NEW YORK -Saturday 25 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator (WEA), a strategic multi-partnership initiative established by five UN agencies and Mary Kay Inc., is today celebrating its second-year anniversary by announcing progress on several programmes designed to impact 5 million women around the world by 2030. The programmes and knowledge products, which further demonstrate WEA’s commitment to maximizing the development impact of women’s entrepreneurship in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), will be rolled out in the fourth quarter of this year.

“Two years ago, the Accelerator committed to enabling women entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses as a means to accelerate progress towards women’s equality,” said Deborah Gibbins, Chief Operating Officer of Mary Kay Inc. “Today, we’re thrilled to report progress on that promise and demon ... Read more »

London, United Kingdom-Monday 27 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Hikma), the multinational pharmaceutical company and one of the largest suppliers of generic injectable medicines in the US, today announces that it has agreed to acquire Custopharm Inc. (‘Custopharm’) from Water Street Healthcare Partners (‘Water Street’).

Hikma will pay an initial cash consideration of $375 million on a debt and cash-free basis, with a further $50 million in contingent consideration payable upon the achievement of certain commercial milestones.   

Custopharm, a US-based generic sterile injectables company with a differentiated product portfolio and R&D pipeline, currently markets its products in the US through its commercial arm Leucadia Pharmaceuticals.  Since partnering with Water Street in 2015, Custopharm has received 13 US FDA approvals, with four first-to-market Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ap ... Read more »

SINGAPORE-Friday 24 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- InvestaX (IC SG Pte Ltd) launches exchange in the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) sandbox, providing key infrastructure for bringing liquidity to digital securities.

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InvestaX is a Singapore-headquartered, MAS-licensed* online investment and trading platform for Digital Securities (DSO) and Security Tokens (STO) of global private markets deals, focusing on exciting growth industries including crypto, gaming, blockchain, digital assets, venture, private equity and real estate.

InvestaX, announces entry in the sandbox for its exchange, and now provides a one-stop shop solution for the issuance and trading of digital securities, for global products and global investors.

Targeting the $8T USD tokenization of the private markets, InvestaX is built with ... Read more »

CARPINTERIA, Calif.--Friday 24 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Procore Technologies, Inc., (NYSE: PCOR), a leading provider of construction management software, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Levelset. This acquisition will add lien rights management to the Procore platform, enabling Procore to manage complex compliance workflows and improve the payment process in construction. It also presents future growth opportunities for Procore, including capitalizing on the companies’ complementary data assets.

Procore Founder and CEO Tooey Courtemanche said, “Construction work is hard enough — getting paid shouldn’t be. Levelset helps the construction industry get paid faster, and their offering will be a perfect addition to the Procore platform. This acquisition will also give Procore access to industry data, including payments and compliance activity, allowing us to deliver valuable risk intelligence to our customers, an ... Read more »

GALESBURG, Mich-Friday 24 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Power management company Eaton today announced its Vehicle Group has introduced a new zero-leak Compact Combo Valve that safely vents harmful evaporative fuel vapors in the tank by stacking a Fill Limit Vent Valve (FLVV) and a new Zero-Leak Grade Vent Valve (GVV).

A key benefit of the Compact Combo is reduced fuel vapor permeation. The smaller footprint of the stacked valves allows for a tighter seal when welded to the tank, in turn reducing permeation.

This innovative configuration reduces the product’s footprint by 20 mm, which decreases potential leak paths and provides fuel tank manufacturers more design flexibility. The Zero-Leak GVV fulfills all government-mandated requirements for zero-leak vapor valves.

“Eaton's world-class engineering teams are leading the way in developing innovative and highly efficient fuel vapor management products,” said Brian ... Read more »

HANGZHOU, China-Friday 24 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dahua Technology, a world-leading video-centric smart IoT solution and service provider, will hold its 2nd online Dahua Technology Partner Day on October 13th - 14th with the theme “Building a digital future”. Adhering to its strategy of open cooperation, Dahua Technology is committed to creating a win-win ecosystem with leading technology partners around the world. This year, Dahua Technology will join hands with its 22 global partners to discuss interoperability, share industry trends, and explore the future of digitalization and intelligence together.

