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Suralink, a specialist in request list and workflow management software for professional services firms, has secured a strategic growth investment from Luminate Capital Partners. Suralink’s SaaS application integrates dynamic request list and assignment workflow functionality with a secure file hosting and sharing platform. The company’s solution serves as a single hub for client interaction, increasing efficiency and improving the client experience for accounting firms and their clients. Suralink’s solutions are currently used across accounting firm groups, including audit, tax, and advisory, as well as by internal corporate audit teams, security consultants, financial services firms, and investment firms. Suralink’s customer base
Coralogix, a company using streaming analytics to rebuild the path to observability, has raised a $142 million Series D funding round, bringing the company’s total amount raised to $238 million. New investors Advent International (Advent) and Brighton Park Capital (Brighton Park) co-led the round with participation from Revaia and existing investors Greenfield Partners, Red Dot Capital Partners, Eyal Ofer’s OG Tech, StageOne Ventures, Joule Capital Partners, and Maor Investments. In connection with the funding round, Alek Ferro of Advent and Mike Gregoire of Brighton Park have joined the Coralogix board of directors.
Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP) has joined forces with seasoned digital media and technology executive, Greg Mason, to form SilverAssist, a comprehensive senior assistance platform incorporating market-leading information, tech-enabled services, and lead generation serving the Elder Care Market. The foundation of SilverAssist is built off the combination of three strategic acquisitions: Elderlife Financial Services, a financial concierge service helping identify the best way to pay for senior living; Care Changes, a complementary advisory service helping families find senior communities and customized care; and FamilyAssets, an information platform providing education, resources and community listings to help match families with senior living options. 
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has acquired StenTech, a provider of surface mount technology (SMT) stencils, pallets, tooling, and related components to more than 2,000 customers across North America. StenTech has grown from a single location in 1999 to become a key partner in the supply chain for the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing industries. Stencils play an essential role in the SMT manufacturing process as customised, high impact products which are mission-critical to customers’ operations. StenTech’s brand is anchored by its commitment to customer service and technical expertise, and the Company’s ability to provide finished stencils with industry-leading turnaround times.
Some €700 million in private equity investments have been sold on the secondary market in April by Shell’s Dutch defined benefit (DB) pension scheme. The sell-off came after the €33 billion scheme’s board decided its PE allocation had become to large having hit €4.1 billion at the end of 2021 following a 42.1% return over the year.
Bryan Garnier & Co, an independent investment bank for European healthcare and technology-related companies and their investors, has appointed John Klein head of equity research. Klein is a seasoned financial markets expert with experience across investment banking, equity research, private equity and corporates. He joins from Zalando, where he was Senior Business Developer with responsibility for driving the company’s capital markets communication strategy.  Prior to this, Klien was responsible for capital raising at DTCP, a private and growth equity investment firm. He was previously a Director at Feros Advisers in London, a boutique capital markets advisory, and Head of Chemicals
Vasileios Antonopoulos has joined AssetMetrix as Deputy Head of Technology. He will be based in the firm’s office in Luxembourg. As a member of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) as well as the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA), Antonopoulos will be actively contributing to further enhancing technology adoption within the private markets ecosystem in Luxembourg and beyond. AssetMetrix has deepened its commitment to Luxembourg, recently moving its datacenter infrastructure to Luxembourg after successfully establishing its local office earlier in 2021. Antonopoulos has a strong financial services and technology background, having held senior positions at
Capital Calls
The average number of capital calls made by private capital funds dropped to 1.9 last year, a 10-year low and down from 4.6 in 2015, according to proprietary research from Investec.
Westbridge portfolio company APEM Group has completed its biggest acquisition to-date and its third in under a year. The Manchester-headquartered environmental consultancy has acquired GoBe Consultants, a planning and environmental services consultancy with offices in Devon and Glasgow.  The transaction follows APEM Group’s acquisition of Woodrow in July 2021 and AQUAFACT earlier this year. GoBe provides consultancy services to developers of offshore wind and other nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) as they navigate the consent process.   As part of this transaction, APEM Group secured a £25 million refinance from Virgin Money (formerly CYBG PLC) to refinance existing facilities and
Global growth equity investor Verlinvest has partnered with Sinomedica, a Swiss group of acupuncture centres. Sinomedica is pioneering a science-based approach to medical acupuncture that enables a range of treatments and applications, including to tackle obesity. This investment from Verlinvest will help Sinomedica to accelerate growth in its existing home market of Switzerland and into new European markets, as it capitalises on increasing interest in the acupuncture field.

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