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Polaris to Acquire Alignment Systems from FSN Capital

February 21, 2012

Polaris Private Equity is to acquire Gothenburg, Sweden-based Alignment Systems AB, a global provider of collision repair solutions, from private equity fund FSN Capital. Polaris will help the company continue to expand in emerging markets. Led by CEO Johan Nordström, Alignment Systems offers complete systems for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Through the brands Car-O-Liner [...]

Imperative Energy Receives Investment

February 21, 2012

Imperative Energy, a Sandbach, Cheshire, UK-based provider of biomass heat and power solutions, has secured funding. Backers include the North West Fund for Energy and Environmental (NWF4EE) and the Environmental Infrastructure Development Company (EIDC). NWF4EE will take a minority stake in the company and will support its development, on the back of the Renewable Heat [...]

nLife Therapeutics Raises €5M in Funding

February 21, 2012

nLife Therapeutics, S.L., a Granada, Spain-based company that develops innovative tratments for CNS diseases, has raised €5m in funding. Backers include la Caixa, which made the investment through Caixa Capital Risc and Caixa Capital Biomed, and Invercaria, Inversión y Gestión de Capital Riesgo de Andalucía, S.A.U., which made the investment through the Jeremie fund. They [...]

MOVL Receives Funding from Mark Cuban

February 21, 2012

MOVL, LLC, an Atlanta, GA-based technology company focusing on innovative second-screen experiences, has received funding from Mark Cuban, founder of Broadcast.com, Chairman of HDNet, and owner of the NBA Dallas Mavericks. The company intends to use the capital for the launch of KontrolTV, a technology that integrates television, mobile devices, social media and live user [...]

Droga5 Receives Strategic Investment

February 21, 2012

Droga5, a New York and Sydney-based independent creative and strategic agency, has received a strategic investment of undisclosed amount. The investment was led by Henry Silverman and includes Bob Pittman and others. The company intends to use the proceeds to further expand its New York operations, invest in owned properties, and also explore global expansion, [...]

Econic Technologies Raises £1.1M in Funding

February 21, 2012

Econic Technologies Ltd, a UK-based developer of catalysts that enable polycarbonate polyols and polymers, and subsequently polyurethanes and polycarbonates to be produced using CO2 as one of the feedstocks, has raised £1.1m in funding. Backers include Imperial Innovations Group plc (AIM: IVO), and Norner Verdandi, which part of Norner AS, an international technology consultancy and [...]

Ceptaris Therapeutics Receives $15M in Venture Debt Financing

February 21, 2012

Ceptaris Therapeutics, Inc., a Malvern, PA-based specialty pharmaceutical company, secured $15m in venture debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank and Oxford Finance. Led by President and CEO Stephen Tullman, Ceptaris is developing a proprietary gel formulation of mechlorethamine hydrochloride for the treatment of early stage (stages I-IIA) mycosis fungoides, a type of Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma [...]

Xdynia Receives $50k Investment from CIT GAP Funds

February 21, 2012

Xdynia LLC, a Charlottesville, Va.-based drug development company, has received a $50k investment from the Center for Innovative Technology’s GAP Funds (http://www.citgapfunds.org). Led by President Yuri Maricich Xdynia is developing a new class of compounds targeting the Cav 3.2 Ca++ channel, a common pathway in the development of neuropathic pain. These inhibitors are designed to [...]

Fluid Raises $24M

February 21, 2012

Fluid Inc., a San Francisco, California-based provider of digital services and customer experience solutions for online retailers, has received a $24m growth equity investment from funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The company intends to use the proceeds from the investment to expand its suite of SaaS-based merchandising solutions. Fluid plans to hire 200 [...]

Metaps Raises US$1.3M Financing

February 21, 2012

Metaps Inc., a Tokyo, Japan-based smartphone app monetization platform, has raised additional US$1.3m of financing. Backers include Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital Co., Ltd., and Sansei Capital Investment Co., Ltd. This completes a US$5.5m Series A financing round, including the US$4.2m raised in December 2011 (read here). The company intends to use the funding for [...]

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