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finnCap Group has appointed Nigel Birks and Dr Susie Jana as Directors in its Life Sciences team.
Birks joins as Equity Capital Markets Director with a remit to enhance the firm’s institutional and corporate relationships while Jana is joining the research team to expand the growth trajectory of the franchise following its strong performance over the past year.
The appointments will strengthen finnCap’s Life Sciences franchise and build upon its leading sector expertise and capital markets capabilities. Against the backdrop of the pandemic, Life Sciences is a market ripe for disruption and rapid expansion, in line with finnCap’s mission
Excellere Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm focused on partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams, has completed fundraising for its fourth fund at USD875 million.
The fund was oversubscribed, exceeding its target of USD750 million and closed at the hard cap.
Excellere targets recapitalisation partnerships with entrepreneurial companies with primary operations in North America.
actnano, a specialist in surface protection technologies for automotive and consumer electronics, has closed an oversubscribed SD21.75 million Series B financing led by BMW i Ventures.
UAdditional new investors include HELLA Ventures and TDK Ventures. All Series A investors, including Emerald Technology Ventures, GC Ventures America, Henkel Tech Ventures, Ireon Ventures and Material Impact, also participated in the round.
actnano specialises in water and environmental resistant nanocoating technologies. The company’s surface protection solutions are trusted by global automotive and consumer electronics OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers. actnano’s nanoGUARD technologies are currently protecting electronics on over 2 million production vehicles, including 80%
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, the professional body for the global alternative investment industry, has launched a Latin America Chapter, CAIA LatAm, that will bring together CAIA Members and candidates from across Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
Led by Chapter Head Daniel Mueller, CAIA, Partner, Head of Latin America with Alpine Capital Advisors, the new LatAm Chapter will focus on providing opportunities for CAIA Members across Latin America to network, share ideas and insights, discuss best practices, and engage in an environment that will foster the continued growth of the local alternative investment industry and
West Sussex-based home furnishing retailer Swyft Home has secured a GBP1 million invoice discounting facility from the alternative funder Growth Lending to support the company’s strong direct-to-consumer sales strategy and drive its business-to-business sales.
Founded in 2019, Swyft Home provides sofa-in-a-box deliveries direct to customers within 48 hours of orders being placed. The range comprises four customisable sofa models, which are assembled using no tools in just five minutes, making the product an ideal option for city living, rental properties and show homes.
This summer, the retailer gained a large listing with John Lewis, as well as other significant
STP Investment Services (STP) has acquired third-party fund administrator Tower Fund Services (Tower).
Infrastructure and construction veteran Haydn Mursell has been appointed as chair of fire protection specialist Checkmate Fire as part of a strategic plan to grow the business following the company’s acquisition of Rosse Systems earlier this year.
Checkmate Fire is backed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), which supported a management buyout in 2018. The business supplies a comprehensive range of third-party accredited survey, installation and compliance services to public and private sector customers throughout the UK. With nationwide coverage, Checkmate maintains passive fire safety in around 1,500 buildings, and completes more than 12,000 fire door remediations or replacements every year.
TorQuest Partners (TorQuest) has completed the acquisition of North West Rubber Ltd (NWR), a manufacturer and distributor of recycled and virgin rubber matting and other flooring products.
Founded in 1968 and based in Abbotsford, BC, NWR’s products are sold throughout North America into a variety of end markets including the farm, consumer, athletic facility, and industrial channels. NWR is led by Leighton Friesen, President & CEO, who has served in this role since 2007. Under the leadership of Leighton and the management team, NWR has grown rapidly over the last 14 years, supported by a dedicated workforce of over 220
Procare Solutions (Procare), a specialist in child care management solutions, has acquired ChildPlus Software (ChildPlus), a provider of Head Start management software. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The transformative acquisition of ChildPlus further expands the breadth of Procare’s solutions and supports the Company’s mission to meet the complete management and parent communication needs of all child care businesses and organisations, including both private pay centres and federally-funded Head Start agencies.
Procare is the leading provider of child care centre management and parent engagement software in the US, with software solutions to automate every area of child
European money management app Plum has successfully raised a total of USD24 million from a Series A funding round that will help propel the company’s expansion into Europe and grow its product offerings.
The fintech’s first close of funding, announced in October, raised USD14 million and saw notable investment from investors including dmg ventures, Ventura Capital, Global Brain, Venture Friends and 500 Startups.
Following this, Plum ran a highly anticipated second round on crowdfunding platform Crowdcube which raised USD8 million. The campaign was the fourth most popular Crowdcube fundraise of all time in Europe by number of investors, which reached
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