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Farfetch, Now Matches: Investors Look for Deals Amid Luxury eCommerce Sites 
eCommerce // December 21, 2023

Matchesfashion has officially changed hands.   Frasers Group, the British retail conglomerate, has acquired the luxury multibrand retailer for £52 million ($65 million) from private equity firm Apax Partners. Apax had purchased Matches in 2017 from its founders, Tom and Ruth Chapman, in a deal valued at...

ID Verification Platform Payfone Raises $100M
Investments // June 19, 2020

ID verification firm Payfone has completed a $100 million funding round which the company says it will use for strengthening machine learning and building a new consortium to help secure digital transactions, the press release says. The round was led by funds advised by Apax...

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Apax Partners Acquires HR/Payroll Firm Zellis Group

April 15, 2024
Private equity group Apax Partners will acquire HR/payroll software firm Zellis from Bain Capital. “Zellis is a recognised leader in the payroll and HR software market, a sector that we know well from previous Apax Fund investments, including Paycor,” Apax Partner Roy Mackenzie said in a news release provided to PYMNTS Monday (April 15). “We have been closely tracking Zellis for some […]

ID Verification Platform Payfone Raises $100M

June 19, 2020
ID verification firm Payfone has completed a $100 million funding round which the company says it will use for strengthening machine learning and building a new consortium to help secure...