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Observe Technologies

Advised Observe Technologies on the sale of the business to AKVA Group SAS

July 2024
Confidential

Wilmington Plc

Advised Wilmington Plc on the sale of its UK healthcare business to Inspirit Capital, completing the disposal of its European Healthcare division

June 2024
£26m

Wilmington Plc

Advised Wilmington PLC on the carve out and sale of APM International to Philia Medical Editions, a subsidiary of Europa Group

April 2024
€26m

The 55 Group

Advised LDC on its investment in The 55 Group

March 2024
Not disclosed

Bamboo Technology Group

Advised the shareholders of Bamboo Technology Group on its sale to CloudClevr

January 2024
Not Disclosed

Amdaris Group

Advised the shareholders of Amdaris Group on the sale of the business to Insight Enterprises

August 2023
Not Disclosed

Optalysys

Advised the shareholders of Optalysys on their series A fundraise by a syndicate of global and local investors, led by Exor N.V.

July 2023
£21m

The Data Shed

Advised The Data Shed on the sale of the business to Hippo Digital

April 2023
Not disclosed

Tribepad

Advised Tribepad on the investment into the business by BGF

January 2023
Not disclosed

Wealth Dynamix

Acted as lead financial advisor to Wealth Dynamix in relation to the sale of the business to CA Indosuez

January 2023
Not disclosed

Vixio

Acted as lead financial advisor to Kester on the sale of their portfolio company VIXIO to Perwyn

December 2022
Not disclosed

COINS

Acted as lead financial advisor to COINS on the sale of the business to The Access Group

November 2022
Not disclosed

REaD Group

Acted as lead financial advisor to the shareholders of REaD Group Limited on the sale of the business to Sagacity Group Limited (Sagacity is a Queen’s Park Equity "QPE" portfolio asset)

October 2022
Not disclosed

more2

Acted as the lead financial advisor to the shareholders of more2 on the sale of its business to Sideshow Group.

October 2022
Not disclosed

Friend MTS

Acted as lead financial advisor to the shareholders of Friend MTS Limited on its majority investment from NorthEdge Capital LLP

September 2022
Not disclosed

Vuzion

Acted as lead financial advisor to Vuzion on the sale of the business to Infinigate

August 2022
Not disclosed

ZatPark

Provided buyside M&A advisory services to Synova Capital on its acquisition of Unity Five Limited trading under the brand ZatPark, a specialist parking enforcement software provider to the UK private parking market

August 2022
Not disclosed

Cellhire Group

Advised the shareholders of Cellhire Group Limited on their investment from LDC

June 2022
Not disclosed

Emerald Group

Advised Emerald Group on the sale of the business to Cambridge Information Group

June 2022
Not disclosed

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors

Acted as lead financial advisor to the shareholders of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on the non-core carve out of the Building Cost Information Service to Lloyds Development Capital

June 2022
Not disclosed

StoriQ

Advised StorIQ on the sale of the business to Cegid

June 2022
Not disclosed

StaySafe

Acted as lead financial advisor to StaySafe on the sale of the business to EcoOnline

June 2022
£32m

Vet-Al Limited

Acted as lead advisor to Vet-AI Limited on their equity fundraise from Hill’s Pet Nutrition and Correlation Risk Partners

April 2022
Not disclosed

nDreams

Acted as financial advisor to nDreams on its $35m strategic investment from Aonic (Part of Active Ownership Capital)

March 2022
$35m

Azzure IT

Acted as lead financial advisor to the shareholders of Azzure IT on the sale to Content + Cloud

March 2022
Not disclosed

FourteenFish

Acted as lead financial advisor to the shareholders of FourteenFish on its sale to EMIS Group

March 2022
Not disclosed

WestBridge

Acted as financial advisor to WestBridge on its investment to support the MBO of Thames Valley based, Smart Capital Technology

March 2022
Not disclosed

Creditsafe

Acted as lead financial advisor to Creditsafe on the acquisition of Graydon from Atradius

February 2022
Not disclosed

Sorted

Acted as lead advisor to Arete Capital Partners on its investment in Sorted Holdings, a leading provider of delivery management software

December 2021
Not disclosed

Chess Logistics

Acted as lead financial avisor to Chess Logistics Technology Limited on its sale to Principal Logistics Technologies

November 2021
Not disclosed

Tier 1 Asset Management

Acted as lead advisor to Bridges Fund Management on its investment in Tier 1 Asset Management

October 2021
Not disclosed

EssentialSkillz

Acted as lead financial advisor to EssentialSkillz on the sale of the business to Marlowe Plc

October 2021
Not disclosed

Artlogic Media

Acted as lead financial advisor to Artlogic Media Limited on the sale of of the business to Cove Hill Partners

