MidOcean Partners, a middle market private equity firm focused on the business services and consumer sectors, has acquired Cloyes from Hidden Harbor Capital Partners. Cloyes is a North American specialist in timing drive systems and engine components for original equipment manufacturers and the automotive aftermarket, selling its products under the

Funds advised by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) have acquired a majority stake in eperi, a provider of cybersecurity software for cloud applications. The security specialist from Pfungstadt, Hessen, has been sold by venture capital investors Evolution Equity Partners and btov. Elmar Eperiesi-Beck, Founder and CEO of eperi, will continue to

Vision Innovation Partners, an eye care platform and a portfolio company of Centre Partners, has acquired SIEHT, a leading eye and laser centre with two locations in Fredericksburg and Stafford, Virginia. The acquisition broadens Vision Innovation Partners’ presence in Virginia and strengthens its growing network of ophthalmology practices in the

Finnish biotech startup Onego Bio Ltd has announced the successful closure of EUR10 million seed round with participation from venture capital investors Agronomics Limited and Maki VC. Onego Bio’s technology, developed and researched at VTT, enables production of bioalbumen with cellular agriculture means. Bioalbumen is an animal-free egg protein, produced

NexGen Cloud, a Web 3.0 focused IaaS company, has made a USD14 million investment in the development of Europe’s Largest decentralised storage project. This investment has enabled the development of two large-scale Filecoin storage operations located in Belgium and The Netherlands, featuring Tier III data centres across both sites. Over

TargED Biopharmaceuticals (TargED), a private biotechnology company focused on developing improved treatments for thrombotic diseases, has raised Series A financing of EUR39 million to accelerate development of its lead compound, Microlyse. The financing was led by an international syndicate with equal contributions from Andera Partners, Fund+, Hadean Ventures, Inkef Capital

Hambro Perks has completed an investment in Finnish industrial technology business Altum Technologies. Headquartered in Helsinki and founded in 2016, Altum has developed market-leading power ultrasound technology to clean fouling from industrial equipment without stopping production. Altum’s patented ZPD technology also minimises maintenance time, energy consumption and use of hazardous

Beaufort Capital and Pollen Street Capital have formed a strategic joint venture to improve access to finance for high quality real estate developers nationwide. The new lending partnership is expected to fund senior and stretched senior loans to support the development of much needed homes across the UK, as well

Planet Smart City, a London headquartered specialist in smart affordable housing, has launched a EUR60 million capital raise to accelerate the Group’s ambitious business plans. Since its establishment in 2015, Planet Smart City, which specialises in large-scale projects that create smart neighbourhoods and affordable homes – has raised more than

Semarion Ltd, a University of Cambridge spin-out company from the Cavendish Laboratory combining materials engineering and cell biology to tackle unmet drug screening needs, has closed a GBP2.14 million seed funding round led by Parkwalk Advisors. University of Cambridge Seed Funds, Martlet Capital, and angel investors also contributed to the