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Bluecrest Health Screening, a provider of affordable health checks, has secured a GBP17 million investment arranged by private equity firm Vespa Capital.
The private healthcare provider offers comprehensive health screening tests and has delivered results to over 250,000 customers across the largest network of mobile clinics in the UK and Ireland.
Bluecrest Health Screening offers unrivalled convenience and affordability compared with traditional high-priced health checks offered by private hospital groups.
The business has achieved rapid growth since its launch in 2012 and is now being used by over 350 employers, who are able to carry out health screenings
KGAL is to sell five photovoltaic plants in Spain by the end of the year. The company has successfully implemented a structured sales process in order to take advantage of what it see as the currently optimal market environment and high demand.
KGAL acquired five solar farms in the autonomous province of Castilla la Mancha between 2007 and 2011 for several mutual funds (Infra Class Energy 3, 4 and 5). Two solar farms, each with a nominal capacity of five megawatts, were sold to a Spanish fund in July 2019. The transfer of ownership of three further parks, with a
A provider of tech-enabled conveyancing services has secured a significant investment from private equity investors, Livingbridge, in a deal that will support its future growth.
Simply Conveyancing Property Lawyers, founded in 2000 by Ashley and Susan King, has become one of the fastest growing conveyancing companies in the UK. It is the first property law firm to integrate Alexa, using voice recognition to allow customers to request quotes, monitor transaction progress and ask questions about the process.
FRP Advisory’s corporate finance team acted as lead advisors to the shareholders of Simply Conveyancing as part of the deal, which will
Two Six Capital, a technology-enabled firm that has pioneered data science for private equity, has advised Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) on the acquisition of Acuon Capital, a South Korea-based consumer finance and leasing company.
To harness the power of data science, Two Six Capital combines large scale engineering, statistics and machine learning to analyze revenue data and customer patterns. The firm’s goal is to help private equity investors unmask the intrinsic value of their prospective and current portfolio companies.
“As is the case with each of our investments in the increasingly competitive Asian market, it is critical to conduct
Guidehouse, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital (Veritas) and leading provider of management consulting services to government clients, is to acquire Navigant Consulting in a transaction valued at approximately USD1.1 billion.
Under the terms of the agreement, Navigant shareholders will receive USD28 in cash per share. The per share purchase price represents a premium of 16 per cent over the company’s closing stock price on 1 August, 2019, the last trading day prior to today’s announcement, and 26 per cent over the company’s 90-day volume-weighted average share price. The closing of this transaction, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing
Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has completed its acquisition of Loparex from funds managed by Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), alongside members of the company’s leadership team, who remain committed to supporting the long-term growth of Loparex’s customers.
Simon Medley will continue to serve as CEO.
Loparex is the leading global manufacturer of silicone release liners, serving customers in a diverse range of technically demanding end markets, including medical, industrial, tapes, graphics, hygiene, label and composites. Loparex has a global presence, with operations in North America, Europe and Asia.
Paul MacDuff, Partner at Pamplona, says: “Over the last 113 years,
Orrick has advised Kinnevik and Vostok New Ventures on digital health startup Babylon’s Series C investment round, which will raise up to USD500 million. The round makes Babylon the UK’s newest unicorn with the company now valued at USD2 billion.
The financing is the largest ever European digital health raise, as well one of the largest fundraisings in UK venture capital history. New investors participating in this raise included Centene Corporation, MunichRe and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Babylon is a digital health service provider that combines AI technology with the medical expertise of humans. The company delivers full
O’Melveny has represented Honeywell in a USD25 million Series B investment in Attabotics, the world’s first 3D robotics supply chain system for modern ecommerce. Honeywell was joined in the investment by Coature, Comcast Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, and Werklund Growth Fund.
The new funding will go toward supporting Attabotics’ continued, explosive growth, including new hires, scaling manufacturing operations, the development of new technologies, and more.
Based in Calgary, Canada, Attabotics replaces the rows and aisles of traditional fulfillment centers with a patented storage structure and robotics shuttles. Attabotics has fulfillment centers across the United States and Canada.
Honeywell is a Fortune
Private investment firm KKR is to acquire a majority shareholding in the heidelpay from AnaCap Partners, with Mirko Hüllemann, founder and CEO of heidelpay, and other key managers remaining as long-term shareholders.
Founded in 2003, heidelpay is a leading full-service payment provider that offers a complete range of payment processing services to online and face-to-face merchants. heidelpay facilitates payment acceptance on behalf of merchants across various payment methods for e-commerce, m-commerce and at the physical point of sale. heidelpay currently serves more than 30,000 retailers and marketplace operators, focusing on SMEs and corporates.
The business operates in a European payments
Foresight Group has made a GBP1.5 million investment from the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund into INSPHERE, a specialist in measurement and automation using innovative value-added metrology.
INSPHERE was founded in 2013 by CEO Ben Adeline and CTO Oliver Martin, originally providing metrology consultancy, sub-contract management and training to manufacturing businesses including Rolls-Royce, Airbus and Jaguar Land Rover.
Industries such as aerospace, automotive and defence all employ highly automated manufacturing processes which rely on production lines of robots performing precise and repeatable actions.
Measurement technologies have traditionally been used to verify parts at the end of the production
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