News Briefs

Apax has agreed to acquire CyberGrants, a provider of SaaS solutions for corporate social responsibility, employee engagement and volunteer management solutions.

Stifel Financial Corp has hired Charlie Smith as a managing director in the venture and fund banking group.

Ebanx has secured $400 million from Advent International.

LongRange Capital has named Sunny Patel as senior principal, Taylor Elliott as senior associate and Austin Marcus as associate.

JMI Equity has made an investment in Greenlight Guru, a medical device success platform.

Pacific Western Bank has provided a $30 million senior credit facility to Kate Farms, a producer of plant-based, organic, nutritional formulas.

QED Investors has named Chuckie Reddy as a partner to focus on growth-stage investments.

Toronto-based digital media company VerticalScope has priced its initial public offering of subordinate voting shares to raise C$125 million.

Mercato Partners has named James Park to its Savory fund practice as an operating partner.

Bain Capital Credit and Post Road Group to provide a major growth capital investment to accelerate the deployment of fiber to underserved communities across the Midwest.