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HIG BioHealth Partners (HIG), the dedicated healthcare investment affiliate of HIG Capital, has co-led a USD52 million Series B financing round for Click Therapeutics, a pioneer in the field of digital therapeutics.
The Series B financing will be used to advance clinical development and commercialisation of Click’s prescription digital therapeutics pipeline. With this financing, Alex Zisson, Managing Director of HIG BioHealth Partners will join the board of Click.
Click’s pipeline of innovative digital therapeutics spans multiple therapeutic areas, from psychiatry and chronic pain, to cardiometabolic and autoimmune disorders. In addition to its internal pipeline programs, Click has entered into landmark
CORE Industrial Partners (CORE), a Chicago-based private equity firm, has formed a new additive manufacturing platform and completed the acquisitions of 3DXTECH (3DXTECH), Triton 3D and Gearbox3D (Gearbox).
The company is a provider of additive manufacturing equipment, including 3D printers, materials, and services focusing on high-performance material extrusion technologies.
3DXTECH provides a broad array of high-performance 3D printing filament for open-source printers and printing services for production and prototype quantities. Triton offers Stratasys compatible 3D printing filament and related 3D printing accessories. Gearbox manufactures industrial-grade, open-source 3D printers utilising thermoplastic extrusion technology. Founded in 2014, the Company combines deep
Africa-focused infrastructure investment funds have set record fundraising targets in 2021, according to new analysis by global law firm Linklaters. A total of ten funds have set a combined target of USD2.14 billion in their latest fundraising, a marked increase on previous years and over three times the average annual amount targeted over the last ten years.
This year has also seen the largest number of newly formed funds that will specifically target Africa’s infrastructure needs – at ten, up from an average of four per year over the last decade.
The analysis suggests that African nations are likely
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has appointed Josh McLane and Niya Tang as partners in the firm’s Tax, Employee Benefits, Trusts & Estates practice group.
McLane is based in the firm’s Orange County office and was most recently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. Tang joins the firm’s New York office and was most recently a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig. Sheppard Mullin has added 20 lateral partners this year.
“Our transactional tax partners have been extremely busy due, in large part, to the sustained surge in the deals being handled by our corporate group,” says Jon Newby, vice chairman of
Aiven, a software company that combines the best open-source technologies with cloud infrastructure, has secured USD60 million in Series C extension at a USD2 billion valuation bringing total Series C investment to USD160 million.
This extension, which brings Aiven’s total funding to date to USD210 million, was co-led by existing investors World Innovation Lab and IVP, and with the participation from Atomico and others. In a testament to the growth and potential Aiven showcases in its capabilities, a number of investors increased their capital commitments to Aiven just seven months after the company’s successful USD100 million Series C.
As the
Though the Street may be wary of China’s current economic trajectory, Willis Towers Watson, spoken to by Private Equity Wire, remains persuaded by the ability of China’s on-the-ground and sector-specific GPs to stay on course.
As any start-up founder knows, launching a new business can be an exhausting and all-consuming experience. When not dealing with day-to-day operations or handling accounts, there are investors to deal with and venture funding to be raised, often from multiple backers with competing agendas.
Serial entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den winner, Lex Deak, has secured GBP2 million for his new app, BASKET.
Notable investors include Lightbank, the VC firm founded by Groupon co-founder, Eric Lefkosky, as well as co-founder and CEO of WorldFirst, Jonathan Quin, and Mumsnet founder and CEO, Justine Roberts.
Basket will revolutionise the online shopping experience when it arrives in January 2022.
Shoppers can bookmark potential purchases from anywhere on or offline and organise them in a single space. The BASKET app will then inform them of price drops or any discounts available on their items.
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Exciva, a clinical biotech company developing a novel therapeutic compound for treating agitation/aggression in Alzheimer’s disease, has closed a Series A financing of EUR9 million (USD10 million) led by Andera Partners. LBBW Venture Capital and Cure8 also participated in the round.
This first funding will help Exciva GmbH develop the lead compound up to completion of Phase I. The product has the potential to treat behavioural and psychological symptoms in Alzheimer disease patients. This compound is the combination of two clinically validated products, which have demonstrated effectiveness in the CNS field.
“I am very happy that we were able
Apex Group has appointed Paul Monahan as Head of Corporate Services, Jersey and Chantal Slabber as Head of Client Services & Operations, Jersey.
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