A Corby care service for adults with learning disabilities has secured a GBP200k loan from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners.
As the second quarter showed the worst quarterly fall in output ever recorded in the UK, investors point to how the recovery of the UK economy as a whole may rely on the prosperity of SMEs, start-ups and high-growth firms.
Lisya Bahar Manoah (pictured) recently joined Catalyst Investments as a partner, based in Tel Aviv in Israel. The firm was founded in 1999 by Edouard Cukierman, Yair Shamir and Boaz Harel.
Venture capital firm Advent Life Sciences has sold its portfolio company, KaNDy Therapeutics (KaNDy), to Bayer AG for an upfront consideration of USD425 million plus potential milestone payments of up to USD 450 million until launch followed by potential additional triple digit million sales milestones payments.
Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal), a specialised private equity firm investing in healthcare and industrials companies, has completed the acquisition of Cello Health, a global healthcare-focused advisory firm, for a total enterprise value of GBP181.8 million.
BTIG has hired Michael Papazis, an aerospace, defence and government services specialist, as a Director within its Investment Banking division.
The Insights People, a Manchester-based company which specialises in kids, parents and family market intelligence, has secured a GBP500k investment from DSW Angels, a business angel network focused on UK regional scale-up companies.
LeapFrog Investments, the Profit with Purpose investment firm whose companies now reach 200 million people, has appointed Bharat Narotam Doshi to its Global Leadership Council.
One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, has acquired American Medical Technologies (AMT), a provider of advanced wound care, ostomy, urology and tracheostomy supplies and services.
Ogier acted as BVI counsel on the NASDAQ IPO of Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) Kismet Acquisition One Corp, which closed on 10 August 2020. Ogier operates a leading SPAC advisory practice in the BVI, and Kismet Acquisition One marked the firm's second major BVI SPAC IPO for 2020.