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REOptimize Systems start-up closes GBP300k equity seed funding to drive turbine technology commercialisation

23 June 2021

University of Edinburgh start-up REOptimize Systems, has completed a seed funding round to accelerate the commercialisation of its ground-breaking wind turbine improvement technology. Enhanced by proprietary Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, this breakthrough innovation will maximise energy production on commercial wind turbines. REOptimize has concluded a GBP300,000 equity seed funding made

GoStudent becomes Europe’s newest Ed-Tech unicorn with EUR1.4bn valuation

23 June 2021

Vienna-based Ed-Tech scale-up GoStudent, which provides one-to-one video-based online tutoring, has hit unicorn status less than 2.5 years after finding its current business model, following a successful Series C funding round of EUR205 million.

Present-Life sells Healist Advanced Naturals to Kadenwood

23 June 2021

Global beauty and wellness company Present Life has sold its brand Healist to leading US CBD lifestyle company Kadenwood. In a simultaneous move Present Life owner The Craftory is investing in Kadenwood thereby creating a new partnership intended to disrupt the industry status quo. “Healist’s mission is to help people

Foresight invests GBP3m of growth capital in global healthcare software provider NorthWest EHealth

23 June 2021

Foresight Group, a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has invested GBP3.0 million of growth capital into NorthWest EHealth Limited (NWEH), providers of software and services to the clinical trials market. Established in 2016, NWEH grew out of a collaboration between the University of Manchester, Salford Royal Foundation NHS

PAI Partners to acquire Pasubio from CVC Capital Partners VI

23 June 2021

European private equity firm PAI Partners (PAI) is to acquire Pasubio, a specialised provider of premium leather for the automotive industry, from CVC Capital Partners VI (CVC). Headquartered in Vicenza, Italy, a renowned leather district, Pasubio is a leading European leather manufacturer, which produces high quality leather products for car

Bridges Evergreen partners with Skills Training UK

23 June 2021

Bridges Evergreen (Evergreen), a specialist long-term investment partner for mission-driven organisations, has acquired a majority stake in Skills Training UK, an independent skills training provider. Skills Training UK is one of the leaders in its sector – it has a long track record of growth and achievement in the design

Leukocare secures USD17.5m in funding round led by Petrichor

23 June 2021

Leukocare AG, a biotechnology company specialised in the field of biopharmaceutical formulation development, has closed a USD17.5 million (EUR 14.6 million) financing, led by Petrichor Healthcare Capital Management, with participation from existing Leukocare shareholders. The financing consists of a USD15 million convertible loan and a USD2.5 million equity investment from

Godspeed Capital acquires Austin Brockenbrough & Associates

23 June 2021

Godspeed Capital Management (Godspeed Capital) has acquired Austin Brockenbrough & Associates (Brockenbrough), an architecture, engineering, and surveying company which supports Federal, State, and Municipal Government clients. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The newly acquired Company will join Godspeed Capital’s existing portfolio company, Prime Engineering, (Prime)

BGF makes cornerstone investment in Artisanal Spirits’ IPO

23 June 2021

BGF has completed a cornerstone investment in The Artisanal Spirits Company plc, a specialist retailer of premium single cask, single malt Scotch whisky and other spirits, as part of its admission to trading on AIM. The admission took place on 4 June 2021. Headquartered in Edinburgh, The Artisanal Spirits Company

Peterson Real Assets makes growth equity investment in Crossroads Paper

22 June 2021

Peterson Real Assets, a subsidiary of Peterson Partners, Inc, has made a growth equity investment in Crossroads Paper, a 100 per cent recycled paper mill to be built in the Mountain West to serve the growing demand for e-commerce, agricultural and industrial packaging in the Western United States. “Crossroads Paper

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Funds

REOptimize Systems start-up closes GBP300k equity seed funding to drive turbine technology commercialisation

GoStudent becomes Europe’s newest Ed-Tech unicorn with EUR1.4bn valuation

Present-Life sells Healist Advanced Naturals to Kadenwood

Foresight invests GBP3m of growth capital in global healthcare software provider NorthWest EHealth

PAI Partners to acquire Pasubio from CVC Capital Partners VI

Bridges Evergreen partners with Skills Training UK

Leukocare secures USD17.5m in funding round led by Petrichor

Godspeed Capital acquires Austin Brockenbrough & Associates

BGF makes cornerstone investment in Artisanal Spirits’ IPO

Peterson Real Assets makes growth equity investment in Crossroads Paper

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