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Prometheus Group, a global provider of asset management operations and optimization software backed by Genstar Capital, has acquired Ventureforth, an Atlanta-based Oracle partner specialising in mobile apps and cloud solutions for asset maintenance, supply chain, work management, and more.
Financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.
For over 25 years, Ventureforth has been a leader in mobilising Oracle, providing software solutions for essential workers in industries across the globe from manufacturing to facilities management to oil and gas, and other asset intensive industries.
“We are excited that Ventureforth will be joining our team,” says Eric Huang,
ClearCourse Partnership, a group of technology companies providing integrated software solutions, is to acquire Secure Collections, a Bacs-approved Direct Debit Bureau based in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Secure Collections will join the Group’s rapidly growing Payments division and will bolster its direct debit offering, ClearDebit.
The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Co-Founded by Alan Richardson and Bernie Brown in 2003, Secure Collections provides commercial direct debit bureau and contingency services, handling direct debit payments on behalf of non-profit organisations such as LOROS Hospice and St Oswald’s Hospice among other charities, as well as larger organisations including
Arteria AI, a specialist in enterprise digital documentation, is to acquire certain financial services assets of H4, an award-winning contract lifecycle management platform.
As part of the agreement, H4’s Chairman and Co-founder Joe Seifert will join Arteria AI’s team as a senior advisor.
Shelby Austin, CEO of Arteria AI, said: “This is a very exciting time for our business as we set out to unleash the power of data to help global financial institutions solve their client documentation challenges at scale. Since spinning out of Deloitte we have continued on an incredible growth journey accelerated by the market’s clear preference
Gresham House Ventures has made a USD6.8 million (GBP5 million) investments in Preservia, a specialist in Active Digital Preservation software to further accelerate product innovation in transforming the way organisations manage and protect critical long-term digital content.
Preservica’s cloud-hosted SaaS Active Digital Preservation platform – which ensures critical long-term content can always be read and accessed independently of its original format – is trusted by thousands of organisations worldwide including government (Texas State Archives, Los Angeles County, City of Boston) business (HSBC, Bacardi, Unilever), libraries and museums (New York Public Library, MoMA), academic institutions (Yale University, Manchester University), national archives
Goalsetter, a fintech platform dedicated to providing families and K-12 youth with access to banking, savings, investing, and financial education tools, has closed a USD15 million Series A round led by Seae Ventures.
Seae Ventures is joined by Fiserv, Mass Mutual, Sterling National Bank, Citizens Financial Group, Cuna Mutual Financial Group, Astia Fund, and others.
With an oversubscribed round, the new tranche of funding is dedicated to enabling Goalsetter to further its B2B partnerships with corporations and financial institutions that are committed to transforming financial education and access to wealth for all Americans. The Series A round also includes
Diversis Capital Management (Diversis) has acquired Fishbowl, the No1-requested automated solution for QuickBooks users.
Founded in 2001, Fishbowl is the No1 desktop inventory management software for QuickBooks customers. Its core products include – Fishbowl Warehouse, Fishbowl Manufacturing, and Fishbowl Online. Fishbowl Warehouse helps automate order creation, control inventory flow, manage multiple warehouses; Fishbowl Manufacturing provides complete manufacturing inventory management to maximise efficiency in the production process; and Fishbowl Online inventory management software includes stock alerts, reordering and other tools to maximise production efficiency. Fishbowl also offers a remote server-hosting solution allowing users to view inventory data from any location. Based
Crestbridge is top open a second UK office in Southampton which will provide operational support to Crestbridge’s global office network.
Crestbridge has chosen Southampton as a second UK location due to its diverse and skilled labour market, its accessibility and excellent transportation links to London and Europe, and importantly for the opportunity it provides to build relationships with the local community and universities.
The Southampton office will be a centre of fund administration technology and processes for Crestbridge’s operations, including those in the UK, Ireland, Europe and the United States. It will play a vital role in delivering the business’s
Republic, a US-based private investment platform, is to acquire Seedrs, a European online private investment platform, in a deal that values Seedrs at approximately USD100 million.
Mercer Global Advisors (Mercer Advisors), a national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA), has acquired Precipio Wealth Management (Precipio), a wealth management firm located in McLean, Virginia.
Precipio serves clients in 19 states with assets under management (AUM) of approximately USD250 million. Precipio was founded as a fee-only RIA in 2009 by Edgar L Parrish, Managing Principal, CFP, CIMA, AIF, and Katherine M Parrish, Managing Principal, CIMA, AIF. Precipio offers comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and retirement plans, with a practice that stretches back to the 1970’s. Precipio’s entire team will be joining Mercer Advisors.
Golub Capital acted as Administrative Agent and Joint Lead Arranger on a USD1 billion GOLD facility to finance the merger of 2020 Technologies (2020) and Compusoft by Genstar Capital and TA Associates.
GOLD financings are Golub Capital One-Loan Debt facilities. The GOLD facility was funded using a combination of US dollars, Canadian dollars, British pounds sterling and eurodollars.
Golub Capital has been Administrative Agent to 2020 since Genstar acquired the company from Golden Gate Capital in May 2021. Golub Capital more than doubled the size of the GOLD facility to support 2020’s subsequent merger with Compusoft. The combined company
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