October 2021
Not disclosed

Mandata Group

Acted as lead advisor to Mandata Group on their investment by Tenzing

October 2021
Not disclosed

Outright Games

Acted as financing advisor to support the sale of Outright Games

August 2021
Undisclosed

Outright Games

Acted as lead financial advisor to Outright Games on its majority investment from EMK Capital

August 2021
Not disclosed

Alva Reputation Analysis

Acted as lead financial advisor to Alva Reputation on the sale of the business to Fulfurrias Capital

July 2021
Not disclosed

Microlise Group Holdings

Acted as financial advisor to Microlise Group Holdings on its IPO on AIM

July 2021
£157 million

Xoserve

Acted as lead advisor to Xoserve on the creation, separation and sale of Correla to NorthEdge Capital

May 2021
Not disclosed

Pure Technology

Acted as lead advisor to the shareholders of Pure Technology Group on the sale of the business to Fulcrum Technology Group B.V.

April 2021
Not disclosed

Matrix Telematics

Acted as lead advisor to Matrix Telematics on its investment from Bridges Fund Management

April 2021
Not disclosed

Qmee

Acted as lead financial advisor to the Shareholders of Qmee Ltd on the sale of the business to Capital D

March 2021
Not disclosed

Codestone Group

Acted as financial advisor to Codestone Group on its investment by FPE Capital

March 2021
Not disclosed

HAS Technology

Acted as lead advisor to the shareholders of HAS Technology on the sale of the business to The Access Group

March 2021
Not disclosed

Performanta Group

Acted as financial advisor to Beech Tree PE LLP on the acquisition of the Performanta Group

March 2021
Not disclosed

Olive Communications

Acted as lead financial advisor to Olive Communications on the sale of the business to LDC-backed Onecom

February 2021
Not disclosed

Sip Communications Group

Acted as lead financial advisor to the shareholder of Sip Communications Group on the sale of the Business to Content and Cloud

February 2021
Not disclosed

Aston Microphones

Acted as lead advisor to Aston Microphones on the sale of the business to Music Tribe

February 2021
Not disclosed

React News

Acted as financial advisor to React News on the sale of the business to Green Street Advisors

February 2021
Not disclosed

BigChange Group

Acted as lead financial advisor to BigChange on its £75m majority investment from Great Hill Partners

February 2021
£100 million

Rescompany

Acted as financial advisor to Rescompany on the sale of the business to The Schulte Group

December 2020
Not disclosed

Dealerweb

Acted as lead advisor to Dealerweb (8 Technology Limited) on the sale of the company to CitNOW, backed by Tenzing

December 2020
Not disclosed

Altia Solutions

Acted as lead advisor to NorthEdge Capital on its acquisition of Altia Solutions Limited

November 2020
Not disclosed

Visualsoft

Acted as lead advisor to Visualsoft on the sale of a minority stake to Livingbridge

November 2020
Not disclosed

Selenity

Acted as lead advisor to Selenity  on its sale to The Allocate Software Group

October 2020
Not disclosed

K2 Medical Systems

Acted as lead advisor to K2 on its cross border sale to Harris, a division of Constellation Software Inc

October 2020
Not disclosed

RTL Telematics

Acted as the lead advisor to RTL on the sale of the business to AddSecure

October 2020
Not disclosed

Altinet

Acted as lead advisor to Altinet Limited on the sale of the company to Arrow Business Communications

July 2020
Undisclosed

Kontainers

Acted as lead financial adviser to Kontainers (Cracking Logistics Limited) on the sale of the business to Descartes Systems

June 2020
Undisclosed

Business Collaborator

Acted as lead financial adviser to Business Collaborator Limited on the sale of the business to Bentley Systems

March 2020
Undisclosed

Solid Solutions

Acted as financing advisor to support the sale of Solid Solutions to LDC

February 2020
Undisclosed

OCF

Acted as financial advisor to the shareholders of OCF on the sale of the business to the management team

November 2019
Undisclosed

Brilliant Stages

Acted as financial advisor to Brilliant Stages on its sale to US competitor TAIT

November 2019
Undisclosed

Plimsoll Productions Ltd

Acted as financing advisor to LDC on its acquisition of Plimsoll Productions Ltd

August 2019
£25m

Plimsoll Productions

Acted as lead advisor to LDC on its investment in Plimsoll Productions

August 2019
£80m

Alcumus

Supported Alcumus (Inflexion portfolio company) on its acquisition of Canadian-based eComplianc

August 2019
Undisclosed

Phoebus Software

Acted as financial advisor to North Edge on its acquisition of Phoebus Software

July 2019
Undisclosed

BBC and BBC Studios

Acted as financial advisor to BBC and BBC studios on the structured split of UKTV's chanels business in the UK

