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Frazier Healthcare Partners has closed the Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund, exceeding its target and closing on nearly USD830 million in capital commitments in an oversubscribed fundraise.
Led by Managing Partner Albert Cha, General Partner and Portfolio Manager Jamie Brush, and Managing Partners Patrick Heron and James Topper, Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund is a long-only fund investing in small- and mid-cap public biotech companies. Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund marks Frazier’s first dedicated public life sciences fund, bringing the firm’s total committed capital raised since inception to over USD7.1 billion.
“We are thrilled to announce the launch of our
Blue Horizon, a pure play impact investor in the future of food, has made three new additions to its investment team, adding a Partner and two Directors, bringing the total to 28 employees worldwide.
Blue Horizon’s mission is to accelerate the global transition to a new sustainable food system, including alternative proteins and agriculture, while delivering outstanding returns for investors and the planet. Recent expansion has seen the asset manager grow to 28 employees worldwide, including nine on the investment team (67 per cent women) in just six years since founding. Headquartered in Zurich, Blue Horizon’s fast-growing global portfolio of
Willis Towers Watson – the global advisory behemoth with assets under advisory of USD6 billion in private equity investments – has described its process of manager selection with Private Equity Wire (see box), as it looks to ramp up its relationship with PE firms who have embraced the latest in ESG standards.
Macfarlanes has advised private equity firm August Equity on its co-investment alongside fellow private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for a minority stake in Medivet, a provider of veterinary services.
Medivet, which has been part-owned by private equity firm Inflexion since 2016, holds branches across the UK, Germany and Spain with over 450 centres in the UK and approximately 50 sites in Europe in partnership with local founders.
The Macfarlanes team was led by corporate and M&A partner Simon Perry, alongside senior solicitor Felicity Powell and solicitor Emma Bailey. Tax expertise was provided by senior counsel Sarah Shucksmith and
Nautic Partners (Nautic), a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in the Healthcare, Industrials and Services sectors, has successfully completed the final closing of Nautic Partners X (Nautic X).
Representing the tenth private equity fund in the Firm’s history, Nautic X closed on its hard cap of USD3.0 billion of limited partner commitments with strong support from both existing and new institutional investors.
“We are privileged and fortunate to continue to have a high level of support from our limited partners, and we thank them for their efforts on an accelerated timeline during a very active market,” says Scott
Macfarlanes has advised private equity firm August Equity on its investment in accountancy and business services group, Anderson Anderson & Brown.
The business, which is headquartered in Scotland, supports a range of SME and enterprise clients, with a strong exposure to the energy, technology, business services, public and not for profit, food and drink and property and construction sectors.
The Macfarlanes team was led by corporate and M&A partner Simon Perry, alongside senior solicitor Nicholas Page and solicitors Brodie Thompson and Basra Marjan. Finance advice was provided by partner Kirstie Hutchinson and solicitor Bernardo Zang and employment advice came
Forensic Analytics, a digital forensics company whose communications analysis software is used by police forces throughout the UK, has secured a GBP4.5 million investment from Mercia Asset Management PLC.
The funding, which comes from Mercia’s own balance sheet and the Northern VCT Funds managed by Mercia, will allow it to further invest into its innovative cloud-based software platform and expand its sales internationally.
Forensic Analytics has revolutionised the way police gather digital forensic evidence. Its software solutions include Cell Site Analysis Suite (CSAS), which allows users to analyse complex, diverse data sets efficiently, and create reports to an evidential
T Rowe Price Group is to acquire alternative credit manager purchase Oak Hill Advisors and certain other entities that have common ownership for a purchase price of up to approximately USD4.2 billion.
USD3.3 billion is payable at closing, approximately 74 per cent in cash and 26 per cent in T Rowe Price common stock, and up to an additional USD900 million in cash upon the achievement of certain business milestones beginning in 2025.
The purchase price includes the retirement of OHA debt outstanding at closing. Excluding amortisation of intangibles and the expense impact of the earn-out, the transaction is expected
Yugabyte, a specialist in open source distributed SQL databases, has closed USD188 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round.
The round, led by Sapphire Ventures, includes participation from Alkeon Capital, Meritech Capital, and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, as well as existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, 8VC, Dell Technologies Capital, Wipro Ventures, and others. Sapphire President Jai Das also joins the Yugabyte Board of Directors. The round, which comes seven months after its previous round, brings the company’s total funding to over USD290 million and values Yugabyte at more than USD1.3 billion.
YugabyteDB is the database of choice for cloud-native
TIFIN, a fintech platform using AI for wealth and asset management, has held the successful closing of a USD47 million Series C funding round.
TIFIN uses data and investment driven intelligence to drive personalisation for wealth management, and digital distribution for investment managers. The firm closes its Series C round at a valuation that is nearly five times higher than its Series A which was completed towards the end of 2020. TIFIN’s mission is to make investing a more meaningful driver of financial well-being, by shaping the future of the investor experience. Through its focused divisions, Magnifi, a search-powered marketplace
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