Creathor Venture is leading a financing round for Helsinki, Finland-based Blueprint Genetics, a provider of clinical genetic testing for the diagnosis of inherited diseases, leveraging a proprietary AI-enabled sequencing and interpretation platform. The start-up will receive a total of up to EUR14 million from an international syndicate of investors including
Foresight Group has made a GBP2.25 million growth capital investment in Cinelabs International on behalf of Foresight VCT. Cinelabs is a leading post-production service provider to content creators and owners, with special expertise in film. Led by industry veterans Adrian Bull and John Mahtani, Cinelabs offers a full suite of
European SME lender iwoca, and Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo, are partnering to provide Intesa’s SME clients with new credit products to bridge the funding gap and support growth. The partnership will leverage iwoca’s market leading SME lending platform and Intesa’s expertise in building banking operations across Italy, Central Europe, Eastern Europe,
Palatine Private Equity has invested in The Bunker, a provider of ultra-secure managed IT services to mid-market UK companies. The transaction sees Palatine back the current management team, led by Phil Bindley, with Andy Hague joining the business as Group CEO. The deal is the fifth deal out of Palatine’s
PNC Bank has appointed James Petersen as senior vice president and business development officer in it’s senior secured financing team. Based in Los Angeles, Petersen is responsible for business development with private equity firms and middle-market companies, originating asset-based and cash flow loans in southern California. Paterson joins PNC
Progressio Investimenti II Fund has completed its acquisition of Garda Plast. Garda Plast a producer of preforms in PET for mineral water, soft drinks and detergents. Established in 1996 by the Tonoli Family, due to their extensive experience in the mineral water sector as bottlers, Garda Plast quickly emerged as
Z Capital Group, an alternative asset manager focused on opportunistic, value-oriented private equity and credit funds, has appointed of Alexander Apponyi as a Managing Director and European Head of Investor Development. Apponyi will be based in London and will lead Z Capital’s European investor development efforts. Apponyi joins Z
Investors deployed USD21.78 billion to 1,958 US venture-backed companies during the second quarter, marking a significant uptick from the first quarter in capital invested while the number of companies receiving investment was stable, according to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. Through the first six months of the year, 3,876 companies received
Mergermarket Group, a provider of business intelligence and research for fixed income, transactions, infrastructure, compliance and equities, has re-launched under the brand name Acuris. The Company is globally recognised through its unique portfolio of brands, with 700+ reporters, analysts and developers covering financial markets throughout Europe, Asia and the United
Drayson Technologies Limited has reached a Five-Year Strategic Research Agreement (SRA) with the University of Oxford (OU) and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) in the field of digital health. The Licensing deal could see millions of NHS patients benefit from the commercialisation of cutting edge technologies invented in
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