Expansion
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 £6m 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 £8m from existing and new backers to boost plans for international expansion.
HTGF invests in makerist
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has invested in makerist, an online tutorial platform for arts and crafts.
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.
Finnish Industry Investment et al. back Visedo
Finnish Industry Investment has invested €4m in Visedo, a Finnish developer of electrical drive components, alongside previous backers.
Metail raises £2.6m in first funding round
British virtual fitting room company Metail has raised £2.6m in its first institutional funding round, led by New World Private Equity Partners.
Returbo secures debt and equity round
Online deal platform Returbo has raised debt financing from investment firm Harbert European Growth Capital Fund (HEGCF) and Generis Capital, as well as equity from BDMI, the venture investment arm of media publisher Bertelsmann.
BGF inks £3.2m Cass Art deal
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested £3.2m in arts material retailer Cass Art in exchange for a minority stake.
IBB backs Surprise Internet
IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft has backed toy delivery company Surprise Internet with a six-digit capital injection.
Atlantic Capital et al. back Miflora
Atlantic Capital Partners, Heilemann Ventures and HR Alpha Ventures have backed flower delivery business Miflora in a seven-digit funding round.
Almaz leads $6m round for Nival
Almaz Capital has led a $6m series-A funding round for Nival, a Russian game developer, alongside the company’s previous investors.
Gimv partially exits Punch Powertrain
Gimv has divested 30% of its stake in Punch Powertrain, a Belgian manufacturer of auto parts, to Chinese private equity house New Horizon Capital.
CGS-backed Top-Werk acquires Hess Group
Top-Werk, an industrial machinery business backed by Swiss private equity firm CGS Management, has bought Hess Group.
Rosslyn Analytics secures £2.1m investment
Cloud-based data management and analytics business Rosslyn Analytics has received £2.1m from existing and new investors.
Iris et al. invest $40m in Talend
Iris Capital and BPI France have led a $40m funding round for French open-source data integration company Talend alongside existing investors Silver Lake, Balderton Capital and Idinvest Partners.
PE-backed Keymile acquires Hytec Gerätebau
Data transmission system provider Keymile, backed by Halder and The Riverside Company, has bought Hytec Gerätebau, a provider of communication network products.
LPFA makes first direct co-investment with Secured Mail
The London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) has completed its first direct co-investment, investing in postal operator Secured Mail alongside Adveq and Next Wave Partners.
Runa backs Anturis series-A
Runa Capital and VEB Innovations have injected $2m into Anturis, a Russia- and US-based provider of IT monitoring and troubleshooting services for SMEs.
Seventure et al. back EndoControl
Seventure Partners, CM-CIC Capital Innovation and Viveris Management have injected €4m into EndoControl, a French surgical robotics developer.