Vivacta, a medical diagnostics company, has closed a GBP4m financing round. The current shareholders, HBM BioVentures, IDInvest Partners (formerly AGF Private Equity), Spark Ventures and Viking, all participated in the round. Vivacta’s piezofilm technology platform enables the development of a new generation of near-patient diagnostic products achieving high sensitivity and

The Enterprise Development Corporation of South Florida, a non-profit organisation specialising in providing business development services to emerging science and technology companies, has revealed that jobsite123.com is among the 14 finalists to do a three-minute on-stage presentation at the 13th Annual Emerging Technology Business Showcase. ETBS is South Florida’s annual

Cornerstone Acquisition & Management, a sub-adviser to Centaur Performance Group, has acquired a portfolio of royalty interests in producing oil and gas properties located in Southern Oklahoma, operated by Houston-based Citation Oil and Gas.   “This transaction is indicative of the type of private assets we like to target and acquire

Huntsman Gay Global Capital, a middle market private equity firm, has made a growth equity investment in iCongo, an e-business systems and software developer that provides an e-commerce platform with B2C, B2B, multi-channel, order management and marketing solutions. iCongo’s founders will continue to manage the business going forward. Terms of

The CapStreet Group, a Houston-based lower-middle market private equity firm, has completed its final close for CapStreet III, reaching total commitments of USD178m. CapStreet III’s investors consist of financial institutions, pension funds, insurance companies, funds of funds, and family investment offices. “We are very pleased to have the support of

Regulatory reforms and a range of other factors will trigger increased shareholder activism over the next 12 months, according to the second edition of Shareholder Activism Insight published by Schulte Roth & Zabel in association with mergermarket. Based on a series of interviews with corporate executives and activist investors, the

Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Latens Systems on its sale to Pace. The transaction is valued at GBP28.75m.   Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Belfast, Latens specialises in payTV software security and enhanced TV services. Latens provides a range of solutions in next generation software

Platina Partners, a private equity fund manager specialising in renewable energy infrastructure investments and special situation buyouts, has acquired 10MW of solar photovoltaic projects from the Degennaro Group, an Italian construction firm.  The PV projects become Platina’s first operational plant in Italy, supporting an investment strategy focused on the assembly

Edhec, in partnership with Ville de Nice, Nice Côte d’Azur, EPA de la Plaine du Var, Team Côte d’Azur and CCI Nice Côte d’Azur, has decided to launch an international conference to promote green investing. By organising the Nice Côte d’Azur International Sustainable Development Financing Conference, Edhec and its partners