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Align Capital Partners’ (ACP) environmental testing and compliance platform Alliance Technical Group (Alliance) has acquired Horizon Air Measurement Services (Horizon).   Headquartered in Camarillo, California, Horizon provides source emission (or stack) testing services to customers across the Western United States.   Acquiring Horizon adds the talent necessary to continue the expansion of all Alliance service lines in the region.  “Adding resources to our rapidly expanding West Coast operations was imperative, and Horizon delivers on both strategic and geographic fit,” says Alliance CEO Chris LeMay. “As Alliance continues to expand, we look to partner with high quality, customer-focused companies across all
Private equity firm August Equity has completed a strategic investment in Integrity360, one of the UK and Ireland’s fastest growing cyber security specialists, as part of a significant growth and expansion plan.   In addition to the investment funding, Integrity360 founder and CEO Eoin Goulding is partnering with Ian Brown, who joins the company as Executive Chairman, with Goulding taking on the new role of President. Brown, an established entrepreneur and industry veteran has been running technology businesses for over 25 years, including most recently SecureData, the leading UK cyber security services business acquired by Orange in 2019.   Brown
Foresight Group, a leading sustainable infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has appointed technology company Sennen to digitise its entire portfolio of sustainable infrastructure, worth around GBP6.1 billion.   Foresight started the digitalisation process with Sennen 12 months ago, beginning with its sustainable energy assets which are located globally.   Following that success, Sennen’s remit has been expanded to include forestry assets, social projects, and sustainable transport infrastructure, including a compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station in Bristol that will be the largest in the UK.   As a sustainability-led investment manager, Foresight focuses on financing projects that support clean
Alter Domus, a fully integrated provider of fund administration, debt capital markets and corporate services backed by the Permira funds, has acquired Investors Economic Assurance (IEA), a global provider of technology solutions and services to alternative investment managers. The Manhattan-based firm specialises in capital administration solutions including Limited Partners’ waterfall calculations and General Partners’ carried-interest allocations.   This strategic acquisition represents another milestone in the firm’s growth strategy focused on providing high-quality, vertically integrated solutions to the most demanding private equity, venture capital, real estate, and credit investors. IEA’s proprietary technology platforms, CapAssure and CapAdministration, will complement Alter Domus’ technology
Crestbridge has appointed Ross Thomson as Director, Head of Funds Services Luxembourg. In his new role, Thomson is responsible for overseeing the full range of fund administration services through Crestbridge’s Luxembourg office as well as utilising his expertise to support the wider group strategy for growth. The appointment comes as Crestbridge recently marked ten years operating in Luxembourg, and where in the last year it has doubled is assets under administration and team size, demonstrating the businesses commitment to the jurisdiction and to expanding its Luxembourg service offering. Prior to joining Crestbridge, Thomson was the COO for Carne Global Fund
Milton Keynes-based adam HTT, which facilitates the delivery of public sector contracts, has secured a GBP5 million investment from alternative lender BOOST&Co. The business plans to use the GBP5 million term loan to accelerate the roll-out of its in-house “early payment” facility, which will support the 2,000 suppliers already on the adam HTT platform, by giving them easier access to working capital.   Primarily active in the health and social care sectors, adam HTT helps its public sector customers automate their supply chain management processes, centralise supplier payment functions and ensure a smoother supply process. With chief executive Chris Wilson
Tesseract, an institutional digital asset lending company in Europe and emerging markets which provides digital asset lending solutions to institutional clients, such as hedge funds and retail trading platforms, globally, has raised USD25 million in its Series A funding round.  The first funding round in Europe focusing on the sector is led by Augmentum Fintech, a London-based leader in FinTech investments. Other participants in the round include global venture capital firms BlackFin Capital Partners, Concentric, DN Capital, Jabre Capital Partners Family Office, LeadBlock Partners, and Sapphire Ventures. Industry participants Coinbase Ventures, Wintermute, and Woorton also subscribed to the round along
An affiliate of funds advised by SK Capital Partners (SK Capital) is to sell Niacet Corp (Niacet) to Kerry Group plc, the global taste and nutrition company, for USD1,015 million (EUR853 million) on a cash-free, debt-free basis, subject to customary closing adjustments. Following the acquisition, Niacet will be integrated into Kerry’s global food protection and preservation platform. Jack Norris, Managing Director at SK Capital, says: “SK Capital is privileged to have partnered with Kelly Brannen and the entire Niacet team. We are proud and appreciative of Niacet’s accomplishments over the last four years leveraging the strong foundation the Brannen family
Oxwash, the UK-based green laundry startup backed by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has raised GBP2.08 million (USD3 million) in seed expansion investment, to clean up the traditional and environmentally costly washing and dry cleaning sector with its space-age technology.
The Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund) has invested USD1 million in Apollo Agriculture (Apollo), a Kenyan ag-tech which uses machine learning and automated operations technology to help small scale farmers access the resources they need to maximise their profitability.

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