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CodiKoat, a portfolio company of GreenBank Capital has delivered a new biosafety product to solve a significant public touchscreen health hazard.
Furthermore, in support of delivering this groundbreaking public health solution, the Cambridge based biotech firm has entered into partnerships with two market-leading UK-based manufacturers, BDK and Keeling & Walker.
In partnering with both these companies, Codikoat’s aim is to now produce a fully transparent adhesive film that, once administered, offers incredible sanitising protection without interfering with the displays of touch screen devices.
nThrive, a healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform provider backed by Clearlake Capital Group (together with certain affiliates, Clearlake), has changed its name to FinThrive, which will be formally launched through a pending rebrand.
The new name signals the company’s intention to break the cycle of inefficiency associated with traditional RCM technologies, while designing a modern software approach that empowers stakeholders across healthcare’s financial ecosystem. The Company is rethinking revenue cycle management and providing healthcare leaders with the tools to realise an integrated technology approach to ensure financial health.
As FinThrive, the Company will continue to transform
Cloud8, the developer of a digital employee benefits platform has raised GBP750,000 from Mercia to further enhance its product.
Cloud8’s platform BEAM at Work allows employee benefits consultancies and other advisers to deliver services online, and improve efficiency and client service. It aims to fill a gap in the market for an easy-to-use platform that is accessible to companies of all sizes, including SMEs. Launched two years ago, it is already being used by a wide range of consultancies and has recently signed a deal with a leading employee benefits provider.
Cloud8 was established by an experienced management team
Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has accompanied funds advised by HIG WhiteHorse (‘HIG’) on an acquisition financing.
IG is providing debt financing for Waterland Private Equity’s acquisition of shares in the RUF Group via two brands RUF|Betten and BRUNO. The seller of the shares is NORD Holding.
The RUF Group is one of the leading suppliers of premium beds in the German market. BRUNO, based in Berlin, is a direct-to-consumer (D2C) company specialising in the online direct distribution of high-quality designer box spring beds and sofa beds. With the support of the new owner and buy-&-build investor
Ethos has invested in UK emergency and alternative water services provider, Water Direct, from Heathcote Holdings.
Headquartered in Earl’s Colne, Essex, Water Direct provides alternative and emergency (A&E) water and water services to the majority of UK water utilities and to over 600 businesses.
The company offers its services through the UK’s largest dedicated fleet of water tankers and through its unique Nationwide Bottled Water BankTM consisting of 20 strategically located storage sites.
The transaction facilitates the management buy-in led by Adam Johnson, principal of Soris Capital, who will run the business as CEO post-completion.
Ethos invested alongside Adam, a
Hylo, an athletic footwear startup based in the UK, has raised GBP2.5 million in a Series A round led by Eka Ventures.
Redrice Ventures and angel investors including Patrick Bamford, the Leeds United and England footballer, also participated.
Hylo uses materials science to create running shoes that deliver high performance for athletes and low impact for the planet. The brand’s launch shoe is vegan, uses renewable materials, is recyclable and has a 52 per cent lower carbon footprint compared with the average running shoe. The brand is focused on building a community of Athletes for Planet, using their platforms
Connection Capital, a specialist private client alternative investment business, has exchanged on the sale of multiple award-winning UK online temporary insurance platform Tempcover to RVU, owner of Uswitch, Confused.com and Money.co.uk.
The sale (subject to Financial Conduct Authority regulatory clearance) will deliver a highly-profitable gross return of >5x money to Connection Capital clients.
Tempcover was established in 2006 and private investor clients of Connection Capital invested in the Company’s MBO in December 2017 with a further follow-on investment made in May 2019.
Over the period of Connection Capital clients’ ownership, EBITDA has grown substantially and headcount has more than doubled
By Colin Leopold – Q&A with Ian Sandiford, Senior Portfolio Manager – Alternatives, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, and Steffen Pauls, CEO Moonface…
Icelandic technology provider Dohop has raised an undisclosed additional growth equity round from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP).
This investment will enable Dohop to further accelerate growth and develop its innovative virtual interlining offering, allowing airlines and scheduled transport providers to sell complex itineraries without the need for codesharing or traditional interline agreements.
Since SEP’s initial investment in November 2020, Dohop has expanded its network of partner airlines by 25-plus carriers across five continents, resulting in a network of more than 50 carriers globally, including AirTransat, Vueling, LATAM, easyJet, and many others. The initial investment also enabled Dohop to grow its
Ropes & Gray has appointed Alexandra Chauvin as a London-based counsel in its asset management team.
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