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Leading independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has assisted the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF) with its final close and will continue to support the fund with its ongoing administration.
Managed by SV Health, the DDF is a specialist fund that provides venture finance for companies developing new medicines for dementia. It was formed through the collaboration of leading pharmaceutical companies, the UK Department of Health and the Charity, Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Initially launched in 2015, the DDF has brought together funding from the private sector, charity and industry and already has an initial portfolio of 16
Bregal Investments has secured a EUR400 million capital commitment for Bregal Milestone’s maiden private capital fund.
Bregal Milestone will make non-control investments in profitable, growing European family and founder-led businesses with global ambitions. The fund has a mandate to provide debt, structured equity and other minority investments tailored to suit the specific needs of each company. Funding is commonly used to support growth, provide liquidity to shareholders, and/or finance acquisitions.
Bregal Milestone focuses on investing in businesses with strong management teams and proprietary products and services. Typical commitments range from EUR20 million to EUR60 million. The Bregal Milestone team
Bacharach, a provider of HVAC-R gas instrumentation and energy management solutions and a portfolio company of FFL Partners, has acquired Neutronics Inc, a provider of refrigerant and gas analysers.
Neutronics’ technologies serve the automotive and commercial HVAC markets, and provide high-purity oxygen analysers to the semi-conductor industry, and self-contained breathing units to the safety and rescue industry.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
The combination of Bacharach and Neutronics will significantly strengthen Bacharach’s ability to provide the worldwide HVAC-R and Automotive markets with high quality Fixed and Portable Gas Test and Measurement Instrumentation.
Paediatric home healthcare company Aveanna Healthcare (Aveanna) has completed the acquisition of Premier Healthcare Services (Premier), a provider of paediatric services to patients in California, with additional operations in Colorado and Texas. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Rod Windley, Executive Chairman of Aveanna, says: “Premier Healthcare Services is an outstanding company that will greatly expand Aveanna’s presence in key markets, especially California, with high demand for vital, high-quality services for medically complex paediatric patients and their families. Our mission is to put our patients and families at the centre of everything we do, and Premier’s talented
Abingworth, an international investment group dedicated to life sciences, has held the final closing of its latest fund, Abingworth Bioventures VII (ABV VII) at USD315 million.
ABV VII exceeded its target of USD300 million and is Abingworth’s 12th fund, investing in life sciences companies in Europe and the US. The firm has funds under management of over USD1.2 billion.
The fund invests broadly across all stages of development including early and late-stage venture deals, Clinical Co-development, VIPEs (Venture Investments in Public Equities) and public equities. Investment size per company will typically range from USD15 million to USD30 million.
ARQIS has advised Shimadzu Corporation on the acquisition of all shares in infraserv Vakuumservice, which is involved in servicing turbomolecular pumps in Europe. infraserv Vakuumservice has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Shimadzu.
With 25 employees, infraserv Vakuumservice reached annual net sales of EUR4.9 million in 2017. The company is based near Munich and servicing vacuum equipment for major semiconductor and equipment manufacturers in Europe. It has advanced technological capabilities and good relationships with their customers. Shimadzu has already outsourced turbomolecular pump service work to infraserv Vakuumservice.
The acquisition marks a step towards further development of Shimadzu’s turbomolecular pump
AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets (AXA IM – Real Assets) has acquired, on behalf of its client, AXA France, the remaining interest in DATA4, a European data centre owner and operator.
The deal increases AXA France’s ownership of the platform from 37 per cent to 100 per cent. The stake was acquired from funds managed by Colony Capital.
DATA4 finances, designs, builds and operates data centres and currently provides a total of 27,100 sq m of net technical space and over 140 MW of available power. It currently operates 15 data centres across three sites in France, Italy and
NorthEdge Capital has held the closing of NorthEdge Capital SME Fund I at its GBP120 million hard cap. The Fund was raised from existing investors and enables the firm to broaden its ability to take advantage of attractive investment opportunities in the U.K. regional lower mid-market.
The new Fund will target businesses across all industry sectors in the North of England and Midlands region, investing between GBP2-GBP10 million in growth and development capital, management buy-outs, equity release and buy-and-build opportunities.
NorthEdge Capital’s GBP315 million Fund II will continue to invest in opportunities requiring capital of GBP10-GBP45 million having invested
Indar Capital has secured Tages Capital as anchor investor for the imminent launch of the Indar European Special Opportunities Fund, which will employ an opportunistic deep value plus catalyst strategy focused on liquid European equities and distressed situations.
Roman Zurutuza (pictured), left Gruss Capital Management (Gruss) in December 2017 to form Indar Capital. He has been joined by his analyst team from Gruss, Adrian Taylor and Carlos Soriano, who have worked with him for almost 10 and four years respectively. Raza Khan joins as COO, together with Tyson Appadoo as Trader and Priti Anda, also ex-Gruss, as Head of Operations.
The EQT VIII fund (EQT VIII) and EQT Ventures fund (EQT Ventures) are, together with company founders and other co-investors, to acquire Saxo Payments Banking Circle from Saxo Bank A/S and other minority owners. EQT VIII will have the majority ownership.
Founded in 2013, Banking Circle is a next-generation provider of mission-critical infrastructure for online cross-border payments. Today, Banking Circle is processing around EUR60 billion run-rate annual payment volumes for several high-profile customers using direct clearing access through partnerships with blue-chip partner banks. The global cross-border payments market is driven by an increasing need for faster and less costly payments,
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
