Articles by Carmen Reichman
TeleVenture et al. invest in APIM Therapeutics
TeleVenture, Sarsia Seed, Birk Venture and Ro Invest are said to have invested in Norwegian preclinical biotech company APIM Therapeutics.
T-Venture et al. invest in Netbiscuits
T-Venture invested in a $27m funding round for German software-as-a-service company Netbiscuits, led by Stripes Group.
LBBW and KfW invest in avandeo
LBBW Venture Capital and KfW Bankengruppe have invested in a second funding round for Munich-based furniture e-commerce business avandeo.
Octopus invests in IOVOX
Octopus Investments has backed London-based telephony analytics provider IOVOX, taking a minority stake in the business.
DBAG exits Coperion to US trade player
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) and its co-investment fund DBAG Fund V have sold German mechanical engineering group Coperion to US trade buyer Hillenbrand in a deal understood to be worth €400m.
Benoît Verbrugghe joins AXA PE's executive board
AXA Private Equity has appointed head of US operations Benoît Verbrugghe to its executive board.
New investment bank launches in Paris
Sycomore Corporate Finance, a new investment bank set up by three French corporate financiers, launched in Paris in September.
Index Ventures leads £8m funding for Secret Escapes
Index Ventures has led an £8m funding round for UK-based online luxury travel club Secret Escapes.
Enterprise Ventures invests in Powelectrics
Enterprise Ventures (EV) has invested in UK-based sensors and telemetry business Powelectrics.
Creathor Venture III holds final closing
German VC Creathor Venture has held a final close for its third fund on €80m.
HTGF and STIFT invest in JeNaCell
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and The Thüringen Foundation for Technology Innovation and Research (STIFT) have invested €700,000 in German biomaterial developer JeNaCell.
Triton in renewed sale talks for Rütgers
Triton has reportedly put dividend recapitalisation plans for German chemicals business Rütgers on hold following renewed interest from strategic buyers.
New Turkish firm Bosphera to launch first fund
Bosphera Private Equity, a Turkish GP that launched last year, is reportedly looking to hold a $100m first close for its maiden fund in the first quarter of 2013.
EQT buys Danish Zebra's Tiger
EQT Partners has acquired a 70% stake in Danish retail store chain Tiger via its investment in its parent company Zebra.
Aeris Capital et al. invest in Affimed Therapeutic series-D
Aeris Capital and existing investors have backed German biotech company Affimed Therapeutic in a €15.5m series-D round.
Sunstone et al. back Freespee
Sunstone Capital and existing investor Inventure have invested €3.3m in Swedish mobile advertising services company Freespee.
EQT looking to exit Springer
EQT and the Government Investment Corporation of Singapore (GIC) are reportedly looking to sell German media giant Springer Science and Business Media.
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Polaris hires investment manager
Danish firm Polaris Private Equity has hired Michael Pontoppidan Frost as investment manager.
Idinvest in €100m funding round for Deezer
Existing backer Idinvest has joined in a fresh €100m funding round for French music streaming start-up Deezer.
Paine acquires stake in Eurodrip from Global Finance
Paine & Partners has acquired a 67% stake in Athens-listed Eurodrip from Global Finance's Aquanova and another shareholder in a deal valued at €100m.
Sudinnova invests in EyeBrain
Sudinnova Capital has partaken in a €3.3m second round of funding for French biotech company EyeBrain.
Asante Capital hires associate
Private equity placement agent Asante Capital Group has hired Marie-Christine Feghali as an associate.
3i-backed SLR acquires GSS Environmental
3i-backed environmental consultancy SLR Management has acquired Australian consultancy GSS Environmental (GSSE).