ETFS Capital Makes Strategic Investment in Skylight IPV

Schneider Electric, AES and Huck Capital-Led Group Invest in Uplight at $1.5B Valuation

July 28, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Uplight has received new equity investment from a consortium co-led by Schneider Electric, AES and a Huck Capital-led investor group (including Coatue and Inclusive Capital Partners), valuing the company at $1.5 billion. The financing — in which prior majority investor Rubicon Technology Partners will remain a minority holder — provides growth capital to accelerate product development, M&A and international expansion in the clean-energy software market.

Searchlight Capital Partners to Acquire Majority Stake in Integrated Power Services

October 19, 2021

Industrial Services

Funds advised by Searchlight Capital Partners have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Integrated Power Services (IPS), an industrial aftermarket services provider. Searchlight is buying the stake from funds advised by Odyssey Investment Partners, and the deal is subject to regulatory approvals with an expected close later in the year.

ETFS Capital Invests £4.5m in WealthKernel

January 21, 2020

Payments & Fintech

ETFS Capital has completed a £4.5 million growth investment in digital wealth infrastructure provider WealthKernel. The funding will accelerate WealthKernel’s product functionality and help the company scale its customer volume by enabling firms to build custody-backed digital wealth services.

Charlesbank Capital Partners Makes Strategic Growth Investment in Searchlight Cyber

January 18, 2024

Cybersecurity

Charlesbank Capital Partners has made a strategic growth investment in Searchlight Cyber, a Portsmouth-based dark web intelligence and threat intelligence software company. The founders and existing investor Astra Capital Management remain invested; proceeds will be used to accelerate R&D, expand go-to-market capabilities and support organic growth and acquisitions. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Firmament Invests in LightRidge Solutions Holdings LLC

October 5, 2023

Aerospace & Defense

Firmament announced a capital investment in LightRidge Solutions Holdings LLC to provide structured equity and credit financing to the space- and defense-focused platform. The investment will support LightRidge’s continued platform build and capability expansion—LightRidge (an ATL Partners-backed platform) has previously added GEOST and Ophir and recently integrated Trident Systems to expand space electronics, sensing and C4ISR capabilities.

ETFS Capital Acquires ETF.com from Cboe Global Markets

February 8, 2021

Media & Entertainment

ETFS Capital, a London-based strategic investment firm, has acquired the business of ETF.com from Cboe Global Markets. Terms were not disclosed; ETFS Capital said it will invest in ETF.com and integrate it with its portfolio assets (including ETF Stream and AltFi) to expand its media, data and analytics capabilities for the global ETF industry.