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NorthEdge completes first bolt-on acquisition for Orbis Protect

Private equity-backed property, site and people protection specialist Orbis Protect has made its first acquisition following a strong period of growth despite the UK-wide lockdown.The business employs more than 400 staff across 19 UK depots, working with clients across the private and public sectors. Its services include vacant property management

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Spanish fintech startup Bnext receives USD13m in extension round

Madrid-based Bnext, a provider of alternative banking services, has secured USD13 million (EUR11million) in another capital investment round by its existing investors. The startup’s total investments received to date are slightly above GBP43 million. In October 2019 DN Capital led its first investment round into the company, together with Redalpine

3D-printing company Dyemansion raises USD14m

Danish growth fund Nordic Alpha Partners has teamed with 3d-printing company Dyemansion’s existing investors – UVC Partners, btov Partners, KGAL, and AM Ventures – in a USD14 million Series B funding round. â€œWe are super happy to have Nordic Alpha Partners on board for our growth journey,” says Felix Ewald, CEO

ECI-backed Arkessa acquires Netherlands-based Sim Services

Arkessa, an IoT connectivity provider backed by mid-market private equity firm ECI Partners since 2018, has continued its global expansion with the acquisition of Sim Services, a Netherlands-based connectivity services provider. The acquisition will allow Arkessa to strengthen its presence in the Netherlands and will help it reach its goal to

Natural Power advises Crédit Mutuel Equity in aventron deal

Renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has acted as technical adviser to the French private equity specialist Crédit Mutuel Equity for its CHF30 million acquisition of aventron’s renewable energy portfolio consisting of a large number of wind, solar and hydro assets located throughout six European countries.Natural Power’s mandate

Secarna Pharmaceuticals and Evotec form strategic partnership

Evotec SE and independent European antisense drug discovery company, Secarna Pharmaceuticals, have formed a strategic partnership in the field of antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)-based therapeutics. Antisense therapy is an innovative, clinically and commercially validated, highly-targeted pharmacological approach which interferes with gene expression in the cells of interest to specifically inhibit the production

Foresight Williams increases stake in eco-friendly, aerosol valve technology company Salvalco

Independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) have made a GBP500,000 follow-on investment from Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund into Salvalco, to support the development of aerosol valves that use ecologically sustainable propellants.  Overall, the Fund has now invested GBP3.2 million into Salvalco, following

Foresight injects further GBP2m into Envair Technology to support acquisition of TCS

Private equity and infrastructure investment manager Foresight Group (Foresight), has made a further GBP2 million follow-on investment into Envair Technology, a provider of containment solutions that facilitates faster and more flexible drug R&D and manufacture across the globe.The investment will support the acquisition of Total Containment Solutions (TCS), a designer

LDC-backed ENSEK acquires NrgFin

ENSEK, a software supplier to UK energy providers, has acquired NrgFin, a Benelux-based consultancy and data analytics company. The deal is part of ENSEK’s growth strategy to expand into new international territories within Western Europe, as well as pursuing wider growth opportunities in the UK. With this acquisition, ENSEK will set

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