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Merck increases MS Ventures commitment

Merck Group has topped up its strategic venture capital fund MS Ventures with an additional €60m commitment and created an investment affiliate to specifically manage the vehicle.

DACH unquote | 17 May 2013 | secure

DN Capital leads series-A round for Scarosso

DN Capital, IBB, Perikles Ventures and local angel investors have provided German footwear business Scarosso with a series-A round of funding.

DACH unquote | 17 May 2013 | secure

Iris and Elaia invest €1.3m in Adomik

Iris Capital and Elaia Partners have injected €1.3m into Paris-based ad-exchange adviser and analysis platform provider Adomik.

France unquote | 17 May 2013 | secure

Ventech leads €3.1m round for Sticky Ads TV

Ventech and previous backer Isai have provided French online advertising agency Sticky Ads TV with €3.1m of growth capital.

France unquote | 17 May 2013 | secure

BonitaSoft raises $13m in series-C round

CDC Entreprises, investing via the state-backed FSN PME vehicle, has led a $13m series-C funding round for French software firm BonitaSoft.

France unquote | 17 May 2013 | secure

Sun-backed Atmosphere goes into administration

Atmosphere Bars and Clubs, a UK-based portfolio company of Sun European Partners, has gone into administration.

UK unquote | 16 May 2013 | secure

GMT and Veronis buy IT-Ernity from Nedvest

GMT Communications Partners and Veronis Suhler Stevenson have bought a majority stake in IT-Ernity from Nedvest Capital.

Benelux unquote | 16 May 2013 | secure
NBGI appoints food & drink industry veteran as senior adviser

NBGI appoints food & drink industry veteran as senior adviser

UK-based NBGI Private Equity has announced the appointment of Tim Kelly – who has previously worked for Hovis, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Guinness Bass Import – as a senior adviser.

UK unquote | 16 May 2013 | secure

Earlybird Venture et al. invest $2.8m in Versus IO

Earlybird Venture Capital, 500 Startups, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and two angel investors have backed product comparison platform Versus IO in a $2.8m series-A funding round.

DACH unquote | 16 May 2013 | secure

Sofina leads €25m round for Privalia

Belgian investor Sofina has led a €25m funding round for Spanish clothing sales club Privalia Venta Directa.

Southern Europe unquote | 15 May 2013 | secure

AnaCap sells Cabot to JC Flowers

AnaCap Financial Partners has sold Cabot Credit Management (CCM) to JC Flowers in a secondary buyout worth a reported £800m.

UK unquote | 15 May 2013 | secure

BlackFin backs finanzen.de

BlackFin Capital Partners has invested in finanzen.de AG, taking a majority stake in the business.

DACH unquote | 15 May 2013 | secure

HIG kicks off Nordic activity with Freedom Finance buyout

HIG Europe has completed its first investment in the Nordic region with the acquisition of consumer loan broker Freedom Finance Nordic.

Nordic unquote | 15 May 2013 | secure

Bayside and LBO France inject fresh money into Consolis

Bayside Capital and owner LBO France have respectively injected €45m of new debt and an equal amount of fresh equity into the refinancing of Belgian concrete manufacturer Consolis.

Benelux unquote | 15 May 2013 | secure

Inventure and Nexit back $5.2m round for Rightware

Inventure and Nexit Ventures have reinvested in Finnish user interface software developer Rightware, which has closed its $5.2m series-B funding round.

Nordic unquote | 14 May 2013 | secure
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