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Foresight Group (Foresight) and Williams Advanced Engineering (Williams) have launched a share offer for Foresight Williams Technology Shares, a new share class within Foresight Solar & Technology VCT. The Offer, which opened on 20 December 2019, has a target fundraise in aggregate of GBP20 million and is open to investors for tax years 2019/20 and 2020/2021.
The Foresight Williams Technology Share class represents an exciting investment opportunity made possible by the unique collaboration between Foresight and Williams Advanced Engineering (Williams) which saw the successful launch of the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund in 2016. It has thus far raised approximately GBP40
Novo Seeds’ portfolio company, NorthSea Therapeutics a Dutch biotech company developing novel and innovative strategies for the treatment of NASH (Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis) and other metabolic, inflammatory and fibrotic diseases, has successfully closed a USD40 million (EUR36 million) Series B financing round.The proceeds of this fundraising will be used by NST to drive the development of its pipeline of SEFA (Structural Engineered Fatty Acids) programs. The Company will develop two additional SEFAs within its clinical pipeline in addition to completing the Phase 2b with its lead candidate Icosabutate.
In addition to Novo Seeds, existing investors, Forbion, New Science Ventures (NSV)
Shoreline Equity Partners, a purpose-driven lower middle market private equity firm, has held the final close of its inaugural private equity fund, Shoreline Equity Partners Fund. Shoreline began fundraising in March, in conjunction with the Firm’s launch, with an initial target of USD250 million and was oversubscribed at its hard cap of USD300 million in commitments.
“We are very grateful to all of our limited partners for the resounding support and humbled by the overwhelming demand shown through the process,” says the Firm’s Co-Founder Mike Hand. “The entire Shoreline team is excited to work closely with our portfolio company management teams
British MedTech business, OrganOx Ltd, has secured a GBP4.6 million investment from BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses.The investment will fund commercial expansion of its first product, the metra, in the US, building on commercial traction in Europe, Canada and Australia.
OrganOx metra is the world’s first fully automated system for keeping a human donor liver functioning for up to 24 hours outside the body. The invention breaks with 40 years of traditional organ preservation in ice, doubling the time that donor organs can be preserved. The device mimics the environment of the human
Private equity firm Entrepreneurial Equity Partners’ (e2p) portfolio company, Daniele International, has completed a merger with Creminelli Fine Meats (Creminelli). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Creminelli is a producer and distributor of premium charcuterie and protein snacks, known for exceptional quality and recognised with 11 national food awards. Creminelli’s product lines include charcuterie snack trays, deli trays, artisan salami, artisan deli, and salami minis. Creminelli’s approach of using ultra-premium ingredients and small-batch production was inherited from generations of Master Artisan Cristiano Creminelli’s family and has been maintained through the company’s rapid growth. Creminelli’s clean-label inputs and use of humanely
Iptor, a specialist in distribution and supply chain management, planning and logistics software and services, has been acquired by Bregal Unternehmerkapital alongside investment from current CEO Jayne Archbold and Chief Marketing and Product Officer Christopher Catterfeld. Bregal Unternehmerkapital is a growth-focused investment firm whose principal focus is to invest behind sound business models and strong leadership teams.
Iptor has been transformed over the past three years under the leadership of Archbold and Catterfeld. The re-branding and re-positioning of the business from IBS to Iptor has delivered exceptional progress, with the product portfolio having been transformed through the successful launch of the
Platinum Equity has held the final close of its latest global buyout fund, Platinum Equity Capital Partners V, with USD10 billion in total capital commitments.“We are very grateful for the support of our investors worldwide who have entrusted us with their capital and helped extend our global investment reach,” says Tom Gores, founder, chairman and CEO of Platinum Equity.
“We have great momentum, with a well-oiled investment machine built on discipline, urgency and a relentless focus on execution, and fuelled by the capital resources to pursue complex transactions anywhere in the world,” says Gores.
The fund, which had a target
TAS Environmental Services (TAS), a portfolio company of Blue Point Capital Partners’ Fund IV has acquired Specialized Waste Systems (SWS) (www.specializedwaste.com), a provider of hazardous and non-hazardous waste management, transportation and washout services.
Ironwood Capital’s portfolio company, precision manufacturer NSA Industries (NSA), has acquired Vitex Extrusions (Vitex), a Franklin, New Hampshire-based manufacturer of metal extrusions. “When we originally invested in NSA in late 2017, the plan was to continue company expansion and diversification through organic growth and strategic acquisitions,” says Alex Levental, Ironwood Capital managing director. “NSA did not have extrusion capability. With the Vitex acquisition, NSA adds to the breadth of its capabilities and expands the company’s sales into the transportation, consumer durable goods, building products, and electrical products end markets.”
“NSA is an existing customer of Vitex, so this acquisition is a
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has launched a new venture capital fund, Goodyear Ventures, with USD100 million targeted for new investments in future mobility solutions over the next 10 years. Goodyear Ventures will continue and expand Goodyear’s growing relationships in new mobility, with a focus on partnering and investing in startups with a shared vision of sustainable, safe and new mobility experiences that make life’s connections easier every day.
Goodyear’s Chairman, CEO and President Richard J Kramer says: “Goodyear is a technology-driven mobility company that seeks out and partners with other mobility thought leaders ranging from small startups to proven
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