Expansion
Elaia backs $1.5m series-A for Carnet de Mode
Elaia Partners has led a $1.5m series-A funding round for Paris-based online fashion boutique Carnet de Mode, alongside a number of French angel investors.
Catalyst Investors backs Reputation Institute
Catalyst Investors has completed a minority equity investment in Danish corporate reputation measurement firm Reputation Institute.
Industrifonden et al. back Flexenclosure
Industrifonden, Andra AP-fonden (AP2) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) have invested SEK 160m in Swedish information and communications technology infrastructure provider Flexenclosure.
Octopus leads £2.95m investment in Conversocial
Octopus has led a ТЃ2.95m investment round for social media management software company Conversocial.
Globalscope M&A network expands
Globalscope, a network of M&A practitioners, has admitted five new partner firms, bringing Poland and Greece into its reach.
British Gas leads £7m investment in 4energy
British Gas has led a ТЃ7m investment in 4energy alongside existing investors Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF), Carbon Trust Investments and Catapult Venture Managers.
ACT et al. invest $5.2m in Cubic Telecom
ACT Venture Capital, Enterprise Ireland, TPS Investments and US telecoms giant Qualcomm have jointly invested $5.2m in Dublin-based global connectivity specialist Cubic Telecom.
AAA raises €4.8m from Seventure et al.
French pharmaceutical firm Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA) has raised €4.8m from existing and new investors, including incoming venture capital investor Seventure Partners.
Linnaeus leads $3m round for M2fx
Linnaeus Capital Partners has led a $3m funding round for UK-based fibre cable protection manufacturer M2fx.
Baring Private Equity Partners backs Grupotec
Spanish investor Baring Private Equity Partners is believed to have injected fresh capital into Valencian engineering firm Grupotec.
Weinberg's Alliance Industrie acquires Précisium
Weinberg Capital Partners-backed Alliance Industrie has acquired a majority stake in parts trader Précisium Groupe, in a deal that saw European Capital Financial Services provide €4m in mezzanine loans.
Beringea invests £1.5m in Monica Vinader
Beringea and private family business The Clark Group have invested ТЃ2.5m in high-end jewellery retailer Monica Vinader.
Kick Sport receives additional investment from Catapult
Midlands-based Catapult Venture Managers has invested ТЃ250,000 in UK online martial arts retailer Kick Sport.
NPM buys 25% of FibreMax
NPM Capital has acquired a 25% stake in Dutch lightweight precision cable manufacturer FibreMax.
Oxford Capital et al. in $3m Celoxica round
Oxford Capital Partners has led a $3m funding round for London-based ultra-low latency market data provider Celoxica.
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.
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.
Sofina leads €25m round for Privalia
Belgian investor Sofina has led a €25m funding round for Spanish clothing sales club Privalia Venta Directa.
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.
Valar Ventures leads $6m round for TransferWise
Valar Ventures, which was set up by Facebookтs first outside investor and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel, has led a $6m series-B funding round for London-based currency exchange site TransferWise.
SEP backs €16m Mister Spex round
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has joined a €16m round of funding for German online optician Mister Spex.
Growth capital dealflow ebbs in Q1
Emphasising the pervasive nature of the activity decline in the first quarter of 2013, deal volume in the expansion category recorded a drop commensurate with that of the buyout market.
Mercia backs Ventive in series-A round
Birmingham-based venture capital firm Mercia Fund Management has backed low-carbon ventilation product developer Ventive in a ТЃ900,000 series-A funding round.
Calao invests in Contrejour
French GP Calao Finance has provided shutters manufacturer Contrejour with fresh equity.