Strata Partners is pleased to announce that it has acted as exclusive financial adviser to the shareholders of Holvi Payment Services Oy (“Holvi”), the Helsinki-based online-only business banking provider, on the sale of the company to Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (“BBVA”, BME:BBVA), the global banking group.

Strata Partners acted as exclusive corporate finance adviser to Ieading mid-market private equity firm Inflexion, on the carve-out of the Engineering Inspection & Consultancy division of RSA Insurance Group PLC.

Strata Partners is pleased to announce that it acted as exclusive corporate finance adviser to Albion Ventures, Maven Capital Partners and the management shareholders of Lab M Holdings Limited.

Strata advises the shareholders of Fits.me Holdings Limited, the UK based provider of online fit and size recommendation solutions to the fashion industry, on its sale to Rakuten, Inc. (TOKYO: 4755), a global leader in e-commerce.

Strata advises the shareholders of ClusterSeven Limited, the UK based provider of governance, risk and compliance software for business critical spreadsheets, on its sale to Azini Capital Partners LLP, the UK based private equity firm.

Strata Partners acted as exclusive corporate finance adviser to SVA Limited, an independent provider of advisory, testing and innovative IT services to the food and consumer products industry, on its sale to SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company.

Luxoft (NYSE:LXFT US) is a leading provider of software development services and innovative IT solutions to a global client base consisting primarily of large multinational corporations.

Strata Partners is pleased to announce that it has acted as exclusive financial adviser to the shareholders of CgMs Holdings Limited (“CgMs” or the “Company”) on its sale to RPS Group plc, an international consultancy providing advice that relates to oil and gas and natural resources and the built and natural environment.

Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, to acquire a majority stake in mercator, a leading provider of software and technology-enabled outsourcing solutions to the global aviation industry. dnata will retain a minority stake.

Strata advises Quintel on a $10 million financing round including investment from a strategic partner. Quintel, the developer of high-efficiency, high-performance multiband antenna solutions for mobile operators, today announced that it has completed a $10 million financing round. The round was led by existing investor Trillium International and was joined by a major strategic partner of Quintel’s. The investment will enable the company to scale delivery capacity to maintain its current 400% year-over-year revenue growth rate.

Strata Partners advised Bridgepoint Development Capital on its acquisition of Quotient Clinical, a provider of outsourced, early stage drug development services to the pharmaceutical industry. Employing over 200 people, Quotient Clinical has developed a platform which offers an integrated approach to formulation development, “real-time” drug product manufacturing and clinical testing. Using this platform has been proven to significantly reduce the time and cost of the early stage drug development process.

Strata advised Zebra Technologies Corp (NASDAQ: ZBRA, market value of c. $2.4 billion) on its participation in a $25 million investment into ZBD Solutions, the UK based provider of electronic shelf labels (“ESL”) for the retail market.

Strata Partners is pleased to announce that it has acted as exclusive financial adviser to the shareholders of Melbourn Scientific Limited (“Melbourn”) on its sale to Intertek Group plc (“Intertek”), a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide.

Newbury Racecourse PLC (the “Company”), exclusively advised by Strata, successfully completed a share buy-back of a 29.9 per cent. shareholding in the Company owned by Guinness Peat Group at a price of 450 pence per share.

Strata has advised Trainline Investments Holdings Limited (parent company of thetrainline.com), on the sale of Advanced Smartcard Technologies Limited (trading as “Ecebs”), a provider of smart card/token expertise in transport ticketing, local government and payment sectors to Bell Identification N.V. (“Bell ID”), a provider of smart token management software for use in sectors such as secure banking, national identity and public transit.

Strata advises Allocate Software plc (AIM: ALL), the UK AIM listed workforce optimisation software company, on the £7.2m acquisition of RealTime Health Ltd, a UK based provider of patient flow software that optimises the use of beds in hospitals, tracking a patient’s progress towards a planned discharge date.

Strata Partners is pleased to announce that it has exclusively advised main market-listed technical plastics group Carclo plc (“Carclo” – LSE: CAR), in a review of strategic options for its wholly owned Conductive Inkjet Technology business (“CIT”). CIT has developed and now produces a range of novel UV curable inks, films and technologies for the direct write of conductive metals onto non-porous substrates.

Strata advised Fits.me, the leading provider of virtual fitting rooms and associated technologies to the fashion e-commerce industry, on successfully securing its Series A round of financing led by Entrepreneurs Fund. Entrepreneurs Fund recognises that Fits.me`s solutions best address the single biggest barrier to fashion e-commerce growth: enabling customers to accurately select their size.

Strata Partners has advised Aurix, a global provider of speech analytics and audio data mining technology on its sale to Avaya, a global provider of business communications and collaboration systems and services.

