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S-Refit invests in TM3 Software
S-Refit has funded software developer TM3 Software with an undisclosed amount.
Blackstone et al consider BMN investment
Blackstone, Lone Star and Cerberus are among the private equity firms which have offered to invest in major Spanish financial group BMN.
Blackfin et al invest €57m in Kepler
BlackFin Capital Partners has led a €57m investment in Kepler Capital Markers, a pan-European equity and fixed income broker.
WHEB Partners backs pvXchange
WHEB Partners has invested less than €5m in online trading service provider pvXchange.
N+1 in talks to acquire 20% of CRC
N+1 Private Equity and Dinamia are in talks to acquire a 20% stake in Catalan medical diagnosis company CRC Corporació Sanitària via a capital increase of €10-12m.
LBBW backs caprotec bioananlytics
LBBW Venture Capital has joined Creathor Venture, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, ERP Startfonds and private investors in a second closing of a series-B finance round for biopharmaceutical company caprotec bioanalytics GmbH.
DuMont Venture et al. invest in yourvideocard
DuMont Venture, the venture arm of publishing house DuMont, CFP & Founders Investments and business angels have invested close to €10m in video greeting card company yourvideocard.
Seventure et al. inject €900,000 in Tigerlily
Seventure Partners and business angels network Seed4Soft have invested €900,000 in French online media agency Tigerlily.
Gimv et al. back Multiplicom
Gimv, Biotechfonds Vlaanderen, VIB and the University of Antwerp have backed molecular diagnostics company Multiplicom with €2m.
unquote" UK Watch Q1 2011
In the latest edition of the unquote” UK Watch, in association with Corbett Keeling:
Vista Capital and Atitlán Capital in talks with Ribera Salud
Vista Capital and Atitlán Capital are in talks to invest in a Valencia-based provider of health care services Ribera Salud, according to local press reports.
Fondo Italiano invests in Comecer
Fondo Italiano d'Investimento has invested €7.5m in radiochemistry specialist Comecer in return for a minority stake of approximately 30%.
Robust first quarter activity in the Nordic region
The inaugural Nordic Private Equity Index published in association with KPMG reveals the Nordic buyout market to have maintained its momentum in the first quarter of 2011.
Sodena, Suanfarma et al subscribe to 3P Biopharmaceuticals capital increase
Sodena, Suanfarma Biotech and Caja Navarra Corporation (CAN) have all subscribed to the €1.5m capital increase carried out by Spanish biotech firm 3P Biopharmaceuticals.
Investinor and BW Ventures back OceanSaver
Investinor and BW Ventures Ltd have invested in OceanSaver AS, a ballast water management system provider.
Acton invests in German e-commerce portal Yatego
Acton Capital Partners has acquired a stake in German e-commerce portal Yatego GmbH.
Earlybird et al. invest in Clean Mobile
Earlybird Venture Capital, Capital-E and HTGF invested €7.7m in a series-B financing round for Clean Mobile.
Enterprise Investors to close €57m XTB deal next week
Enterprise Investors is to close its expansion capital injection into Polish brokerage house X-Trade Brokers next week, unquote” has learned.
unquote" Regional mid-market barometer
The latest unquote" Regional mid-market barometer, produced in association with LDC, shows both volume and value recovered in 2010 as a whole, with total value of over ТЃ3bn across 161 deals.
PPM Oost in €500,000 round for Yummm! Concepts
PPM Oost and a private investor have invested €500,000 in Dutch candy company Yummm! Concepts.
Fondo Italiano invests in Comecer
Fondo Italiano d'Investimento, the Italian government backed fund has invested €7.5m in radiochemistry specialist Comecer in return for a minority stake.
Argos Soditic invests in Dimar
Private equity firm Argos Soditic has invested in food supplier Dimar.
Intel Capital et al. invest $5.5m in Total Immersion
A consortium of investors led by Intel Capital has invested $5.5m in French software developer Total Immersion.
Crédit Agricole PE backs Ikaros Solar
Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) has provided Belgian photovoltaic solutions manufacturer Ikaros Solar with growth capital of an undisclosed amount.