Scottish bio-tech company, BioCaptiva, has developed a novel next generation “liquid biopsy” technology device that could revolutionise the early diagnosis and monitoring of difficult to detect cancers. The University of Edinburgh spin-out has raised over GBP1 million in seed funding from Edinburgh-based business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, and Scottish Enterprise,
Blue Road Capital (Blue Road), an independent private equity firm making control investments in Americas-based agricultural production and supply chain companies, has acquired Natural American Foods (Sweet Harvest) from an affiliate of Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock). Moelis & Company LLC acted as financial advisor to Sweet Harvest on the
AURELIUS has acquired SSE Contracting Limited (SSEC) from SSE Plc in a complex carve-out of the multi-disciplinary Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) contracting business for an enterprise value of GBP27.5 million. As a standalone business SSEC is one of the biggest M&E contractors in the UK and Ireland providing mechanical, electrical,
Global private equity firm OpenGate Capital has acquired Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (Kongsberg) from Esko. Kongsberg is a manufacturer of digital cutting systems, a global developer of integrated software and hardware solutions for the packaging, label, and wide format sectors. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Established in 1965,
HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with over USD43 billion of equity capital under management, has completed the acquisition of SMTC Corporation (SMTC). Prior to the transaction, SMTC was publicly listed on NASDAQ. Founded in 1985, SMTC Corporation is a global Electronics Manufacturing Services (“EMS”) provider focused on
Private equity firm Genstar Capital has completed the sale of Worldwide Facilities (Worldwide), the fourth-largest wholesale insurance broker in the US, to Amwins Group (Amwins), a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services. Worldwide acts as a value-add intermediary between retail insurance agencies and specialty insurance companies and creates
Ancala Partners, an experienced investor in critical mid-market infrastructure, is to make a substantial further equity investment into Portsmouth Water, a regulated water business in the UK, to fund construction of the Havant Thicket Reservoir and support other growth projects. Alongside the additional funding, Portsmouth Water has signed a sustainability-linked
Sentinel Capital Partners (Sentinel), a private equity firm that invests in promising lower midmarket companies, has recapitalised TranSystems, a leading provider of engineering, architectural, and design consulting solutions for US transportation end markets. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. TranSystems plans, inspects, designs, and provides related services to
JPIN Venture Catalysts Ltd (JPIN VCATS), India’s specialist co-investor network has partnered with a cohort of investment leaders as part of a USD13 million raise for Chingari, a global innovator in mobile entertainment. The social media start-up serves as India’s homegrown short-form video app; progressing onwards from the raise,
GPD Companies, Inc (GPD), an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners, LLC (One Rock), has completed the previously announced acquisition of Distrupol, a leading European distributor of thermoplastics to the polymer processing industry, from Univar Solutions Inc (NYSE: UNVR). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Distrupol will become
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