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ADL Bionatur Solutions, through its subsidiary ADL Biopharma, a company specialised in research and development of health, cosmetic and beauty products, services and industrial fermentation production, has agreed an EUR25 million debt financing with Kartesia, an independent and privately-owned European specialist financing small and middle-market companies.
The agreement includes financing of EUR25 million and the option of an additional amount of EUR5 million, that can be drawn by requirement of ADL within the next 6-18 months. The parties agreed on an interest rate based on the Euribor + 5 per cent annual interest rate + 7 per cent for payment-in-kind
PurpleLab, a healthcare data and analytics platform, has raised USD3 million in growth financing from Edison Partners. PurpleLab will use the capital to bolster its analytics capabilities and sales and marketing operations.
Provider profiling and medical terminology master data management represents a USD2 billion-plus market in the US, PurpleLab leverages its data and analytics technology platform to help health plans, healthcare providers, as well as life science organisations to model and measure episodes of care. PurpleLab utilises medical and prescription claims data to produce objective, quantitative, and predictive performance measures for 1.8 million healthcare providers across the nation.
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DW Healthcare Partners (DWHP), a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has made a majority investment in CEFALY Technology SPRL (CEFALY), a global manufacturer and marketer of neuro-modulating medical devices for the prevention and treatment of migraines.
CEFALY is the first investment in DW Healthcare Partners V, the firm’s recently closed, USD610 million fifth fund.
CEFALY was founded in 2004 by Dr Pierre Rigaux and Pierre-Yves Muller and is headquartered in Liège, Belgium, with additional operations in the US. The CEFALY device is externally applied by the patient to the forehead to deliver electrical impulses to the trigeminal nerve, a critical
Prestige Funds is launching two new distribution share classes for its Commercial Finance Opportunities Fund (CFO), a Luxembourg based, open-ended SICAV that launched in 2013.
CFO is a direct lending fund that focuses on invoice, asset and commercial finance opportunities, primarily in the UK, and operates a highly diversified investment portfolio of short term commercial and industrial loans.
The new share classes are:
• Distribution ID share classes which are aimed at institutional investors with a minimum investment of USD 1,000,000 (or currency equivalent) and quarterly liquidity (on 90 days’ notice).
• Distribution D share classes which are aimed at
Private equity firm Lovell Minnick Partners is exit its investment in Worldwide Facilities (Worldwide), a national wholesale insurance brokerage, managing general agency and program manager, with Genstar to become a new investor in the company.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
“It has been a privilege to partner with the Worldwide management team over the past four years. We’re proud to have supported the Company in executing its strategic goal of becoming a larger, more diversified, top-five insurance wholesaler in the US market,” says Spencer Hoffman, a Partner at Lovell Minnick Partners. “We believe Worldwide
Granite Creek Capital Partners, a private investment firm based in Chicago, has made a USD15 million investment in Morrow Sodali, a provider of strategic advisory and shareholder services to corporate clients around the world.
Morrow Sodali provides corporate boards and executives with strategic advice and services relating to corporate governance, shareholder and bondholder communication and engagement, capital markets intelligence, proxy solicitation, shareholder activism and mergers and acquisitions.
Morrow Sodali will use the infusion from Granite Creek to continue making investments in its strategic growth initiatives. Mark Radzik, Managing Partner of Granite Creek, will serve on the Board of Morrow
DWS Group’s private equity team has led a syndicate of large institutional limited partners, including Blackstone Strategic Partners and StepStone Group, among others, in facilitating Snapdragon Capital Partners’ and The Maze Group’s strategic investment in Nutraceutical International Corp.
Founded in 1993, Nutraceutical, majority owned by HGGC, is a vertically integrated manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of branded nutritional supplements, personal care, and other natural products sold primarily to and through domestic health and natural food stores. Internationally, Nutraceutical markets and distributes branded nutritional supplements and other natural products to and through health and natural product distributors and retailers.
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Pan-European private equity firm IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VIII Fund is to sell Ellab, a global supplier of solutions and services for measuring, recording, monitoring and validating critical parameters of thermal processes, to EQT.
During the past 70 years, Ellab has grown from a small Danish manufacturer of thermometers to a leading global supplier of thermal validation solutions and services. The Company serves both small and large clients within the pharmaceutical, medical and food industries by providing solutions for applications like sterilisation, freeze drying, heat tunnels and pasteurisation, among others. Ellab’s solutions are used by customers like Pfizer, Astra
Bridges Fund Management (Bridges) has invested in Jump City Holdings (Jump City) through the Bridges US Sustainable Growth Fund.
Jump City is one of the largest franchisees of Sky Zone trampoline parks, operating five locations in the New England region, including the first franchised location in the Sky Zone system.
Sky Zone is the leading franchisor in the indoor trampoline and entertainment space and part of the largest indoor active recreation and trampoline park company in the world, Circus Trix Holdings, LLC. Each of the Jump City locations provides a safe, healthy and fun recreational atmosphere for children, families and
UNIQA Ventures and Elevator Ventures Beteiligungs GmbH, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International have invested in kompany, a RegTech platform for Global Business Verification and Business KYC, while previous investors, including the European Super Angels Club (ESAC), have increased their stakes.
“We have followed kompany’s success story for quite some time – we at UNIQA Ventures are convinced that now is the right time for outstanding RegTech startups to benefit from the digitalization of heavily regulated industries like banking and insurance,” says Andreas Nemeth, CEO of UNIQA Ventures.
RBI is investing in kompany via its corporate venture
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