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WaterBridge Holdings is to acquire the Southern Delaware Basin produced water infrastructure of Centennial Resource Production, LLC, a subsidiary of Centennial Resource Development (Centennial). Contemporaneous with closing, WaterBridge and Centennial will enter into a 15-year produced water management agreement at market rates for Centennial’s operated acreage within an extensive area of mutual interest. The transaction is valued at USD225 million, consisting of USD150 million in upfront cash and an additional USD75 million payable to Centennial over a three-year period based on Centennial achieving certain incentive thresholds. The transaction is subject to certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, and is expected to
AND Digital has secured a GBP11 million equity investment from BGF to support its continued growth and global expansion.Established in 2014, AND Digital is one of Europe’s fastest growing tech companies, employing over 600 people and generating an annual turnover of GBP42 million. In this year’s The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For, AND was ranked at number 10, demonstrating its people first focus for tech talent.
The organisation accelerates the digital capabilities of large enterprise clients, giving them the ability to build products and grow their internal digital capability at the same time. Its rapidly-growing client base
Mayfair Equity Partners (Mayfair) has made a minority investment in Graphcore’s Series D2 funding round, an extension of the company’s Series D round which closed in December 2018. Headquartered in Bristol and founded in 2016, Graphcore is a semiconductor business whose Intelligence Processing Unit (“IPU”) products and Poplar® software platform have been designed specifically to address Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) workloads, application domains in which Graphcore has established a leading position globally. Mayfair led the financing round which also included Baillie Gifford, M&G Investments and existing investors including Merian Chrysalis.
This new D2 round brings the total
The latest Healthtech M&A market report from Hampleton Partners, an international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, reveals that boom times are back in healthtech M&A, along with a rapidly increasing appetite to apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) to solve many of medicine’s pressing problems. The number of AI-related healthtech transactions has doubled every six months since the second half of 2017, reaching 10 per cent of all deals by the end of 2019.
Overall healthtech transaction volumes have seen a healthy rebound after dropping significantly in 2H2016 and 1H2017. Volumes increased by 14 per cent compared to 1H 2019 and 27 per
Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, is pleased to announce a GBP500,000 growth capital investment into Novel Technologies Holding Limited (NTH), developers of antimicrobial technology SILVERbac. This is the third investment made by the GBP20 million Foresight Scottish Growth Fund which is financed by the Scottish Growth Scheme through a combination of Scottish Government funds and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and is part of a wider GBP2.1 million funding round for NTH.
Glasgow-based NTH was established in 2017 by inventor Zahir Ahmed and David Evans, a successful life sciences entrepreneur with a wealth
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has completed the majority recapitalisation of Marco Rubber & Plastics (Marco), a technology-enabled, speciality distributor of elastomer components, including O-rings, gaskets, and other high-performance seals and products.Headquartered in Seabrook, NH, Marco delivers high value performance sealing solutions to thousands of customers annually across a broad array of end markets, including aerospace, medical, semiconductor, chemical, and many other diverse markets. Marco’s experienced team developed the Company’s proprietary technology platform to link a global supply network, representing more than 3,000 material formulations, more than a million SKUs, and custom products to provide fast and cost-effective service to customers
Venture capital firm Vala Capital has opened a new tranche for its enterprise investment scheme (EIS) following the successful launch of its first EIS Portfolio in early 2019.The EIS Portfolio’s innovative performance fee structure means investors won’t pay any fees unless profits are made and their entire investment is eligible for EIS tax relief. There are no upfront charges or ongoing fees to pay, with all administration costs paid for by the companies that Vala Portfolio invests in through a one-off charge on deployment of cash. The only fee payable is a 20 per cent performance fee on profitable exits.
FXI has successfully completed its previously announced merger with Innocor, creating a leading provider of comfort technology solutions. The breadth of the combined company’s capabilities enables it to offer a complete array of end-to-end solutions across the broadest range of end markets – including bedding, furniture, healthcare, filtration, transportation, and acoustics. The combined company will operate under the FXI name.
The combined company possesses a wide range of relationships and capabilities, built through the heritage of two complementary industry pioneers, to deliver solutions that enhance everyday life. Consumers can find FXI’s products in a multitude of applications and experience the
European venture capital fund Speedinvest has raised EUR190 million for its third fund, increasing Speedinvest’s total AUM to more than EUR400 million.
Small World Financial Services, a UK-head headquartered money transfer provider backed by Equistone Partners Europe, has agreed to acquire French international payments company MoneyGlobe.
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