“We are excited to host our second virtual technology partner day. Technologies have evolved fast in the past year, and the needs of digitization and diversified challenges facing different industries today are driving the integration of security companies,” says Mr. Jiaqi Gao, Overseas Marketing Director at Dahua Techno ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO & BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. -Friday 24 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

Acquisition propels Gupshup into global leadership in RCS (Rich Communications Services), solidifying its IP-based conversational messaging platform.

Dotgo will also help Gupshup accelerate growth into Africa.

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gupshup, the leader in conversational messaging, today announced that it has acquired New Jersey based Dotgo. Dotgo is the global industry leader in RCS business messaging (RBM), with award-winning technologies such as the RichOTP®, RichSMS™, Bot Store®, and MaaP (Messaging as a Platform) that foster the growth of RCS Business Messaging. A strong partner of Google, Mavenir, Synchronoss, Vodafone, and Orange, Dotgo manages RBM in several markets, and operates the world’s largest RBM Hub with global connectivity to RCS users across the world. Dotgo is uniquely positioned to help brands integrate, with simple APIs, the RCS channel into ... Read more »

BRAINTREE, Mass-Friday 24 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EngageSmart, Inc., a leading provider of vertically-tailored customer engagement software and integrated payments solutions, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 14,550,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $26.00 per share. Of the offered shares, 13,000,000 shares are being offered by EngageSmart and 1,550,000 shares are being offered by certain of EngageSmart’s existing stockholders. In addition, the underwriters will have a 30-day option to purchase from EngageSmart and the selling stockholders up to an additional 2,182,500 shares of their common stock at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. EngageSmart will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock by the selling stockholders.

The shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, September 23, 2021, under th ... Read more »

SEATTLE -Friday 24 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

New AWS Region will allow customers to run workloads and securely store data in New Zealand while serving end users with even lower latency

Newly released AWS economic impact study estimates that the new AWS Asia Pacific (Auckland) Region will create 1,000 new jobs in New Zealand over the next 15 years through investment of NZ$7.5 billion (US$5.3 billion)

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced plans to open an infrastructure region in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2024. The new AWS Asia Pacific (Auckland) Region will consist of three Availability Zones (AZs) and join the existing 81 Availability Zones across 25 geographic AWS Regions at launch. The Region will be owned and operated by a local AWS entity in New Zealand. Globally, AWS has announced plans for 24 more Availability Zones and eight more AWS Regions in Australia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Sp ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, China -Friday 24 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SMOORE, a global leader in offering vaping technology solutions, today has made its mark at The Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum (GTNF) 2021. Senior Vice President of SMOORE and President of FEELM, the flagship atomization tech brand belonging to SMOORE, Frank Han makes the keynote speech to outline SMOORE’s mission of “atomization making life better.”

The Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum (GTNF) is the world’s leading annual forum discussing the future of the tobacco and nicotine industries. The annual industry conference brings together key stakeholders from around the world, including global tobacco companies, vaping brands, scientists, public health experts, NGOs and policymakers.

In his speech, Frank Han calls upon all stakeholders of the industry to join the mission of “atomization making life better”, promoting the evolution of atomizatio ... Read more »

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Friday 24 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IHMA has opened a microbiology reference laboratory in Shanghai, China in February of 2021. This facility will join IHMA locations in the USA, Switzerland and India to allow the company to provide more robust global support for anti-infective product discovery and development. The China facility will provide microbiology testing to support profiling of new antimicrobial products, antimicrobial resistance surveillance, molecular characterization of resistant organisms, and serve as a central laboratory for clinical trials conducted in China.

“We have been working for almost 30 years to maximize our in vitro support for clients who are developing anti-infective products globally. Our facility in China will greatly enhance that effort and support clients wishing to conduct studies in this important market,” said Jack L. Johnson, President/CEO of IHMA.

About IHMA:

As th ... Read more »