Deals
Kingfisher Investment Advisors has led a USD30 million Series B funding round in SkySafe, an airspace security and management technology company.
New investors Gaingels, and MIT alumni investment fund Castor Ventures also participated along with previous investor Andreessen Horowitz, who led the seed and Series A investments.
To date, SkySafe has raised USD45 million in total financing, and the fresh capital will be used to help further accelerate the company’s growth through strategic hiring, R&D, and expanded production of its airspace security system for commercial adoption.
nThrive, a healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform provider, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, has completed the acquisition of TransUnion Healthcare, the healthcare data and analytics business of TransUnion.
The unified business will offer healthcare organisations one of the most complete end-to-end RCM technology solutions available, streamlining patient access for better patient and financial outcomes, and empowering customers with increased predictability and confidence in their financial performance.
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund X has sold its investment in Belron, a specialist in vehicle glass repair and replacement.
Bain Capital Credit has acquired Project Frontier, which involves the sale of 95 per cent of the Mezzanine and Junior notes from a securitisation backed by a cEUR6 billion gross book value portfolio of non-performing exposures from National Bank of Greece.
Bain Capital Credit, Fortress Investment Group (Fortress) and doValue (doValue) have formed a consortium whereby funds and accounts managed by Bain Capital Credit and Fortress respectively acquired the Notes and doValue was appointed as the servicer of the securitisation.
Project Frontier is a landmark transaction, being the first large scale securitisation on a servicer-release basis, utilising the Hellenic
Stone-Goff Partners has exited its investment in Danforth Advisors (Danforth) following a private equity investment in the company by Avesi Partners, LLC.
Drawn to the company’s deep experience base and focus on the growing life sciences end market, Stone-Goff Partners invested in Danforth in 2018, alongside its founding partners.
Based outside of Boston, Danforth is the financial and operational backbone to hundreds of life science companies. Its services span wide-ranging needs, whether short or long term, including strategic advisory, accounting and operational finance support, financial planning and analysis, IPO preparation, post-public SEC compliance, clinical business operations management and strategic and
Funds advised by SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has acquire a majority shareholding in SEQENS, a pharmaceutical solutions and specialty ingredients companies.
SK Capital is investing alongside several other investors including Bpifrance, the French national investment bank, Nov Santé, Mérieux Equity Partners, Ardian, Eximium and the Company’s management team.
Concurrent with the acquisition, SEQENS entered a combination with Wavelength Pharmaceuticals, an existing SK Capital portfolio company which is also a global manufacturer and developer of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Additionally, prior to the closing, SEQENS divested certain non-core
Infarm, a rapidly growing urban farming company with a global presence, has raised USD200 million in a Series D funding round.
The investment included participation from existing and new investors, including the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) – which will support the company’s expansion to countries in the Middle East – Partners in Equity, Hanaco, Atomico, Lightrock, and Bonnier.
The additional capital will serve to expand the deployment of the company’s vertical farms in the US, Canada, Japan and Europe, and to enter new markets in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East with both in-store farming units and Infarm Growing Centers. In
Philanthropi, a company focused on democratising philanthropy through its “giving-as-a-service” platform, has raised USD4 million in funding from lead investor Amex Ventures.
This funding round, which included participation from Live Oak Centres and Darco Capital. will help Philanthropi advance its mission to let every individual create their own personal, charitable foundation.
Amex Ventures makes investments in companies that are driving forward the future of commerce, lifestyle, and financial services. Since its start in 2011, the company has invested in several startups that are now industry pioneers.
Helix Geospace, a specialist in antenna and RF (radio frequency) technology, has raised GBP3 million seed funding in a round led by Bloc Ventures, and supported by the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), managed by Midven, part of Future Planet Capital.
Several private investors including a group of sophisticated HNWI’s introduced by Tony Best, who’s background is in finance and high-end electronics manufacturing, also participated.
In addition to this GBP3 million round Helix has previously raised GBP2.5 million investment from UKI2S and angel investors, and has participated in Wayra UK’s Intelligent Mobility Accelerator programme and Seraphim Capital’s Space
Austrian venture capital firm eQventure has led a USD30 million investment round in USound, a global developer and manufacturer of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) loudspeakers for personal devices and wearable technology. Sound will use the funds to move into mass production of its second generation MEMS loudspeakers for several global companies.
Venture capitalists Hermann Hauser (co-founder of ARM) and Longzhong Yang (co-founder of BYD) also invested, while there was strong participation from the European Investment Bank too.
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