Healthcare
UK - LSP and SR One lead £16m investment in Syntaxin
Life Science Partners (LSP) and SR One, GlaxoSmithKline's independent corporate healthcare fund, have led an investment of ТЃ16m in biopharmaceutical company Syntaxin Ltd in a series-B funding round.
UK - NewMedia SPARK rebrands as SPARK Ventures
NewMedia SPARK Plc, the AIM-quoted venture capital investor, has announced the re-branding of the business as SPARK Ventures Plc. The change reflects the expansion of SPARKтs investment management skills beyond the тnew mediaт sector, to include life...
BELGIUM - Gilde Healthcare Partners portfolio company Ablynx to float
Gilde Healthcare Partners portfolio company Ablynx is going to raise new funds through an IPO and apply for admission of its shares to trading on Euronext Brussels this year, subject to market conditions. J.P. Morgan Securities and KBC Securities are...
SPAIN - Ysios hires fourth partner
Recently-established Ysios Capital Partners, a biotech and healthcare-focused firm, has hired Joe Sanfeliu as a partner.
FRANCE - Apax hires three senior associates
Apax partners has strengthened its Paris-based sector teams with the appointment of Damien de Bettignies, Julien Gauthier and Marc Philouze as senior associates.
UK - DLJ appoints new industry partner
DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, private equity investment affiliate of Credit Suisse, has announced the appointment of Barry Wilson as its healthcare industry partner.
UK - MMC Ventures invests £1.4m in The Practice
MMC Ventures has completed an investment of ТЃ1.4m in The Practice Plc (formerly Practice Networks), a primary healthcare company that manages surgeries on behalf of GPs and provides primary care service contracts to Primary Care Trusts (PCTs).
UK/GERMANY - General Atlantic announces promotions
General Atlantic has announced the promotions of Oliver Thum to managing director and Jan-Daniel Neumann to principal in DУМsseldorf. In London, Gabriel Caillaux and Jan Hammer have been elected to the position of principal.
CEE - Enterprise Investors partially exits Magellan in an IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
Enterprise Investors ' Polish Enterprise Fund IV has partially exited its stake in Magellan in an IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
NL - Gilde company Ablynx awarded EUR 1.9m grant
Gilde Healthcare Partners portfolio company Ablynx has been awarded a grant worth EUR 1.855m by the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT). The grant will enable Ablynx to accelerate the speed of exploring...