Bound Tree Medical has acquired Alliance Medical, Inc (AllMed). The acquisition advances Bound Tree Medical’s initiative to provide its customers with leading-edge equipment, supplies, pharmaceuticals, and value-added services.   Alliance Medical is a specialty distributor of emergency medical services (EMS) products, supplies, equipment and clothing. Headquartered in Jefferson City, Missouri,

Stanmore Implants (Stanmore), specialists in the design and manufacture of patient specific implants for complex orthopaedic reconstructions, has received GBP4m in equity investment from Imperial Innovations Group plc.
 
 This news follows the announcement in June that Stanmore had received US FDA 510k approval for its Juvenile Tumour System (JTS) non-invasive

ECO Plastics (ECO), a leading European plastic bottle recycler backed by Disruptive Capital and SAM Private Equity, has raised GBP24m from Ludgate Environmental Fund Limited and Close Brothers to fund its expansion.   The financing will allow ECO to double its production of food-grade recycled material (rPET) for soft drinks

JMI Equity, a private equity firm focused on investing in software, internet and business services companies, has made a strategic growth investment in BrightLine a leading producer of marketing services in the interactive TV space. Headquartered in New York City, BrightLine develops and executes advanced TV marketing strategies for global

Align Networks, Inc (Align) has received a significant investment from global growth equity firm General Atlantic LLC (General Atlantic). The transaction closed on July 18, 2011. Harris Williams & Co acted as the exclusive advisor to Align, a portfolio company of HIG Capital, LLC (HIG). The transaction was led by

Tikehau Capital Partners has acquired an interest through a share capital increase in Angelmar Corp, a subsidiary of Socatra Group for a total value of USD280m and is now the second largest shareholder in the owner of 37,000 DWT product tankers after Socatra. Angelmar Corp’s fleet is currently made of

HarbourVest Acquisition GmbH has extended its initial offer period for all bearer shares of Absolute Private Equity Ltd (Absolute) currently in circulation, until 26 July 11. This extension is due to an order of the Swiss Takeover Board (TOB) dated 15 July 2011, in which the TOB confirmed that the

The first half of 2011 has proved to be something of a hippo market for investors, with a sideways-moving market interspersed with short-term bouts of volatility emanating from Japan, the Middle East and the Eurozone. The average investment company was neither up nor down, with a GBP100 investment over six months

Munich Re and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) have partnered to acquire a 49% equity stake in the existing operating assets of Grupo T-Solar, the largest European solar photovoltaic (PV) power generator. Grupo T-Solar total capex to date for these assets has been EUR1,073m. The assets being acquired comprise