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Limerston Capital portfolio company, Forensic Access Group, has completed the acquisition of bioanalysis and toxicology laboratory, Analytical Services International Limited (ASI).
The acquisition strengthens the group’s breadth of expertise within the forensic and related analytical services sectors, allowing it to drive innovation and growth.
Oxfordshire-based Forensic Access Group sits as part of Limerston Capital’s AFA International platform. The group is established as a dominant player within forensic and related analytical services and specialises in the provision of cutting-edge services to the UK’s criminal justice system, covering criminal, family, and civil law.
ASI is headquartered in London and brings
KeyZell, a Spanish biotechnology company in the development phase of digital cancer treatments and tools, has opened a private financing round with a target of raising EUR5 million to boost its project.
The funding will be used to finance a human clinical trial with one of its innovative cancer treatments, based on Dr Nabil Hajji’s research on cellular apoptosis induced by cell receptor blockage, as well as to improve its precision medicine Artificial Intelligence system that aims to be the future of cancer medicine, thanks to an algorithm that proposes the most appropriate personalised treatment for each patient depending on
Microsoft for Startups and Ansarada (ASX:AND) have formed a new global partnership to make it easier and faster for startups to raise capital and grow. Ansarada is the first third party technology vendor to forge a global partnership of this kind with the Microsoft for Startups programme and will be a central part of the offer to participants.
Microsoft for Startups helps remove traditional barriers to building a company with free access to technology, coaching, and support. The aim of the programme is to create and maintain a healthy ecosystem where its partners and customers can succeed and grow. Startups
The ongoing global geopolitical issues and volatile market conditions continue to pose downside risk to the deal activity (mergers & acquisitions [M&A], private equity, and venture financing deals) for the second consecutive month across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
Elbow Beach Capital, an impact investment company, has launched a venture vehicle with an initial GBP20 million of committed capital, focused on decarbonisation, sustainable energy, and social impact opportunities.
Elbow Beach Capital invests in early-stage businesses whose technologies have the potential to solve the planet’s biggest challenges, while simultaneously achieving significant commercial growth. The fund targets long-term value creation, while working with founders and entrepreneurs to accelerate the development and implementation of positive impact technologies.
Elbow Beach Capital will invest across a range of opportunities including: innovative and disruptive technologies which decarbonise supply-chains and create profitable circular economies; sustainable
Plans to exclude performance fees from workplace pension caps and recently launched changes to pension investment rules would generate a GBP5.26 billion annual boost to UK science and technology investment by 2030, according to the latest Market Spotlight report on the UK’s science and technology sector by Bruntwood SciTech.
In addition, some 8,900 science and tech jobs would be created by 2025, and 20,500 by 2030 with an annual boost to the UK economy of GBP1.44 billion.
The report also reveals that he North of England and Midlands would reap the biggest growth benefits relative to the size of their
Asana Partners has held the final close of Asana Partners Fund III, with aggregate equity commitments of USD1.5 billion.
A diverse group of institutional investors from North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific made commitments to the Fund, Asana Partners’ fifth and the third in its flagship series of value-add funds focused on acquiring and repositioning mixed-use assets in high-quality urban and near-urban neighboorhoods in the United States.
Archeon, a specialist in CPR artificial intelligence, has completed a EUR5.5 million Series A financing round, led by three investment funds, Karot Capital, Majycc eSanté Invest and Daphni.
The road was also supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF – European Social Fund for Franche-Comté and Massif du Jura), and by Bpifrance.
The funding will speed up Archeon’s access to new markets including North America and allow it to expand its range of medical ventilation devices to new pre-hospital and hospital uses. In addition to the EOlife unit, the PulmonAIR device currently developed is destined to be the first
Capital market analyst and intelligence company PitchBook has named Alumni Ventures as the third most active venture capital firm globally.
The new rankings place Alumni Ventures behind only Gaingels and Tiger Global Management, testifying to the sizeable portfolio of over 900 companies that the firm has invested in since its founding in 2014. It also reflects the company’s rapid pace in 2021, with AV participating in 351 deals, and the firm’s portfolio companies raising over USD25 billion in total over the course of the year.
Unlike conventional VC firms which raise their funding from institutions, Alumni Ventures focuses on democratising
Alpha Blue Ocean’s (ABO) Global Tech Opportunities investment fund has entered into an additional financing agreement of CAD 65m with Halo Collective Inc (“Halo”) in the form of convertible debentures.
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