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NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) and managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has led a GBP2 million funding round for LCC (Liverpool Chirochem Limited), an international chemical technology business whose products form the building blocks to the research and development of new drugs.
The NPIF – Maven Equity Fund invested GBP1 million, alongside the GBP1 million from the Government’s Future Fund.
NPIF – Maven Equity Finance originally invested GBP500,000 in 2018 to support the company through its ‘proof of concept’ phase and establish operations in the UK and China, as well as
GreenBone Ortho SpA, a specialist in the field of bone regeneration, has completed a EUR10 million Series B investment round led by existing shareholders – 3B Future Health Fund, Innogest SGR, Meta Group, CDP Venture Capital Sgr, Italian Angels for Growth and other private investors.
The company has now raised EUR22 million equity investments since its inception in 2015 in Faenza, Italy.
Millions of people worldwide have bone repair surgery to treat bone loss resulting from trauma, cancer or bone degenerative conditions. Bone replacement use bone transplant (the best option today) or bone grafts (ceramic, polymer and metal alloys), but
Doctify, a healthcare review platform, has secured an additional USD7.5 million in its latest funding round, taking the overall investment to date to USD20 million.
The round was led by Keen Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors, Amadeus Capital, Guinness Asset Management, as well as Tom Teichman (an early-stage investor in Doctify and in Lastminute.com, Made.com and Notonthehighstreet.com).
Founded in 2016, Doctify aims to increase trust and transparency in healthcare by providing greater access to verified patient reviews. With review platforms such as Glassdoor and Trustpilot helping people build trust in businesses, Doctify is pioneering in the healthcare review space,
Temasek and BlackRock are to establish a new partnership called Decarbonization Partners which will launch a series of late stage venture capital and early growth private equity investment funds focussed on advancing decarbonisation solutions to accelerate global efforts to achieve a net zero economy by 2050.
BlackRock and Temasek intend to commit a combined USD600 million in initial capital to invest in multiple funds launched by the partnership. The funds will also raise third-party capital from investors who are committed to achieving a net zero world while also seeking to obtain long-term sustainable financial returns. Decarbonization Partners has a fundraising
ReSolve Capital Partners, a UK specialist investment house, has successfully exited its investment in Swimming Nature, the largest independent provider of swimming tuition in the UK.
In October 2019, ReSolve Capital Partners began working with Swimming Nature, which at the time sought working capital as well as expert advice to expand its offering and achieve its ambitious goal of expanding across the UK. A strategy was developed to stabilise the business, increase focus on more profitable demographics and improve internal processes. With the support of ReSolve Capital Partners the business has now been successfully turned around and the Ferre family
Funds advised by KLAR Partners Limited (KLAR) have signed an agreement to acquire ISS Kanal Services, a corporate carve-out from ISS Schweiz AG and Switzerland’s leading player within UIM. The acquisition is in line with KLAR’s investment strategy to make control investments in companies providing mission critical services in resilient and growing markets. ISS Kanal Services is KLAR’s first acquisition in Switzerland.
ISS Kanal Services offers underground infrastructure maintenance services in a resilient market across eight locations in Switzerland. The company’s services consist of UIM cleaning and maintenance through flushing and inspection, as well as UIM maintenance and repair.
iCON Infrastructure Partners V1 (iCON V) has completed the acquisition of a 95 per cent interest in Wind Estate A/S (Wind Estate) from its founders Jens Petri Petersen and CEO Erik Abraham.
Abraham will remain as CEO and a 5 per cent shareholder of the Company. Wind Estate is a leading Danish independent power producer owning 282MW of operating onshore and offshore wind power generation capacity in Denmark and Scotland. Headquartered in Randers, Denmark, Wind Estate has 26 employees and a proven track record of successful development, acquisition and operation of wind turbines.
In addition to the operating
Debt funding provider Frontier Development Capital Ltd (FDC) has provided GBP900,000 to support the management buy in (MBI) of Complete Electrical Solutions (UK) Limited (CES).
CES, based in Stourbridge, West Midlands, was founded in 2000 as a generalist B2B electrical contracting business. In the previous two decades, the firm has established a strong reputation for regional electrical contracting via a small, but experienced team of 12 staff.
Whilst the firm provides a broad array of electrical services, it specialises in the installation, service and maintenance of lifts, stair lifts, stair climbers and other mains powered disability devices.
The debt investment
North West based multi-family investment office, Arete, has announced that it has led an GBP11.25 million private equity investment round into consumer technology product development specialists Tactus Group, with a GBP10 million (USD13.75 million) investment.
Warrington-based Tactus is a technology expert providing multi-branded IT hardware to global retailers and the public sector. The investment from Arete enabled Tactus to complete a recent landmark acquisition of PC gaming specialist, CCL computers, which sees the group become a GBP125 million turnover business.
This latest deal will see Liverpool headquartered Arete further accelerate its growth ambitions, in a year that has already seen
Affirma Capital has held a first close of its fifth Korea fund, Ascenta V, with an AUM of USD403 million, to invest in buyout and growth capital opportunities in emerging markets including Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Singapore-headquartered Affirma Capital is targeting a final close for Ascenta V of USD636 million by October 2021. Affirma Capital increased the fund’s target size by 40 per cent from USD455 million, despite raising funds during the pandemic, according to the firm.
Ascenta V has received commitments from 14 limited partners so far including Korean sovereign wealth funds and major Korean banks. “We
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