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Ufenau invests in Desperado

Ufenau Capital Partners, a privately owned Swiss Investor Group, has, in close collaboration with a highly experienced buy-in management team, invested in Desperado, a Mexican fast casual dining and bar operator in Switzerland. With 200 employees, Desperado offers high quality Mexican food and drinks in an entertaining atmosphere.   The

Branch Messenger closes USD10m in funding led by March Capital Partners

Branch Messenger, the employee self-service platform that offers enterprises unprecedented access to their frontline workers at scale while also empowering hourly shift workers to manage their work lives in real-time, has closed more than USD10 million in funding. The funding includes a recently closed USD6.8 million Series A funding round

WHIreland raises GBP5.5m through oversubscribed fundraising for Surgical Innovations

WHIreland has acted as sole bookrunner to Surgical Innovations Group, a designer and manufacturer of medical technology for minimally invasive surgery, on its GBP5.5 million fundraising.  The funds are being used in connection with the acquisition of Elemental Healthcare Limited, a UK-based specialist distributor of medical products, which has been

BGF invests GBP7.3 million in AIM-listed AdEPT Telecom Plc

BGF has invested a further GBP7.3 million in AdEPT Telecom (AdEPT). Headquartered in Tunbridge Wells and listed on AIM, AdEPT is a provider of unified communications and IT managed services. The new funding, alongside an existing debt facility, will support the acquisition of Atomwide Limited, a well-established UK based specialist provider

SHS invests in heart valve-repair start-up CoreMedic

SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement is investing in CoreMedic, a start-up developing transfemoral repair systems to treat heart valve malfunctions. SHS is investing from its fourth fund generation to finance CoreMedic’s further growth and the clinical application of its innovative products.   Mitral heart valve regurgitation (MR) is one of the

Baird Capital invests in Prescient Healthcare Group

Baird Capital, the direct investment arm of Robert W Baird & Co, has acquired an interest in Prescient Healthcare Group (Prescient), a product strategy consultancy to the global biopharmaceutical industry. As part of the transaction, Baird Capital Partner Andrew Ferguson and Principal John DiGiovanni will join the Prescient board of

Callsign raises USD35m Series A led by Accel and PTB Ventures

Callsign, an artificial intelligence-based authentication platform, has raised USD35 million in a Series A investment round led by global venture capital firm Accel and early-stage investor PTB Ventures. Allegis Capital and cybersecurity industry veteran David DeWalt’s NightDragon Security also participated in the round.   With the proliferation of data breaches,

Hollie Haynes, Luminate

Luminate makes StarCompliance investment

StarCompliance, a provider of enterprise compliance and regulatory software solutions for the financial services industry, has secured an investment from Luminate Capital Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, to support its global growth strategy. StarCompliance’s software platform helps financial services institutions manage, prevent, detect, report and resolve employee conflicts

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