Healthcare
Tesi, Debiopharm lead €4.4m series-A for Kaiku Health
Finnish growth investor Prodeko Ventures participated in the round, alongside existing investors
Connection Capital backs HEL
Connection Capital invests ТЃ5.9m in the UK-based lab equipment manufacturer to boost growth
Main Capital-backed RVC buys Allgeier
Combined group will operate under the name RVC Medical IT and targets revenues of €10m for 2018
Apposite acquires OrthoD from The Riverside Company
Deal is the fifth investment for healthcare-focused GP Apposite's latest vehicle
Qiming in $12m series-A for LetsGetChecked
Healthcare self-testing company will invest in technology development and recruitment
Ampersand invests in MedPharm
UK-headquartered provider of drug-related products and devices will look to expand internationally
G Square backs Pharmacy2U
Following the investment, G Square will become Pharmacy2U's majority shareholder
Ardian sells Groupe Bio7 to trade
Buyer Cerba HealthCare is owned by Partners Group and Canadian pension fund PSP Investments
Sofinnova leads €6m series-A for SafeHeal
Fresh capital will be used to develop a clinical and regulatory market access programme for Colovac
Seventure holds first close on €24m
France-based animal nutrition specialist Adisseo is among Seventure's AVF fund investors
BGF divests Duncan & Todd as part of LDC-led SBO
Opticians group will pursue an acquisitive growth strategy under LDC's ownership
Principia leads €10m series-A for CheckMab
GP deploys capital from its healthcare-dedicated vehicle Principia III to finance the investment
GIC in £100m round for Oxford Nanopore
Deal gives the UK-based gene-sequencing devices company an equity valuation of ТЃ1.5bn
VC firms sell Prexton to Lundbeck for up to €905m
Vendors include Sunstone Capital, Ysios Capital Partners and Forbion Capital Partners
Palamon makes 3.6x on sale of Ober Scharrer to Nordic Capital
Sale is the 16th realisation from Palamon’s 2006-vintage fund, Palamon European Equity II
NCL Technology Ventures launches £50m fund
Fund will invest in high-growth SMEs, with a focus on medical technologies and therapeutics
Hg exits Frösunda after eight-year holding
Pan-European investor sells its majority stake in FrУЖsunda to holding company Brado
Cathay and OrbiMed divest Echosens to Astorg
Deal is the first exit for Cathay's 2014-vintage €500m Sino-European MidCap fund
Techwald's SPAC Life Care Capital to trade on AIM Italia
SPAC will invest in non-listed medium-sized Italian companies active in the healthcare sector
Horizons co-leads $15m funding round for Owlstone
Aviva Ventures co-led the round, which also saw investment from existing investors
Mid Europa buys MediGroup from Blue Sea Capital
Seller Blue Sea Capital, which established MediGroup in 2013, will retain a 45% stake
Abraaj suspends private equity funds as founder steps down
CEO and founder Arif Naqvi passed the fund management reins to two co-chief executives
Mezzanine Management backs Nettle with PLN 100m
Investment has been structured as a capital increase in the company and long-term mezzanine loan
Agic, Capvis, Gilde, Nordic Capital in final Amann Girrbach round
Nordic Capital is reportedly the front-runner in the sale of the Austrian dental prosthetics company