Aramis Group Acquires Cazoo Trading Italy (rebranded brumbrum)

NB Renaissance Acquires Arbo S.p.A.

April 25, 2022

Building Products

NB Renaissance, the Italian private equity arm of Neuberger Berman, has acquired a majority stake in Arbo S.p.A., an Italian distributor of heating-system spare parts, air-conditioning systems and plumbing products. The investment will support consolidation across Italy and accelerate Arbo's international growth; sellers included Bravo Capital and Narval Investimenti.

Cazoo Acquires Cazana

September 2, 2021

Data & Analytics

Cazoo has acquired Cazana, a London‑based automotive data insights platform, for approximately £25 million in cash. The deal brings Cazana's team of ~50 data scientists and an extensive dataset (500+ million historic vehicle transactions across 40+ countries) into Cazoo to strengthen pricing, valuation and stock management capabilities as Cazoo expands across the UK and Europe.

Acamar Partners Acquisition Corp. to Take CarLotz Public

October 22, 2020

Automotive

Acamar Partners Acquisition Corp. entered into a definitive business combination agreement to take CarLotz, Inc. public, supported by a $125 million PIPE led by Fidelity and strategic investors including KAR Global, McLarty Diversified Holdings, Rick Wagoner and TRP Capital Partners. The transaction will provide CarLotz with capital to fund nationwide hub expansion, technology investments and continued growth; closing was expected in Q4 2020.

E‑Commerce Software Group (funds advised by Bregal) Acquires amaZervice and Adds It to Billbee

April 4, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

The E‑Commerce Software Group, established by funds advised by Bregal Unternehmerkapital (BU), has acquired German VAT-compliance and invoicing SaaS provider amaZervice as a strategic add‑on to Billbee. The deal brings amaZervice’s Amainvoice product and ~2,500 customers into Billbee’s multi‑channel e‑commerce platform to expand marketplace invoicing and VAT compliance capabilities.

The Futurum Group Acquires LuccaZara

December 4, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

The Futurum Group, a global tech advisory, research, intelligence, and media firm based in Austin, Texas, has acquired LuccaZara, a San Jose–based tech marketing and content production agency founded by Lisa Martin. The acquisition expands Futurum's media and content capabilities—LuccaZara's founder will join Futurum to produce and host event and onsite shows as Futurum scales its B2B research-led content platform.

Thimba Media Acquires Casinomartini.com

May 7, 2020

Marketing & Advertising

Thimba Media, an Irish iGaming content marketing and lead-generation company, has acquired Casinomartini.com and its player bases, operations and staff from the Swedish founders. The acquisition — paid from Thimba's cash balance and valued at ~3.9x trailing EBITDA with potential earnouts — is intended to accelerate Thimba's organic growth across the UK, Germany and New Zealand and support future rollouts in Latin America and Canada.