Solutions
BGF has exited its investment in The Clearway Group, a vacant property services business, following a new investment into the business by private equity firm, Next Wave Partners.
London-headquartered Clearway provides technology-led solutions, including CCTV and alarms, to monitor and secure vacant properties. The business has nationwide operations in the UK and a strong presence in France.
BGF invested GBP10 million in the business in 2018, followed by a further GBP1m investment in 2019, to support Clearway’s acquisitive growth strategy. The business has seen an increase in demand for its services focused on keeping unused or vacant properties safe
Revenue Grid, a revenue operations and intelligence platform, has closed USD20 million in a Series A funding round led by W3 Capital, with participation from ICU Ventures and existing investors.
Meanwhile, CRM industry pioneer and Sales Force Automation legend Bob Stutz has joined Revenue Grid’s board of directors.
Founded as Invisible.io and re-branded as Revenue Grid in 2020, the company was the first to offer AI-based revenue signals designed to provide sales and revenue operations teams with intelligent selling capabilities. The Revenue Grid platform allows sales teams to see what they couldn’t see before and immediately act on outreach, opportunity
KKR is to participate as the lead investor in a USD45 million Series B funding round by KiotViet, a merchant platform for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Vietnam, with participation from its existing investor, Jungle Ventures.
KiotViet aims to drive the digital transformation of MSMEs, a key segment that accounts for approximately 40 per cent of Vietnam’s economy. The Company delivers an affordable, full-suite software solution that includes point-of-sale, inventory management, CRM, and employee management services to over 110,000 MSME customers. KiotViet has additionally expanded to offer a B2B procurement marketplace and integrated logistics services for its merchants,
The increased usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) will boost the sector’s operational efficiency greatly and transform the ways in which partners perform their work, according to a new study. However, the paper’s author, Professor Thomas Åstebro of HEC Paris Business School, says it will also lead to a technological arms race and cause an eventual ‘industry shakeout’.
Titled ‘An Inside Peek at AI Use in Private Equity’, Åstebro’s new study looks at the growing use of AI by PE/VC firms and how it will impact firms’ performance, and the overall future of
Pollen Street Capital Private Equity (Pollen Street), a London-based, independent, alternative investment management company, will take a majority stake in mobile top-up service Ding, in partnership with a substantial investment from the existing founder Mark Roden.
The transaction is expected to complete in September.
Roden says: “We are delighted to announce the investment by Pollen Street Capital. The addition of a strategic investor to our company marks an important milestone for Ding and sets us up for significant growth. Sixteen years ago, we set out with a mission to solve a real problem, to simplify how people separated
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) announced today that it has made a significant growth investment in Profisee, a provider of master data management (MDM) software.
As part of the transaction, Pamlico will acquire a majority ownership stake in Profisee while existing investor ParkerGale Capital (ParkerGale) and the management team will retain a minority stake in the Company. Further transaction details have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2007, the Profisee MDM platform makes it easy to deliver a single, trusted, and complete view of business-critical data across the enterprise to power innovation, transformation, and growth. With the support of Pamlico and ParkerGale, Profisee
Marlin Equity Partners acquires a majority stake in Rydoo and becomes the major shareholder of the SaaS software solutions provide for managing business travel and expense reports.
With Marlin’s support, Rydoo will accelerate its global expansion with the ultimate objective to become a leading global player in the Travel and Expense (T&E) industry.
Rydoo, operating since 2018, offers end users and finance managers an end-to-end solution to efficiently manage the travel and expense journey of employees within one single tool. The company’s two modules, Travel and Expense, cover the entire value chain of T&E management through one application. Rydoo aids
Insurify, a US-based virtual insurance agent and comparison platform, has closed USD100 million in Series B funding led by Motive Partners, a specialist private equity firm focused on financial technology investments.
The round included participation from existing investors Viola FinTech, MassMutual Ventures, Nationwide, Hearst Ventures, Moneta VC, as well as new investors Viola Growth and Fort Ross Ventures.
This is the most recent development for the fast-growing company, which has raised a total of USD128 million to date, has grown its new and recurring revenue by 6x since its Series A funding in Q4 of 2019, and has achieved
Follett Corporation has sold Follett School Solutions (FSS), the company’s K-12 software and content division, to Francisco Partners, a technology-focused global investment firm.
Follett School Solutions, based in McHenry, Illinois, is a longtime trusted educational partner to K-12 schools and districts that provides software and content products, including Follett Destiny, FSS’ market-leading library management system with installations in more than 75,000 K-12 schools worldwide. FSS will join Francisco Partners’ growing portfolio of K-12 education-focused businesses and technologies, including Renaissance Learning, Discovery Education, Freckle, myON and Mystery Science.
“FSS has played a pivotal leadership role in the development of content
Stephen Kenny (pictured) from Blick Rothenberg’s Financial Services team reviews HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) recent announcement on moving the accounting year end for unincorporated businesses.
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