Merz Pharma has made a strategic venture investment in Cytrellis Biosystems, a US based company developing a new class of non-surgical products to combat sagging skin associated with ageing. Merz has joined a growing set of industry investors to back Boston-based Cytrellis Biosystems. The investment emphasizes Merz’ strategy to allocate
Venture capital firm Menlo Ventures has held the closing of the USD250 million Menlo Opportunity Fund, which will invest in early growth companies, typically Series B and C rounds, when the companies are at their initial inflection point. This is the first time Menlo Ventures has created a fund solely
European Buy & Build activity in 2015 reached its highest level since the first half of 2011, according to Silverfleet Capital’s annual European Buy & Build Monitor. The Buy & Build Monitor, which tracks global add-on activity undertaken by European headquartered companies backed by private equity, identified a provisional total
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has invested over GBP8 million in the management buyout of Vital Ingredient, a leading healthy food-to-go retailer, to support the roll-out of the group both within London and throughout the UK. Santander will provide a further GBP4 million of funding to support the expansion. Founder,
AnaCap Financial Partners, the specialist European financial services private equity firm, is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Barclays plc’s French retail banking and wealth businesses. Barclays will continue to operate its corporate and investment banking operations in France. Barclays’ French retail banking and wealth business operations are focused on
Health and hygiene company RayVio Corp has closed new funding rounds of in USD26 million in total led by IPV Capital and Tsing Capital. RayVio will use the new funding to scale production to meet global consumer demand for protection against germs in water and environments. RayVio’s powerful Ultraviolet (UV)
Dunedin backed EV Offshore (EV), which designs, manufactures and provides ruggedised video cameras that are used to diagnose and analyse problems in oil and gas wells, has completed its acquisition of Epidote Limited (“Epidote”). The transaction value has not been disclosed. Investment in the oil and gas industry
Windsor Circle, a provider of predictive lifecycle and retention marketing software and services for retailers, has raised USD4.1 million in an over-subscribed funding round, and secured a USD2.5 million line of credit from Square 1 Bank, a division of Pacific Western Bank. This latest funding will help Windsor Circle continue
Salvepar has increased ts stake in Asten Santé to 22.3 per cent of the capital and voting rights by acquiring a portion of the interest held by Gemmes Venture which remains the majority shareholder for EUR12 million. The Asten Santé group is a French multiregional homecare provider, from the voluntary
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised specialist European financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap) on the sale of UK online insurance distributor Simply Business, to New York-based Aquiline Capital Partners. Completion of the transaction is subject to the approval of the Financial Conduct Authority.
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