Healthcare
Inveready leads €5m investment in biotech startup Oxolife
State-backed CDTI also takes part in the round, alongside BStartup, HighStick and other private investors
Ysios Capital raises €155m for third biotech fund
Ysios BioFund III provides financing to early- and mid-stage, highly innovative life sciences companies
Waterland makes two bolt-ons for Athera
Physiotherapy provider was formerly known as Rehacon, but has announced the launch of new branding
DMH acquires Pluradent
Sale of the dental supplier comes after self-administration was initiated in February 2020
DevCo-backed Medix Biochemica adds-on two US companies
Company has so far added on three companies and used its cashflow to acquire them
EGS invests CHF 50m in Spineart
Ernst Göhner Foundation joins Gimv as a minority investor in the spinal surgery company
Temasek leads $28.5m series-B for Tropic Biosciences
New investors include Sumitomo Europe, Genoa Ventures, Agronomics and Skyviews Life Science
OrbiMed leads $70m round for Mereo
Mereo announces plans to advance Etigilimab (Anti-TIGIT) into a phase-Ib study in Q4 2020
Novo Ventures leads $55m series-B round for NodThera
Biotech company has so far raised $95m over two funding rounds
HTGF backs funding round for NovaPump
Allßequitz backing for the heart pump developer also comes from Beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen
Ping An Global leads €32m funding round for PlusDental
HV Holtzbrinck and Lakestar also participate in the round for the dental technology startup
IP Group-backed Oxford Nanopore raises £48.4m
Nanopore announced last week that it has a new category of Covid-19 test in advanced development
Novo leads $60m series-C for Exscientia
Evotec, Bristol Myers Squibb and GT Healthcare Capital also participate in the round
Cathay Innovation leads €28m series-B for Medwing
Existing investors Northzone, Atlantic Labs, Cherry Ventures and Adevinta also take part in the round
Omnes invests €60m in Biofutur's MBO
GP invests in the company via Omnes Croissance 4 and a co-investment vehicle dedicated to the deal
Charterhouse's Serb bolts on UK-based Veriton Pharma
Belgium-based pharmaceutical company has made five bolt-ons during Charterhouse's investment period
Parquest Capital sells Homeperf
GP, alongside minority shareholders BNP Paribas, Arkéa and Vivalto, reinvest in the business
Silver Investment Partners buys Lucien Ortscheit
GP plans to make add-ons for the pharmaceutical wholesaler, screening targets in Germany and abroad
Mezzanine Management sells Optimapharm to Rohatyn Group
Mezzanine Management provided a €10m mezzanine facility to the business in October 2018
Verdane Capital acquires Finnish company Evondos
Deal is the GP's third investment in a month in the healthcare technology sector
HLM and Illumina lead $71m round for LetsGetChecked
In mid-March, the company offered its coronavirus test to Irish healthcare authorities
Sofinnova invests €1.65m in PinCell
GP deploys capital from Sofinnova Telethon Fund, which recently held a final close on €108m
LSP invests €5m in Kiadis Pharma
Company is listed on the regulated market of Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Brussels
Warburg Pincus invests in ArchiMed-backed Polyplus
ArchiMed and Warburg will be equal shareholders, while the management of Polyplus will retain a minority