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German family-equity company Haniel has become a regional cornerstone investor of Gilde Investment Management’s Gilde Healthcare V fund.
The growth capital fund focuses on healthcare sectors including digital health, medtech and therapeutics, both in Europe and North America.
The fund will have a special focus on private healthcare companies enabling improved care at affordable cost, according to Haniel. Treatment and diagnosis of infectious diseases like Covid-19 forms part of its strategy.
Gilde Healthcare V raised EUR416 million and is supported by a mix of international investors. The fund will typically make equity investments in a portfolio company of between EUR10
Seafort Advisors has invested in Deskcenter AG, the parent company of Deskcenter UK, becoming the company’s new majority shareholder as a result.
As an asset class with a buy-to-sell cycle that typically lasts around five to seven years, you would be forgiven for thinking that private equity could weather the storm of Covid-19 more smoothly than other, more inherently volatile asset classes, can. That’s partly true.
Gemspring Capital, a lower middle-market private equity firm, has closed its second fund, Gemspring Capital Fund II (Fund II), with USD750 million of capital commitments.Gemspring secured commitments for Fund II from a globally diversified investor base comprised of leading endowments, foundations, family offices, consultants, insurance companies, pension plans and funds of funds. Each of Gemspring’s institutional investors from its first fund, which closed in 2016, committed to Fund II.
Acalyx Advisors Inc. served as exclusive placement advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel.
Seven Seas Water, a specialist in Water-as-a-Service (WaaS) solutions, has been acquired by funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP).
O’Melveny represented WeWork in the sale of its subsidiary, Meetup, one of the world’s first social media platforms and the only one dedicated to groups that meet in-person or online during times of crisis.Meetup is being acquired by a consortium of investors led by Kevin Ryan’s AlleyCorp and includes mission-driven private funds and accomplished technology executives. The company will continue to service its growing 49 million members and over 230,000 organisers, who collectively produce an average of 15,000 in-person events daily.
The Silicon Valley-based O’Melveny deal team was led by counsel Melissa Wright and Emerging Technologies Group chair David Makarechian.
Air Doctor, a technology platform providing a global medical outpatient network that connects travellers with local doctors, has raised a Series A funding round of USD7.8 million from Kamet Ventures – an AXA-backed venture builder – and The Phoenix Insurance Company.Founded in 2016, Air Doctor puts travellers in control of their health by connecting people who are sick abroad with local private physicians who are skilled at treating non-emergency conditions. The platform, currently available across 42 countries in five continents, allows patients to tap into a network of leading doctors that fit their location, language, specialty, and cost needs in
Palm Beach Capital Fund III, through one of its investment entities, has made an investment in Allen Brothers Wholesale Distributors (Allen Brothers), one of the nation’s largest full-line wholesale distributors to the convenience and grocery store industry. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
In addition, Palm Beach Capital announced the creation of National Convenience Distributors, LLC (“NCD”) to service customers in the convenience and grocery industries. Allen Brothers, along with J Polep Distribution Services and Harold Levinson Associates, will each become operating divisions of NCD. With annual revenues of USD3 billion, National Convenience Distributors becomes the fifth largest wholesale distributor in
Rewired, a robotics focused venture studio that invests in growth-stage technology ventures, is looking to add new artificial intelligence and robotics investments to its portfolio. The portfolio currently encompasses innovations in machine learning, robotics, bionics, smart sensors, mapping and localisation in the UK and USA.
Backed by investors who believe that analysts are underestimating the prospects of AI, Rewired seeks to make investments of between USD5 million and USD30 million. Its status as a venture studio means that Rewired uniquely seeks to attain a substantial or majority position as an investor, and to then provide long term funding and expertise. The
BGF has invested GBP 8 million in British ceramics brand Emma Bridgewater, to support the brand’s UK growth and international expansion.
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