Specialist asset manager, Mercia Asset Management, has sold its stake in The Native Antigen Company, a leading producer of infectious disease reagents, to global life sciences tools company LGC for a total cash consideration of up to GBP18.0 million.Mercia has supported The Native Antigen Company since it commenced trading, investing from
Strategy consulting groups Altman Vilandrie & Company and Solon Management Consulting have merged to form Altman Solon, which will focus exclusively on the Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) sectors. The news solidifies a decade-long partnership between the two firms to increase their global footprint and apply their experience and skills to
Global asset manager DWS and Northwestern Mutual’s private markets division, Northwestern Mutual Capital (NMC), have formed a strategic partnership to identify and develop private market opportunities.NMC has been investing in private markets for more than 40 years, and the partnership represents a strong addition to DWS’s private asset offering to
EQT portfolio company SUSE, an open source infrastructure software provider, has acquired Silicon Valley-based Rancher Labs, a Kubernetes container management platform. Together, the companies will be ideally positioned to support global enterprises in accelerating their transition from traditional on-prem IT infrastructures to hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, SUSE
Machine Labs has raised a Seed Extension round of GBP1 million (USD1.25 million) lead by Techstart Ventures alongside the founders, the angel investors Bill Dobbie and Richard Freedman, and the British Business Bank.
Mercia Asset Management has announced the sale of The Native Antigen Company Limited (NAC) to LGC, a specialist in the life sciences tools sector, for a total cash consideration of up to GBP18.0million.Mercia held a 29.4 per cent fully diluted direct holding in NAC at the date of sale and
YourMedPack Ltd, a provider of smart medication packs to support patients at home and in care, has secured GBP600,000 in funding from the Greater Manchester & Cheshire Life Sciences Fund, managed by Catapult Ventures, and existing investors.YourMedPack has developed a smart medication pack to support patients at home or in
Mobilux, the holding company of BUT, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) portfolio company, is to acquire Conforama France, a subsidiary of Steinhoff International, to create the largest omnichannel furniture retail group in France. After the transaction close, BUT and Conforama France will continue to operate as independent entities under common
Permutive – a publisher-focussed data management platform – has raised USD18.5 million in Series B funding, led by Octopus Ventures with participation from EQT Ventures and earlier investors. The company, which works with global publishers, tripled revenue growth last year. The funding announcement comes at an unprecedented time for publishers, as web traffic
Global tax software provider Sovos has acquired Brighton based Accordance, a UK value-added tax (VAT) managed services company.
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