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Trilantic’s Orva appoints Chief Financial Officer

Orva, a full-service e-commerce platform specialising in the sale of footwear, apparel, accessories and home products from leading consumer brands and a portfolio company of Trilantic North America, has appointed Joseph Falcão as Chief Financial Officer. In this newly created role, Falcão will focus on scaling Orva’s financial infrastructure to

Goodlord builds acquisition fund with GBP27m of growth capital

Goodlord, a property technology company transforming the way people rent, has raised GBP27 million in its latest investment round, led by Highland Europe. Columbia Lake Partners, Finch Capital, Latitude, and Oxx also participated in the round.  Goodlord will use the investment to accelerate its ambitious growth plans, including potential acquisitions

LeapFrog Investments appoints Chairman

LeapFrog Investments, a Profit with Purpose investment firm, has appointed Dominic Barton as non-executive Chairman of its Management Board, effective 1 April. Barton was formerly Global Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company and was most recently Canada’s Ambassador to China. He accepts this appointment at an inflection point for the

Credit trade associations join forces with PRI on ESG credit harmonisation

The Alternative Credit Council (ACC), the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA), and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) are joining forces to align lenders and private equity sponsors to support material and consistent ESG data disclosure within the credit markets. This effort was kicked off last year by the

Palatine-backed tranScrip makes key acquisition

tranScrip, a fast-growing contract drug development organisation which supports the development and lifecycle of medicines, and a portfolio company of UK mid-market private equity investor Palatine, has acquired Dublin-based Real Regulatory, a highly respected business specialising in European regulatory affairs, quality systems and compliance for medical products. The strategic acquisition

Grünenthal and NovaQuest to advance RTX global Phase III programme

Grünenthal and NovaQuest, a life science investment firm with a focus on biopharmaceuticals, are to advance the global clinical Phase III programme of Grünenthal’s asset resiniferatoxin (RTX). The investigational medicine is being developed with the aim of providing patients suffering from pain associated with osteoarthritis with a well-tolerated, non-opioid therapy

Blackfinch Ventures exits first portfolio company, Candidate.ID

Blackfinch Ventures, part of Blackfinch Group and one of the fastest growing VCs in the UK, has exited its investment in Candidate.ID, a specialist in marketing automation technology for recruitment. The move follows the acquisition of Candidate.ID by iCIMS, the US-based talent cloud company, resulting in a strong return for

Caterpillar secures GBP450,000 in funding round led by Jenson Funding Partners

Caterpillar, a digital rewards app for health promotion, education and behavioural change, has secured GBP450,000 in funding from investors including VC firm Jenson Funding Partners. The healthtech company will use the funds to add new features to the app, expand the range of loyalty schemes it offers, and for other

PE-backed InMedica and MediCA Group complete EUR100m merger

Private medial chain In Medica, a portfolio company of INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund has completed a merger with MediCA Group in what is the largest combination in the Lithuanian healthcare clinic market to date. The newly combined company will have a turnover in the region of EUR90 million, with

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