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Salveo Capital, an alternative investment firm specialising in the legalised cannabis space, has acquired a minority equity interest in PathogenDx, a provider of DNA-based pathogen testing kits for the cannabis, botanical, food and agriculture industries.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2014, PathogenDx’s mission is to deliver disruptive testing technology and solutions to the cannabis, botanical, food and agricultural testing markets that provide breakthrough simplicity, and cost-effectiveness, at an adaptable scale for both large and small testing facilities. The company’s technology offers growers, processors, producers, consumers and ancillary service providers within the botanical, food
Stockholm IT Ventures, a Swedish technology company specialising in energy crypto currency mining, has secured a EUR2 million investment in its Bytemine token (BYTM) from Pecunio’s VC Fund.
Pecunio, a fintech company in the United Arab Emirates, has also offered to purchase the remaining allocation of Bytemine tokens (up to EUR 1 million) by the end of the sale.
“We are extremely excited to have Pecunio on board as an institutional investor,” says Phillip Nunn, Managing Director of the Crypto Division for Stockholm IT Ventures. “Being recognised and added to Pecunio’s exclusive portfolio represents a great testament to our
Avedon Capital Partners has sold Robidus, a provider of social security services and software in the Netherlands, to Aegon, a life insurance, pensions and asset management company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands.
Closing is subject to regulatory and workers’ council approvals.
Both the Robidus Management and Avedon are pleased with this transaction, which confirms the value creation strategy that has been actively pursued in partnership since 2015.
Founded in 2003 and based in the Netherlands, Robidus has built highly specialised domain expertise to help Dutch employers execute their tasks and responsibilities regarding employee absence and disability as required
Law firm Trowers & Hamlins has advised founders Daniel and Thomas Lowe, on the sale of Fourpure, a Bermondsey based craft brewer brand, to the UK subsidiary of Lion Pty, a large international FMCG company based in Australia.
Set up by brothers Daniel and Thomas Lowe in 2013, Fourpure supplies brands including Session IPA and Pils Lager to larger stores such as Marks & Spencer and Tesco as well as independent outlets.
Trowers corporate partner Nick Harrisingh says: “It was a pleasure to successfully complete another transaction for Daniel and Thomas. The Fourpure brand has grown significantly since its origin and
UK private equity firm Sovereign Capital Partners has exited investment in Xendo – an independent consultancy and project management organisation in the of (bio)pharmaceutical products, medical devices and healthcare space – to ProPharma Group, a portfolio company of US-based Linden Capital Partners.
This is Sovereign’s third exit in recent weeks and swiftly follows the sale of veterinary services provider Linnaeus Group to Mars Petcare’s Veterinary Health Group, and accident management services business Kindertons to ExamWorks. Xendo is also Sovereign’s first exit from its GBP395m fund SCLP IV.
Sovereign originally completed the management buy-out of Xendo in 2016. During the
Palamon Capital Partners (Palamon), a pan-European growth investor, has acquired a majority stake in FairConnect, a provider of connected insurance services.
Palamon and its financing partners have invested and committed more than EUR100 million of funding to the Company.
FairConnect is a leading provider of connected services to insurers that are transforming the insurance industry with usage-based premiums and value-added services. For example, customers with “connected motor insurance” can benefit from reduced premiums and access a range of new services (such as accident and emergency assistance, breakdown diagnostics and theft recovery) which is driving rapid growth in the sector of
Nexus Investments, a division of Harry Hyman’s Nexus Group, has launched its first EIS Scale-Up Fund which it believes to be the first of its kind since the June announcement of the UK Government’s GBP2.5 billion British Patient Capital programme.
The Fund aims to address a large gap in the market by providing UK investors with access to exciting but curated UK entrepreneur-led private companies that have successfully passed the start-up stage and are ready to scale up on a global basis.
It will focus on four of the most exciting areas of change in the world today where
MPEP Management Luxembourg has secured a double-digit million Euro commitment from an alternative investment fund managed by Degroof Petercam, one of Belgium’s leading independent investment services institutions.
With its history dating back to 1871, Degroof Petercam today manages more than EUR54 billion for wealthy families, business owners and investment professionals. MPEP Management Luxembourg S.à r.l. and its sister company Munich Private Equity Partners GmbH (together “MPEP”) offer private equity programmes, managed accounts and further investment services for institutional clients out of their offices in Oberhaching (Greater Munich Area) and Luxembourg.
“Private equity plays an important role in the investment
BlackRock’s European Private Debt team has successfully closed its EUR1.1 billion first-time European Middle Market Private Debt Fund alongside several separate accounts, bringing the total AIM of the strategy to EUR1.8 billion.
The capital raise was a result of the team’s strong experience in middle market investing, their differentiated sourcing approach through local originators, and a global effort across the BlackRock platform.
The Fund’s final close exceeded the initial target of EUR750 million. The strategy saw strong demand from a diverse client base of around 50 investors globally, including insurers, public pension plans, foundations, endowments and family offices.
Fortino Capital is investing EUR2.2 million in Dobco Medical Systems, a Belgian software company specialising in online solutions for medical imaging.
Fortino Capital will help Dobco Medical Systems’ management with the further development of their platform and their international expansion.
Dobco Medical Systems was founded in 2011. Its PACSonWEB platform, is used in nine out of 10 Flemish hospitals. PACSonWEB is a secure cloud platform that provides an efficient way to exchange medical images and reports between all involved parties. Dobco is able to simplify complex processes within medical imaging and provide doctors and patients with medical information faster,
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