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Waterland acquires Rehacon

Waterland Private Equity is acquiring a majority holding in Rehacon, a provider of physiotherapy services in Germany. Rehacon is headquartered in Gelsenkirchen, from where it runs more than 100 therapy centres, making it one of the largest providers on the market in continental Europe. The vast majority of Rehacon’s over

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners and Management acquire SK AeroSafety

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has acquired SK AeroSafety from SK FireSafety, a portfolio company of Paris-based Apax Partners. The Company’s management team, headed by CEO Chris Wright, will invest alongside LLCP. SK AeroSafety specialises in the inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of critical passenger safety equipment found on all commercial

innogy Innovation Hub invests in Finnish AI company SkenarioLabs

SkenarioLabs, a Finnish start-up that provides Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based data services to the real estate industry, has secured an undisclosed sum in a seed funding round led by innogy Innovation Hub. The innogy Innovation Hub is the Accelerator and Venture Capital arm of innogy SE, a German energy company, with

Foresight makes GBP2.15 million growth capital investment in ClubSpark

Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP2.15 million growth capital investment into Sportlabs Technology Limited, trading as ClubSpark, a specialist software company serving participants, sports providers, National Governing Bodies and International Federations. Founded in 2012 by CEO Dave Ward and CTO Nathan Flood, ClubSpark provides a comprehensive software platform which

ARQIS advises Hamamatsu on Menlo Systems investment

ARQIS has advised Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland on the acquisition of a minority interest in Menlo Systems, based in Planegg (Landkreis München).   Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland and Menlo Systems hope that the investment will provide synergies for the development of new applications and new markets, as their product lines almost do

AnaCap secures investment from Italian bank into portfolio of SME loans

European financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap) has secured a structured investment into a portfolio of SME loans from a leading Italian bank with which AnaCap has a long-standing relationship across a broad range of transactions. With a face value of EUR4.0 billion, the portfolio comprises a static, highly granular pool of performing

Prestige Funds’ Nucleus Commercial Finance lends over GBP1bn to UK SME sector

Loans provided by UK-based direct lending specialist Prestige Funds’ Nucleus Commercial Finance, have now exceeded GBP1 billion (USD 1.3 billion). Nucleus is an important partner for Prestige, managing several dedicated loan portfolios to UK SMEs. In 2018 Nucleus provided GBP282 million (USD366 million) to SME enterprises, representing a record-breaking year

CMS advises Primary Health Properties on merger with MedicX Fund Limited

International law firm CMS is advising healthcare sector real estate investment trust Primary Health Properties (PHP) on its merger with MedicX Fund Limited.   The agreement is intended to be implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement of MedicX, under which PHP will acquire the entire issued and to

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Calculus Capital invests GBP2.5m in Essentia Analytics

Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist Calculus Capital has invested GBP2.5 million in fintech company Essentia Analytics, a provider of behavioural data analytics and consulting for professional investors. The investment by Calculus will be used to further develop Essentia’s services as it scales its client base

Shine secures GBP350k investment

An entrepreneur who has developed a new recruitment platform which allows companies to interview candidates by video has secured GBP350,000 from the North East Venture Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia Fund Managers. Shine Interview, which is based in Sunderland, removes the need for

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