Biosyntia has closed a Series B funding round of €11.5 million from a strong syndicate of experienced venture capital investors. The round was closed with an investment from the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) and the two existing investors, Sofinnova Partners and Novo Seeds, the early-stage investment and company creation

ASGN Incorporated, a provider of IT services and solutions, including technology and creative digital marketing, across the commercial and government sectors, has closed its previously announced acquisition of GlideFast Consulting LLC (GlideFast) from private equity firm BV Investments Partners for a total cash consideration of $350 million. GlideFast’s experienced team

The Riverside Company has sold Abracon a specialist in passive components, has been acquired by Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the industrials, financial services, healthcare, and software industries.

ClinChoice, a Sino-US contract research organisation (CRO), has raised $150 million in as Series E funding round led by Legend Capital, the fund management arm of Chinese conglomerate Legend Holdings, according to a report by DealStreetAsia. The round also tracked new support from Beijing-based life insurance company Taikang Life Insurance

The Any Hour Group (Any Hour), a provider of home services in the Mountain West region back by private equity investor Knox Lane, has partnered with three additional home services businesses – Magic Electric, Plumbing, Heating & Air (Magic), Perfect Plumbing, Heating & Air (Perfect), and Strongbuilt USA (Strongbuilt). Financial

Middle-market private equity firm Huron Capital Partners’ (Huron Capital) HVAC and plumbing installation, retrofit and repair services platform, Pueblo Mechanical & Controls (Pueblo), has acquired Travers Mechanical Services (“Travers”). Travers is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and provides HVAC and plumbing services, including maintenance, repair, and installation work with a

Finalis, a technology platform for dealmakers, has raised $10.7 million in a seed funding round led by various venture capital firms, including ANIMO Ventures, Chaac Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Tribe Capital and The Fund. The seed funding will accelerate Finalis’ market growth, development of its dealmaking technology platform, and overseas expansion.

Mercer Global Advisors (Mercer Advisors), a national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) majority owned by both Oak Hill Capital and Genstar Capital, has acquired Starks Financial Group (Starks), a financial planning and wealth management firm located in North Carolina, with assets under management (AUM) of approximately $250 million. Since Dawn Starks,

CELUS, a German deep tech company that uses AI to streamline circuit board engineering, has raised a €25 million in a Series A funding round led by Earlybird Venture Capital. DI Capital and existing investors Speedinvest and Plug and Play also participated in the round. The following individuals also invested

Thabor Therapeutics, a company developing a treatment for patients living with chronic mucosal inflammatory diseases, has secured €2 million ($2.09m) in funding from the French public investment bank Bpifrance, as part of its Deeptech Plan. This funding will enable Thabor to accelerate its R&D programs and to build upon the