iomart acquires Concepta Capital

iomart acquires Concepta Capital AIM-listed cloud computing company iomart Group has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Concepta Capital for an initial cash consideration of £10.5m. Concepta Capital is a holding company of a group of companies that includes ORIIUM and Pavilion IT. Leeds-based ORIIUM, established in 2007, works with value-added resellers … Continued

NVM sells telecoms specialist to global IoT group

NVM sells telecoms specialist to global IoT group NVM Private Equity has sold Mobius Networks Limited to Wireless Logic, the leading global IoT connectivity platform, for an undisclosed sum. Catriona Lang, Rob Parker, and Rebecca Smith of Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services provided vendor assistance to NVM and the management team. Formed in 2004 and … Continued

DSW advises ITS on £100m investment for broadband roll-out

DSW advises ITS on £100m investment for broadband roll-out Chester-based full fibre provider ITS Technology Group has raised a further £100m from Aviva Investors to accelerate the roll-out of its full fibre network. Dow Schofield Watts advised ITS on the investment. Since securing the first funding round of £45m from Aviva Investors in early 2020, … Continued

Collabco sale creates new global force in education software market

Collabco sale creates new global force in education software market Collabco – the UK company behind the student engagement platform myday – has been acquired by US-based Ready Education in a deal that brings together three market leaders across Europe and North America, with Netherlands-based StuComm also being acquired. Collabco, a software development specialist based … Continued

Gamma takes on Telsis to boost its UCaaS offering

Gamma Communications, a rapidly growing provider of communications services to the UK business market, has announced its acquisition of Telsis Communication Services, a UK-based developer of unified communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) products for small to medium-size enterprises (SMEs). Gamma anticipates that this acquisition will bring the right combination of specialist development skills and engineering expertise, thus helping … Continued

DSW advises on Giacom buy-out

Giacom World Networks, the Hull-based cloud IT and communications solutions provider, has undergone a management buy-out backed by LDC. Dow Schofield Watts’ Transaction Services team advised LDC on the deal. Giacom has experienced very rapid growth over the last three years as micro SMEs have moved their software and IT solutions to the cloud to … Continued