Expansion
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:
Index invests £2.5m in Funding Circle
Index Ventures has provided UK-based social lending platform Funding Circle with a £2.5m series-A round of funding.
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.
unquote" Private Equity Barometer – Q1 2011
Preliminary figures released today in the Q1 2011 unquote" Private Equity Barometer reveal suppressed activity during Q1.
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 £3bn across 161 deals.
UK venture and expansion activity wanes
Early-stage and expansion activity in the UK has taken a turn for the worse during 2010, a trend which has continued into early 2011, despite stability in the buyout market, according to the latest unquote” UK Watch.
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.
LDC-backed Sala acquires Arrow and Microstat
LDC’s portfolio company Sala International has acquired Arrow Imaging and Microstat as part of a buy and build strategy.
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.
Alven and Newfund inject €2.5m into MobPartner
Alven Capital and Newfund Management have invested €2.5m in French mobile marketing company MobPartner.
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.
Cartesian Capital Group backs TAB Gida
Cartesian Capital Group has acquired a minority stake in Turkish food company TAB Gida from the Kurdoglu and Urundul families.
Alven Capital invests €1m in QuelleEnergie.fr
Alven Capital has invested €1m in QuelleEnergie.fr, a French online energy-saving consultancy.