UgenTec, a medical technology company that has developed an AI-driven polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis and workflow software, has closed a USD9.3 million (EUR7.5 million) funding round. UgenTec automates and standardises high-throughput molecular diagnostics, particularly PCR. PCR analysis is a widely-adopted method for analysing DNA. It has enabled molecular laboratories
SK Capital, a private investment firm focused on the chemicals, specialty materials, and pharmaceuticals sectors, completed its previously announced acquisition of the Fire Safety and Oil Additives businesses of Israel Chemicals Ltd (ICL). The businesses have been renamed Perimeter Solutions (Perimeter) and will be headquartered in St Louis, Missouri. Edward
Pandion Mine Finance, an investment firm backed by MKS PAMP Group and Ospraie Management, that provides flexible financing solutions to developing mining companies, has closed its inaugural fund, Pandion Mine Finance Fund (PMFF) at USD175 million. Pala Investments Limited committed capital to PMFF. PMFF seeks to identify attractive investment
Midaxo, a Finnish developer of a cloud M&A platform, has closed a EUR12.9m funding round comprising EUR10.3m for the company and EUR2.6m for the existing shareholders – led by major growth investor Idinvest Partners, with the participation of the existing investors Tesi and EOC Capital. This B round brings Midaxo’s
Moneysupermarket.com is to acquire BGF-backed Decision Tech following a period of acquisitive expansion and growth. As part of the deal, BGF, which has backed the company since 2012, will exit its minority equity investment. Decision Tech is a market leading business in price comparison for home communications. In addition to
Hasa, a portfolio company of middle market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital, has acquired Inter Valley Pool Supply (IVPS), a leading packager and distributor of water treatment chemicals. Headquartered in Pomona, California, IVPS packages and distributes high-quality water treatment products and has operated as a licensed distributor of Hasa-manufactured
GCA Altium has acted as exclusive financial advisor to FTSE 100 chemicals firm Croda on the acquisition by its subsidiary Croda Europe of research and development company Plant Impact plc. The transaction was announced initially in February and has now become effective by means of a scheme of arrangement between
Equistone Partners Europe has completed the management buyout of WHP Telecoms, a provider of professional services to the mobile telecoms infrastructure sector, from Palatine Private Equity. WHP is the leading provider of end-to-end services for the planning, design, acquisition, deployment, upgrade and maintenance of mobile network masts, antennae and base
Century Bridge Capital’s Century Bridge China Real Estate Fund has successfully exited and repatriated the proceeds from its investment in Dalian, China. The fund closed on its GBP24.5 million investment in the GBP87 million development in January 2015 in joint venture with regional developer, Dalian Guanxin Investment Corporation.
Investors in the Assetz Capital platform are yet to be convinced by cryptocurrencies, with just 16 per cent seeing them as worthwhile investments. The peer-to-peer lending platform canvassed the views of its investors in the Q1 Assetz Capital Investor Barometer. Some 43 per cent believe the entire market is on
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