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Octopus Investments’ Development Capital team has provided growth funding to Fuse Universal (Fuse), a provider of next generation learning technology for the workplace. Octopus Investments joins existing investors, Eight Road Ventures and Education Growth Partners, in supporting the company through its next stage of growth.
Fuse’s learning platform allows enterprises to create, curate and share relevant internal and external content among employees to facilitate seamless learning, “peer to peer” knowledge sharing and effective internal communication. Fuse is currently used by over 120 enterprise customers including Adidas, Avon, InterContinental Hotels Group, Merck, Spotify and Vodafone. Typical use cases include training new
Healthcare private equity investor Apposite Capital’s dentistry group, Riverdale Healthcare, has acquired Archway Dental Practice in Stokesley, North Yorkshire.
Archway Dental Practice was founded by dentist, Mark Amos and moved into its current building in 2009, providing NHS dental care via three treatment rooms. The acquisition of the practice follows the acquisitions of Hebburn and Pelaw dental practices in Tyne & Wear one month ago, further strengthening the group footprint in North East England.
Ian Gordon, Managing Director, says: “Having worked closely with Mark Amos and his team for several years it is a pleasure to have them join
Global investment company, Sofina, which is listed on Euronext Brussels, is now live on SimCorp Dimension. Following an agreement signed in June 2018, Sofina has replaced its legacy infrastructure with SimCorp’s integrated investment platform, across its back-office operations, to manage accounting for both equity and alternative investments.
In the recent years, Sofina has implemented a growth strategy, with around EUR7 billion assets under management and a global reach. With an investment strategy of long-term minority investments, allocations in top-tier venture capital and growth capital funds and investments in fast-growing businesses, it required a new operational infrastructure that would support its
QuantifiCare, a specialist in 3D imaging solutions for clinical trials and aesthetic, has raised EUR5 million from LBO France to accelerate its expansion plans and strengthen its prominent position in skin imaging worldwide.
QuantifiCare is the first investment of Digital Health 2, LBO France’s new venture fund.
Founded in 2001 as a spin-off of INRIA, QuantifiCare is an imaging Contract Research Organisation (CRO) specialising in skin evaluations for clinical trials to pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies in major indications such as dermatology, aesthetics, wound healing and oncology. Building upon state-of-the-art, patented technology, QuantifiCare also offers a full range of high-quality
Ortho Solutions, a specialist orthopaedic design manufacturer, has secured a GBP2 million funding facility from Independent Growth Finance (IGF) to develop a new range of innovative medical solutions.
Founded in 2001, the privately-owned Essex based manufacturer supplies NHS and private hospitals throughout the UK with implant systems used in foot and ankle surgery.
The company required additional funding to support the development of new ankle fracture and foot plating systems. New systems that are aimed at improving effectiveness of specialist foot and ankle surgical procedures. However, it had reached its existing asset-based lending (ABL) facility limit of GBP750,000. Despite
Palatine Private Equity owned SMP Group of Companies (SMP), has completed a deal to acquire Helm Trust Company Limited (Helm), a trust and corporate services provider based in Jersey.
The deal, originally announced in July, has been approved by the Jersey Financial Services Commission.
Helm has now begun trading as SMP Helm Trust Company Limited (SMP Helm), as part of a staged integration process that will see SMP’s existing Jersey office merge with the acquired business.
Lewis Buckley, who has been a Director of Helm since 2011, has moved into the position of Managing Director of SMP Helm,
Stephens has further enhanced its European corporate finance advisory team with the hiring of experienced industry professional Simon Tilley on its European investment banking team.
Privately-held Stephens began with an independent financial services firm founded in the US in 1933, and later established an investment banking presence across the Atlantic in 2014 – opening offices in London and Frankfurt. Stephens’ international corporate finance advisory business is led by a highly experienced team of professionals with expertise across many sectors, geographies and types of transactions. Tilley assumes the role of Managing Director, responsible for European sponsor coverage.
Tilley has joined Stephens
Black&Callow, a European financial print and communications company, and Intralinks, a global financial technology provider for the global banking, deal making and capital markets communities, have formed a strategic alliance to provide end-to-end solutions for Capital Markets fundraisings and related transactions.
Black&Callow is the No1 ranked financial printer for UK Main Market and Euronext IPOs and other fundraisings, and provides digital solutions for IPO investor communications. As pioneers of the virtual data room, Intralinks enables and secures the flow of information facilitating strategic initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and investor reporting.
“The solidification of our relationship with
Thirty five per cent of private equity managers are now committing 3 per cent or above in capital to their funds, above the equivalent proportion in each of the three prior years, according to research carried out by MJ Hudson.
Alignment, part II of MJ Hudson’s Private Equity Fund Terms Research (5th Edition), reveals that a further significant proportion of GPs are committing between 2 per cent and 2.99 per cent of total commitments to the fund, while 29 per cent of the funds surveyed have a GP commitment in this range.
Alignment”examines the key terms that impact upon the alignment
Kare Plus National Limited has received a GBP910,000 loan from MEIF Maven WM Debt Finance, part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
Kare Plus delivers care and support services through residential establishments including large private hospitals, local councils and to private clients within their own homes, providing them with medical and care services. The funding package will allow the firm to expand its network of care facilities across the Midlands and also bolster its homecare services. It is also expected to create 20 new jobs.
The rapid growth of the ageing demographic in the UK is projected to be
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