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Ancor Capital Partners acquires STATinMED Research

Ancor Capital Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm, has acquired STATinMED Research, a medical technology company in the health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) industry. The transaction, which was finalised on 7 September, represents Ancor’s largest acquisition to date. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   As one

Beekeeper raises additional USD13m in Series A funding

Beekeeper, a communication and operations platform for frontline workers, has raised an additional USD13 million as a part of its Series A extension round. Atomico and Keen Venture Partners led the round with a diverse group of strategic investors including Samsung NEXT, Edenred Capital Partners (ECP), and Swiss Post who

Capvis holds final closing of Capvis V

Capvis, a mid-market investor in Europe, has held the final closing of Capvis Equity V LP (Capvis V) with capital commitments of just under EUR1.2 billion, comfortably in excess of both its target of EUR1.0 billion and the EUR0.7 billion size of Capvis Equity IV LP. Capvis V attracted capital

Prudential Capital Energy Partners raises USD343 million for first energy mezzanine fund

Prudential Capital Energy Partners has completed fundraising for its first energy mezzanine fund, Prudential Capital Energy Partners Fund I, closing at USD343 million. Prudential Capital Energy Partners (PCEP) is the middle-market energy mezzanine fund business sponsored by Prudential Capital Group, the USD81.4 billion private capital arm of PGIM, the USD1

Westhook Capital raises USD140m for debut PE fund

Westhook Capital (Westhook), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused exclusively on the lower middle market, has held the final closing of its inaugural fund, Westhook Capital Partners, with USD140 million in commitments. Westhook is led and founded by industry veteran Michael Hooks, who was previously the co-founder of Black

Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet, Ibis Capital

Ibis Capital to launch education technology SPAC

Ibis Capital, profiled in AlphaQ, a specialist education technology alternative investment manager, is to launch the world’s first education technology special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. The new company will be called EdTechX Holdings and will list on Nasdaq, according to a regulatory filing.   ExTechX Holdings intends to build a

Lewellyn Technology and Predictive merge to form new reliability and safety platform

Cleveland-based Predictive Service (Predictive) has merged with Align Capital-backed Lewellyn Technology (Lewellyn). ACP acquired a majority stake in Lewellyn last November. This new combination creates a predictive maintenance, safety, and repair services platform designed to reduce operating costs, improve equipment utilisation, and ensure safety for customers worldwide.   At the

Aretex Capital Partners invests in Building Energy

Private equity firm Aretex Capital Partners (Aretex) has invested in Building Energy 1 Holdings (Building Energy) through its inaugural fund. Building Energy is a global independent power producer of renewable energy. Building Energy is the third investment for Aretex since its inception in 2018. Aretex has acquired the stake from

Gide advises Launchmetrics on USD50 million funding round

Gide has advised Launchmetrics, the company resulting from the merger between Augure and Fashion GPS in 2016, on a USD50-million funding round led by Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund, with participation from Seventure, the Courtin-Clarins family, and German fund Cipio Partners. Gide’s team was headed by partner David-James Sebag, working with

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