Kennet Partners, the technology growth equity investor, has announced a $25 million investment in WorldOne, a market leader in global healthcare data collection. The financing will be used to accelerate WorldOne`s global expansion and to fund continued development of new business lines.

Strata advises Zebra Technologies Corp (NASDAQ: ZBRA) on the sale of its Airport IT operations, Zebra Enterprise Solutions GmbH (known as “Proveo”), to a private company which is part of the Aviance Alliance

Strata advises Allocate Software plc (AIM: ALL), the UK AIM listed workforce optimisation software company, on the £7.0m acquisition of Zircadian Holdings Limited (“Zircadian” or the “Company”), the UK based SaaS provider of software used to plan the rotas of junior doctors and consultants in the NHS.

Strata advises Allocate Software plc (AIM: ALL), the UK AIM listed workforce optimisation software company, on the A$3.0m (c. £2.0m) acquisition of RosterOn Pty Ltd, an Australian based provider of workforce management software with a focus on the Australian healthcare market.

Strata Partners is pleased to announce that it advised LGC on the combination of LGC`s Genomics division with KBioscience to create a market-leading genomic services and solutions provider. The combination was enabled through the acquisition by LGC Limited (“LGC”) of KBiosciences Limited (“KBioscience”) on 1 July. The founders of KBioscience remain partners and significant shareholders in the enlarged business alongside LGC.

Strata Partners has advised Oxatis, the largest provider of e-commerce services to small & medium enterprises in France, Italy & Spain, on the acquisition of the brand, domain names and online customer base of Actinic Software, the UK`s leading e-commerce software provider to small & medium enterprises. This was a complex and unusual deal structure involving a multi-year agreement to incentivise Actinic to transition their customer base to Oxatis SaaS solution.

In January 2011, Strata successfully completed its third sell-side transaction in five months. For reasons of client confidentiality, full details of two of these transactions are not being disclosed, but more information can be provided on request. In September 2010, Strata advised Amadeus IT Group on the sale of its Property Management Systems division to Infor.

The European Tech Tour Association (ETT) was launched in 1998, with the goals of promoting European entrepreneurship and providing a platform for entrepreneurs and investors to meet. Regional Tech Tours (focused on one or more countries) and Vertical Summits (European-wide, focusing on a particular industry segment) are invitation-only events organised by and for venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and selected corporate.

Strata has advised Amadeus IT Group S.A. (“Amadeus”), the world`s leading transaction processor and provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel and tourism industry, on the sale of Amadeus` hotel property management systems (PMS) and restaurant point of sales (POS) division (“Amadeus PMS Division”) to SoftBrands, an affiliate of Infor Global Solutions, one of the leading providers of business software for mid-market companies.

Strata advises Allocate Software plc (AIM: ALL), the UK AIM listed workforce optimisation software company, on the £9.0m acquisition of Dynamic Change Limited, the UK-based Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) provider of regulatory compliance, corporate governance, risk and performance management for the UK healthcare market.

Strata advises Creativity Software Limited on Growth Capital Private Placement.

Strata advises Newbury Racecourse plc (PLUS: NYR) on £6.4 million fully underwritten rights issue and successful rump placing.

Strata Partners advises Whitfield Solar Limited on a £2.7 million private placement.
The funding round was led by an undisclosed private syndicate of new investors and supported by existing investors Carbon Trust Investment Ltd, the Cascade Fund and Kilsby Ltd.

Strata Partners is pleased to announce the disposal of Veeda Laboratories Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Veeda Clinical Research Group to ICON plc , a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Veeda Laboratories is a specialist provider of biomarker laboratory services to global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Strata advises Manpower Software Plc (AIM: MNS), the UK AIM listed workforce optimisation software company, on the acquisition of Baum Hart & Partners, an integrated software systems, consultancy and services provider, principally to the UK National Health Service.

Strata Partners is pleased to announce that Algorithme Pharma, based in Laval, Quebec, has acquired Simbec Research Limited, a Clinical Research Organisation (CRO). Simbec, which is based in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, will operate as Algorithme’s European facility. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Strata Partners advises Capita (LSE: CPI), the leading provider of business process outsourcing and professional support services on the successful £77.7 million recommended cash offer for IBS OPENSystems Plc (AIM: OPN). Capita, a FTSE 100 company, is quoted on the London Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of approximately £4.0 billion.

Strata Partners advises Novel Polymer Solutions Ltd (NPS) on a £5 million private placement by a syndicate led by Environmental Technologies Fund.

Strata Partners advises Solarsoft Acquisition Limited on the recommended $35 million cash offer for Chelford Group Plc (AIM: CHR). Solarsoft Acquisition Limited is a new company formed at the direction of Marlin Equity Partners, a US-based private equity firm.