London-based growth investor SFC Capital has led a GBP 500,000 seed round for biotechnology startup Novai, a product of University College London. Founded by Professor Francesca Cordeiro from UCL and Imperial College London and headquartered in London, Novai was created through Wellcome Trust funding. The fresh capital will be used
Central Europe’s private equity markets are feeling the impact of Covid-19 – but there is more optimism than during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, suggesting the experience the region’s deal-doers have accumulated may buoy investments and create a basis for new deals, according to the latest Deloitte Central Europe Private
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led an investment through its managed VCTs, alongside the Scottish Investment Bank, in Quorum Cyber Security Limited (Quorum), a cyber security firm, providing professional and managed security services to companies across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. The funding will be
Strategic Partners, Blackstone’s secondary and fund solutions business, has held the final close on USD3.75 billion for Strategic Partners Infrastructure III and its related committed program vehicles (SP Infrastructure III). Blackstone says SP Infrastructure III is the world’s largest pool of capital dedicated to infrastructure secondaries. Verdun Perry, Senior Managing Director
Techmer PM, a designer and producer of engineered compounds and colour and additive concentrates for the plastics and fibre industries, has formed a strategic partnership with an affiliate of New York-based private investment firm SK Capital Partners.SK Capital, which manages a growing portfolio of companies focused on the specialty materials,
NEM Ventures, the venture capital and investment arm of the NEM blockchain ecosystem, has made a strategic investment in SharpShark, a blockchain-powered time-stamping solution that protects creators’ copyrights, while enabling the transfer and tokenisation of intellectual property, and the auto monitoring of violations.Kailin O’Donnell, Co-Founder and General Partner at NEM
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has purchased the rights to a portfolio of 5.9 MW to-be-constructed solar projects, developed by Ameresco, Inc. The portfolio consists of sites in Massachusetts and New Jersey. In Natick, MA, 0.6 MW is contracted to the off-taker, Natick Public Schools. In Princeton, NJ,
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has completed the acquisition of Spartronics from Sparton Corporation (Sparton). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headmade Materials, developer of the metal 3D printing process Cold Metal Fusion (Metal SLS), has completed a EUR1.9 million financing round. The sole investor is the Industrial Technologies Fund of btov Partners. The process of the Würzburg-based startup enables 3D printing for series production using low-cost 3D printers available on the
Bestport Private Equity (Bestport) has sold Oracle Care & Education Holdings Limited (Oracle). The deal is the latest for the Bestport LP Fund and generated a return of 3.3x the investment. Headquartered in Congleton, Cheshire and Silsoe, Bedfordshire, Oracle provides high-quality bespoke packages of care, education and therapy for young people
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