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Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm, is to acquire HealthcareSource, a provider of talent management solutions for healthcare.
The transaction is expected to close within approximately 30 days, following satisfaction of customary conditions. President and CEO Peter Segall will continue to lead HealthcareSource following the transaction.
“HealthcareSource has established an impressive leadership position in the important and growing healthcare talent management market,” says Ezra Perlman, partner at Francisco Partners. “The company has real momentum, increasing its customer base from 1,000 to 2,500 healthcare clients and demonstrating an ability to capitalise on growing demand for talent solutions in the healthcare
Echo an up-and-coming technology company focused on improving the accessibility and usability of day-to-day products has launched a crowdfunding campaign on CrowdCube.
Echo’s Connect charge-key recently achieved substantial success on Indiegogo, raising over USD56,000 in pre-sales doubling its USD10,000 target in the first 72 hours, and attracting over 30 potential distributors in 20 countries.
The Connect Key is the first ever Apple certified dual connector. It is every micro USB and Apple lightning cable condensed down to one small key-sized connector. Charge your smartphone, android, iPhone, tablets, cameras, and more with one device.
This is the first time
Silicon Valley-based medtech company Scanadu has received USD35 million in Series B funding round led by Fosun International and Tencent Holdings Limited, with participation from China Broadband Capital and Iglobe Partners of Singapore.
A-round investors Relay Ventures, Redmile Group, Ame Cloud Ventures and Three Leaf Ventures, an affiliate of The Broe Group, also participated. Scanadu has now raised USD49.7 million in total funding to date.
“We continue to build out our family of products and move down the path to regulatory clearance in the US and China,” says Scanadu founder and CEO Walter De Brouwer. “Scanadu’s mission has always been
PSAV announced today it has acquired AVC Live, a specialist technical production company with a presence in London and the South East of the UK.
AVC specialises in providing audiovisual and production services to hotels and venues and has an impressive client base throughout numerous sectors, spanning 34 years of operation.
PSAV continues to seek growth in the international marketplace, as well as developing the right partnerships; thus the acquisition of AVC. With PSAV's reputation of five-star service and AVC's high-end production capabilities, the two companies provide a perfect match to achieve PSAV's goals. Clients will benefit from the expanded
In the first quarter of 2015, 166 Israeli high-tech companies raised USD994 million – the second highest quarterly amount in the last decade and just 10 per cent below the record high USD1.1 billion invested in 184 companies in the previous quarter.
The Q1/2015 amount was 48 per cent above the USD673 million attracted by 160 companies in the first quarter of 2014.
The average company financing round reached USD6 million, equal to the previous quarter’s average, and well above USD4.2 million of Q1/2014.
In Q1/2015, 91 VC-backed deals accounted for USD832 million – 84 per cent of total capital
EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary dedicated to promoting and growing the market for SMEs, has launched Tech 40, a label recognising innovative European SMEs listed on the markets it covers.
Each year Tech 40 will allow 40 top-performing European companies to benefit from premium services. It is one of a series of measures adopted by EnterNext since 2014 to boost the visibility of tech companies on financial markets and provide special assistance to them.
Companies with the Tech 40 label are young technology stocks listed on Euronext markets and operating in life sciences, eco-industries or TMT[2]. An independent group of
Altegris has launched the Altegris KKR Commitments Fund offering accredited investors an opportunity to gain diversified exposure to KKR by committing to three different forms of private equity – primaries, secondaries and co-investments.
The minimum initial investment USD25,000.
"Accredited investors will now have the opportunity to access many of the same KKR private equity funds that institutional investors have had access to for years," says Jon Sundt, CEO of Altegris. "Altegris is providing investors with a portfolio spanning multiple private equity styles, geographic regions and life cycles, from newly established primary investment funds through mature secondary investment funds, all via
Libya Holdings Group (LHG), an investment company focused on growth opportunities in the Libyan market, is to acquire a majority stake in Libyan Cement Company (LCC) through a special purpose acquisition vehicle.
The transaction will mark a further step towards establishing LHG’s position as a dominant force in the country’s industrials market and signals investor confidence in Libya’s long-term economic potential.
The LHG sponsored vehicle will acquire a controlling interest in LCC from QuadraCir Group (QuadraCir).
QuadraCir, formerly named Asamer Holding AG, was the holding company of the Austrian Asamer industrials group. Following the restructuring of the Asamer
Collinson Group has acquired corporate assistance specialist Specialty Assist, subject to regulatory approval.
Specialty Assist is a provider of medical assistance services to the corporate and London markets and the acquisition will further strengthen Collinson Group’s established global assistance capability. This acquisition forms part of a broader programme of investment being made by Collinson Group to deliver a market leading global assistance proposition for its clients and their partners.
Managing Director of Specialty Assist, Mark Rands will lead Intana Specialty, working alongside Group Head of Intana, Martin Weintz. He will also join the group’s Insurance & Assistance executive team.
Intana
Vestar Capital Partners is to acquire Woodstream, a manufacturer and marketer of branded pest and animal control as well as lawn and garden products, from Brockway Moran and CHS Capital.
Terms of the deal, which is expected to close teh second quarter of 2015, have not been disclosed.
Woodstream, through a broad portfolio of leading niche brands, services the lawn and garden, birding, pet, rodent control, hobby farm and animal control needs of consumers. Woodstream’s brands include Victor mouse and rat traps, Terro liquid ant bait, Perky-pet bird feeders, and Zareba and Fi-Shock electronic animal and hobby farming fencing, among
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