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Nordic life science VC fund Eir Ventures holds first close on EUR76m

Nordic life science venture fund Eir Ventures has held a first close of its new fund, that will be focusing on healthcare innovation, on EUR76 million. Eir Ventures will invest in companies with products and technologies addressing unmet medical needs and a potential to improve the life of patients. “In

CAPZA acquires French fire safety specialist Eurofeu group

CAPZA, a private investment platform specialising in small and mid-caps, has acquired a majority stake in French fire safety specialist Eurofeu group. The investment was made alongside the founder, Michel Lahouati, the Managing Director, Philippe de Panthou, the new Chairman, Eric Hentgès, and the entire management team. The main objectives are

Mercia sells stake in Covid-19 antigen producer in GBP18 million deal

Specialist asset manager, Mercia Asset Management, has sold its stake in The Native Antigen Company, a leading producer of infectious disease reagents, to global life sciences tools company LGC for a total cash consideration of up to GBP18.0 million.Mercia has supported The Native Antigen Company since it commenced trading, investing from

Solon Management Consulting and Altman Vilandrie & Company merge to form Altman Solon

Strategy consulting groups Altman Vilandrie & Company and Solon Management Consulting have merged to form Altman Solon, which will focus exclusively on the Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) sectors. The news solidifies a decade-long partnership between the two firms to increase their global footprint and apply their experience and skills to

DWS and Northwestern Mutual Capital form private markets strategic partnership

Global asset manager DWS and Northwestern Mutual’s private markets division, Northwestern Mutual Capital (NMC), have formed a strategic partnership to identify and develop private market opportunities.NMC has been investing in private markets for more than 40 years, and the partnership represents a strong addition to DWS’s private asset offering to

HarbourVest Partners appoints CFO of firm’s management company

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has appointed Rob MacGoey as the chief financial officer (CFO) of the Firm’s Management Company. MacGoey will work alongside Karin Lagerlund, current CFO, who will focus on client and fund accounting, treasury and capital markets. “As our Firm has continued to grow, our

Deal-making

Pictet Alternative Advisors closes Monte Rosa V on USD1.164bn

Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA) has held the final close of Monte Rosa V, the fifth fund in a series of diversified, multi-manager private equity funds, at at USD 1.164 billion. Maurizio Arrigo, head of Private Equity at PAA, said that the capital raise positions Pictet as a “leader in the global

Aztec Group makes senior private equity appointments in Jersey

Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has made two new senior appointments to the Group’s Private Equity team –n Paul Watson has been appointed as a Director, while Alexandra Prince has assumed the role of Associate Director.With 20 years’ experience in international finance, Watson brings expertise in

EQT portfolio company SUSE acquires Rancher Labs

EQT portfolio company SUSE, an open source infrastructure software provider, has acquired Silicon Valley-based Rancher Labs, a Kubernetes container management platform. Together, the companies will be ideally positioned to support global enterprises in accelerating their transition from traditional on-prem IT infrastructures to hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, SUSE

Machine Labs raises GBP1m in seed extension round

Machine Labs has raised a Seed Extension round of GBP1 million (USD1.25 million) lead by Techstart Ventures alongside the founders, the angel investors Bill Dobbie and Richard Freedman, and the British Business Bank. 

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