Temasek leads $200m funding in Chinese dental services provider Arrail Group
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April 13, 2021
Beijing-based dental services provider Arrail Group has completed its Series E round funding, raising a corpus of nearly $200 million led by Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, per a company statement on Tuesday.
The latest funding saw participation from new investors OrbiMed Healthcare Fund Management, which manages about $13 billion in assets; Hong Kong-based asset management firm Ward Ferry Management (BVI) Limited; Korea’s Mirae Asset Group; and China’s Hina Group and Industrial Bank.
CEC Capital, which invested in Arrail in 2014, served as the exclusive advisor for the deal.
Finding the Right Chemistry: Investing in the Future of Advanced Materials By Arti LoftusApril 13, 2021
Like Gorilla Glass for smartphones, the application of Advanced Materials has the potential to revolutionize products, and this is driving an increasing level of interest in finding, experimenting with, and designing from the next generation of Advanced Materials.
The pace of innovation and investment is staggering, as is the variety of options and continuous evolution of materials that can make smartphones stronger, airplanes lighter, car parts more efficient, building materials more affordable, roads less prone to damage, and so much more.
It seems impossible to keep track of this growing market, especially given the incentives to find materials that cause less harm to the environment (carbon net-neutral) and can transform plastics and other materials that traditionally end up in landfills into high-quality materials.
JMP Group Appoints Investment Expert Alfredo Barreto To Oversee Its Investment Banking Division
JMP Group LLC (NYSE:JMP) said Tuesday that Alfredo Barreto, Jr. has joined the company to serve as a managing director in its investment banking group.
Barreto agreed to advise corporate clients within the cannabis industry.
He is an experienced investment banker with knowledge in consumer and specialty retail.
“His transactional background and industry relationships will make him a key advisor to entrepreneurs and executives seeking differentiated strategic advice and top-tier execution capabilities as they build, finance, and monetize cannabis and cannabis-adjacent businesses in a rapidly changing marketplace,” Mark Lehmann, JMP Group’s president, said.
Green Thumb Industries Inc (GTBIF) Expands Independent Governance with Appointment of Swati Mylavarapu to Board of Directors streetinsider.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from streetinsider.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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CHICAGO and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Green Thumb Industries Inc. (Green Thumb) (CSE: GTII) (OTCQX: GTBIF), a leading national cannabis consumer packaged goods company and owner of Rise™ Dispensaries, today announced that Swati Mylavarapu has joined its Board of Directors and will serve on the Compensation Committee.
Mylavarapu brings nearly a decade of experience investing, advising and building mission-driven technology companies. Since 2017, Mylavarapu has served as Founder and Managing Partner of Incite.org, a hybrid incubator and investment fund that combines venture capital, philanthropy, and civic advocacy to accelerate bold ideas and solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. She was an investment partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers from 2015 to 2017. Prior to that, Mylavarapu built the early international efforts for the financial services and digital payments company Square.