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Neo Medical, a Swiss-based Medtech company developing value- based care solutions in spinal surgery, announced today the closing of a USD20.6 million financing round.
The round features Swisscom Ventures as lead investor, with the proceeds of the financing set to be used to support the accelerated commercial deployment of Neo Medical ADVISETM augmented reality platform for spinal surgery, with a particular focus on the US market.
The North East Development Capital Fund (NEDCF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) has led a GBP410,000 investment in Newcastle-based CRL Foods Ltd (CRL Foods), a specialist food & beverage canning, sterilisation and pasteurisation business.
The Fund originally invested last year to enable the business to expand its team, creating 10 new jobs in Newcastle and increase its production capacity.
The transaction includes GBP250,000 from NEDCF, GBP61,500 from existing shareholders, and a GBP98,500 grant from the North of Tyne Growth Fund. The North of Tyne Growth Fund is a GBP4.6 million programme of investment part-funded by European Regional
Crestbridge has appointed Ellie Sharples as Director, Senior Compliance Officer, as it continues to expand its Group risk function.
Based in Jersey, Sharples will be responsible for ensuring the monitoring of operational performance and for the management of all regulatory and compliance matters, ensuring the business’s ongoing adherence to both its own internal policies and procedures and to local regulatory obligations. Sharples also manages Crestbridge’s regulatory relationship with the local regulator, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).
With over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry Ellie has specialist expertise in risk and corporate governance as well as proven
Included VC – a nine month, fully-funded global venture capital Fellowship that enables individuals from backgrounds that are underrepresented in VC to find investment roles in the industry – has launched its third Fellowship.
Do Ventures has selected Allow Systems’ Investor Portal solution to support its LP management.
Do Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that serves as a strategic partner for startups in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Allvue’s Investor Portal solution will provide Do Ventures with transparent, timely and efficient communication with its LPs. Do Ventures will have access to intuitive, highly configurable dashboards that will allow it to securely share information with investors and streamline operations as its number of funds, investments, and clients grow globally.
Allvue’s Investor Portal provides limited partners with customizable, feature-rich dashboards combining portfolio company
Following a year of substantial growth, management consultancy CIL has invested in its healthcare practice with the promotion of James Silk to Partner and the appointment of Craig Abrahams as Associate Director.
Last year, CIL worked with many leading healthcare private equity investors and businesses, supporting them on mandates across healthcare, social care and life sciences. Looking to build on the team’s success, Silk’s promotion to Partner will see him focus on leveraging the firm’s experience across both transactional and non-transactional landscapes. Recent engagements he has led include buy-side CDD on Frontier Medical for Agilitas Private Equity, and sell-side CDD
capital D, a private equity fund manager investing in disruptive mid-market businesses across Europe, has made a number of new appointments.
Peter Kruppa has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and compliance officer. He joins from DH Private Equity Partners (formerly Doughty Hanson) where he spent 18 years in various roles, most recently as CFO and previously focusing on portfolio management and transaction execution.
Marzio Bondolfi joins as an associate from EMERAM Capital Partners where he was an investment professional working in the transaction team as well as on strategy developments for portfolio companies.
In addition, capital D has
MLM 2, an information services and software platform led by veteran IP executive Mason Slaine, and Warburg Pincus, a leading global growth investor, have acquired Minesoft, a patent search provider.
The investment will enable the company to accelerate the development of new products, expand and scale globally, including in the US, and enhance existing products with analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Minesoft marks the first acquisition for MLM 2, backed by a USD1 billion equity commitment from Warburg Pincus. MLM 2 continues to pursue additional acquisitions in information, software, and technology-enabled services,
Praetura Ventures, a Manchester-based venture capital investor, has appointed three industry experts to its team of operational partners.
The appointments come a year after Praetura launched the initiative to support promising founders with additional expertise and mentoring, as it continues to build its more than money approach.
Helen Verwoert, who oversaw Dr. Martens’ transformation from a heritage brand to an iconic global brand as Chief HR Officer, is among the hires and will mentor Praetura’s portfolio companies on areas including staff wellbeing and company culture.
Entrepreneur Paul Johnson, who spent more than two decades building MPP Global before
StepStone Group, a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customised investment solutions and advisory and data services, has named five new partners and 12 new managing directors.
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