June 2019
Undisclosed

Secura Hosting

Acted as financial advisor to Secura Hosting on its sale to Node4 (backed by Bowmark Capital)

May 2019
Undisclosed

Blue Logic

Acted as financial adviser to Blue Logic on the sale of the business to BCN Group (backed by Beech Tree Private Equity)

May 2019
Undisclosed

MaaS Global

Acted as lead financial advisor to MaaS Global Oy on its latest capital raise

April 2019
Undisclosed

MCSA Group

Acted as financial advisor to MCSA Group on its sale to Park Place Technologies

April 2019
Undisclosed

Pacifica Group

Acted as financial advisor to Synova Capital on its acquisition of Pacifica Group

March 2019
Undisclosed

e3creative

Acted as financial advisor to e3creative on the sale to Dept UK

February 2019
Undisclosed

Flyt

Acted as financial advisor to Flyt on its sale to Just Eat

February 2019
£27 million

Ubisense Group plc

Acted as financial advisor to Ubisense Group plc on the sale of its RTLS SmartSpace business unit to Investcorp Bank

November 2018
£35 million

Mobile Phones Direct

Acted as lead advisor to the Shareholders of Mobile Phones Direct on the sale of the business to AO World plc

November 2018
£38.1 million

Bluegrasscomms

Acted as advisors to the shareholders of Bluegrasscoms on its sale to US-based OEConnection

November 2018
Not disclosed

Ticketer

Acted as financial advisor to Tenzing Private Equity LLP on their buy-out of Ticketer

October 2018
Not disclosed

Ink

Acted as financial advisors to the shareholders of Ink on the sale of the business to The Stagwell Group

September 2018
Not disclosed

Love Energy Savings

Acted as financial advisor to Love Savings Group on the sale of the business to LDC

August 2018
Not disclosed

Evolve Analytics

Acted as Corporate Finance advisor to Rubicon Partners on the sale of Evolve Analytics to Gentrack Group

June 2018
£23 million

NBS (RIBA Enterprises)

KPMG acted as advisor to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) on the sale of a significant minority shareholding in RIBA Enterprises (trading as NBA) to LDC

June 2018
£31.8 million (investment)

Aprose Solutions

Acted as financial advisor to Aprose Solutions on the sale of the business to ESG

May 2018
Not disclosed

GCI Managed Services

Acted as lead adviser to GCI Managed Services Group on its sale to Mayfair Equity Partners

May 2018
Not disclosed

ZPG Plc

Acted as lead advisor to ZPG Plc on the sale of its Australian division, Hometrack Pty Limited to REA Group Limited

May 2018
£71 million

Concentra Analytics

Acted as financial advisor to Concentra Analytics on the minority investment led by One Peak Partners LLP

April 2018
£41 million (capital raised)

Mandata

Acted as financial advisor to LDC on the secondary buyout of Mandata

April 2018
Undisclosed

PRIME Research

Acted as financial advisor to the shareholders of PRIME Research on the sale of the business to Cision

January 2018
Undisclosed

Giacom

Acted as advisor to the shareholders of Giacom Holdings Limited on the sale of the business to Livingbridge

November 2017
Undisclosed

Eque2

Acted as financial advisor to LDC on the management buyout of Eque2 Limited

November 2017
£17 million

Verint Systems

Acted as financial advisor to Verint Systems on its recommended all cash acquisition of EG Solutions under the UK takeover code

September 2017
Undisclosed

Chiron Security Communications

Advised Chiron Security Communications on the sale of the business to AddSecure (backed by ABRY Partners)

June 2017
Undisclosed

Selima

Acted as sole financial advisor to Selima Limited in respect of its sale to Access Group

May 2017
£24 million

Metamark

Acted as financial advisor to Primary Capital on the management buyout of Metamark (UK) Limited

May 2017
£62 million

DSTCC

Advised DST Systems Inc. on the carve-out of DST's UK Customer Communications business to Paragon Group

May 2017
Undisclosed

Utiligroup

Acted as advisor to the shareholders of Utiligroup Holdings Limited on the sale of the business to Energy Services Group

April 2017
Undisclosed

Smiths Interconnect

Acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the shareholders of Smiths Interconnect on the sale of the business to Infinite Electronics

April 2017
Undisclosed

Random42

Advised Random42 on the sale of the business to Graphite Capital

April 2017
Undisclosed

London Stock Exchange (LSE)

Acted as sole financial advisor to LSEG and Bit Market Services S.p.A in the disposal of the Information Services Professional Solutions division

January 2017
Undisclosed

Pulse.aero Ltd

Advised Pulse.aero on the sale of the business to Rockwell Collins Inc.

January 2017
Undisclosed

Premier Research

Acted as financial advisor to the management team of Premier Research on its MBO, backed by Metalmark Capital

October 2016
Undisclosed

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