Expansion
FII and Etera acquire stake in 3 Step IT
Finnish Industry Investment (FII) and Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company have acquired an 11% stake in 3 Step IT Group Oy.
SEPI-backed Ebro to buy SunRice for A$600m
Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) portfolio company Ebro Foods has made Sunrise an offer to buy its Australian rice firm for A$600m.
Trilantic Capital to buy Gamenet
Lehman Brothers spin-out Trilantic Capital is on the brink of purchasing Italian slot machine operator Gamenet for €50m.
Edmond de Rothschild invests in Fila
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners has made its first investment in Italy by acquiring a stake in Fabbrica Italiana Lapise e Affini (Fila).
La Caixa leads €920,000 round for Enefgy
Caixa Capital Risc, the venture capital arm of La Caixa, has invested €920,000 in cleantech startup Enefgy, in collaboration with private investors.
Balderton Capital lead $10m Abiquo funding
Private equity company Balderton Capital has backed the series-B financing together with existing investors Nauta Capital and Eurecan of $10m for Abiquo.
HTGF et al. back nfon AG
HTGF, Earlybird Venture Capital GmbH & Co KG, MIG Fonds and Bayerische Beteiligungs AG have funded a fourth round of investment for nfon AG, with €4m.
Investinor et al. inject NOK 50m in Havgul
Investinor and existing investor Sustainable Technologies Fund have provided NOK 50m for Havgul Clean Enery AS, a developer of wind power projects.
ALMI and Entreprenörsfonden invest in Sprint Bioscience
ALMI Invest and FУЖrsta EntreprenУЖrsfonden have invested SEK 2m in lead generation company Sprint Bioscience.
Vodafone et al. invest €6.5m in Qype
Vodafone Ventures, Advent Venture Partners, Partech International and Wellington Partners have invested €6.5m in German internet company Qype.
iXO Private Equity backs CBM
iXO Private Equity has provided French medical diagnostics laboratory CBM with growth capital funding of an undisclosed amount.
Active gives Oooferton €500,000 cash boost
Active Venture Partners has invested €500,000 in online sales website Oooferton in exchange for a minority stake in the business.
CVC closes €157m R Cable deal
CVC Capital Partners has exercised its right to purchase an extra 35% of fibre optics company R Cable in a deal which is reported to be worth more than €157m.
Pinova acquires Invent Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik
Private Equity firm Pinova Capital has acquired shares in Invent Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik from an existing shareholder.
CapMan Life Science invests in Swereco
CapMan has invested in Swereco AB through its CapMan Life Science IV fund.
Naxicap and SCR Provencale et Corse invest €1.15m in SolarQuest
Naxicap Partners and SCR Provençale et Corse have backed French energy equipment provider SolarQuest with €1.15m of growth capital funding.
JC Flowers to inject €450m into Banca Cívica
American private equity firm JC Flowers is said to be in the final stages of an agreement with Spain's Banca Cívica to supply the firm with €450m of convertible debt securities.
PAI Partners in talks with SOS
PAI Partners could come to the rescue of SOS Corporación Alimentaria by providing the firm with the capital increase it requires to refinance its debt.
US and UK law firms announce combination
US-based Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. and UK-based Hammonds LLP have combined to create a new global legal practice.
Industry Investment et al. invest in Valmet
Finnish Industry Investment and Pontos Group have provided тЌ20m of expansion capital for electric vehicle developer and manufacturer Valmet Automotive.
Naxicap backs Groupe MJA
Naxicap has provided French communication agency Groupe MJA with growth capital funding of an undisclosed amount.
VantagePoint and Sustainable Technologies invest in REAC
VantagePoint and Sustainable Technologies Fund have, alongside oil company BP, invested $4.5m in Swedish cleantech company REAC Fuel.
AXA PE acquires 11% of Arismore
AXA Private Equity has taken an 11% stake in French IT services company Arismore for an undisclosed amount.
ARX invests in Bochemie Group
ARX Equity Partners has taken a minority stake in Czech chemicals company Bochemie Group.