Expansion
Snow & Alps secures €1m
Snow & Alps, a reservation system for ski and outdoor holidays, has received €1m in funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF).
Deal in focus: Oquendo in €20m Monbus mezzanine deal
Oquendo Capital made a €20m mezzanine commitment to Spanish bus operator Monbus in December, highlighting the rise of the alternative debt market in Spain.
Beechbrook backs Simply Biz and N-Sea
Beechbrook Capital has made two new mezzanine investments via its second fund, backing support services business Simply Biz and sub-sea infrastructure services provider N-Sea.
Sequoia leads $22m round for Plain Vanilla
Sequoia Capital has led a $22m series-B funding round for Plain Vanilla, an Icelandic application developer, alongside Chinese investment holding company Tencent Holdings.
Fastlane et al. back IQcard
Fastlane Ventures has taken part in a $3.7m funding round for IQcard, a Moscow-based provider of pre-paid bank cards and affiliated services for retailers.
Ventech supports Picanova
French investor Ventech has made a multi-million euro investment in German customised wall decor company Picanova.
Blacklane drives off with fresh investment
Berlin-based chauffeur portal Blacklane has raised a double-digit million euro funding round.
Lucibel closes cash and bonds funding round
French LED lighting solutions provider Lucibel has raised €15m from Bpifrance, Aster Capital and CM CIC Capital Innovation.
Intel joins $30m series-D round for AlienVault
Intel Capital has joined AlienVault's $26.5m series-D round, injecting a further $3.5m.
Taxibeat hails second funding round
Greek taxi-hailing start-up Taxibeat has closed a series-A round, with a $4m injection from Hummingbird Ventures.
Main Capital buys stake in Chainfood
Main Capital has acquired a stake in Dutch software firm Chainfood.
BGF signs Thames Card Technology deal
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has committed ТЃ3.2m to Essex-based plastic card manufacturer Thames Card Technology (TCT).
Fondo Italiano backs Forgital Group
Fondo Italiano di Investimento has injected €30m into Forgital Group, an industrial components manufacturer and systems provider.
Phenomen et al. invest $8m in Delivery Club
Phenomen Ventures, Guard Capital and AddVenture have injected $8m into Delivery Club, a Moscow-based online food delivery company.
Kurtosys secures $8m
London-based Kurtosys, a financial technology (fintech) software company, has raised $8m in its series-C funding round from Triangle Peak Partners and existing backer True Ventures.
BGF invests £4m in Palmer Hargreaves
The Business Growth Fund has invested ТЃ4m in Midlands-based marketing and communication agency Palmer Hargreaves.
Ardian and Resource Partners increase Baltcom holding
Ardian and Resource Partners have bought out a minority shareholder in SIA Baltcom TV (Baltcom), a Latvian cable television operator, to increase their joint stake in the business.
BGF injects £6m into Medicina
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested ТЃ6m in Bolton-based medical devices company Medicina.
Norvestor's Apsis picks up ProspectEye
Email marketing business Apsis Group, owned by Norvestor, has acquired ProspectEye.
VEB injects $5m into rebranded Travel.ru
Venture capital-backed Oktogo.ru, which acquired Travel.ru in September, has rebranded as Travel.ru and announced a $5m investment by VEB Innovations.
Freenom raises $3m
Kima Ventures has led a $3m series-A round for Freenom, a Netherlands-based free domain name provider.
MyOptique Group raises £8m
Online optical retailer The MyOptique Group has raised ТЃ8m from existing and new backers to boost plans for international expansion.
Carlyle pours $200m into Discover Exploration
Carlyle has invested $200m in Discover Exploration, an oil and gas company led by the former Cove Energy management team.
Inveready leads €800,000 round for iSegurosdeSalud.com
Inveready has led an €800,000 funding round for online health insurance marketing company iSegurosdeSalud.com.