Investors have rewarded the commercial success of Spotta’s smart pest systems with a USD1.18 million seed funding round. This investment reflects Spotta’s huge potential in global markets in farming, forestry, hospitality, and other sectors to solve the GBP320 billion (USD400 billion) problem of insect pests while dramatically reducing pesticide use.
Advent France Biotechnology and Invivo Ventures have invested EUR4.25 million into Valencia-based Arthex Biotech, a pre-clinical stage life sciences company focused on the development of next generation antisense RNA therapies. The latest round follows on from an initial seed round of EUR2.7 million by Invivo and CDTI-Innvierte in December 2019,
Trainor, a provider of electrical safety training, digital solutions and consultancy services to the global energy, renewables, power and grid, and maritime industries, has secured new investment from EV Private Equity to support its ambitious international expansion plans. The investment will see EV Private Equity become the majority shareholder, alongside Trainor
New digital deal platform dubbed Maksab has officially launched with the aim of helping corporate advisers and consultants serve and assist SMEs with streamlined deal-making through exclusive emerging transactions and efficient management features. Maksab connects advisors and private professional investors with SMEs that are seeking growth capital in a virtual environment.
Fund+, an investment firm focused on European Life Sciences companies, has led a EUR38 million Series B financing in new portfolio company, Indigo Diabetes (Indigo). Indigo is developing a novel ‘invisible’ continuous glucose monitoring device for diabetics. Jan Van den Bossche, Partner at Fund+, will join the Board. Indigo has
Sportstech specialist Sportside has secured backing to the value of GBP15million from impact investor Fortunis Capital Group.The ‘connect and play’ social app, scheduled to be launched in autumn, is a one-stop platform that lets people find their perfect sporting match, by age, ability or geography – and gives clubs and
Mid-market private equity house LDC has funded the GBP30 million merger of three cloud-based managed services businesses – DoubleEdge Professional Services, Foehn and Metaphor IT – to form Kerv.
Azora, a Madrid-based European private equity real estate manager, has raised EUR680 million for the launch of a new fund, Azora European Hotel & Lodging, EUR80 million above the Fund’s initial EUR600 million target. With a hard cap of EUR750 million, the Fund has an implied total capacity of more than
Cheney Bros, a family-owned, operated regional food distributor serving the Southeastern United States, has closed an investment by funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R).The investment will help fund the company’s continued expansion across its core markets, including, but not limited to, Florida and North Carolina. The Cheney family
GPF Capital has closed its twenty-fifth transaction since its launch in 2015 with the acquisition via capital increase of a 50 per cent stake in Peris Costumes, a Spainish company specialising in the rental of wardrobe equipment for films and TV series. The Company complements the rental of garments, accessories, and
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