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Redwood Software, a specialist provider of cloud-based business and IT process automation solutions, has received a EUR315 million strategic investment from growth equity firm Turn/River Capital. The investment from Turn/River will enable Redwood to accelerate new feature development for its industry-leading IT and business process automation platform, which FeaturedCustomers recently recognised as a rising star in the Spring 2021 RPA Software Customer Success Report. Statista estimates the global automation industry will generate USD214 billion in 2021, with process automation exceeding USD83 billion. “The modern enterprise needs sophisticated automation solutions to enable it to scale rapidly and still remain agile in
Prime Engineering, Inc, an architecture, engineering, and surveying firm, has received a strategic investment from Godspeed Capital Management LP, a lower middle-market Defence & Government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. 
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Multi-stage VC fund EQT Ventures has led a USD40 million Series B funding round into Airkit, a low-code digital customer experience platform, on the back of the company’s recent USD28 million Series A announcement.
Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate team in Guernsey have advised global private equity firm TriSpan on the launch and first close of TriSpan Opportunities II LP (Fund II). Fund II, which has so far collected commitments of approximately USD100 million, is following in the path of its successful predecessor, TriSpan Opportunities LP, and is focusing on opportunities in the lower mid-market in the United States and Europe.   It will typically seek majority investments in proprietary buy and build opportunities alongside strong founders and management teams with a focus on multi-unit health care, business services or specialty manufacturing with limited
Latham & Watkins is advising Ares on the sale of Farrow & Ball to Hempel Group. Farrow & Ball is an iconic paint and wallpaper brand with a 75-year British heritage.
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

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