Microbiosensor wins Bionow Investment Deal of the Year Award

By Gordon Barker 13th December 2017

Microbiosensor is pleased to announce that it won the ‘Bionow Investment Deal of the Year Award’ (Sponsored by QIAGEN) in this year’s Bionow Awards. Now in their 16th year, the prestigious awards recognise excellence, outstanding achievement and enterprise in a sector that is worth £11bn to the North’s economy and are sponsored by Manchester Science Partnerships, Appleyard Lees and World Courier. The awards ceremony and gala dinner held on 30th November was attended by more than 400 people at The Mere Golf Resort & Spa in Knutsford, Cheshire.
Microbiosensor secured the ‘Bionow Investment Deal of the Year Award’ for its £1.4m investment deal recently completed with the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), and the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Life Sciences Fund made through private equity firms Maven Capital Partners and Catapult Ventures respectively.
Company chairman Curtis Dobson comments: “We were absolutely delighted to receive this prestigious award, which reflects the hard work of all those involved in completing this crucial financing deal for Microbiosensor, and the pivotal role the investment will play in the company bringing its products to market.”