Symetrica, a manufacturer of radiation detection products for military and homeland security applications, has closed a GBP4 million funding round. The round was led by Parkwalk, the leading investor in startups spun out of UK universities – with participation from other existing Investors and the management team – and includes a
Vitruvian Partners (Vitruvian) has closed Vitruvian Investment Partnership IV (VIP IV) at its hard cap of EUR4.0 billion. The hard cap was reached in under three months from formal launch of the fundraising.VIP IV is one of the largest funds focused on supporting high growth companies in the middle market.
Office Depot Europe, a portfolio company of Aurelius Equity Opportunities has agreed to sell its Spanish direct business unit, which runs on the commercial brand Viking, to strategic buyer Bruneau Spain, a subsidiary of the French Bruneau Group. Bruneau is a leading mail order company for office supplies headquartered in Villebon
Ardian has acquired a majority stake in Finaxy, a French multi-specialist B2B and B2C insurance broker, from European mid-market private equity firm, Equistone Partners Europe.Founded in 2009 under the leadership of Erick Berville, Finaxy has become a top 10 insurance broker in France following Equistone’s acquisition of a majority stake
BGF’s total H1 investment stands at GBP177 million, including GBP128 million into new portfolio companies and GBP49 million into existing portfolio companies. BGF backed 24 new companies in the first half of 2020, while completing eight exits. Some of its latest deals include British ceramics manufacturing company Emma Bridgewater, Bayfield
CORE Industrial Partners (CORE), a Chicago-based private equity firm, has formed a new platform called Incodema Holdings and completed the acquisitions of Incodema, a precision sheet metal engineering solutions provider, and Newchem (Newcut), a photo chemical etching manufacturer. The Company specialises in micro, intricate parts and serves customers from prototype through high-volume
The Riverside Company, a private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in GSB & Associates(GSB), a flavour house specialising in custom flavour development. The company has a diverse portfolio of liquid and powdered flavours, as well as complementary products such as masking agents and
PROfounders Capital and Calm/Storm Ventures have invested GBP1 million into sex therapy app Blueheart. The fresh capital will be used to expand the available suite of therapy sessions and advance therapeutic research, as well as improving the app’s AI capabilities. The app provides sex and relationship therapy based on
European venture capital (VC) deal value registered the third largest quarterly figure on record in Q2, an incredible achievement amid widespread economic uncertainty, according to data released by PitchBook.Pitchbook’s Q2 2020 European Venture Report reveals that, across Europe, investment in sectors brought to the forefront by the coronavirus pandemic such
Humanloop, a UCL spinout, has attracted investment from UCL’s Technology Fund (UCLTF). Based on the world-leading research of two notable academics at UCL’s AI Centre Humanloop is teaching AI to improve performance with 10 times less human training than existing systems.The UCLTF has invested in Humanloop to help the team,
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