Regulatory incubator Sturgeon Ventures and investment adviser RoboCap have launched the RoboCap UCITS Fund, a pure-play robotics fund designed to give investors access to the opportunities created by robotics and automation technology. Jonathan Cohen, Managing Partner, RoboCap, says: “Robotics and automation are creating disruptive changes in every single industry. But
Technology infrastructure provider Six Degrees Group (6DG) has launched a GBP12 million organic investment programme to support the company’s business growth plans for 2016. The substantial additional capital investment comes six months after funds managed by Charlesbank Capital Partners acquired 6DG with the goal of building the UK’s largest mid-market managed
Zipnosis has raised a USD17 million Series A financing round led by Safeguard Scientifics with participation from Ascension Ventures, a subsidiary of Ascension, along with existing investors Fairview Health Services, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Arthur Ventures, Waterline Ventures and Omphalos Ventures. Proceeds will be used to expand Zipnosis’ sales and
Ipes has entered into an agreement with KPMG to provide investors with certain services, including developing and marketing services to support investors throughout the lifecycle of the funds in which they invest. As the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) expands into the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), the services will
Beechbrook Capital has held the first close of its inaugural UK SME Credit Fund, with commitments of more than GBP100m. The fund will support UK small and medium-sized businesses with a turnover of between GBP10 million and GBP100 million and EBITDA of more than GBP1 million. Among the institutional investors
Monomoy Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on deep value investing and operational improvement in the lower middle market, has acquired Construction Resources, and Builder Specialties. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The combination of the two businesses under the Construction Resources name creates a new specialty
US mid-market private equity firm Highlander Partners has soid ZREW Transformatory, its portfolio company in Central Europe, to R&S International Holding, a private equity owned Swiss producer of electrical products and systems for the power distribution and electrical infrastructure market. ZREW complements the portfolio of the Swiss Rauscher & Stoecklin
Emperra has completed a Series B financing round of USD3.1 million, with Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC), a corporate venture capital company of the Bosch Group, joining the existing investors Peppermint VenturePartners and Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg. The funds will be used for further product development and to accelerate
21 Concordia, the Warsaw-based, Polish branch of 21 Partners, has acquired a majority stake in Wójcik Fashion, a leading Polish high-end childrenswear company. Founded by Ilona Wójcik in 1987, Wójcik manufactures and sells its products under three brands: Wójcik – a prime, well-known Polish brand comprised of casual clothing for
Almirall, a pharmaceutical company based in Barcelona, has exercised a call option to acquire 100 per cent of the share capital of ThermiGen, a privately held medical aesthetics technology company and a developer and manufacturer of thermistor-regulated energy systems for plastic surgery and aesthetics dermatology applications. In September 2015, Almirall
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