Expansion
Key injects £5m in Dwell
Key Capital Partners (KCP) has invested ТЃ5m in furniture retailer Dwell to support its expansion strategy.
Accel provides €37m for Showroomprive.com
Accel Partners has invested €37m in the French e-commerce fashion website Showroomeprive.com.
ALMI Invest provide funding for EcoBag
ALMI Invest and business angels have invested approximately SEK 2.2m in waste separation specialist EcoBag AB.
Investinor injects NOK 10m in Ping
Investinor has provided NOK 10m as part of a NOK 22m funding round in broadband provider Ping Communications AS.
Investinor leads NOK 40m funding round in Verdande
Investinor has provided NOK 19.7m for Norwegian software provider Verdande Technology AS.
Dealflow: Autumn boom expected after slow summer
As the summer holiday season draws to a close, Europeтs private equity market is set to pick up. While activity has slowed significantly in some regions, industry players are expecting a deal-doing boom in the coming weeks and months.
Investor and Accel provide €10m for Telepo
Investor Growth Capital and Accel Partners have invested тЌ10m in Stockholm-based software provider Telepo.
KTH Chalmers and ALMI inject SEK 9m into Apica
KTH Chalmers Capital and ALMI Invest have provided SEK 9m for Swedish IT company Apica.
Inventure invests in IPTune
Inventure Oy and two business angels have injected тЌ1.3m into Finnish software solutions provider IPTune.
Summit backs avast! with $100m
Summit Partners has invested $100m growth capital for a minority stake in Czech software vendor avast!
Holland Private Equity injects €9m in Airborne
Holland Private Equity has invested €9m in Dutch developer and producer of composite components Airborne International.
Consortium invests in TimeTemp
A consortium led by Investinor has provided NOK 36m for Norway's TimeTemp AS.
Norinnova invests NOK 9.2m in ProBio
Norinnova Forvaltning has made a follow-on investment of NOK 9.2m in Norwegian producer of Omega-3 products ProBio ASA.
Growth capital: Quietly rising
As mega-buyouts slowly return to the scene, most media attention is focused on the high end of the market to see if it will maintain momentum. However, the biggest improvement for 2010 may well be a rather more low-key affair. Greg Gille reports on growth...
Finnish Industry Investment makes two investments
Finnish Industry Investment has recently provided venture capital funding for two deals; тЌ2.7m in silver mining company Sotkamo Silver, and тЌ3m in the passenger information and safety system developer Mitron Group Oy.
T-Venture and IBB invest in daparto
T-Venture and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft have invested in online auto parts portal daparto.
Alpha-backed Rhiag acquires Auto Kelly
Alpha Associatiтs portfolio company Rhiag Group Ltd has acquired Czech car parts distributor Auto Kelly.
ALMI invests in Travel Heroes Store
ALMI Invest has provided expansionary capital for the Swedish travel accessory specialist Travel Heroes Store.
Artá Capital and L Capital invest €85m in Pepe Jeans
Barcelona-based Pepe Jeans, the clothing business which owns UK brand Hackett, has raised a new round of expansion capital.
Priveq invests in Mediplast
Priveq Investment has invested in Swedish producer of consumables for the healthcare industry Mediplast AB.
TDR Capital-backed Algeco acquires Yvelinoise de Matériel
TDR Capital's portfolio company Algeco has wholly acquired French modular construction specialist Yvelinoise de MatУЉriel.
High-Tech Gründerfonds et al. invest $2m in C2Call
High-Tech GrУМnderfonds, Draper Investment Company and a private investor have backed German voice-over-IP specialist C2Call with a $2m series-A round of funding.
HTGF and Bayern Kapital back TM3 Software
High-Tech GrУМnderfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital have invested more than тЌ500,000 in TM3 Software GmbH.
Ratos acquires bolt-on for AH Industries
Ratos-backed AH Industries has acquired all share capital in Danish subcontractor RM Group.