Marlin-backed CTS Merges with Appsbroker to Form Europe’s Largest Google Cloud Consultancy

Marlin Equity Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Cloud Technology Solutions Group (CTS & CloudM)

January 9, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Marlin Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in Cloud Technology Solutions Group (CTS & CloudM). NorthEdge Capital sold the majority stake but has reinvested and will remain a minority shareholder; Marlin will work with management to scale CTS's Google Cloud professional and managed services and to grow CloudM's Workspace/M365 migration and management software across EMEA.

Marlin Equity Partners Makes Growth Investment in CE Broker

January 12, 2022

Healthcare Services

Marlin Equity Partners completed a significant growth investment in CE Broker, a provider of continuing education management and license verification software for the healthcare sector. The investment is intended to accelerate CE Broker's Clear To Work platform growth (including CE Broker and EverCheck) and support product and go-to-market expansion; financial terms were not disclosed.

Totalmobile Acquires Technology Business Solutions (TBS) and CloudDialogs

February 7, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Totalmobile, a Horizon Capital-backed mobile SaaS provider for field service management, has acquired 100% of Derby-based Technology Business Solutions (TBS) and Bury St Edmunds-based CloudDialogs. The bolt-on deals expand Totalmobile's product capabilities (adding FSM, IoT and workforce scheduling/rostering tools), increase scale across facilities/housing/utility end markets and broaden the Group's customer reach.

FluidOne Acquires Marathon Information Technology Services

May 26, 2022

IT Services

Livingbridge-backed FluidOne has acquired Marathon Information Technology Services Ltd, a Microsoft Gold Partner specialising in cloud transformation, modern workplace, security and contact centre solutions. The bolt-on expands FluidOne's Connected Cloud offering — completing its IT capability to better serve mid-market and enterprise customers — and is the firm's fourth add-on under Livingbridge, joining a group with roughly £68m revenue and ~310 staff.

APIC Solutions Acquires Corporate Technology Solutions (CTS)

June 26, 2024

Electrical Services

APIC Solutions (a Tower Arch Capital portfolio company) has invested in and partnered with Corporate Technology Solutions (CTS), a Phoenix-based integrator of security, audio/visual and low-voltage infrastructure. The add-on expands APIC's technical capabilities and Arizona presence while bringing CTS into APIC's Southwest master systems integration platform; terms were not disclosed.

Marlin Equity Partners Makes Growth Equity Investment in SmartSearch Ltd

October 9, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Marlin Equity Partners completed a growth equity investment in SmartSearch Ltd., a U.K.-based provider of multi-tenant SaaS regulatory compliance software focused on AML and KYC solutions. The capital will support SmartSearch's expansion in the U.K. and accelerate its international growth while enhancing its market-leading compliance platform.