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Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, is to sell its stake in Linkbynet, a provider of cloud, Devops and cyber security services.
This sale would take place in the context of the proposed acquisition of the company by Accenture.
Founded in 2000, Linkbynet is a cloud-native solutions provider with offices in France, Belgium, Canada, China, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Singapore and Vietnam. The company’s team is comprised of more than 900 highly skilled professionals with 400 certifications from major cloud providers such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft or Alibaba.
Keensight Capital, as a shareholder of Linkbynet since
Cambridge based biotechnology company, Phico Therapeutics (Phico), has received GBP7 million in funding from a consortium of investors.
BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor, led the round with a GBP3 million investment, while a further GBP4 million was received from existing backers.
Founded in 2000 by Dr Heather Fairhead, Phico is developing a biotechnology platform for a new generation of antibiotics to overcome antibacterial resistance. Antibiotic resistance is recognised internationally as one of the biggest threats facing global health and the effective treatment of certain diseases. It is estimated that drug resistant infections cause over 700,000
Pulsar Health is joining imc group with the full support of pan-European investor Waterland Private Equity.
Located in Cheadle, North West England, Pulsar Health’s ethos and expertise prioritise a ‘one team’ approach to meet clients’ scientific and marketing objectives, making the company a natural partner for imc group.
The partnership will enable imc to continue disrupting the global healthcare communications industry with a one-stop service for clients across seven core divisions: Medical & Scientific Content, Publications, Digital & Creative, Insights & Consulting, Patient Engagement, Meetings & Events, and Medical Compliance & Material Review. With over 20 years of experience, Pulsar
MIG Verwaltungs AG (MIG AG), one of the leading German venture capital firms, has participated in the EUR29 million series C financing of AMSilk GmbH, Munich. MIG has backed AMSilk since 2008 with capital from several of its funds.
In addition to the continued support from seed investors MIG and Athos KG, new to AMSilk are Danish Novo Holdings, the US Cargill group and ER Capital which also joined the current financing round.
“With the strong team around CEO Ulrich Scherbel and support of the extended circle of investors, AMSilk is in a good position to scale up its proven
Delivery Hero-backed DX Ventures has invested in Bluu Biosciences as part of the company’s seed funding round.
Bluu Biosciences is the first company in Europe to specialise in the development and production of cell-based fish using advanced biotechnology. Cell-based or cultivated fish is sustainable fish meat produced from real fish cells that is grown in a bioreactor. It is an animal product that, unlike wild-caught fish, is obtained without compromising animal welfare.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, about 90 per cent of all edible fish stocks are already considered maximally exploited or overfished, while
finncap Cavendish (Cavendish), part of financial advisory firm, finnCap Group, has has advised on the sale of a majority stake in Xexec Ltd (Xexec), an employee engagement tech firm, to funds advised by Castik Capital (Castik) and Boston-based private equity firm, Abry Partners (Abry).
Headquartered in London, Xexec is an employee engagement provider that offers a wide range of employee discounts and reward & recognition solutions through its scalable cloud-based platform. The company also offers customer loyalty programs which enables corporate clients to engage with and retain their own end-customers.
Xexec has proven to be a fast growing and
Global Energy Storage (GES) has launched, with the intention of investing USD250 million, with the backing of private equity firm Bluewater, in energy transition.
GES has been set up by the management team from Global Petro Storage (GPS), the leading independent hydrocarbon storage and logistics company. The team will build on the successful model they developed at that company. The management team will continue to work across both GPS and GES. GES will focus on key global hubs and growth locations, international cross-linking business, and long-term relationships with top-tier energy suppliers. Its focus will be on low carbon and energy
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed a significant growth equity investment in regulatory technology (regtech) company FundApps.
As a Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) business, FundApps addresses the way investment managers deal with the regulatory burden by combining cloud technology, regulatory expertise, market data and the unique FundApps Community. Previously, compliance managers were overwhelmed by ever-increasing complexity, but services covering Shareholding Disclosure, Sensitive Industries and Position Limits have truly made compliance simple.
Today, London-headquartered FundApps has over 100 clients, ranging from hedge funds, asset managers and sell-sides, to the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. Collectively, FundApps’ services monitor over 10 per cent
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, and Norgate Holdings have signed a definitive agreement with THG PLC (THG) to sell Bentley Laboratories LLC (Bentley), an developer and manufacturer of prestige skincare and haircare products.
UK-based THG is a proprietary technology platform specialising in taking brands direct to consumers. The transaction is expected to close following regulatory approval, which is anticipated within 30 days.
Established in 2002, Bentley’s product portfolio includes creams, lotions, gels, powders and fragrances used for skin care, haircare, cosmetics and bath and body products. Bentley boasts a
Polaris has acquired 51 per cent of the fast-growing e-commerce operator, Stronger, a Sweden-based lifestyle brand making activewear for customers in over 100 countries.
Through this partnership, Polaris will now join Stronger’s founders and leadership team, to support the company’s continued growth journey.
Since its inception in 2014, Stronger has grown to become a leading brand within the global fitness and leisurewear market, with rapid, profitable growth and sales exceeding SEK300 million in 2020.
Stronger’s ”Direct to Consumer” (DTC) e-commerce model enables the company to build strong relationships with its customers through its own brand and channels, which has resulted
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