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Investing in the UK’s innovative life sciences and biotech sector just became more accessible to a wide spectrum of investors, with the launch Capital Cell, Europe’s first dedicated Life Sciences crowdfunding platform.
Capital Cell has formally ‘opened to investors’ with the first four investment opportunities now live on the platform. These opportunities include a company developing alternatives to antibiotics and an equine health company.
Capital Cell works with companies whose technology is based on biology or healthcare to secure the investment they need to progress their innovative, potentially life-changing ideas. Capital Cell’s model is to support early stage companies,
FFL, a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies, has completed an investment in Bacharach Holding Corp, a manufacturer of refrigerant gas leak detection and monitoring instruments and combustion and emissions analysers.
Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Bacharach designs and manufactures gas test and measurement (T&M) instrumentation for commercial refrigeration and HVAC equipment, and also develops performance management software for its monitoring products. Founded in 1909, the company’s T&M products are aimed at helping customers – original equipment manufacturers, supermarkets, contractors, building managers, hospitality, military operations, and industrial manufacturing businesses –
Online discretionary wealth manager Netwealth Investments Limited, has completed a second round of capital subscription, raising and additional GBP10.02 million.
Some 13 new investors joined the 28 angels who provided initial capital of GBP6.57 million pre-launch, resulting in total funds raised to date of GBP16.6 million.
Charlotte Ransom, Chief Executive and co-founder of Netwealth, says: “We are delighted that the vast majority of our existing shareholders are backing us in this second round, having experienced the business rollout over the last 18 months. We are also excited to have thirteen new shareholders who all share our vision of how
Private asset manager Capital Dynamics has launched a dedicated Private Credit Asset Management business led by new recruits Jens Ernberg and Thomas Hall who will be based in the firm’s New York office and have joined the company’s Executive Committee.
Capital Dynamics’ Private Credit Asset Management business will leverage the firm’s extensive fund-of-fund and co-investment general partner relationship network to originate and invest in private debt transactions for mid-market companies owned or controlled by private equity sponsors. The Private Credit initiative represents a natural extension of Capital Dynamics’ core strategic focus of delivering capital solutions to the mid-market private equity
Neuberger Berman, an investment manager specialising in equities, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund portfolios for institutions and advisors worldwide, has implemented Hazeltree’s, treasury product suite.
Hazeltree’s suite provides Neuberger Berman with automated workflows in reconciliation, securities financing, margin management as well as cash and collateral management.
“At Neuberger Berman, we continually work to enhance our infrastructure to best serve clients and the increasingly complex solutions they demand,” says Pat Lomelo, Neuberger Berman’s Global Head of Operations. “Hazeltree has helped to streamline our treasury management function and has delivered leading-edge risk-reduction capabilities.”
“We are pleased to work
VCTs provide ‘patient’ capital to UK businesses enabling them to more than double their turnover (an increase of GBP2.2 million per GBP1 million of VCT investment) and have also helped to created 27,000 jobs, according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).
A review by the AIC shows that 54 per cent of all current VCT investee businesses have been held by those VCTs for longer than five years, while 20 per cent of all businesses have been held for longer than 10 years. VCTs have also boosted exports and R&D in investee companies.
HM Treasury, which is currently
SFW Capital Partners, a private equity firm that makes strategic investments in mid-size analytical tools and related services companies has appointed Andrew Cialino as a Vice President and Head of Business Development.
Cialino is joining the SFW team from Axial, where he was the Head of Sales and a member of its executive team. Axial is the leading deal network for middle market M&A professionals. During his five years at Axial, Andrew worked with hundreds of middle market private equity firms on their business development strategies and developed a robust network of intermediaries across the US.
“Andrew brings an
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) in conjunction with existing management, has invested in Cartegraph Systems, a provider of SaaS-based asset management solutions to local governments.
CEO Jake Schneider and the Cartegraph management team will continue to lead the growth of the Company moving forward. Specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Based in Dubuque, IA, Cartegraph devotes itself to cities, counties, and government agencies seeking to be more effective, efficient, and productive in their daily operations. The Company builds software that empowers users to capture infrastructure asset data, analyze it, and use it to prepare for the future.
“Cartegraph
IGF, a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has delivered a GBP2.75million asset based lending facility to Dundee-headquartered engineering firm, Pryme Group.
Pryme Group sought a flexible financier to support its growing order book and expansion plans, particularly in the aerospace and defence industries. IGF’s facility also provides Pryme Group with a greater level of working capital flexibility.
The Group was formed to provide high quality, integrated manufacturing solutions through bringing together a complementary group of established engineering, testing and manufacturing companies. Collectively, Pryme Group has over 100 years’ experience in providing solutions to a broad range of industries across the
A survey of professionals working in Malta’s financial services industry carried out by Managing Partners Group (MPG), reveals that the clear majority expect the sector to enjoy strong growth over the next five years.
The sector currently contributes just over 12 per cent of Malta’s GDP, but 87 per cent believe this will be higher by 2022, with 70 per cent anticipating it will account for 15 per cent or more.
One of the key reasons behind this growth will be an increased focus on innovation. Some 16 per cent of those interviewed expect product innovation in the Maltese financial
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