Healthcare
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 €480m, 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 £30m
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
Gilde Healthcare opens DACH office in Frankfurt
German team will be expanded with additional investment professionals over the next 12 months
Primer Capital et al. in €1.7m round for Acticor Biotech
GPs and private investors back the French biotechnology company researching thrombotic diseases
VC firms take part in €10m series-C for Themis
Proceeds of the financing will be used to continue developing emerging virus vaccines
Ming et al. in €25m series-D round for Miracor Medical
Belgian public investors SFPI, SRIW and Meusinvest grant a non-dilutive cash advance
VC firms inject CHF 20m into Oculis
Company simultaneously announces the relocation of its headquarters from Reykjavik to Lausanne
Principia et al. in €32m series-D round for Enterome
Company also nets a €40m credit line provided by the European Investment Bank
Oaktree buys NL Holding
Group comprises 16 subsidiaries in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland and Spain
Funds back $270m series-A for BioNTech
Struengmann Family Office commits fresh capital to the round and retains a majority stake
Riverside invests in Alter Pharma
GP is currently investing from its fifth fund, which targets businesses with EBITDA of €5-15m
VC firms in £85m series-B for Orchard Therapeutics
Fresh capital will be used for the global launch of the company's lead gene therapy product
ECM buys urology specialist Uroviva
ECM draws equity for the transaction from its €230m buyout fund German Equity Partners IV
Hadean Ventures holds €35m first close for debut fund
VC firm is planning on completing a first deal with a Nordic startup in Q1 2018