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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.
SUSI Partners, on behalf of its Energy Transition Fund (SETF), has signed an agreement with developer BIWO Renovables and their commercial partner Latsolar Energy Investments to acquire a portfolio of distributed renewable energy assets in Chile.
VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a private investment firm investing in the healthcare, information, business services and education industries, has completed the sale of Coretelligent to Norwest Equity Partners.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Coretelligent is a provider of comprehensive managed IT, cybersecurity, and cloud services to customers within the financial services, life sciences, professional services, and related sectors. VSS will participate in Coretelligent’s next phase of growth as a minority investor in the Company.
Coretelligent provides comprehensive managed and co-managed white glove IT support, cybersecurity, backup and disaster recovery as well as cloud services. Founded by Kevin
TowerBrook Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of ECP-PF Holdings Group, (ECP-PF) from Exaltare Capital Management, a Boston-based private equity firm.
ECP-PF is one of the largest developers and operators of fitness clubs under the Planet Fitness brand (NYSE: PLNT), serving approximately 600,000 members in six US states and three Canadian provinces.
Planet Fitness is one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness clubs in North America. As of 30 June, 2021, Planet Fitness had more than 14.8 million members and 2,170 clubs in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Panama, Mexico, and Australia. The company’s mission
Pharmacierge, a health-tech company that offers same-day prescription medicine delivery in London and next day delivery throughout the UK, today announces that it has raised GBP1.25 million from a number of leading clinicians and angel investors.
Investors include Alex Chesterman OBE, founder of Cazoo and Zoopla and Simon Franks, who co-founded Lovefilm. In a show of confidence from the medical profession, many practitioner users have also invested in the round, including two past presidents of the Independent Doctors Federation, and clinicians practicing variously at the Schoen Clinic, One Welbeck, Hormone Health, Physicians Clinic, Cromwell, Wellington, Lister and King Edward VII
Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has, on behalf of its clients, agreed to acquire a significant minority stake in Swiss watchmaker Breitling from CVC Capital Partners Fund VI and management.
Founded in 1884, Breitling is already one of the leading Swiss watchmakers, with a unique heritage in the industry as the inventor of the modern wrist chronograph and a particular positioning as a casual, inclusive, and sustainable luxury brand. Breitling has a diverse range of watch collections centered around air, land, and sea themes, and its unique modern-retro design style appeals to an increasingly broad consumer base globally.
London and the UK are at the forefront of a global boom in climate tech investment since the Paris Agreement, according to a new report by London & Partners and Dealroom.co.
NorthEdge-backed Altia has acquired VeriSaaS, a field intelligence and evidence collection software business.
Altia is a leading global provider of specialist intelligence and investigation software for government department and law enforcement agencies across the UK, Canada and Australia. The business, which is based in Nottingham and Glasgow, supports police forces and investigation teams to automate processes using technology – reducing time and money spent on investigations and improving prosecution rates.
Australia-based VeriSaaS develops software to support organisations to collect actionable intelligence. The business’ core proposition Verinote, a digital note-taking system, replaces the need for paper notebooks to document conversations, decisions
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