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Institutional backing: TrialReach has now closed two funding rounds in two years

TrialReach adds Octopus Investments to list of investors through £2 million venture capital deal

Octopus Investments has led a £2 million investment into clinical trials platform TrialReach alongside Amadeus Capital Partners.

Medical innovation: Cerus Endovascular is tackling intracranial aneurysms

Oxford-based medical technology firm secures investment from The North West Fund for Biomedical

Cerus Endovascular is moving its operations to Liverpool Science Park following backing from The North West Fund for Biomedical.

Growth targets: Graeme Lee and Springfield are using acquisitions to expand

Investment for business growth: Springfield Healthcare Group

Care home operator Springfield Healthcare Group has already begun to use its Business Growth Fund cash to get acquisitive. We find out how progress has been since the investment as part of an exclusive portfolio roundtable.

Brain activity: Cambridge Cognition's new product is aimed at dementia detection

Dementia diagnosis firm Cambridge Cognition picks AIM to fund its growth

Neuropsychological testing business Cambridge Cognition has joined London's Alternative Investment Market.

Domiciliary care: Springfield is now hoping to grow across the North East

Springfield Homecare Services makes first Business Growth Fund-backed acquisition

Business Growth Fund portfolio company Springfield Homecare Services has closed its first acquisition since the business was supported by the bank-backed fund in June 2012.

Health services: Optimum Care provides homes and care to elderly residents

Kurt Geiger backer Graphite Capital sells Optimum Care to Terra Firma business

The private equity firm behind investments in Wagamama and Paperchase has sold its stake in Optimum Care through a trade sale.

No more tears: Watertronix eliminates chlorine from swimming pool water

MabLyte and Watertronix backed by new Mercia Fund Management hybrid EIS and SEIS fund

Two new investments for Mercia Fund Management has kicked off its Mercia Growth Fund 1 efforts.

Fertility clinics: Create Health provides IVF and IVM treatments

ISIS Equity Partners makes first investment of 2013 and backs Create Health

A £5 million investment from Isis Equity Partners' Baronsmead VCTs will be used to aid the development of a new fertility clinic for Create Health.

Medical communications: Fishawack works with pharmaceutical firms

YFM Equity Partners exits Fishawack in deal with Growth Capital Partners

Medical communications agency Fishawack has a new private equity backer through a secondary buy-out deal.

Start-up finance: Taragenyx started life at a Scottish incubator and accelerator

Seven-figure seed round for Taragenyx four months after launch

Scottish medical technologies company Taragenyx has secured itself £1.3 million of seed capital to speed up the development of its orthopaedic and dental implant coatings.

Cold treatment: infirst HEALTHCARE will be moving into the US market

Invesco Asset Management makes healthcare play with medicine investment

A £25 million fundraising for infirst HEALTHCARE will be used to launch the company's medicines into the US market.

Healthcare tie-in: The NHS has partnered with Care UK to land the acquisition

Albion Ventures secures the NHS as trade buyer for Nelson House development

A first joint venture hospital acquisition between the NHS and a private healthcare provider has resulted in the purchase of a mental health rehabilitation institution.

National plans: Diagnostic Healthcare will be using the cash to add more sites

Seven-figure funding injection for medical business Diagnostic Healthcare

A £1 million investment from The North West Fund for Biomedical is set to be used by Diagnostic Healthcare to expand its portfolio of medical equipment.

Care UK: It runs 90 care homes and day clubs and cares for 5,500 residents

Expansion purchase for Care UK as it snaps up UK Specialist Hospitals

Care UK has closed the acquisition of UK Specialist Hospitals to expand its resources and expertise.

Global fight: Sapiens has previously been backed by Michael J. Fox's foundation

Wellington Partners portfolio company secures top-up funding from INKEF Capital

Medical technology company Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation has secured a further €7.5 million (£6.6 million) investment to add to the Series A funding it began in 2011.

Medical aid: Cipher Surgical's OpClear product is for use in laparoscopic surgery

Envestors sews up angel backing for surgery tool business Cipher Surgical

Angel network Envestors has tapped into an investor pool in Monaco to secure backing for Cipher Surgical.

Drug development: e-Therapeutics has raised the capital to help with trials

Biotechnology firm with prime ministerial approval nets capital market growth funds

AIM-listed drug discovery and development company e-Therapeutics is to raise £40 million via an issue of shares to new and existing institutional backers.

Deal flow: Albion Ventures has identified the healthcare sector as a growth arena

Albion Ventures adds to healthcare portfolio by backing MyMeds&Me

Investment firm Albion Ventures has added MyMeds&Me to its portfolio through a £2 million transaction.

Medicinal benefits: LumbaCurve is developing treatments for back pain

The North West Fund for Biomedical moves past £10 million mark with LumbaCurve backing

A £125,000 equity investment allocation has been secured by LumbaCurve International to aid in its efforts to conduct market development and a clinical effectiveness study for its lower back pain treatment.

Medicinal value: Algae Health MD Edward McHugh displays the product

Irish biotech firm Algae Health nets funding to target exporting

An investment of €1 million (£854,000) is set to allow biotech business Algae Health to recruit an extra 23 people in the coming three years.

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