Healthcare
Herkules bolts Friskhuset onto Hjelp24
Helse Holding AS, a holding company controlled by Herkules Capital and which also owns Hjelp24, has wholly acquired Norwegian health services provider Friskhuset AS.
MML refinances The Regard Partnership
MML Capital Partners' portfolio company The Regard Partnership has completed a £71m refinancing, providing an acquisition facility for the company.
Forbion Capital Partners invests in Curetis
Forbion Capital Partners has led a series-A financing round worth €9.6m for biotechnology company Curetis.
YFM backs $3m investment in Sirigen
YFM Equity Partners has led a $3m investment in UK biomedical firm Sirigen.
Advent International backs American Heart Poland
Advent International has invested an undisclosed amount in health care provider American Heart of Poland (AHP).
ProA-backed Ambuibérica bolts on Ambulancias Reus
Grupo Ambuibérica, a company owned by Spanish private equity firm ProA Capital, has acquired fellow ambulance business Ambulancias Reus.
Ergon acquires PharmaZell from Auctus and Lead
Ergon Capital Partners has acquired a 100% shareholding in German biotechnology company PharmaZell from Auctus Capital Partners and Lead Equities.
Sofinnova Partners backs Hookipa Biotech
Paris-based Sofinnova Partners has led a €7m series-A financing for biotechnology firm Hookipa Biotech.
Equistone leads Unither MBO
Equistone Partners (formerly Barclays Private Equity) has backed the secondary MBO of French pharmaceutical company Unither from ING Parcom, CM-CIC Investissement and Picardie Investissement.
Inter-Risco leads €79m dental buy-and-build
Private equity firm Inter-Risco has created a shell company in the Portuguese dental services sector, which it expects to attract €79m of investment.
Gilde raises €50m for latest fund
Gilde Healthcare has raised more than €50m for the final close of its Gilde Healthcare Services Fund.
SHS el al. provide €7m cash boost for LipoFIT
SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement, KfW banking group and venture capital fund Bayern Kapital have injected an extra €7m in technology firm LipoFIT Analytic.
HTGF et al invest in CorTec
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Seedfonds Baden-Württemberg and K & S W Invest have invested in CorTec.
HTGF invests in Microstim
HTGF, Technologiefonds MV and Fides Finanz-Invest have invested €1.5m in medical technology company Microstim.
Kernel Capital invests in Biocroi
Kernel Capital has made a €800,000 investment in medical technology company Biocroí.
Dunedin-owned Practice Plan acquires two firms
Dunedin-backed Practice Plan has acquired dental plan provider Isoplan and dental patient finance provider Medenta.
Heiner Dreismann joins SV Life Science
SV Life Sciences (SVLS) has appointed Heiner Dreismann as venture partner.
Albion Ventures adds to its healthcare team
Christoph Ruedig has joined Albion Ventures to grow the firm’s allocation and manage its investments in the healthcare sector.
Caixa Capital Risc leads €3m Genmedica round
Caixa Capital Risc, the venture capital arm of savings bank La Caixa, has led a €3m funding round for Spanish biotech firm Genmedica Therapeutics.
Silverfleet invests in Aesica Pharmaceuticals
Silverfleet Capital has acquired a majority stake in biotechnology company Aesica Pharmaceuticals from LDC.
SEP leads £3m investment in Exco inTouch
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has led an initial £3m investment in Exco inTouch, a provider of mobile patient communication and management solutions for the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector.
MTI invests in university spinout BiOxyDyn
MTI has invested £650,000 in university spinout and medical imaging company BiOxyDyn.
Beringea exits Onyx Scientific
Beringea has sold its stake in Onyx Scientific to drug manufacturer and exporter IPCA.
InnovationsKapital exits Cellartis
InnovationsKapital has sold stem cell biopharmaceutical firm Cellartis to French biotech company Cellectis in exchange for cash and shares.