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RidgeLake Partners (RidgeLake) has made a strategic investment in Gauge Capital (Gauge), a growth-oriented middle market private equity firm. Specific terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
EagleTree Capital (EagleTree) has secured a strategic minority equity investment from affiliates of Investcorp Strategic Capital Group (ISCG). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The investment from ISCG will enable EagleTree to strengthen its investment platform and accelerate the growth of its business. Investcorp’s deep private markets expertise and global investor network provide for an optimal partnership. ISCG will be a passive, non-voting partner in EagleTree and there will be no changes to EagleTree’s team, strategy, execution of its investment processes or day-to-day operations in connection with the partnership.
Anup Bagaria and George L Majoros, Jr, Co-Managing Partners
Citizens M&A Advisory has served as the exclusive financial advisor to AcctTwo Shared Services, a provider of financial management software and solutions, on its acquisition by Baker Tilly US, LLP.
Bridges Fund Management (Bridges), a specialist sustainable and impact investor, has invested in Talking Talent, a business that helps organisations to build more inclusive, equitable, opportunity-filled work cultures for everyone.
They do this through the delivery of coaching programmes for diverse talent and leadership consulting that are grounded in research. The company’s management team, led by Chris Parke and Jo Lyon in the UK and Teresa Hopke in the US, will remain invested in the business.
Working with progressive organisations, Talking Talent focuses on retention and career progression of under-represented employees, including women, ethnically diverse groups and working parents.
PDQ.com, a provider of IT asset management software, has acquired SimpleMDM, an Apple device management platform.
TransUnion, a global insights and information company, has invested in UK-based fintech Monevo – a personal credit platform and API empowering lenders – to deliver highly personalised credit offers to consumers via comparison websites and other third parties.
Eligibility, also known as pre-qualification, is an important part of consumer lending. Pre-approved offers, or an indication of the likelihood of being approved at the rates shown, enable consumers to shop for personalised credit products with ease, while ensuring multiple eligibility assessments do not adversely impact an individual’s credit score.
Operating primarily in the UK and US, as well as Poland and
Blockchain venture capitalist CV VC has begun Dubai operations in partnership with DMCC Crypto Centre.
As a rapidly advancing blockchain capital and one of the world’s most progressive tech hubs, Dubai is a natural place for CV VC to extend its operations. CV VC has currently successfully invested in 32 early-stage blockchain start-ups from around the world, 22 of which came via its CV Labs incubation program.
Selected start-ups from the UAE will be considered to join CV VCs global CV Labs incubation program and receive an investment of up to USD125,000. The three-month incubation program is driven by
Index provider MerQube has raised USD5 million Series A round led by JP Morgan.
It brings together the venture investing firm, ThirdStream Partners, veteran hedge fund managers Benjamin Smith and Sheehan Maduraperuma, co-founders of Laurion Capital Management, and several other seasoned financial market professionals. MerQube has previously raised USD2 million in its seed rounds in August 2019 and October 2020, with historical investors.
The evolving USD15 trillion index-linked investing market that MerQube serves has moved rapidly from simple market-capitalisation based equity indices 20 years ago to multi-asset strategies. More recently, demand is driving increased customisation with the rise of
DWS Group (DWS) has acquired a minority stake in UK-based retiretech Smart Pension Limited (Smart).
The company provides a cloud-native, API-based technology platform, allowing financial services organisations and governments to administer retirement savings plans. Notably, the technology platform powers its award-winning Smart Pension Master Trust, one of the “big four” UK auto enrolment master trusts, and is also capable of being offered to leading financial institutions in the UK and internationally as a Platform as a Service.
Building on its success in the UK market, Smart is now geared for global growth and is focused on establishing its presence in
RO Capital Partners, the RO Group’s investment arm, has invested in EcoSync alongside other investors including the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund, Silicon Roundabout Ventures, Steve Headington, and KCP Nominees.
A total amount of GBP710,000 has been invested in EcoSync. EcoSync will use the growth capital to fund a dedicated sales team and to further develop its technology.
EcoSync is a cleantech business founded by Oxford University engineers. The business’s dynamic energy management platform adapts temperature control to changing occupancy levels in commercial buildings and helps its customers to achieve 30-40 per cent reductions in energy consumption by identifying
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