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Novalis Biotech, an early stage venture capital investor in healthcare, technologies has held the first closing of its second fund, Novalis Biotech Acceleration, raising an initial EUR8 million.
With commitments for a similar amount already in place, Novalis anticipates a final closing in early 2021. The majority of investors in Novalis’ first fund have co-invested in this first closing.
“We have already doubled our first fund in this closing and with the commitments in place we are almost fully subscribed to reach our goal of EUR25 million. With the addition of a couple new investors, we remain on track to
NextStage AM, a specialist in growth equity in France, has held the first closing of its Relance-labelled NextStage Championnes III (Championnes III) fund, which will provide equity financing to innovative French SMEs established (particularly digital, environmental innovation, smart health).
At present, the fund’s programme already has an investment capacity of EUR60 million.
With Championnes III, NextStage AM rounds out its growth equity investment program for institutional investors, UHWN and family offices. The fund is looking at initial investment tickets of EUR4 million to EUR10 million in profitable companies currently achieving sales of EUR5 million to EUR50 million with strong
Ross Trustees, an independent professional trustee and pensions support services business, has secured investment from LDC, a mid-market private equity investor.
The investment provides a financial platform for the company’s future growth. Financial details of the investment are undisclosed.
Ross Trustees was founded in 2010 by Steven Ross and provides professional trustee and pensions support services, as well as pensions manager and secretariat services through its Ross Corporate Services division.
Ross Trustees has since grown to support more than 100 pension schemes, with asset values from GBP1 million to GBP6 billion. The business employs a team of 45
Gulf Capital, one of the largest and most active alternative asset managers in the GCC, has appointed Kaiser Jasrai as a Managing Director of Fundraising and Investor Relations.
He will lead fundraising and investor relations activities for Gulf Capital, expanding and strengthening its regional and global investors’ network and relationships.
Jasrai, who is a specialist capital raiser across the alternative asset classes, joins Gulf Capital from global placement firm Eaton Partners where he spent six years as Managing Director, covering Middle Eastern, European and global investors and where he was ranked as a top performing distribution professional in the
Edge Investments (Edge), a growth investor in the UK creative economy, has invested GBP1.7 million into BLAST, a global esports media network.
BLAST has contracted the best teams in the world, works with top broadcast talent in the space and utilises its leading production technology to offer world class media and entertainment experiences to an ever-expanding audience, be it across intimate broadcast shows, arena events, digital platforms, or top-class multi-platform content. The network is best known for the operation, production and broadcasting of BLAST Premier, a series of worldwide Counter-Strike tournaments, as well as launching tournaments in DOTA and Valorant
CBPE Capital LLP (CBPE) has held the final close of its latest fund, CBPE Capital Fund X at its hard cap of GBP561 million, surpassing its target of GBP525 million.
The Fund is the successor to CBPE Capital IX, which closed in August 2016 with capital commitments of GBP459 million, and will be CBPE’s third fund as an independent GP having completed a buyout from Close Brothers Group in 2008.
This successful fundraise enables CBPE to continue its disciplined and consistent investment strategy. CBPE targets investments in UK head-quartered businesses with Enterprise Values between GBP25 million and GBP150 million, focusing
CVC Credit Partners (CVC Credit) has provided a GBP37.5 million first lien credit facility to Nurse Plus, a healthcare services business backed by Sovereign Capital Partners. The new funding has been fully underwritten by CVC Credit and will be used to refinance the company’s existing debt facility and to support the business’s ongoing growth strategy.
Founded in 2005, Nurse Plus is a provider of nursing and care personnel to both the UK’s health and social care sectors. The business is the second largest provider in the industry with 50+ branches, from which it recruits, develops and manages an extensive and
Think Bigger Capital, Demium’s Asset Management Company, has launched its first fund (TBF I) with a target size of EUR30 million. The fund, which will focus on investing in technology and innovation companies in Europe, invests at least EUR100k of pre-seed funding for an equity stake in each company that completes the Demium incubation programme and is selected by the investment committee. The asset manager’s selection criteria are independent of those of Demium Startups.
Selected companies will receive mentoring and assistance with their project to best prepare them to qualify for pre-seed investment with Demium’s asset management company.
Currently,
Warburg Pincus has invested in German real estate agents and brokerage company McMakler, alongside existing shareholders.“Since inception, McMakler has grown very quickly to become a market leader, providing outstanding service to clients looking to buy and sell properties. Despite the challenges posed by the Covid 19 Pandemic this year, the business has continued its strong growth. Thanks to our innovative technology platform and our 300 highly qualified local brokers across our numerous locations in Germany, McMakler provides a modern and transparent real estate sale and purchase process,” says Felix Jahn, CEO and founder of McMakler. And further: “We are very pleased
The latest PEWire podcast features an interview with Stuart Veale, Chair of the VCTA and Vice Chair of the BVCA. Listen in to find out why he believes that strict EU state aid regulations are preventing VCTs from unlocking fresh capital to support UK growth businesses during the current economic climate, as well as his view on patient capital and how government-funded tax relief could potentially have the power to support the UK’s economic recovery.
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