Private equity firm says it has backed Bluprintx to create 'a global business of scale': A growing tech firm looking to expand globally has made a key acquisition after securing investment from private equity group Palatine. Bluprintx, which is based in Liverpool and has operations in the US, Netherlands and Australia, has won a “significant investment” from Palatine’s buyout fund. Following that deal, Bluprintx has acquired commerce specialist, ITG Commerce in what it says is the latest “in a series of acquisitions aimed at adding service capability across Bluprintx's core operating geographies”.