Advent Life Sciences has closed its Advent Life Sciences Fund II (ALSF II), a GBP145.5 million (USD235 million) venture capital fund raised to seed and build life sciences companies in the UK, Europe and the US. The fund will back entrepreneurs and early-stage and mid-stage companies with the potential to
Infracapital, the infrastructure investment arm of M&G Investments and parent Prudential plc, has reached a final closing of its latest fund, Infracapital Partners II, with total commitments of GBP1.0 billion (USD1.6 billion). Co-investment pledges take the total investable funds to over GBP1.3 billion. As with its predecessor, Infracapital Partners LP,
Private equity firm GTCR is to sell portfolio company Devicor Medical Products to Danaher Corporation’s Leica Biosystems, a provider of anatomical pathology solutions and automation used to advance cancer diagnostics. Devicor is a medical device company specialising in products for use in breast biopsy procedures. The company is the global
IMSPEX Diagnostics Limited has completed its GBP1.4 million funding round led by Finance Wales and the Angel CoFund. The funds will be invested in establishing a group administration and sales team who will be based in Abercynon. IMSPEX acquired Dortmund based technology company G.A.S GmbH in January 2013. The subsidiary
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has closed Warburg Pincus Energy at USD4 billion, surpassing its fundraising target of USD3 billion and reaching the fund cap agreed with investors. Warburg Pincus Energy will be a companion fund to Warburg Pincus Private Equity XI, a USD11.2 billion global private equity fund, which
Marwyn Value Investors has entered into a placing letter to subscribe for GBP8.96 million of new ordinary shares in Haversham Holdings plc. Haversham intends to float on AIM, a London Stock Exchange market. This investment represents approximately 4.8 per cent of the NAV of the company’s ordinary shares (measured as
Private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners has acquired the Zemax division of Radiant Zemax, a provider of optical and illumination design software to design engineers. Zemax becomes the sixth company with licensable software in Arlington Capital's current portfolio, joining Advanced Health, Compusearch, Iron Data, Novetta, and Quantum Spatial. Zemax’s
Assets under management of Luxembourg domiciled funds reached EUR3,006.76 billion at the end of September 2014. This represents a 14.97 per cent increase since the beginning of this year and is mainly due to net sales. Marc Saluzzi, chairman of the Association of the Luxembourg Funds Industry (ALFI), says:
UK-headquartered international investment bank Altium has enjoyed a bumper third quarter, with the group’s deal values for the quarter exceeding GBP1bn. During the third quarter, Altium has completed 15 transactions worth a total of GBP1.2bn. Significant deals for the group during the period include advising on the sale of online
Atlantica Hotels International has been recapitalised with equity capital from Quantum Strategic Partners Ltd, a private investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management, Tao Invest, a private investment fund managed by Tao Capital Partners, and management. Paul Sistare, founder and CEO of Atlantica, says: "This is a positive move for
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