Healthcare
Lyceum's Carewatch adds three more companies
Lyceum Capital's portfolio company Carewatch has acquired the three franchise businesses Graham Home Care, Carewatch North and East Riding of Yorkshire and Carewatch Greenwich.
HTGF backs MYR GmbH
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested €500,000 in German biotech firm MYR GmbH.
Nordic Capital’s Nycomed in possible €8bn sale
Nordic Capital’s portfolio company Nycomed has received interest from Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda Pharmaceutical, according to reports.
N+1 in talks to acquire 20% of CRC
N+1 Private Equity and Dinamia are in talks to acquire a 20% stake in Catalan medical diagnosis company CRC Corporació Sanitària via a capital increase of €10-12m.
LBBW backs caprotec bioananlytics
LBBW Venture Capital has joined Creathor Venture, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, ERP Startfonds and private investors in a second closing of a series-B finance round for biopharmaceutical company caprotec bioanalytics GmbH.
Vesalius Biocapital et al. back ProFibrix
A consortium of venture investors led by Vesalius Biocapital and INKEF Capital has provided Dutch biotech company ProFibrix with a series-B follow-on financing round.
HTGF et al. close finance round for Protectimmun
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Enjoy Venture and KfW have completed a €1.3m financing round for biopharmaceutical company Protectimmun.
HTGF backs Transcatheter Technologies
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed medical equipment provider Transcatheter Technologies in a €1.7m series-A financing round.
Gimv et al. back Multiplicom
Gimv, Biotechfonds Vlaanderen, VIB and the University of Antwerp have backed molecular diagnostics company Multiplicom with €2m.
Silverfleet Capital sells EDP
Silverfleet Capital has exited dental service provider European Dental Partners Holding to Sweden-based industrial group Lifco Dental International AB for €170m.
Icos Capital invests in MicroDish
Icos Capital has invested in MicroDish BV, a company specialising in the development and sale of culture chips.
August Equity portfolio firm buys Qura
August Equity portfolio company health service provider Active Assistance has acquired Qura Brain Injury Services.
Fifth bolt-on for Sovereign-backed City & County
Homecare provider City & County, a portfolio company of Sovereign Capital, has acquired Careline Homecare.
Capricorn co-leads CHF 23.7m investment in NovaShunt
Capricorn Venture Partners, BioMedInvest AG and Entrepreneurs Fund have co-led a CHF 23.7m investment in NovaShunt AG.
Fondo Italiano invests in Comecer
Fondo Italiano d'Investimento has invested €7.5m in radiochemistry specialist Comecer in return for a minority stake of approximately 30%.
Blackstone circles Spanish hospital chain
Blackstone is one of several private equity firms intrigued by the imminent sale of nine Spanish hospitals by a subsidiary of savings bank La Caixa.
Odewald invests in Polytech
German private equity firm Odewald has acquired a majority stake in medical equipment supplier Polytech Ophthalmologie from founding family Reese for an undisclosed amount.
Inflexion acquires Phlexglobal
Inflexion Private Equity has backed the management buyout of healthcare support services provider Phlexglobal.
Riva y Garcia launches healthcare start-up fund
Spanish fund manager Riva y Garcia and a Barcelona-based medical school have announced plans to establish a private equity vehicle dedicated to healthcare start-ups.
Mercapital puts Gasmedi on the block
Spanish private equity firm Mercapital has hired Goldman Sachs to manage a sales process for its portfolio company, Gasmedi.
Bowmark backs Glenside management buyout
Bowmark Capital has acquired independent neurological rehabilitation centre Glenside.
Private equity nursing healthcare providers
The beginning of the year has seen private equity investors eager to tap into Europe’s healthcare services market, with a string of deals being completed both in the UK and on the continent. Could this growing and resilient sector be the perfect investment...
BPE’s Femcare sale generates 2x return
Barclays Private Equity (BPE) has sold Femcare Group Limited to Utah Medical Products Inc for £25m.
GI Partners acquires Advanced Childcare for £28m
GI Partners has acquired UK healthcare provider Advanced Childcare (ACL) from Bowmark Capital for £28m.