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The Biotechnology Innovation Organisation (BIO) has released a new report – Emerging Therapeutic Company Investment and Deal Trends – highlighting ten years (2006-2015) of biotechnology funding and deal making across five areas: venture capital, IPOs, follow-on public offerings, licensing, and acquisitions.
The report also offers clinical pipeline snapshots to provide context on the degree of industry partnering and the contribution of emerging companies.
“Investment and licensing are the lifeblood of today’s emerging biotechnology companies searching for cures and treatments for patients suffering from devastating and life-threatening diseases,” says Cartier Esham, PhD, BIO’s Executive Vice President, Emerging Companies. “This data will
Stratajet has secured a major USD8 million round of additional investment to grow its booking platform, which provides travellers with real-time and accurate private jet prices.
This latest round of investment, led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from existing investors Playfair Capital and JamJar Investments, brings the total figure raised to date to USD14 million.
The funding has allowed Stratajet to invest in further developing Stratafleet – its intelligent quoting tool which is provided free of charge to aircraft operators – and will support the company’s vision to revolutionise private aviation by solving the industry’s problems of inefficiency and
Clearwater International Denmark has acted as financial advisor to the owners of StarCo in the divestment of major parts of their aftermarket business to German Bohnenkamp.
The StarCo Group has been family owned and expanding for more than 55 years. Today, StarCo has more than 700 colleagues, is represented throughout Europe and has an international manufacturing, assembly and distribution setup. The company delivers tyre and wheel solutions for a wide range of applications worldwide to manufacturers and aftermarket customers – from the smallest wheelbarrow tyre to the largest agricultural or industrial wheels. The StarCo Group had a turnover of more
Content activation platform Showpad has secured USD50 million in Series C funding led by Insight Venture Partners. Previous investors Dawn Capital and Hummingbird Ventures also participated in the new funding round.
The investment will be used to build on Showpad’s leadership position in the marketplace, accelerate the growth of its sales and marketing teams globally, and further enhance its platform.
The Series C investment comes on the heels of rapid expansion and customer growth for Showpad. The company has been more than doubling revenue for the last four years. With hundreds of customers worldwide, including Johnson & Johnson, GE,
NorthEdge Capital, the private equity firm focused on investing in the North of England, has appointed PwC dealmaker Dan Matkin as Investment Manager.
Matkin spent eight years working at PwC within the company’s Corporate Finance and Assurance divisions. In his role as Assistant Director, Dan led a number of private equity transactions and during the last year oversaw the GBP150 million sale of Poundworld to TPG Capital, the GBP52 million sale of Nexus Rental to Bowmark Capital and the sale of energy solutions provider Mark Group to NYSE-listed Sun Edison.
Educated at Newcastle University and a qualified Chartered Accountant,
Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd (MTSL), a provider of software solutions for online video advertising, telecommunications expense management and billing solutions, has completed a private placement of 648,475 ordinary shares, constituting approximately 7.5 per cent of the Company's outstanding ordinary shares, for an aggregate investment of approximately USD700,000.
The price paid per share of USD1.08 was equal to the closing price of an ordinary share on the NASDAQ Capital Market on Tuesday, 17 May, 2016. The private placement was approved by the Company's shareholders at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on 16 May, 2016. The proceeds from the private
Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the acquisition of Southern Air & Heat by private equity sponsor, MSouth Equity Partners.
Based in the Southeast, Southern Air & Heat is a leading provider of essential maintenance, replacement, and new installation services to the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) market. The company directly serves over 70,000 homeowners throughout its regional footprint.
Venture capital investor Braemar Energy Ventures has acquired a stake in Renew Financial, a rapidly growing company that specialises in affordable financing for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Specific terms of the deal have not been not disclosed.
Renew Financial announced in early February of this year that it had raised USD70 million to expand its clean energy and energy efficiency finance products across the US.
Apollo Capital Management, Angeleno Group, Claremont Creek Ventures, LL Funds, Inc., NGEN Partners and Prelude Ventures all took part in the new growth capital round. Renew Financial secured additional capital from Braemar immediately
International investment bank Altium has advised UK leading specialist waste management business, Augean plc (AIM: AUG), on its acquisition of Colt Holdings and its wholly owned subsidiary, Colt Industrial Services.
The latest deal represents Altium’s 24th in the energy waste and renewables sector.
Augean had previously indicated its intention to accelerate the delivery of its core strategy of developing sustainable market positions by acquiring businesses that provide clear operational and market synergies in its key market sectors, with the undertaking that any such investments, whether organic or through acquisition, grow the asset base of the Group and provide superior
Shift Technology, a software-as-a-service platform that helps insurers detect claims fraud, has secured a USD10 million Series A investment led by Accel, with participation from previous investors Elaia Partners and Iris Capital.
Fraud is a very serious issue for insurers, affecting an estimated 10 per cent of all claims and resulting in global losses of several hundred billion dollars per year across Health and Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance. It also impacts the broader public, as higher fraud rates typically mean higher insurance premiums.
However, only about 15 per cent of fraudulent claims are detected today. This rate is low
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