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CVC Capital Partners VIII has agreed to acquire a majority interest in Rayner, the global ophthalmology business from Phoenix Equity Partners, the UK growth-focused private equity firm, for an undisclosed amount.
Rayner is a manufacturer and developer of innovative intraocular lenses (IOLs) and associated pharmaceuticals. The Company’s products deliver sight-restorative implants and treatments to patients during cataract and refractive surgeries. Operating from their state-of-the-art headquarters in Worthing, UK, the Company, which developed the world’s first IOL in 1949, now makes these and other products available to patients in over 80 countries, through its subsidiaries and distribution networks, to improve the
Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has invested in Ablatus Therapeutics for the Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2). The investment of GBP85,000 is part of an overall round which could reach GBP1.5 million.
Ablatus Therapeutics is developing Bimodal Electric Tissue Ablation (BETA), an innovative improvement over existing tissue ablation techniques, in order to offer greater clinical options and to improve patient outcomes.
The company was founded in October 2015 and is the first spin-out from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, where the BETA technology was invented. BETA is a form of tissue
Acrew Capital and Mubadala Capital have invested USD29.5 million in a Series A financing round for San Francisco-based health and wellness platform Paceline, which rewards its users for exercising with financial incentives.
The round was led by Acrew Capital, with participation from Mubadala Capital along with existing investors, and the firms will aim to guide the platform’s expansion and support scale amid growing consumer demand, according to the company.
Fitness-technology app Paceline will specifically use the fresh capital to build out its team as the company expands their rewards program, and intends to extend the rollout of a full embedded financial platform later this
Online flowers and gifts delivery specialist Floward has raised GBP19.8 million (USD27.5 million) in a Series B funding round led by STV with participation from Impact46.
Established in 2017 by Founder and CEO Abdulaziz B Al Loughani, Floward is a fully-fledged e-commerce solution that offers prime fresh-cut flowers coupled with gifts and products from local and international brands with same day delivery. This fragmented sector has traditionally been largely dominated by brick-and-mortar shops with almost no presence online, giving Floward the opportunity to become the market leader in the MENA region.
Floward has earned a leading market position in the
Global private markets firm Partners Group, on behalf of clients, has agreed to acquire a controlling equity stake in Dimension Renewable Energy (Dimension), a distributed energy platform focusing on community solar and battery storage across the US.
Dimension is focused on originating, developing, financing and operating community solar and battery storage facilities across the US and has developed a deep pipeline of over 180 projects totalling over 800 MWs of solar capacity, and over 800 MWhs of battery storage across eight states. Dimension’s projects will serve residential, commercial, and industrial subscribers from the local community where the projects are
MidCap Financial Issuer Trust is proposing to issue USD400 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2030 (the Notes) in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The offering is subject to market conditions and other factors.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay a portion of its existing revolving indebtedness, to pay related fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes.
The Notes are being offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A
Foresight Group (Foresight), an infrastructure and private equity investment manager listed on the London Stock Exchange, and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) have made a GBP1 million follow-on investment in INSPHERE Limited.
INSPHERE is a manufacturer of advanced measurement technologies that bridge the gap between metrology and automation, and enable manufacturers to transition to smarter “Industry 4.0” systems.
Measurement technologies currently only check completed parts at the end of the production line. Faults can occur when a robot is not set up correctly or drifts even slightly out of position. The resulting defective parts are either scrapped or require expensive
Zouk Capital has made a GBP6.4 million investment into char.gy, an on-street EV charge point operator and eMSP (eMobility Service Provider), which is rolling out on-street residential electric vehicle charging points in the UK.
char.gy was launched in 2016 with the goal of solving residential electric vehicle charging for people without off-street parking. char.gy is the most convenient way for drivers to charge an electric vehicle on their street as it utilises existing street infrastructure and an existing grid connection to provide two key solutions. This is either a lamppost smart charge point that fits onto an existing lamppost or
UK-based agency Wooshii, which provides video content and software tools for blue-chip companies around the world, has secured additional investment from YFM Equity Partners’ (YFM) managed funds to support its continued growth trajectory and further technology investment.
Founded by CEO, Fergus Dyer-Smith, over the last 10 years, Wooshii has reinvented the video production offering by giving clients the convenience and quality of a traditional production service with the additional benefits of a decentralised, global creative network, connected and enhanced by proprietary technology. This enables the business to provide clients with a video content management solution that scales with their needs,
Plant-based meat brand THIS has secured GBP11 million in a Series A investment co-led by BGF, and Lever VC.
THIS has also grown at a record-breaking rate of 530 per cent (April ’21 vs ‘20). Having only launched two years ago, this is one of the highest ever growth rates for a UK food brand, let alone meat-alternative brand, signifying a major step change for the food industry.
THIS was founded in June 2019 by Andy Shovel and Pete Sharman as a plant-based food brand for meat-lovers. Following two years of extensive research and development with a team of
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