest-funded revenue-based lending business in Europe.
Essex-based private investment group, Milbank Ventures, is to fuel its future growth plans with the support of a new funding deal facilitated by FRP Corporate Finance.
Special Reports
Featured
- Insight
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
