Being a part of the dynamic and competitive world of Software as a Service (SaaS) means ensuring your product or service reaches the right audience at the right time. That’s where a Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy comes in. But what exactly does GTM mean and why do SaaS providers need it? A Go-to-Market strategy, in essence,…
Sure Valley Ventures leads £2.2 million seed round in AI image verification firm, Captur
LONDON, UK: Sure Valley Ventures (SVV) has led a £2.2 million seed round in Captur, a company that has built an enterprise AI platform for real-time, rules-based image recognition. Existing investors, MMC Ventures and Ascension Ventures participated in this round, along with other investors including ex-Deliveroo, and enterprise AI investors Concept Ventures and Two Culture…
Syncona offers $5.00 per share to take full control of Freeline Therapeutics
LONDON, UK: Syncona, a healthcare company that creates, builds and scales global leaders in life science, has made a non-binding offer to buy the rest of Freeline Therapeutics, a gene therapy company that Syncona co-founded in 2015. Syncona already owns about 57.9% of Freeline’s shares and wants to pay $5.00 in cash for each American…
Unraveling the Mystery of Logarithmic Charts
Whether you’re a financial analyst, a scientist, a data enthusiast, or a curious individual, understanding graphical representations of data can provide insightful conclusions. One such representation that has intrigued many is the logarithmic chart. Navigating the expanse of logarithmic charts requires a fundamental understanding of its concept, a knowledge of its types, and mastery of…
ARN and ACP propose to buy Southern Cross Media in a scheme of arrangement
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Southern Cross Media Group (SCA), a media company listed on the ASX, has received an unsolicited and complex takeover offer from ARN, another media company, and Anchorage Capital Partners (ACP), a private equity firm. The offer is to buy all of SCA’s shares for a mix of ARN shares and cash. The offer…
Mercia boosts its stake in Manchester-based Netacea with £4.4m investment
LONDON, UK: Manchester-based cybersecurity firm Netacea has secured £4.4million in a funding round led by Mercia Asset Management, a specialist asset manager with c.£1.4billion of assets under management. Netacea provides defensive AI software against bot attacks that target mobile, web and API applications, and counts some of the world’s largest global retailers and telecommunications networks…
BHP Group announces divestment of the Blackwater and Daunia for $4.1 billion
LONDON, UK: BHP and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd (MDP) have signed Asset Sale Agreements to divest the Blackwater and Daunia mines, which are part of the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) metallurgical coal joint venture in Queensland. Each of BHP and MDP hold a 50% interest in BMA. Two wholly owned subsidiaries of Whitehaven Coal (Buyers)…
Gama Aviation Plc agrees to sell Jet East for $131 million
LONDON, UK: Gama Aviation Plc has conditionally agreed to sell the Group’s US MRO Business, Gama Aviation (Eng) Inc. (GAEI), trading as Jet East to West Star Aviation Enterprises for a value of approximately US$131 million on a cash free/debt free basis with normalised working capital. Marwan Khalek, Group Chief Executive, Gama Aviation Plc commented;…
LBG Media has acquired Betches Media LLC for $24 million
LONDON, UK: LBG Media, the owner of the global leader in youth publishing LADbible Group, announced the acquisition of Betches Media LLC, a US-based media brand founded by women and focussed on digital media content production and publication for women. The acquisition is for an initial cash consideration of $24 million, funded from existing cash…
Apax Partners LLP offer to acquire Kin and Carta plc for £203 million
LONDON, UK: Kelvin UK Bidco Limited, a newly formed company owned indirectly by funds advised by Apax Partners LLP, has offered to takeover Kin and Carta plc. Under the terms of the acquisition, each Kin and Carta shareholder will be entitled to receive 110 pence in cash translating the acquisition value of Kin and Carta’s…
Aukett Swanke has acquired TRCS, a developer of energy management software
LONDON, UK: Aukett Swanke (AIM: AUK), the Architecture and Smart Buildings group, announced the acquisition of TR Control Solutions Limited (TRCS), a developer of energy management software and provider of energy efficiency services. The acquisition is a further step in the Group’s strategy to become a leading provider of Smart Building technology. TRCS’s revenues are…
Bodycote plc appoints Jim Fairbairn as Group Chief Executive to succeed Stephen Harris
LONDON, UK: Bodycote plc announced the appointment of Jim Fairbairn as Group Chief Executive to succeed Stephen Harris on his retirement. Jim is expected to join the Company and the Board in March 2024 and become Group Chief Executive in May 2024 following an orderly transition. Stephen will step down from the Board and retire…