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Rubicon Partners (Rubicon) has acquired Airedale Catering Equipment Group Limited (Airedale), a UK specialist in services to the commercial kitchen and catering market.
Based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Airedale provides a fully integrated end-to-end solution including design, supply, manufacture and installation of professional kitchens and maintenance services.
Airedale was established by Peter Bywell and John Rhodes in 1985. In 2013, in the context of a management succession, Rob Bywell led a management buyout with the support of Rockpool Investments (Rockpool). The business has expanded rapidly over the last seven years, including through the acquisition of two service businesses which today
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in DIGARC a provider of academic catalogue and curriculum management, class and student scheduling and student pathfinder software for higher education.
The investment is an add-on to Riverside’s Modern Campus, a modern learner engagement platform for higher education institutions. The investment enables Modern Campus to accelerate its commitment to customer success by revolutionising learner engagement with massively personalised digital experiences.
Founded in 2001, DIGARC is committed to aiding higher education institutions to engage students through the power of a connected, integrated curriculum.
ComplySci, a provider of regulatory technology and compliance solutions for the financial services sector, has secured a growth capital investment of approximately USD120 million from K1 Investment Management, a private equity investment firm focused on high-growth enterprise software companies.
ComplySci is a specialist in offering compliance software that creates a robust employee compliance function. The company’s solutions aim to deliver scalable identification and mitigation of employee regulatory and compliance risks, at a high degree of precision and on a cost-efficient basis.
ComplySci partners closely with C-suite teams as well as in-house compliance, legal and technology professionals to deliver technology-enabled
Quantum-Si Incorporated (QSi), a specialist in next-generation semiconductor chip-based proteomics, has completed its business combination with HighCape Capital Acquisition Corp (HighCape), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by leading healthcare growth equity manager HighCape Capital LP.
The business combination and concurrent private placement, which were approved by HighCape’s stockholders at its special meeting held on 9 June, 2021, provide over USD500 million to fund the further development and planned commercialisation of the company’s single-molecule, semiconductor chip-based protein sequencing and genomics technology.
Following the transaction, the combined company was renamed Quantum-Si Incorporated, and its Class A common stock and warrants
Arrington Capital, a digital asset management firm in blockchain-based capital markets, has launched a new USD100 million fund to support initiatives building on Algorand, a blockchain accelerating the convergence of decentralised and traditional finance.
The Arrington Algo Growth Fund (AAGF) aims to encourage and spur additional development on Algorand, which has seen significant growth and adoption recently across DeFi (decentralised finance), traditional finance, the public sector, NFT space and more.
AAGF will invest in Algorand-focused projects, including liquid and illiquid coins, to empower projects that are creating new financial applications in the Algorand ecosystem. Algorand, the brainchild of Turing Award
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of 1E Limited from its founders.
“Our team helped to successfully navigate this important strategic investment, which will enable 1E Limited to capitalise on the growth of remote working,” says White & Case partner Ken Barry, who led the Firm’s deal team. “Our role advising on this deal highlights White & Case’s expertise in private equity, as well as our experience on transactions involving fast growing technology companies.”
The investment was made by Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (CETP) IV, a EUR1.35 billion fund that
Limerston Capital portfolio company Forensic Access Group has completed the acquisition of Alecto Forensic Services Limited.
This is the latest acquisition into the Forensic Access Group, building on the success of Forensic Access and following the recent acquisition of IntaForensics. This acquisition supports the ambitious growth strategy aimed at creating a leading international forensic and criminal justice services organisation.
Oxfordshire-based Forensic Access is leader in the provision of forensic science and support services to the UK criminal justice system, and forms part of the larger Limerston Capital backed AFA International.
Swindon-based Alecto specialise in forensic: anthropology, archaeology, ecology, imaging, proficiency
Glassbox, a strategic investment of Alicorn Global Ventures (Alicorn) Ltd an investor in late-stage tech companies, has started trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker GLBX.
Alicorn is the global venture arm or Arowana International, the established B Corporation accredited investment group.
Glassbox is a UK-headquartered global technology company that has developed an analytics platform that provides a complete view of all customer interactions across internet and mobile channels. The technology encompasses Traditional Web Analytics and Application Performance Management (APM), providing real-time analysis to identify issues and improve digital customer experience.
Today’s listing values Glassbox at
wajve – a Berlin-based financial app for Gen Z – has raised a EUR5 million seed round, led by EQT Ventures with participation from 468 Capital.
The funding will be used to accelerate the roll-out of the platform, which has just launched, for the first customers in Germany before expanding into other European markets.
A frictionless experience, wajve enables excellent financial decisions in seconds for the younger generation, combining banking, financial education, and advice in one app – with a special focus on Gen Z. Now the largest generation, constituting 32 per cent of the global population, these digital natives
Compusoft Group, a leading global visual CPQ provider and portfolio company of TA Associates, has acquired InnovaItalia, the Pesaro, Italy-based distributor of Compusoft’s 3CAD software in Russia and neighbouring countries.
The acquisition of InnovaItalia is a natural extension of Compusoft’s furniture business unit and will expand their presence into new geographies, as well as broaden their strong customer base. Direct access to this market will open up further opportunities in a growing vCPQ market in Russia and provide Compusoft with a solid base for expansion.
David Tombre, CEO, Compusoft says: “InnovaItalia have forged an excellent reputation and business in Russia
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