Deals
Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP1.25 million growth capital investment into Fertility Focus Limited (FFL), a fertility monitoring technology company that has developed OvuSense, a registered medical device that enables women to predict ovulation.
The investment was led by Foresight on behalf of Foresight VCT plc and Foresight 4 VCT plc as part of a larger GBP2 million funding round, supported by new and existing investors including private High Net-Worth Individuals (HNWI’s).
Based in Warwick, FFL was established in 2005 to commercialise the intellectual property developed by a team from Bristol University that identified the ability to determine
Admo.tv, a TV and radio analytics platform, has raised a Series B funding round of EUR6 million led by Runa Capital, Entrepreneur Venture and Cap Décisif. The new round is in addition to a EUR1.5 million round completed in 2016 with Entrepreneur Venture and Kerala Ventures, bringing total investment in the company to EUR7.5 million to date.
Admo.tv will use the funds to accelerate its international expansion and continue to develop its market-leading platform. During 2019, the company intends to significantly grow headcount at its London office, and will open new offices in Spain and Germany.
In a vertical
Colony Capital is teaming with the existing management team to acquire the Abraaj Group’s private equity platform in Latin America.
The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter, subject to certain approvals. The Company will rebrand as Colony Latam Partners.
The company currently manages over USD500 million and has deployed over USD700 million across 22 investments since its establishment in Latin America in 2006. The Company’s core strategy is focused on growth equity investments in middle-market companies throughout the Pacific Alliance, a trade bloc consisting of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile. Together, these four countries have a
O’Melveny has represented AutoGrid, a specialist in flexibility management software for the energy industry, in an equity investment from Shell Ventures. The deal closed on 18 January.
This funding is an extension of a Series D investment round announced in September from a consortium of energy companies that includes CLP Group, innogy, National Grid, Ørsted, Tenaska, Energy Impact Partners, Envision Ventures, and Total Energy Ventures. The investment will help drive AutoGrid’s deployment of its energy industry software, AutoGrid’s Energy Internet Platform and AutoGrid Flex.
Based in Redwood City, CA, AutoGrid offers flexibility management applications that allow utilities, electricity retailers,
Browne Jacobson’s corporate finance team has advised Growth Intelligence on its successful GBP1.7 million investment round led by private capital investment group 24Haymarket and supported by existing venture capital investment fund MMC Ventures.
As part of the investment Stuart Dawson will join the Board as Chairman, along with Andy Robertson and Martin Brown.
Established in 2013, Growth Intelligence is a technology start-up that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) predictive marketing platform to assist B2B sales and marketing teams in analysing existing sales activity and recommending potential sales targets. Current clients include American Express, FedEx, Western Union, iZettle and Vitality Health.
One Equity Partners’ (OEP) portfolio company Simplura Health Group (Simplura), a provider of high-quality residential care services for elderly and disabled populations, has completed the acquisition of Personal In-Home Services (Personal In-Home).
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1991, the company provides a wide range of personal assistance to the elderly in West Virginia. Headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia, Personal In-Home’s operating subsidiaries, Panhandle Support Services and Select Home Support, provide help with managing activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, eating, grooming and mobility.
“This transaction leverages our strengths to
Aberdeen-headquartered SPEX Group Holdings Limited (SPEX Group) has secured a multi-million pound follow-on investment from its management team and BGF, to accelerate growth.
BGF originally invested GBP5 million in February 2014 to support the company’s expansion in international markets.
SPEX Group’s subsidiaries provide specialist explosive products and services to the oil and gas industry, including for downhole cutting, punching and abandonment.
Various SPEX Group subsidiaries have rapidly developed as leading specialist developers of downhole and subsea explosive products, developing a range of technology solutions for the oil and gas industry utilising a variety of engineering capabilities, including
Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) is making an investment in independent insurance brokerage firm Alliant Insurance Services.
The investment by the Canadian pension investment manager is joined by an additional investment from funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC. Following the transaction, funds managed by Stone Point will remain Alliant’s largest institutional shareholders, while the company’s management and producers will continue to own the majority of the firm.
“Alliant looks forward to partnering with PSP Investments as we enter this exciting new stage in our growth strategy,” says Tom Corbett, Chairman and CEO of Alliant. “Both PSP
Business lending platform Growth Street has raised a GBP7.5 million scale-up investment round led by the Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Limited (Merian Chrysalis).
Asset manager Merian Global Investors has joined forces with leading individual investors including Rob Rankin, former co-Head of Corporate Banking & Securities at Deutsche Bank, and Peter Brodnicki, CEO of the Mortgage Advice Bureau, in backing Growth Street.
Existing Growth Street investors are also contributing to the round, including Christiaen van Lanschot, who serves as Growth Street’s chairman, Paolo Cuniberti, former CEO of Mediobanca UK, and Pi Capital CEO David Giampaolo. Growth Street was advised by
Israeli startup Hailo, developer of a proprietary processing architecture for deep learning on edge devices, has expanded its Series A funding round to USD21 million.
Chinese venture capital firm, Glory Ventures, led the investment-round expansion and was joined by existing and other new investors. The investment will enable the company to expand its target markets into China and Hong Kong, complementing its existing markets in Europe, North America, Japan and Korea.
Hailo is also opening registration for the Hailo-8 Fast Track program to select customers and is offering these customers the opportunity to evaluate the initial samples of its
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