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Succession without surrender: a guide for founding families
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Firm News
· 3 min read · Marcus Bell, Head of Investor Relations

Capital Custodian Authority has completed a significant minority investment in Northlight Data, a compliance data platform serving regulated industries in the United Kingdom and Europe.
The founders retain majority ownership and continue to lead the business. Capital will fund engineering investment, security accreditation and the company's first continental European expansion.
Priya Raman, Partner, joins the board. David Mensah, Operating Partner for Technology, will support the engineering leadership team.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Advisers to the transaction were Rothbury Corporate Finance and Halewood LLP.
Viewpoints
Most founding families are not selling a business. They are handing one over. The distinction changes almost everything about how a transaction should be designed.
· 8 min read
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