Healthcare
Cherie Blair's PE fund raises £4.5m towards £75m target
Allele, a healthcare-focused private equity fund set up by Cherie Blair, is understood to have raised 6% of its ТЃ75m target.
Sovereign Capital's City & County makes ninth acquisition
Sovereign Capital-backed City & County Healthcare Group has acquired UK domiciliary care provider Help at Home, in a deal that marks the company's ninth bolt-on since 2009.
BC Partners buys Aenova from Bridgepoint
BC Partners has acquired German pharmaceutical manufacturer Aenova Group from Bridgepoint in a transaction understood to be valued at slightly less than €500m.
North West Fund backs Dot Medical
The North West Fund for Biomedical, managed by Spark Impact, has invested ТЃ550,000 in Dot Medical, which manufactures equipment to treat heart conditions.
Key Capital Partners backs £15m MBO of Nurse Plus
Key Capital Partners has backed the ТЃ15m MBO of UK-based healthcare staffing company Nurse Plus.
Azulis and Galia inject €15m into Bio-Clinic
Azulis Capital and Galia Gestion have invested a joint €15m in French medical analysis laboratory Bio-Clinic.
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UK healthcare
Slovakia looking to take over Penta-backed Dôvera
Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico is mulling a takeover of two private health insurance companies, in a move that could threaten Penta's investment in Dôvera.
Cross acquires Micromacinazione
Swiss firm Cross Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in Swiss micronisation technologies and services company Micromacinazione.
Imperial Innovations in £17m round for Cell Medica
Imperial Innovations Group has invested in a ТЃ17m funding round for its portfolio company Cell Medica.
Index et al. partially exit Funxional Therapeutics
Index Ventures, Novo A/S and Ventech have partially exited their investment in Funxional Therapeutics, following the companyтs sale of its rights to lead anti-inflammatory drug FX 125L to German pharmaceuticals company Boehringer Ingelheim.
August Equity's Enara makes string of acquisitions
August Equity's portfolio company Enara, a British care provider, has completed four add-on acquisitions as part of its buy-and-build strategy.
Espiga sells Invesa to Animedica
Espiga Capital Gestión has sold Industrial Veterinaria (Invesa), a Spanish pharmaceutical products manufacturer for the veterinary industry, to German firm Animedica Group.
Mercapital makes €100m on Gasmedi sale
Mercapital has sold Spanish respiratory home therapies firm Gasmedi to French gas company Air Liquide for €330m.
Seventure leads €2m round for Domain Therapeutics
Seventure Partners has led a €2m financing round for biopharmaceutical firm Domain Therapeutics, contributing half of the fresh capital.
HTGF et al. back in Epivios
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the investment arm of Life Science Inkubator have invested in German epigenetics specialist Epivios, alongside Technology Transfer Heinrich Heine University and a private investor.
Magnum buys Geriatros
Magnum Capital has acquired Spanish care services provider Geriatros.
G Square buys Mikeva from Intera
G Square Capital has acquired Finnish social care services provider Mikeva from Intera Partners.
EdRIP raises €125m for fourth life sciences fund
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) has held a first close for its BioDiscovery 4 fund on €125m.
EdRIP et al. in CHF 25m GenKyoTex series-C extension
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP), Vesalius Biocapital Partners, Mitsubishi Pharma Corporate Venture and other investors have provided Swiss biopharma GenKyoTex with CHF 25m of early-stage funding.
VCs in £22m round for PsiOxus
Imperial Innovations and Invesco Perpetual have contributed ТЃ5.5m each to a ТЃ22m financing round in British biotech company PsiOxus Therapeutics.
Seguranza leads series-A round for Aquilón
Seguranza has led a €2m series-A funding round for veterinary services and products producer Aquilón CyL.
Ysios leads €2m round for Inbiomotion
Ysios Capital has led a €2m series-A funding round for Spanish molecular diagnostics company Inbiomotion.