Deals
Patchwork Health, a healthcare staffing platform founded by doctors, has raised GBP3.5 million in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures and BMJ New Ventures.
Founded in 2016 by NHS doctors Anas Nader and Jing Ouyang, Patchwork Health’s workforce technology and services are used by over 70 NHS sites to fill vacant shifts and offer staff flexible working, helping to stem the tide of clinicians leaving the health service due to burnout and poor work-life balance. The NHS currently has 90,000 vacancies and one -in-fove staff are considering quitting due to rising levels of stress and exhaustion.
Their services have
A medtech company, which has developed a new biomaterial used for 3D printing medical implants, has completed a GBP1.6 million funding round.
The investment into Nottingham-based 4D Biomaterials was led by DSW Ventures and backed by the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, Mercia’s own funds, and existing investor SFC Capital.
The funding will be used to develop a range of products through partnerships with medical device companies and expand its team with the creation of five new jobs at its premises in MediCity.
Open Road Integrated Media (OR/M), a leading marketing technology company, has acquired Bloodhound Books, an independent publisher specialising in eBooks.
Bloodhound Books has the ability to get the best fiction to market and has sold over six million books worldwide with top 10 best-sellers across the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. With this acquisition, the independent publisher will bring a unique network to the OR/M community and independent, successful authors to the partner content program, which will help fuel growth of the company.
OR/M powers a global eBook publisher network whose catalogue includes legendary authors such as William Styron, Alice
Just two weeks after its global launch, the Automotive Transformation Group has completed the acquisition of automotive industry software supplier SalesMaster.
Connecting consumers and vehicles, automotive ecommerce has thrived and accelerated in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, when many dealerships were closed around the globe. Having a strong online retail presence, from taking online deposits all the way through to fully end-to-end transactions, has become a prerequisite, along with seamless and integrated back office systems. The Automotive Transformation Group came to market earlier this month to drive such digitalisation even further, by revolutionising the entire vehicle sales process, with a
Westbridge portfolio company APEM Ltd has completed its first acquisition since receiving investment from the private equity firm in March 2019 to support a management buyout.
Following significant investment in support functions and material organic growth over the past 18 months, APEM has created a strong platform to support its planned buy and build strategy. Its acquisition of Woodrow, an environmental and sustainability consultancy based in County Sligo, Ireland will extend its geographic reach and expand its service offering. Headquartered in Manchester, APEM employs over 200 staff in 12 locations and provides environmental consultancy to public and private sector organisations
Relief Therapeutics Holding (Relief), a biopharmaceutical company seeking to provide patients therapeutic relief from serious diseases with high unmet need, has closed a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of AdVita Lifescience (AdVita), a Germany-based, privately held pharmaceutical company developing effective products and strategies to improve the treatment and diagnosis of rare lung diseases.
With the acquisition, Relief has gained additional pending intellectual property rights that may cover RLF-100TM inhaled formulation specifications and the potential application of inhaled aviptadil for the treatment of lung diseases such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), pulmonary sarcoidosis and checkpoint inhibitor-induced pneumonitis (CIP).
Pollen Street Capital and DBAY Advisors have confirmed that the previously-announced recommended offer for Proactis Holdings Plc (Proactis) has been accepted by a majority of shareholders, and as a result the Company has now been acquired by Cafe Bidco Limited and will be de-listed from the AIM sub-market of the London Stock Exchange.
NewQuest Capital Partners (NewQuest), a dedicated secondary private equity platform focused on the Asia-Pacific region, has acquired a minority interest in Kids Clinic India Private Limited, operator of the Cloudnine chain of hospitals across India.
The stake has been acquired through a combination of a primary investment and acquisition of a secondary stake from existing investors and other shareholders.
Cloudnine is India’s premium birthing centre for maternal, childcare and fertility care. The Company is headquartered in Bengaluru with 16 facilities spread across in Gurgaon, Noida, Chandigarh, Panchkula, Chennai, Mumbai and Pune.
Amit Gupta, Partner and Head of India and Southeast
Hedgehog Markets, a decentralised prediction markets platform built on the Solana blockchain, has raised USD3.5 million in a seed funding round.
Investors include prominent venture and digital asset firms Reciprocal Ventures, Republic Labs, Alameda Research, Divergence Ventures, MGNR, and Manna. Hedgehog also received a grant from the Solana Foundation.
Hedgehog will use the new funding to propel its mainnet launch (the platform is currently in open beta), bring on additional key talent, and continue reaching development milestones. Not only will Hedgehog have evolved from idea to live product in less than a year, but it will also be the first
Galway Sustainable Capital (GSC) has entered into a new, broad-based funding partnership with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, (Oaktree).
Under the terms of the deal, GSC secured a minority equity investment and closed a new, multi-year, multi-tranche credit facility with Oaktree. GSC is private equity backed by lead investor Cordillera Investment Partners. GSC was founded in 2020 by three experienced ESG professionals who collectively bring over 50 years of expertise in structured finance, sustainable infrastructure, and yield-oriented investments. GSC provides flexible, full stack debt and equity capital solutions to support companies, developers and sponsors that are accelerating the transition
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