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Radiology technology start-up Hexarad has completed its Series A funding round with an additional raise of £2.2 million led by Foresight Group. This is in addition to £2.3 million Hexarad raised in 2021, bringing the full raise to £4.5 million.
Foresight Group also invested in 2021, while additional angel investors including healthcare leaders Sachin Agrawal based in the US and Henry Carleton based in the UK, also participated in this latest round.
Hexarad is an early stage, high growth healthcare technology company, providing technology-driven solutions to boost radiology capacity and address the key causes of diagnostic delays. Headquartered in London,
CEEZER, a B2B marketplace for carbon credits, has closed a €4.2 million funding round, led by Carbon Removal Partners with participation fro Norrsken VC and existing investor Picus Capital.
After announcing a seven-figure pre-seed in April, CEEZER quickly built a unique offering for corporates to integrate both carbon removal and avoidance credits in impact-optimised portfolios. To do so, it leverages over 1.5M data points on the carbon market to guide buyers with the latest info on credit quality, availability, and prices. With its unique, direct trade infrastructure, CEEZER enables sellers to reach the right buyers without using resellers – to
International warehouse safety, impact protection and storage equipment provider IWS Group has secured a significant minority investment from LDC, to support its continued buy and build strategy.
IWS Group provides essential products and services to the global warehousing, logistics and material handling sectors.
LDC will back the existing management team, led by CEO Jeroen van den Berge and Director Tim Lacey to continue its acquisitive growth strategy, having made four acquisitions in the last four years. The business is looking to acquire complementary businesses that expand its range of products and services and enhance its international footprint, particularly in Europe.
Inflexion has now completed over 50 exits since its inception, collectively returning over £4.5 billion to investors and delivering a realised return of 3.6x and a 39% IRR.
In the first eight months of 2022 alone, Inflexion has announced ten exits including Alcumus, Marley, Phenna, Succession and Virgin Experience Days, with a total enterprise value of over £3.6 billion. These companies more than doubled their EBITDA during the period of Inflexion’s investment.
Three core fund strategies differentiate Inflexion’s offering: the majority ownership Buyout Fund; Partnership Capital, dedicated to minority investments; and Enterprise Fund, catering specifically to the lower mid-market. These
Pan-European private equity investor Oakley Capital’s Oakley Capital Origin Fund is partnering with the founders of vLex, a cloud-based legal information subscription platform.
Founded by brothers Lluis and Angel Faus and headquartered in London, Miami and Barcelona, vLex provides over two million users with access to an online library of global legal and regulatory information including case law, legislation, journals and dockets from over 100 countries. vLex’s scalable and smart data ingestion process, coupled with AI-powered search engine functionality makes research and analysis faster and easier, increasing productivity for users. The Company’s diverse customer base includes law firms, universities and
SOS Leak Detection, a provider of non-destructive escape of water detection and remedial services working primarily with the insurance sector, has funded its primary buyout by securing an equity investment from YFM Equity Partners (YFM).
The buyout was led by Jamie Nash, managing director, who has extensive experience of the sector, having worked in the industry for over 30 years. Nash will be supported by incoming chair Stuart Black, and founders Nik Day and Brad Wilby, who will remain significant investors in the business and will continue to provide strategic and business development support.
Established in 2011, SOS Leak Detection
Ark Kapital – a data-driven precision finance company – has doubled its equity funding from €15 million to €30 million in an acceleration round, six months after closing one of Europe’s biggest seed rounds at €165 million.
The new round was led by banking icon Annika Falkengren with participation from all seed investors (LocalGlobe, Creandum) and angels (Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen, Zettle founder Jacob de Geer, EQT Ventures founding partner Hjalmar Winbladh, founder of Embark Studios Patrick Söderlund).
The company also welcomed a new angel investor on board – one of the worlds most prominent gaming founders, Timo Soininen of
Apricity, a UK-based virtual fertility clinic, has raised €17 million in a Series B round led by MTIP, the Swiss healthtech investor, with participation from Barcelona-based specialist consumer fund Iris Ventures.
The new funds will be used to accelerate Apricity’s growth in the UK, expand geographically (to Spain before the end of the year, followed by Germany and Italy), and further develop its technology, as it continues on its mission to become the leading fertility player in Europe. This includes expanding its at-home services to include at-home ultrasound scans in select areas.
Launched in the UK in 2018 and originally
Cleantech startup Penrhos Bio, which aims to revolutionise global industry with its anti-biofilm technology, has secured £1 million investment with the support of St Andrews-based impact investment firm Eos Advisory.
The investment will accelerate the commercialisation of its patented platform technology, Remora, developed in collaboration with Unilever, that protects surfaces against bacteria, fungi, and algae. Remora provides a real and sustainable alternative to disinfectants and antimicrobial agents in domestic and industrial settings.
Founded in 2019, Penrhos Bio is already working with multiple corporate partners in industries including agritech, marine, renewables, and healthcare ahead of its first phase of commercialisation.
MRH Trowe (MRHT), an owner-managed commercial lines insurance broker in Germany, and a portfolio company of AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), a specialist mid-market private equity investor in financials, technology and related business services, has acquired a majority stake in afm Holding AG (afm), a top-25 industrial insurance broker with a long operating history in the country.
afm is based in Hamburg and has been a key player in the German insurance landscape for almost 30 years. It serves more than 70,000 clients across the commercial and high-value private customer segments of the market. With 200 employees, including a network of
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