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Wandercraft, a healthtech company in dynamic robotics and exoskeleton technology, has raised USD45 million in a series C round led by the US fund Quadrant Management plus existing investors Bpifrance and new participants MACSF, Malakoff Humanis, AG2R La Mondiale, Mutuelles Impact and Sofiouest.
Other existing investors Xange, Eurazeo, LBO France and Cemag Invest also participated to the round.
Most of this new round of financing will be used by Wandercraft to fulfil the company’s mission of “mobility for all”, through the continued development, then launch, of the new Personal Exoskeleton for outdoor and home use. The funding will also allow
PwC UK has appointed Hugh Lloyd Ellis as leader of its Private Equity business.
Lloyd Ellis has worked at PwC for over 15-years, including two years in Hong Kong firm, supporting clients through the deals process as a Transactions Services partner.
As the Private Equity leader he brings a deep sector market knowledge and the best of PwC’s technical capabilities from across the UK to its clients.
Funds advised by local private equity firm Permira, supported a co-investor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), have entered into a partnership with Kedrion’s existing shareholders (the Marcucci family and FSI) to jointly acquire and combine Kedrion and BPL.
The combination will create a global player for medicines derived from human blood plasma, which treat patients with rare and life threatening conditions.
Kedrion, headquartered in Tuscany, Italy, brings an extensive portfolio of 21 products and over 600 marketing authorizations around the world.
BPL, headquartered outside London, UK, operates a targeted portfolio of successful rare
Funds advised by Permira Credit, a European alternative credit provider, are acting as sole senior secured lender to Five Arrows Growth Capital’s acquisition of KidsKonnect.
The support highlights Permira Credit’s focus on high-quality, growing tech-enabled businesses.
KidsKonnect is a childcare software provider offering fully integrated software solutions for daycare centres, out-of-school care, childminder organisations and primary education centres.
Collectively, the Permira Credit funds have invested approximately EUR13 billion since inception in a range of European debt products, including over EUR9 billion in European direct lending. Permira Credit has supported more than 300 companies across its strategies since its establishment
Pathway, a private market portfolio solutions provider with more than USD90 billion of assets under management from private equity, private credit, and infrastructure mandates, has appointed Andrea Almeida Mack as a Senior Vice President–Head of Consultant Relations in the firm’s Providence, Rhode Island, office.
Mack brings extensive investment management experience that dates back more than 20 years. Prior to joining Pathway, she was a Managing Director–Institutional Marketing and Consultant Relations at The TCW Group. In that role, Mack focused on building relationships with consultants in the Midwest and West regions of the United States. Prior to that, she was a
Pathfinder Medical – a medical device company improving outcomes for vascular procedures – has secured an GBP8.5 million funding round led by investors BGF and Parkwalk, along with a number of industry insiders, and with support from existing investor Deepbridge Capital.
Pathfinder was co-founded in 2014 by Robert Dickinson and CEO Sorin Popa following the latter’s research at Imperial College London into the use of electric fields for guidance in medical device procedures.
Following the investment, Chas Taylor will be joining the board as Chairman and Stefano Ciampolini as Non-Executive Director. Taylor is serial entrepreneur in the medical device
Osceola Capital-backed PayrHealth has acquired SilverCreek RCM, a full-service revenue cycle management (RCM) company serving healthcare providers across the US.
PayrHealth can now offer its proven RCM solution with 15-plus years’ experience delivering operational excellence and outcomes to its clients.
The integration of the two businesses is on track to be completed by the end of January 2022.
Middle market private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners has promoted nine members of its investment team, effective 1 January, 2022.
Vinter, Europe’s fastest-growing index provider specialised in crypto assets, has raised a further USD3.4m as it continues to expand its range of crypto asset indexes for ETP and ETF issuers.
The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from the Ricketts family office, D4 Ventures, Pfeffer Capital and notable angels including Gokul Rajaram, Marc Powers and David Chreng.
Mention Me, a customer advocacy platform, has secured USD25 million in a Series B round, led by Octopus Ventures.
Lead investor from the prior round Eight Roads Ventures also participated.
The London-based scale-up, which helps businesses turn referrals into a strategic channel for acquiring high-quality customers, while gathering valuable first-party data that amplifies wider marketing activity, will use the funds to support its vision to make every brand think advocacy-first by expanding into the US, investing in its partner network (which includes Klaviyo, TrustPilot, Ometria and SAP) and developing its product offering.
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