Healthcare
Adelis exits Med Group after three-year holding
Firm saw its turnover double to тЌ100m and the number of employees increase from 800 to 3,000
Core Capital exits Ark Home to three trade buyers
Domiciliary healthcare provider made eight bolt-ons during the GP's seven-year tenure
Nordic Capital acquires dental group
New group includes three dentist chains and a dental technology laboratory operator
Pontifax backs €16m series-A funding round for Abac Therapeutics
Backers include Global Health Science Fund, Caixa Capital Risc and Debiopharm Innovation Fund
Aquilo et al. invest $55.8m in Merus
Consortium of backers invests in the Dutch clinical-stage immuno-oncology company
Oaktree-backed NL Holding buys ProCrea, Archimed, Imer
GP-backed German reproductive medicine group NL Holding bolts-on three European competitors
iBionext closes maiden fund iBionext Growth on €90m
Backers of the fund include French and international investors, including a Chinese corporate
Gilde Healthcare-backed Rad-x buys SMII
Gilde Healthcare began its buy-and-build strategy in this sector in January 2017
BC makes US deal with Zest buyout from Avista
GP is deploying capital from its 10th fund, which closed in January on its €7bn target
Turkven completes Medical Park listing on Borsa Istanbul
Turkish GP made a full exit, selling 72.8 million shares in the offering at 19 lira apiece
EdRip holds final close on €345m for BioDiscovery5
New life sciences fund will be considerably larger than its predecessor, closed in 2013
August sells Active Assistance to Montreux Capital
Divestment of the specialist healthcare provider follows an eight-year holding period
Gilde leads €40m series-C for Fire1
Deal for the remote monitoring medical devices business is the GP's first Irish investment
Go Capital et al. invest in Pherecydes Pharma
New backers include Omnes Capital, Fa Dièse and a group of angel investors
Equistone sells Concept Life Sciences to Spectris for £163m
Equistone formed Concept Life Sciences through a hat-trick of acquisitions in 2014
Nordic Capital in talks to acquire Oaktree's Hesira
Value of the European dental business could near тЌ480m, according to reports
Capzanine provides unitranche to Alantra's MBA
Fresh capital will be used to reorganise MBA's capital structure and finance its growth plans
Xerys leads €14m series-B for AlzProtect
Xerys is now the main financial investor in the company following the latest funding round
Stage Capital exits STI Group in SBO
French plastic medical devices manufacturer is sold to Mérieux Développement and Gimv
BPI France et al. in €18.5m series-B round for HalioDX
French tumour microenvironment diagnostics expert is backed by a consortium of investors
Sequoia, Google Ventures lead £20m series-A for Vaccitech
Neptune Ventures also takes part in the financing, bringing the total raised to ТЃ30m
Ekkio Capital invests in FX Solutions
GP backs the French shoulder arthroplasty implants manufacturer
Naxicap, Ouest Croissance exit Lilial to trade
GPs sell stake in French medical products provider to Danish competitor Coloplast
Ufenau-backed Altano buys Pferdeklinik Grosswallstadt
GP draws capital from its fifth fund, Ufenau V, which held a €227m final close in October 2016