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Activa's Primavista completes bolt-on
Primavista, a maternity and school photography company backed by Activa Capital, has bought Secret de Polichinelle, an internet company focusing on wedding and birth announcement services.
NEO backs Miller Harris
NEO Capital has invested in British luxury fragrance brand Miller Harris to support its international expansion.
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Spark backs Compliance Control with £110,000
Spark Impact has injected ТЃ110,000 into Compliance Control, a software company targeting the biomedical industry.
YFM in £3m round for ImmunoBiology
YFM Equity Partners has contributed ТЃ900,000 as part of a ТЃ3m funding round for Cambridge-based biotech firm ImmunoBiology.
Quilvest-backed Tortilla secures £2.25m refinancing
Tortilla, the Mexican fast food group backed by Quilvest, has secured ТЃ2.25m in new bank financing from Santander Corporate Banking.
BGF backs Broadbandchoices.co.uk with £10m
The Business Growth Fund has injected ТЃ10m into home communications price comparison site Broadbandchoices.co.uk.
SoftBank Capital leads €30m round for Criteo
SoftBank Capital has led a €30m series-D funding round for French display advertising firm Criteo.
Insight leads $62m round for Mimecast
Insight Venture Partners has led a $62m funding round for email services provider Mimecast.
Asclepios backs Genmedica with €12m
Life sciences-focused VC Asclepios Bioresearch has invested €12m in Spanish biotech firm Genmedica Therapeutics.
Inveready pumps €600,000 into Indisys
Inveready has invested €600,000 into Spanish dialogue systems developer Indisys.
Acton backs sofatutor.com
Acton Capital Partners has backed online tutoring platform sofatutor.com with a growth equity investment of around €5m.
SEP backs Matches Fashion with £12m
Scottish Equity Partners has backed UK-based fashion retailer Matches Fashion with a ТЃ12m growth capital injection.
Inveready in €1m round for AB Therapeutics
Inveready has taken part in a €1m funding round for Spanish pharmaceuticals firm AB Therapeutics.
Rutland's Laidlaw buys Timbmet Door Solutions
Laidlaw Interiors Group, an interior products firm backed by Rutland Partners, has acquired doorsets and interior products supplier Timbmet Door Solutions Ltd (TDSL) for ТЃ7.8m.
BDMI backs Whisbi
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) has made an equity investment in online communications service provider Whisbi.
Berrier Capital backs Ploonge
Italian private equity firm Berrier Capital has acquired a 25% stake in social dining site Ploonge, according to reports in the Italian press.
Redpoint et al. invest in Zendesk
Redpoint Ventures, Index Ventures, GGV Capital, Goldman Sachs and existing backers have invested $45m in customer service software provider Zendesk, alongside a $15m facility provided by Silicon Valley Bank.
Cabiedes leads €1m round for Kantox
Spanish venture capital firm Cabiedes & Partners has led a тЌ1m funding round for currency exchange firm Kantox.
Faraday participates in $1.9m round for PlaySpace
Spanish VC Faraday Venture Partners has participated in a $1.9m funding round for PlaySpace, a developer and operator of Spanish and Portuguese social games.
General Atlantic leads $44m round in Yemeksepeti.com
General Atlantic has acquired a minority stake in Turkish online food ordering business Yemeksepeti.com as part of a $44m funding round that also included Endeavor Catalyst.
French PE-backed Ludendo buys Hamleys
Ludendo, a French toy store chain backed by NiXEN Partners and other French private equity players, has acquired iconic UK-based toys retailer Hamleys in a deal believed to be worth ТЃ60m.
ECI-backed Fourth buys Adaco
ECI Partners portfolio company Fourth, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider targeting the hospitality sector, has acquired Adaco, a global supplier of SaaS to the hotel sector.
Kernel backs Kinesense
Kernel Capital has invested тЌ500,000 in Dublin-based software company Kinesense.