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Keensight Capital, a private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, is to acquire a majority stake in Adista, an alternative B2B hosted services provider.
Upon completion of the transaction, Keensight will take over from Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) as Adista’s majority shareholder alongside FEF, the co-investment partnership between Mubadala and Bpifrance and the management team led by Patrice Bélie.
Adista, a specialist in IT and telecom services, supports the digitalisation of a diverse customer base, made up of private-sector players (from SMEs to large companies) and public-sector organisations (hospitals and local authorities), with a full range of services.
Scurri, a cloud-based software provider connecting and optimising the eCommerce ordering, shipping, and delivery process, has secured a EUR9 million in an investment round led by Gresham House Ventures.
Existing investors including family offices represented by Millview advisory, Pa Nolan and others are continuing to support the company in this round, which brings the Wexford-based company’s total funding to EUR15.3 million to date.
Scurri currently derives over 70 per centof its revenue from the UK, and will power over 100 million parcel deliveries this year by enabling merchants to present the most efficient delivery option via more than 700 carrier
Precisely, a global specialist in data integrity software, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, LP (together with its affiliates, Clearlake) and TA Associates, have agreed to acquire process automation and master data management software provider Winshuttle from Symphony Technology Group (STG). The announcement follows the completion of Precisely’s acquisition of data governance software provider Infogix earlier this month. Terms for both deals have not been disclosed.
In Winshuttle, Precisely is acquiring comprehensive process automation and master data management software for managing, moving and validating large data volumes spanning multiple systems of record, including SAP ERP, and requiring the highest levels of
CloudNine, a provider of eDiscovery automation software simplifying litigation, investigations, and audits has announced the closing of a major funding round led by Denver based, private equity firm, Crest Rock Partners (Crest Rock). Terms of the transaction were not announced. Steve Johnson and Jeff Carnes, partners and co-founders of Crest Rock will join the CloudNine Board of Directors.
Build-to-rent and PBSA investor Amro Partners has launched a venture capital arm in order to invest in proptech and fintech start-ups that are looking to solve pain points in property deal processes.
Amro’s first investment is in the residential property transaction platform Coadjute, which digitally connects buyers, sellers and professional parties on a single network.
Using blockchain technology, Coadjute is an open network which seeks to allow all parties involved in a property transaction to share information and documents through their existing software, cut costs, reduce the risk of fall-throughs and speed up the process of buying and selling homes.
Following three pilots, Coadjute will use this
Browne Jacobson’s Corporate Technology team has advised Agilico Bidco Limited (Agilico), a workplace technology business, on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Diamond Group (Holdings) Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
Agilico specialises in providing leading workplace technology solutions to a customer base of 11,000 including: managed print, information management, agile working and telecoms and IT.
The investment will support Agilico’s strategic plans for expansion and will strengthen its offering in the North region.
Diamond Group which was set up in 1992 and is based in Gateshead delivers bespoke business solutions to a host of SMEs across the
Immersive Labs, the company empowering organisations to measure and improve cybersecurity skills across technical and non-technical teams, has closed a USD75 million Series C funding round led by new investors Insight Partners alongside Menlo Ventures, Citi Ventures and existing investor Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
The investment will accelerate delivery of a progressive new Cyber Workforce Optimisation platform. With cyber risk no longer confined to technical specialists, expert skills are now required across the entire organisation. From crisis management with executives, to secure software development amongst engineers and ensuring compliance in legal teams, the platform will use data insights to understand
Fresha, a beauty and wellness software platform, has secured USD100 million in a Series C investment round led by General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, with strategic participation from Huda Kattan of HB Investments and the founder of Huda Beauty, as well as Michael Zeisser of FMZ Ventures, former Chairman Investments at Alibaba Group, and Jonathan Green of Lugard Road Capital.
Fresha’s existing global investors Partech, Target Global and FJ Labs also participated in the round, bringing the company’s total fundraising to USD132 million to date. Fresha will leverage the new funds to further broaden its global community of
Funds advised by Apax are to acquire Infogain, a Silicon Valley-based specialist in digital transformation and software services, from ChrysCapital.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in Q3 2021. Terms of the transaction have not disclosed.
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