Solutions
Inflexion has made a majority investment in Detectortesters, a global manufacturer of fire detector testing equipment. The investment is being made by Inflexion Buyout Fund V.
Founded in 1965, Detectortesters designs and produces solutions that enable testing of smoke, heat and carbon monoxide fire detectors. With a worldwide customer base, consisting mainly of field service engineers, the business exports its products to over 130 countries, deriving over 80 per cent of its revenues outside the UK. The company conducts all new product development in-house, working with all of the major fire detector OEMs, fostering efficiency as well as proprietary innovation.
EquityBee, an employee-focused stock options funding solution, has raised USD55 million in a new Series B funding round led by existing investor Group 11, with participation from new investors Israel-based Greenfield Partners, as well as existing investors Battery Ventures, Local Globe/Latitude, Altair and ICON.
The investment will be used to advance development of EquityBee’s proprietary technology platform, expand best-in-class product and service offerings, and accelerate leadership hiring in EquityBee’s Palo Alto- and Tel Aviv-based offices
Group 11 led EquityBee’s Seed and Series A rounds; the Series B—raised ahead of schedule and demonstrating significant confidence in the company’s rapid and consistent
Altada Technology Solutions (Altada), a global artificial intelligence (AI) platform solution provider which creates operational efficiencies for clients by leveraging cutting edge AI to unlock value in data, announced today a USD11.5 million funding round led by Rocktop Partners alongside Elkstone Partners and Enterprise Ireland.
With over 70 employees across the US and Europe, Altada is focused on building upon its work in financial services and responding to a rapidly increasing demand for AI solutions in healthcare, security, and travel. This new infusion of capital will support the hiring of over 100 new employees across Altada’s global offices in the
An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock), a middle-market private investment firm, has completed an acquisition of SAM Companies (SAM), a provider of geospatial services to utility, transportation, and broader infrastructure clients.
The SAM management team, which is headquartered in Austin, Texas, will maintain a meaningful ownership position in the Company.
SAM’s comprehensive service offering includes surveying and building information modelling, geographic information systems and aerial mapping, utility engineering, program management, and inspection services. SAM provides value-added technical services and a full spectrum of geospatial data solutions to capture, analyse, and deliver the most accurate and reliable data, and
Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) Mercer Global Advisors, which is majority owned by Oak Hill Capital and Genstar Capital, has acquired Quest Capital Management, a wealth management firm located in Dallas, Texas.
Quest serves approximately 660 clients with assets under management (AUM) of approximately USD1.5 billion. Quest was founded in 1987 and is managed by its six shareholders Kalita Blessing, CFP, CAP, AEP, CSRIC, President, Dennis Moore, CFP, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Robert Cox, CFP, CDFA, Wealth Advisor, Chandler Ferguson, CFP, CIMA, Wealth Advisor, Carl Kunhardt, CFP, CIMA, AEP, Wealth Advisor, and Chris Young, CFP, CPWA, AEP. Quest offers comprehensive wealth
Downing has invest in Spaghetti Bridge in the UK, a company aiming to improve the lives and demonstrating strong education and care outcomes for children in the South West of England.
Spaghetti Bridge is a business that was established in 2020 alongside a highly experienced management team to build a leading Special Educational Needs (SEN) platform in the UK. It is estimated that of the 8.9 million pupils in England, 1.4 million have SEN of which approximately 300,000 are eligible for ring-fenced funding under the government’s High Needs Budget.
Since inception, Spaghetti Bridge has opened two schools that are
Stake, a first company on a mission to make renting financially rewarding, build renter’s savings with no fees or debt accumulation, and empower owners to create financially safe and secure rental communities, has closed its seed funding of over USD4 million.
The round was led by Shadow Ventures, a thesis centred venture capital firm focused on seed-stage technology companies disrupting the built environment, with Hometeam Ventures, Olive Tree Holdings, Blue Field Capital, Hampton VC, Gaingels, and Ellen Levy, Managing Director at Silicon Valley Connect. The capital will accelerate Stake’s mission to make renting financially rewarding, build renter’s savings with no
Alternative investment platform CAIS has announced that CAIS IQ is supporting independent broker dealers and home offices through its membership and sponsorship of two leading trade associations: the Alternative and Direct Investment Securities Association (ADISA) and Institute for Portfolio Advisors (IPA).
These sponsorships represent CAIS’s commitment to empowering financial advisors with the education they need to allocate to alternative investments.
“We are happy to have CAIS join ADISA as a new member and sponsor as they work to broaden their relationships throughout the broker-dealer community,” says John Harrison, DBA, Executive Director of ADISA. “ADISA prides itself on broadening access to
Alpha FX Group, a provider of FX risk management and alternative banking solutions to corporates and institutions internationally, has launched an alternative banking platform for the alternative investment sector.
As part of this launch, the Group intends to open an office in Luxembourg to show its commitment to the local market, which represents a significant opportunity for the alternative investment banking solution.
This follows a lengthy and highly successful ‘private launch’ of the platform within Alpha’s existing client base. This provided the Group with the time to gather user insights and develop further enhancements as it worked towards launching
YFM has made a multi-million pound investment in tech business, Vuealta, which will enable the planning and forecasting software and services business to further its growth and overseas expansion.
Vuealta was founded in 2017 and delivers scenario planning and forecasting solutions for supply chain, finance and operations. The business has grown rapidly to a team of 70 staff, with offices in four countries spanning the EMEA, North America and APAC regions.
Vuealta works with customers across a wide range of sectors including global direct-to-consumer beauty company Glossier, growing consumer finance provider NewDay, co-operative dairy company Fonterra and outdoor gear
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