Deals
Pontiff’s has led a EUR87 million Series A funding round in biotech company Emergence Therapeutics.
Existing and new investors also participated along with the Emergence Therapeutics management team which was advices by ARQIS.
Proceeds from this funding round will be used to advance the company’s next-generation antibody drug conjugate (ADC) targeting Nectin-4 to clinical proof-of-concept as well as the development of additional ADC programs. Antibody drug conjugates are among the most promising areas of research in the fight against cancer.
Muzinich & Co SGR, acting on behalf of Azimut ELTIF Capital Solutions Strategy, has invested EUR18 million in Italian textile producer Canepa.
Consumer growth investor Active Partners, with participation from existing angel investors, including John Ayton, Christian Woolfenden and Matt Barker, have invested GBP4 million in Subdial, a platform for trading pre-owned luxury watches.
The fresh funds from Active Partners will be used to enhance the digital experience for collectors, helping them navigate the platform more easily, as well as to bolster international expansion to accommodate demand.
eCOGRA, an independent and internationally approved testing and certification agency for the online gambling industry, has been acquired by Hanover Investors.
eCOGRA focuses on using its in-house certification methodologies and expertise to enable player protection, fair gaming and responsible conduct by operators and software providers through its Generally Accepted Practices (eGAP).
eCOGRA offers testing and inspection services, cybersecurity assessment, product certification and accredited ISO/IEC 27001 information security management certification. It is an approved testing agency and certification body for more than 30 jurisdictions across Europe, North and South America and Asia. It has also been approved to provide alternative dispute
German venture capital firm MIG Capital AG has closed a EUR22.5 million Series B funding round for Mimi Hearing Technologies, a specialist in hearing wellbeing and audio personalisation software.
The funding round is led by MIG Capital in a consortium with a larger Munich-based family office and Salvia, the family office of Helmut Jeggle, along with additional German family offices and existing shareholders.
Mimi licenses its science-based hearing enhancement technology to B2B customers including electronic device manufacturers and streaming providers. The additional funding significantly enhances their successful and ongoing efforts to deliver better and healthier hearing experiences to millions of
Depixus, a biotechnology company developing technology for the fast, accurate, and straightforward extraction of multiomic information from DNA, RNA, and proteins, has raised EUR30.6 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing.
CONET an IT consulting firm backed by private equity firm IK Investment Partners is to acquire Karlsruhe-based ISB AG.
Having both been successful individually in the IT services market for more than 30 years, the two companies will now benefit from complementary services and customer relationships, particularly in the public and automotive sectors. The acquisition of ISB AG was supported by IK Partners, CONET Group’s majority investor.
Financial terms of the transaction, which is subject to legal and regulatory approvals, have not been disclosed.
Dude Solutions, a SaaS provider of cloud-based operations management solutions, backed by Clearlake Capital Group (Clearlake), has acquired Facility Health (FHI), a solutions provider transforming physical environments through strategic capital and asset planning. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
The acquisition of Facility Health will expand Dude Solutions’ offering to midmarket and enterprise level healthcare organisations, strengthen the company’s North American footprint, and with its Strategic Asset Management (SAM) Capital Predictor solution, expand the complementary offerings to other industries.
Citizens M&A Advisory has served as the exclusive financial advisor to Black Diamond Networks on its recapitalisation by Tenex Capital.
Founded in 1999, Black Diamond is a provider of professional staffing solutions exclusively focused on scarce, high-end skill sets in advanced technical verticals. Black Diamond’s differentiated model focuses on rapid deployment of experienced, well-qualified personnel primarily within life sciences, as well as within the engineering and technology sectors.
Bregal Sagemount (Sagemount), a global private equity firm that specialises in backing growing companies to the Board and investor base, has made a significant equity investment in Transflo, a provider of mobile business intelligence and payments facilitation tools to the transportation sector, backed by tech-focused private equity firm True Wind Capital (True Wind).
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