Microvisk Technologies, a developer of patented technology for monitoring blood coagulation for patients taking the drug Warfarin, has raised GBP2m from three new investors and current private and institutional investors. Based in Wales, and originally a spin-out company of the Science and Technology Facilities Council, Microvisk became an independent company
Hutton Collins Partners has refinanced its portfolio company Windsor Limited, a Lloyds insurance broker. The new senior debt facilities, provided by Clydesdale Bank, have enabled Windsor to repay the substantial majority of the capital used to finance the management’s take-private of the company in 2007. Hutton Collins, which provided GBP15m
Private equity house GI Partners has backed the launch of Elystan Capital Advisers, a Munich-based investment firm targeting mortgage backed assets and the mortgage banking sector in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. GI Partners will provide investment capital from its recently closed third fund, GI Partners Fund III, which closed at
The Receivables Exchange, an online marketplace for real-time trading of accounts receivable, has closed USD17m in series C financing led by Bain Capital Ventures, with additional commitments from existing investors Redpoint Ventures and Prism Ventureworks. The Receivables Exchange pioneered the online receivables financing marketplace in 2008 with the launch of
A group of investors comprising eVenture Capital Partners, Holtzbrinck Ventures and Rocket Internet have invested EUR4m in mycitydeal.co.uk. The site offers internet users the ability to combine their group buying power to obtain offers on local activities, restaurants and nights out at low prices. The business is being introduced to
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Jonathan Grayer, former chairman and chief executive of Kaplan, have launched Weld North. Weld North will identify acquisition opportunities and invest in and operate a variety of businesses in the consumer services, education, media, personal services and marketing sectors, among others. Grayer (pictured) served as chief
One of Peak Ridge Capital’s venture capital funds, the Peak Ridge AgTech Fund, has made its first equity investment in agricultural technology company Rapid Diagnostek. The initial investment is a USD4m series B syndicated investment, of which the AgTech Fund was the lead investor. Rapid Diagnostek is a privately-held diagnostics
Growth investor General Atlantic has agreed to make an equity investment in Markit, a financial information services company. The companies say the addition of General Atlantic as a shareholder positions Markit for long-term growth and adds an investor in financial sector innovation to Markit’s existing shareholder base. General Atlantic will
The market in 2009 offered distressed debt investors plenty of opportunities to cherry pick amongst troubled over-leveraged businesses and companies in distress, according to a report by Debwire. Opinions gauged from respondents to this year’s European Distressed Debt survey, produced in association with Cadwalader, FTI and Rothschild, indicate that although
The Central Valley Fund, a private investment fund focused on middle market California Central Valley companies, has made a mezzanine investment of USD3.75m in Quest Discovery Services. The capital was used to refinance Quest’s previous subordinated debt holder and to provide funds for acquisitions. Founded over 40 years ago, Quest
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