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Atlantic Street Capital (ASC) has invested in Prestige Medical Imaging (PMI), the largest independent radiology service and solutions provider in the Eastern United States.
Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Newburgh, NY, Prestige Medical Imaging is a medical imaging solutions company providing equipment service, maintenance, and support to hospitals, physician practices, ASCs, and sports teams across the United States. Key products represent a broad suite of medical imaging equipment including X-ray machines, mammography systems, CT scanners, ultrasound machines, MRI systems, and surgical C-arm systems. Customer practice specialties include orthopaedics, radiology, pulmonology, veterinary, urology, podiatry, urgent care centres, and professional sports
Alvarez & Marsal Capital Partners (A&M Capital), a middle-market private equity investment fund that is part of the A&M Capital platform, together with A&M Capital Opportunities Fund, an affiliated fund, has acquired Worldwise, Inc, a provider of pet supplies and pet essentials.
Worldwise offers retailers a complete, branded one-stop-shop solution that serves the bulk of their pet supply merchandising needs. Through its growing roster of brands – which include SmartyKat, TrustyPup, Petlinks, goDog, SHERPA, Guaranteed On-Board, PoochPlanet, and Pawscout – the company provides high-quality, thoughtful, fun and eco-sustainable products that address both the joys and challenges of pet parenthood across
High-net-worth investors across Europe, Asia, and South America have placed faith in private markets specialists over the last 18 months, as illiquid investment opportunities were seen as a safer bet during the uncertainty of Covid-19.
MDOTM, a European specialist in AI-driven investment strategies, has completed a EUR6.2m Series B fundraising. The funds will accelerate MDOTM’s international expansion, double the size of its teams in London and Milan, and see the company open a new office in the US.
The new funds have been raised from institutional investors, private individuals and leading finance professionals, including Federico Ghizzoni, Chairman of Rothschild Italy and former CEO of UniCredit; Lorenzo Pagani, Managing Director at PIMCO; and Alberto Zaffignani, Managing Director and Head of Global Markets Italy at Natixis. Zaffignani also joins MDOTM as a non-executive board member.
MDOTM was
Vytelle, a precision livestock company, has closed an oversubscribed Series A funding worth USD13.2 million. Private equity firm Open Prairie, through the Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund, and Kansas-based Ag-tech VC, Fulcrum Global Capital co-led the round. The financing also included participation from new Midwest investors Serra Ventures, Innovation In Motion, and KCRise, as well as existing investor, UK-based Wheatsheaf Group.
VoxSmart Ltd, a specialist in communications surveillance, has acquired GreenKey Technologies Inc, an automated speech recognition (ASR) and natural language processing (NLP) provider, to further bolster its communications surveillance offering to global financial institutions.
The addition of GreenKey’s domain-specific communication analysis expertise will enable VoxSmart to rapidly accelerate growth and position the company as the de facto market leaders in natural language processing (NLP) and voice analytics for Financial Markets.
Oliver Blower, CEO of VoxSmart, says: “By acquiring GreenKey, we have added an extremely valuable asset to our product portfolio enabling us to provide even greater value and deeper
Sanome, a European health start-up, has raised GBP2 million as its first round of funding from a number of leading UK and European HealthTech specialist investors.
The round was led by Heal Capital, with participation from Crista Galli Ventures, Selvedge Ventures, o2h Ventures, Meltwind and a number of high-profile angels including David Cleevely and Pam Garside.
Sanome has developed a diagnostics innovation engine that combines biomarkers to develop medical grade, at home diagnostic products (IVDs) more efficiently and effectively. Most digital health, wearables and consumer biotech tools have limited medical use because it’s hard to validate them clinically. Sanome’s novel
Pilot Freight Services (Pilot), a worldwide transportation and logistics services provider has acquired franchise stations in strategic markets in the Pacific Northwest and Oklahoma.
The franchises will be seamlessly integrated into Pilot’s corporate organisation with no disruption in service offerings or senior management.
The franchises, located in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Oklahoma, are attractive assets due to strong historical growth and operational performance. The serve a robust domestic and global customer-base, with a particular expertise in perishables freight forwarding. The leadership and employees of the franchises will join the Pilot organisation as part of the transactions.
“We are truly excited
PFR Ventures has extended its PFR Private Equity programme. The investing arm of Polish Development Fund will invest over EUR110 million in new private equity funds, growing the overall budget of the programme to EUR240 million.
PFR Ventures has already invested capital from the newest pool closing on a new partnership.
PFR Private Equity (PFR PE) is a programme with the goals of investing in local private equity firms to support development of a local ecosystem, and joining international teams, to increase Poland’s exposure to them. PFR Ventures has already invested EUR130 million in three local and four international private
Octopus Energy Group has entered into a major strategic partnership with Generation Investment Management, a firm established in 2004 to back businesses driving sustainability and the fight against climate change, in a deal that valued the UK entech pioneer at USD4 billion pre-deal, and up to USD4.6 billion post-deal.
The agreement, which has been several months in the making, will see Generation’s Long-term Equity strategy take a stake of up to approximately 13 per cent in the business. Octopus will use the proceeds of Generation’s strategic investment to turbo boost its mission to drive the renewable revolution globally.
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