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£2.1m injection for Caretek

Needle-free drug delivery firm Caretek Medical has completed a £2.1 million fundraising, winning support from a variety of backers including the Oxford Technology 4 VCT and members of the Oxford Investment Opportunities Network.

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Barclays backs Uninterruptible MBO

Barclays Ventures has backed a management buyout of Uninterruptible Power Supplies to the tune of £15 million. The MBO by the incumbent management team was led by managing director David Bond.

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Gresham suits BIMBO

Former chief executive of Moss Bros and Bluewater Adrian Wright has led a buy-in management buyout of menswear retailer The Speciality Retail Group backed by Gresham Private Equity.

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Quester’s flu boost

A company in which technology specialist VCT manager Quester has invested stands to receive a boost from rising fears over a possible Avian flu outbreak. The investment group backed PowderMed via the Isis College Fund it manages, in an initial £20 million fundraising in May 2004.

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Cartucho fills up for float

Investment bank Collins Stewart is looking to raise up to £10 million for Cartucho, a UK-based developer of ink-cartridge refill kiosks, ahead of the company’s planned AIM float in early December.

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Davenham float aids Dunedin

Private equity house Dunedin Capital is on the verge of securing an £11.2 million cash windfall, as a result of portfolio company Davenham’s imminent £65 million AIM flotation.

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Direct Petroleum targets AIM

Denver-based Direct Petroleum plans to raise £43 million, with the aid of broker Williams de Broe, for exploration in Morocco and Bulgaria before listing on AIM.

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Mediterranean Oil & Gas to float on AIM

Mediterranean Oil & Gas, chaired by Aussie entrepreneur David Lenigas, is bound for AIM after raising £11.7 million from investors with the aid of broker WH Ireland, in a placing at £1.

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Direct Petroleum targets AIM

Denver-based Direct Petroleum plans to raise £43 million, with the aid of broker Williams de Broe, for exploration in Morocco and Bulgaria before listing on AIM.

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Mediterranean Oil & Gas to float on AIM

Mediterranean Oil & Gas, chaired by Aussie entrepreneur David Lenigas, is bound for AIM after raising £11.7 million from investors with the aid of broker WH Ireland, in a placing at £1.

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£4.4m Application for OFEX

Labelling and packaging solutions business Application Developments is looking to raise up to £756,000, with the aid of St Helen’s Capital, ahead of a £4.4 million OFEX launch next month.

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MMC gives Ibis wings

Ibis Project Services, a Henley-based company providing project management solutions to UK housing associations, has received £1.8 million of expansion capital from venture capital firm MMC Ventures.

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Noble buys Sitka

Specialist healthcare investor Sitka, founded by former Schroders venture capitalist Gerard Tardy and Dr Louis Nisbet, who built up quoted biotech Xenova, has been bought by Noble Fund Managers.

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IPCC looks for £4.5m

Pharmacy and healthcare sector aspirant Independent Pharmacy Care Centres intends to raise a net £4.5 million through a private placing, with the aid of business angel network Beer & Partners.