Healthcare
CVC buys 50% stake in DFE Pharma for NZD 633m
Sale price comprises a cash payment of NZD 537m and an interest-accruing vendor loan of NZD 96m
Palatine-backed Vernacare refinances
Palatine-backed medical equipment manufacturer Vernacare refinances its debt facilities
VCs in €40m series-D for Themis
US-based Farallon Capital, with Oslo- and Stockholm-based Hadean Ventures, led the round for Themis
Investors back $240m series-C for CMR Surgical
Existing investors in the round included LGT Capital Partners and Escala Capital Investments
InnovaHealth backs Koelis
GP provides growth equity to French developer of medical imaging products Koelis
Morningside leads €39m series-B for biotech company Inotrem
Invus, Andera Partners, Sofinnova Partners and BiomedInvest also take part in the funding round
VC firms invest in $40m series-B for Anokion
Anokion simultaneously announces the acquisition of US-based counterpart Kanyos Bio
LSP leads €10.5m series-D for Xeltis
Life Sciences Partners first invested in the medical devices company in 2014
VC-backed ADC Therapeutics announces IPO
Plans to raise $150m through the offering and use the proceeds to advance its clinical trials
LSP, Gimv et al. back iStar Medical €40m series-C
Series-C round will help Belgian medical device company to commercialise products
Apposite's Riverdale bolts on Archway Dental Practice
Bolt-on follows the recent acquisitions of Hebburn and Pelaw dental practices, inked in August
Syncona, RA lead £100m series-B for Achilles
Syncona led a ТЃ13.2m funding round in 2016 for the cancer immunotherapy development company
Trilantic Europe's Oberberg makes two acquisitions
Trilantic's portfolio company, mental health clinic group Oberberg, bolts on Panorama and Jägerwinkel
Eurazeo, ADM in €60m round for M2I
Idinvest first invested in the pheromones and complex molecules producer in 2017
IDG Capital et al. back $67m series-C for Hifibio
Latest round follows $38m series-B led by Sequoia China and Lyfe Capital in Q2 2018
Grok among VCs in $100m Juvenescence series-B
Biotechnology company's founders and cornerstone investors took part in the round
Parkwalk, Oxford Sciences Innovation back MoA Technology
VC firms provide the crop protection discovery company with a ТЃ6.3m series-A
Aquiline Capital-backed ClearCourse makes acquisition
e-clinic is the latest addition to the company's suite of businesses
Equistone acquires Omnicare
Lincoln International led a sales process for the wholesale anti-cancer pharmaceuticals distributor
PE-backed AskBio buys Synpromics
Transaction comes four months after TPG and Vida took part in a $225m growth capital funding
Mid Europa-backed Regina Maria buys Somesan Clinic
Addition of Somesan extends Regina Maria's reach to 19 counties and adds 20 outpatient clinics
HTGF exits Cytena in €30.25m deal
High-Tech Gründerfonds first invested in the company in 2015, and again in March 2019
Accelerated Ventures invests £3.5m in Biosignatures
Fresh capital will be used to analyse blood samples with the goal of developing 20 new tests
Sovereign sells Outcomes First to Stirling Square's NFA
Deal for the specialist care provider brings to an end a six-year holding period for the vendor