Deals
Gresham House Ventures – a growth equity investor specialised in software and digitally driven businesses in the healthcare, consumer and services sectors – has invested GBP2.25 million into Metrion Biosciences, a contract research organisation (CRO) catering to the drug discovery market.
Metrion Biosciences (Metrion) is a specialist contract research company providing drug discovery services to the worldwide pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. The Company is a leader in the field of ion channel biology and works with life science companies to assess the activity of innovative new compounds on human ion channels associated with disease, as well as to screen potential
Cyance, a provider of global, third-party intent data, has secured a new round of additional funding from existing investors — including Blackfinch Ventures and Nexus Investments — in the amount of GBP860,000.
The funding follows a period of significant growth for the startup company with revenues increasing by 18 per cent and customer value rising by 30 per cent in the past year, in spite of the pandemic.
The company will leverage the funding to continue to grow its internal team, which has already doubled in size over the last 12 months. It will also be used to accelerate the
SK Capital Partners, LP, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has completed its previously announced acquisition of IPACKCHEM Group SAS (IPACKCHEM), a specialist in sustainability-oriented barrier packaging.
Founded in 1987 by Jean-Philippe Morvan as a division of Air Products Group, IPACKCHEM is a leading global supplier of innovative and specialised barrier packaging solutions. IPACKCHEM’s leading market positions in the Crop Protection and Specialty Chemical markets are further underscored by its commitment to providing 100 per cent recyclable plastic barrier packaging. IPACKCHEM is headquartered in Paris, with global operations spanning seven countries and four
Capital Alignment Partners, NewSpring, Petra Capital Partners, and Tecum Capital (the SBIC capital syndicate), in partnership with Silver Palm Capital Healthcare Partners, has acquired Aging With Comfort, a Philadelphia-based home care agency that provides personal care assistance for elderly and disabled clients.
Aging With Comfort’s in-home care team works with clients’ families to build customised care plans based on their specific needs, including personal grooming, medication reminders, meal planning, housekeeping, and much more. The company also onboards, trains, and manages home caregivers to ensure clients receive the highest quality care possible and caregivers remain compliant with state and federal laws.
Mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge has acquired Correla, an technology and data services business that aims to help create a less complex and more sustainable energy sector.
The acquisition will see NorthEdge acquire Correla, following the divestment of the subsidiary by the Gas Industry’s Central Data Service provider Xoserve. The divestment will see Xoserve become a specialised contract management and assurance company as part of a restructure of its existing operations, undertaken to best serve the changing needs of the gas industry and its stakeholders.
Correla was created to fuel innovation in the centre of the gas market and
O’Melveny has advised rfXcel Corporation, a specialist in digital supply chain traceability solutions, on its acquisition by Antares Vision Group, an Italy-based global provider of intelligent track & trace, inspection and smart data management solutions for the life science and food & beverage sectors.
The transaction closed on 31 March, 2021.
Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, rfXcel provides leading-edge software solutions to help companies build and manage their digital supply chain, lower costs, and protect their products and brand reputations.
Listed the AIM Italia market of the Italian Stock Exchange, Antares Vision Group guarantees the protection of products, people and brands
Scottish bio-tech company, BioCaptiva, has developed a novel next generation “liquid biopsy” technology device that could revolutionise the early diagnosis and monitoring of difficult to detect cancers.
The University of Edinburgh spin-out has raised over GBP1 million in seed funding from Edinburgh-based business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, and Scottish Enterprise, to help develop the technology.
To prepare the company for this next stage in its development, BioCaptiva has appointed Dr Frank Armstrong FRCPE as non-executive chairman and Dr Stephen Little as a non-executive director.
BioCaptiva has developed a medical device that captures cfDNA (circulating free DNA) from the
Blue Road Capital (Blue Road), an independent private equity firm making control investments in Americas-based agricultural production and supply chain companies, has acquired Natural American Foods (Sweet Harvest) from an affiliate of Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock).
Moelis & Company LLC acted as financial advisor to Sweet Harvest on the transaction.
Based in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, Sweet Harvest is a natural sweeteners platform and one of the largest honey processors in North America. The Company operates three BRC AA rated facilities in Minnesota, California, and Michigan and serves retailers, distributors, and consumer packaged goods companies nationally. Sweet Harvest employs a
AURELIUS has acquired SSE Contracting Limited (SSEC) from SSE Plc in a complex carve-out of the multi-disciplinary Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) contracting business for an enterprise value of GBP27.5 million.
As a standalone business SSEC is one of the biggest M&E contractors in the UK and Ireland providing mechanical, electrical, rail, street lighting and high voltage engineering services to install and maintain key infrastructure.
Operating from its nationwide network, SSEC has around 1,900 employees and high voltage (HV) engineers that provide essential energy infrastructure for a range of public and private sector clients, including hospitals and schools. It is
Global private equity firm OpenGate Capital has acquired Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (Kongsberg) from Esko.
Kongsberg is a manufacturer of digital cutting systems, a global developer of integrated software and hardware solutions for the packaging, label, and wide format sectors. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Established in 1965, Kongsberg is a specialist in providing high speed, clean, precision cutting for packaging, signage, and display purposes with operational facilities in Belgium, Czech Republic, and Norway.
OpenGate Capital’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Nikou says: “With the heightened focus on digitisation in the industrial sector, Kongsberg is well positioned
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