Articles by Carmen Reichman
Target Partners et al invest in free games
German venture capital firms Target Partners, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Estag Capital AG have invested between €1-10m in a series-A round for GameGenetics.
Business Growth Fund backs Mexican street food
The Business Growth Fund has invested £3.25m in Manchester-based Mexican street food chain Barburrito.
EQT invests in German online retailer
EQT Expansion Capital II has bought a minority stake in German online retailer Internetstores for €30m.
Grahame Cook is new chairman of Epi-V
Specialist oil and gas investment fund Epi-V has appointed Grahame Cook as its new chairman.
Idinvest and Entrepreneur Ventures invest in animation house
Idinvest Partners and Entrepreneur Ventures have invested $5m in French animation house Cyber Group Studios.
Orlando buys Paper Systems
Orlando Management AG and Kieran Investment GmbH & Co have acquired the Paper Systems division of Hamburg-based business Körber.
SSVP III closes on €231m
Orlando Management AG has announced the final close of its latest fund, Special Situation Venture Partners III, on €231m, €31m over target.
Sofinnova Partners lists DBV
Paris-based Sofinnova Partners has listed DBV Technologies, raising €40.5m in the IPO on NYSE Euronext Paris.
Sambrinvest joins €23.6m series-B round in bioscience
Sambrinvest has joined Mitsui Global Investment, Shire, ATMI and the Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund to invest €17m in Belgian cell therapy company Promethera Biosciences. The Walloon region has granted a further €6.6m in the form of a loan.
Ashridge back special needs care provider Phoenix
Ashridge Capital has invested £3.5m in a management buyout of special needs care provider Phoenix Learning and Care.
Cornerstone buys ACTech from Halder
Cornerstone Capital and Premium Equity Partners have acquired Halder’s 80% stake in German metal parts manufacturer ACTech for an undisclosed price. The management retains its 20% stake.
Catapult invests in logistics company
Catapult Venture Managers has contributed £1.3m to a management buyout of specialist technology outsourcing and logistics company echo.
Panoramic Growth injects £1m in Dog Digital
Scottish venture capital firm, Panoramic Growth Equity, has invested £1m in digital communications agency Dog Digital Limited.
HIG Europe acquires Brand Addition
HIG Europe Capital Partners has acquired Brand Addition and its subsidiary, Kreyer Promotion Service, from 4imprint in a £24m deal.
HTGF invests in MediaMetrics
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested €500,000 in Berlin-based solution software provider MediaMetrics.
Percipient generates 18x on Milmega exit
Percipient Capital has exited EMC testing and RF microwave specialist Milmega Limited making 18x its original investment and a 50% IRR.
HTGF invests in hepatitis drug project
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Russian Government-backed Maxwell Biotech Venture Fund have invested in a joint project to develop a drug aimed at the treatment of chronic hepatitis B and D.
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in fruux
High-Tech Gründerfonds and netSTART Venture have invested a six-figure sum in German cloud solutions company fruux GmbH.
Iris leads myThings funding round
Iris Capital has led a $15m investment round for display ad company myThings, together with Accel Partners, Carmel Ventures and T‐Venture.
Wellcome Trust launches £200m start-up fund
UK-based health charity the Wellcome Trust has launched a £200m fund to invest in emerging biotechnology businesses.
Schmirl joins GMP Mezzanine-Partner
Gamma capital partners has hired a new partner, capital markets expert Manfred Schmirl, who has joined Gamma MezzoPreneurs’ industry network, GMP Mezzanine-Partner.
Pinova buys management stake in Clarus Films
Munich based Pinova Capital has announced that it has bought a 65% stake in Clarus Films GmbH from previous managing shareholder Dr Sven Dracker.
Permira sells software specialist NDS to Cisco
Permira has reached an agreement to sell NDS Group Limited to Cisco Systems Inc. for approximately $5bn including $1bn debt.
Groupama to sell private equity arm
Groupama has announced it is looking to sell its private equity business which manages assets worth €1.8bn.