Solutions
WSO2, a specialist in digital transformation technology, has closed USD90 million in financing from client vehicles advised by Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private Credit (Goldman Sachs).
The flexible capital solution will be used to accelerate WSO2’s worldwide business expansion, drive growth of the company’s global partner network, and support rollout of its next-generation, cloud-native solutions for securely delivering APIs, applications, and digital services. The new solutions, powered by Ballerina, will offer a seamless blend of low code and pro code experience for enterprises and deliver the power of DevOps and modern SDLC practices including integrated reuse within the organisation and
OTA Insight, a specialist in cloud-based hospitality business intelligence, has raised USD80 million from Spectrum Equity, a growth equity firm focused on internet-enabled software and transformational data companies.
Spectrum Equity joins existing OTA Insight investors Eight Roads, F-Prime Capital and Highgate Technology Ventures. This latest investment will support the company in furthering its mission to enable smarter commercial decisions and outputs across the industry as it expands its global footprint.
OTA Insight delivers powerful data and analytics to optimise commercial decision-making across the hospitality industry. As the industry rebounds in the wake of the global pandemic, many hospitality operators are
Par Equity’s investments in high-growth technology businesses have smashed through the GBP100 million mark. The milestone was passed when the company completed five investments in a week earlier in October.
One of the highlights of Par’s recent activity was a multi-million-pound investment in Artus, a company seeking to revolutionise the HVAC (Heating, Air Conditioning and Air Conditioning) industry. A spin-out from engineering giant Arup, with offices in Edinburgh and London, it has developed technology that makes the heating and cooling of buildings more efficient and significantly reduces the amount of energy consumed and carbon generated
Par, from its headquarters in
Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the industrials, financial services, healthcare, and software industries, is to acquire Brook + Whittle, a provider of sustainable labelling solutions serving growth-oriented consumer end markets, from TruArc Partners.
Founded in 1995, Brook + Whittle is one of North America’s leading providers of premium prime labels. Brook + Whittle’s innovative, sustainable labelling solutions serve a broad range of growth-oriented consumer end-markets, including personal care, beverage, food, healthcare, and household products. The company is headquartered in Guilford, CT.
David Golde, Managing Director at Genstar Capital, says: “Brook +
Formstack, a workplace productivity platform, has secured a USD425 million growth investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners and returning investor PSG. The investment comes on the heels of Formstack seeing rapid global adoption of its no-code workplace productivity platform by thousands of customers.
Launched in 2006, Formstack empowers anyone to quickly and easily build custom forms, create documents, and collect eSignatures—all without code. More than 238,000 users across more than 25,000 organisations worldwide—including Cleveland Clinic, NHL, Netflix, Twitter, and Butler University—have turned to Formstack to digitise and automate everything from simple tasks to complex enterprise processes. Whether it’s improving the
Farmers Business Network (FBN) a global farmer-to-farmer network and ag tech company, as closed a USD300 million Series G funding round.
The round was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC with participation from LN Mittal Family Office, ADM Ventures Investment Corp, Colle Capital Partners, Walleye Capital, and Tudor Investment Corporation.
The financing included existing investors: funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, certain funds managed by Fidelity Investments Canada ULC, Temasek, funds and accounts advised by T Rowe Price Associates, Inc, GV, Baron Capital Group, DBL Partners, BAM Elevate.
FBN will use the capital for general corporate and working
Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) and UN Principles for Responsible investment (PRI) have collaborated on two new templates.
Diligend clients can now access and easily roll out the new ILPA template documents: the due diligence questionnaire 2.0 and the diversity metrics template, when using the digital due diligence platform. With this digitised version of the questionnaire, they can gather information faster, flag answers automatically and identify risks with ease.
Following collaboration, once again between, ILPA and the PRI, the ESG section of ILPA’s new DDQ, version 2.0, is entirely based on the PRI’s LP private equity responsible investment due diligence
BCM One, a portfolio company of private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), has acquired CoreDial, a provider of white label UCaaS services sold throughout the United States, from members of management and LLR Partners, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm.
The acquisition of CoreDial, following BCM One’s previous acquisitions of SkySwitch and Arena One, gives BCM One a significant footprint in the UCaaS space and allows it to serve customers with a variety of leading products. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Geoff Bloss, BCM One’s CEO, says: “The acquisition of CoreDial supports the continued strategic growth of
Grammarly, the company powering effective communication for over 30,000 teams and 30 million people daily, has announced over USD200 million in funding at a USD13 billion valuation from new investors Baillie Gifford and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, among others.
With this latest round, Grammarly will accelerate product innovation and team growth to transform how individuals and organisations around the world communicate.
“Grammarly’s latest funding round underscores the importance of our mission and the broad need for effective communication,” says Brad Hoover, CEO of Grammarly. “By enabling clear and confident communication, Grammarly’s platform helps people excel both personally
International private equity firm, Cinven, is to make a significant investment in technology services provider Nitel. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Nitel is a provider of internet connectivity and networking technology services to multi-site small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Company has a robust portfolio of communications solutions and a modern platform which delivers reliable, high-performance services to its customers.
In addition to its managed access offering and interconnect services, the Company also provides high-quality Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solutions and associated managed cybersecurity offerings that simultaneously improve application
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