Micropep technologies (Micropep), an agricultural biotech company developing breakthrough peptide-based biological products for agriculture, has raised EUR8.5 million (USD10 million) in an oversubscribed Series A investment led by new investor Supernova Invest with participation from FMC Ventures, and existing investors Sofinnova Partners and IRDI Capital Investissement. Based in Toulouse, France,
Eurazeo has entered into exclusive negotiations with the French infrastructure investor InfraVia for the sale of its 41 per cent stake in Grandir, an operator of nurseries and schools in France, Europe and North America. The closing of the deal is expected in the coming months. Through the sale of
Blockpit, a specialist in the development of legally compliant and audited tax reports for the treatment of crypto assets, has closed its USD10 million Series A funding round. The capital increase comes from no less than five internationally renowned investors from the FinTech and blockchain sectors. Among others, those venture
BGF has exited its investment in business travel management company Click Travel. The business has been acquired by global travel management platform, TravelPerk. Headquartered in Birmingham, Click Travel, is one of the UK’s fastest growing travel management companies. Its online booking platform reduces the cost and complexity of booking travel
Shamrock Capital (Shamrock) has held he final closing of Shamrock Capital Debt Opportunities Fund I (SCDOF I), a USD196 million fund focused on originating loan structures to owners of entertainment intellectual property rights. Shamrock’s debt fund targets owners of entertainment IP across the film, television, music, games, sports media rights
US Orthopaedic Partners (USOP), a comprehensive orthopedic care platform that provides the full continuum of musculoskeletal treatment to patients in the Southeastern US, is to enter into a strategic partnership with Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama. US Orthopaedic Partners is to partner with Andrews Sports Medicine &
StepStone Group Inc (STEP), a global private markets investment firm, is to acquire Greenspring Associates, a venture capital and growth equity platform, and certain of its related entities. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and receipt
LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, provided GBP180 million of investment to back eight new management teams and to support its portfolio companies in the first half of 2021. The firm said its eight new investments demonstrated an ‘increasing appetite and ambition for growth’ amongst the management
More than two-thirds (67 per cent) of private equity professionals expect to achieve higher returns this year than in 2020, with just 3 per cent expecting lower returns, according to Investec’s annual GP Trends survey. The research, which analyses the views of 219 private equity professionals around the world, reveals
Genstar Capital-backed Obsidian Insurance Holdings, an AM Best rated “A-” hybrid fronting group, has acquired admitted carrier, Western Home Insurance Company (Western Home), from Western National Mutual Insurance Company (Western National). The acquisition supports the company’s strategic growth plans and together with Obsidian’s existing admitted carrier, Obsidian Insurance Company, Western
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