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Inriver, a specialist in revenue-driving product information management (PIM), has secured a majority investment from Thomas H Lee Partners (THL), a private equity firm investing in growth companies.
Verdane, the European specialist growth equity investor and current inriver shareholder, will retain a significant stake in the Company.
The transaction will include a significant primary capital investment to support inriver’s product development roadmap and significantly expand its presence in North America and Europe, to meet the demands of a high-growth market.
Stellus Capital Management, a specialist in middle market direct lending, has held the final close of Stellus Credit Fund III (SCF III) with approximately $1.8 billion on investable capital, including target leverage, capital commitments to SCF III, investor-specific vehicles, and a newly launched private Business Development Company (Stellus Private Credit BDC (SPBDC).
SCF III, the successor to Stellus Credit Fund II (a $478 million fund closed in September 2018), has already invested in 36 portfolio companies.
As part of the firm’s focus on offering diverse options to meet investors’ structural needs, Stellus raised $225 million of anchor capital for
Narrow Gauge Capital (NGC) has completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Inco-Check (IC), a specialist in control and audit services and software for banks, credit unions, and lenders.
Supported by NGC’s resources and expertise, the Company’s objective is to bring loan quality and fraud prevention to the foreground in today’s highly competitive mortgage and consumer lending markets.
A consortium of investors led by Ocean Avenue Capital Partners, LP provided equity capital in the transaction alongside Narrow Gauge Capital.
Marigny Investments, a Denver-based private equity firm, has acquired Victory Supply, a distributor of inmate clothing and detention supplies.
Kathy and Evan Trommer, who started the company in 2012, will remain significant owners of Victory Supply.
Greyrock Capital Group provided equity and subordinated debt financing, UMB Bank provided senior debt financing, and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner served as legal counsel for Marigny Investments.
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a leading middle-market private equity firm, has appointed Lindsay Grider as global head of fundraising and investor relations.
Grider will lead the firm’s global efforts to provide solutions for LLCP’s existing investors, develop new limited partner relationships and execute on a wide range of communications initiatives. She comes to LLCP following a successful 15-year history of driving effective strategic fundraising and investor relations programs, having held senior positions with Tailwater Capital and NGP Energy Capital.
Fusion Specialty, a leading M&A and Financial Lines insurance specialist that is transforming the insurance experience for small and mid-size (SME) businesses, has launched Fusion Americas (Fusion), offering new online solutions for M&A insurance in the US, headed by Managing Partner Brian Hayes.
Working with Hayes will be Senior Partner of Underwriting & Operations Michael Mora and Partner, M&A, Michael Federer. Capacity is provided by first class security, including Markel International Insurance Company, and insurance cover will be delivered over the io.insure – InsurTech platform.
After a record-breaking year of venture capital investment, in which $138.6 billion was invested in tech companies across EMEA, Dealroom has released its annual list of venture capital firms, ranked not only by how successful firms are but also by how early firms were to invest in the most up and coming technology and software businesses.
London-founded VC firms rank in the top 10 of the Dealroom Investor Ranking of leading unicorn hunters, across seed and Series A investments – indicating their ability to spot so-called unicorns early. LocalGlobe ranks highest in both the overall EMEA list and the seed
Circit, an audit confirmations and Open Banking platform, has completed a €6.5 million Series A funding round co-led by financial technology specialist investors Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG) and MiddleGame Ventures (MGV).
Circit helps auditors to verify company assets and liabilities in real-time, and at source. The platform is the first of its kind to be directly regulated for Open Banking under the PSD2 regulation, removing paper processes and outdated systems to deliver time saving for all stakeholders in the audit process, as well as reducing the risk of corporate fraud in global markets.
Circit will use the funds to continue
Private client, corporate services and fund administration business Oak Group (Oak) has appointed James Tracey as managing director of its funds business in Guernsey, subject to regulatory approval.
Tracey, who has joined Oak from JTC Group in Guernsey where he has been managing director since 2018, is heading up Oak Fund Services, which delivers specialist bespoke fund administration services to private equity, open ended, listed and alternative asset fund structures.
Tracey has a career in the finance industry spanning more than 20 years and has extensive knowledge of investment and wealth management structures across a wide variety of asset classes.
AGIC Capital, a European-Asian private equity fund focused on investments in high quality industrial and medical companies has acquired a majority stake in Grafotronic AB and its subsidiaries (Grafotronic), a manufacturer of roll-to-roll automated manufacturing solutions, from its current shareholders, for an undisclosed amount.
Established in 2004, Grafotronic develops highly distinctive modular solutions for the digital label finishing and EV battery markets. It has achieved substantial growth over the last five years since focusing on the digital finishing segment, and is building its position into manufacturing technologies for a range of products in the EV battery market in partnerships with
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