MDS and Acqua launch life sciences advisory firm

Toronto’s MDS Capital Corp has teamed with Acqua Wellington Asset Management, New York to form Vengate Capital Partners, a joint venture offering strategic and financial advisory services to emerging life sciences firms. The company will focus on providing financing strategies to help bridge the gap between traditional rounds of financing and assist firms in accelerating the rate of commercialization. Acqua Wellington is a structured equity investor with more than $1 billion invested in 25 life sciences firms. MDS Capital is a venture capital arm of MDS Inc with more than $850 mil