Expansion
UK - DN backs Target 250
Venture investor DN Capital has provided b2b technology lead generation business Target 250 with its first institutional round of funding.
SWEDEN - Accent backs Bergteamet
Accent Equity has invested an undisclosed sum in Swedish mining contractor Bergteamet.
FRANCE - Naxicap and SCR power SolarQuest with EUR 1.2m
Naxicap Partners and SCR Provenceale et Corse, a subsidiary of Banque Populaire Provençale et Corse, have provided SolarQuest, a turnkey solar instillations company, with EUR 1.2m.
RUSSIA - Siguler Guff takes stake in MDM Bank
US-based private equity firm Siguler Guff has acquired a minority stake in MDM Bank, one of Russia's largest private banks, for an undisclosed amount.
UK - MidOcean restructures bezier group
MidOcean Partners has restructured its portfolio company bezier group, a retail marketing agency, in a deal that will see a new management team appointed and new equity injected into the business to the tune of ТЃ6.5m.
GERMANY - Creathor backs EUR 4m Cevec investment
Creathor Venture Fonds and NRW Bank have co-led a EUR 4m investment in biotechnology company Cevec Pharmaceuticals, alongside a syndicate of private and institutional investors, including the venture capital branch of Sparkasse KoelnBonn and KfW bank's...
FRANCE - AGF et al. complete EUR 20m TravelHorizon transaction
AGF Private Equity and CM-CIC Capital Privé have joined returning investor Wellington Partners in a EUR 20m investment in online travel operator TravelHorizon.
UK - MMC Ventures invests £1.2m in e-trader group
MMC Ventures has invested just over ТЃ1m in online trade business e-trader group.
GERMANY – Consortium funds Probiodrug AG with EUR 36m
BB Biotech and Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners have co-led a EUR 36m Series-B round in biotech company Probiodrug AG. Other backers included LSP Life Science Partners, Biogen Idec New Ventures and existing investors IBG Fonds, managed by Goodvent,...
POLAND - Enterprise Investors take 50% stake in PBKM
Enterprise Investors' has invested a little over PLN 18.1m (about EUR 4.4m) in biotechnology business Polski Bank Komórek Macierzystych, acquiring a 50% stake in the company.
FRANCE - Oddo keeps Faith with EUR 1.5m investment
Oddo has provided Faith Connexion, a clothing company, with in a second round of investment worth EUR 1.5m.
GERMANY – HTGF invests in enexion GmbH
High-Tech Gründerfonds has participated in a first round of funding for software company enexion GmbH.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole PE and Soridec back Aquafadas with EUR 1.2m
Crédit Agricole Private Equity and Soridec have provided Aquafadas, a software company, with an investment of just over EUR 1m.
FRANCE - Perfectis-backed Maxiper acquires TEA
Perfectis Private Equity-backed marketing business Maxiper has purchased outsourced telephone assistance business TEA - BGME Group.
ITALY - Mandarin acquires IMA stake in EUR 33m deal
Italian-Chinese private equity firm Mandarin Capital Partners has acquired stake of close to 7% in pharma business IMA in a deal valued at a little over EUR 33m.
FRANCE - Alto and NCI invest EUR 1m into Ma-Papeterie
Alto-Invest and NCI Gestion have provided Ma-Papeterie, an online stationary company, with a EUR 1m investment.
BELGIUM - KBC in EUR 2.2m capital increase for Cellumat
KBC Private Equity has, alongside management, participated in a capital increase for portfolio company Cellumat, raising EUR 2.2m
DENMARK - EQT Expansion backs Skykon
Swedish private equity firm EQT has through its Expansion Capital II fund taken a minority stake in Skykon, a supplier to the wind energy industry.
UK - Octopus' latest investment is Monkey Bizness
Octopus Investments has completed an investment of ТЃ2m from its ТЃ30m Capital for Enterprise Fund into Monkey Bizness, the UK's largest independent operator of family entertainment centres.
FRANCE - Cognetas backs Tokheim acquisition of Rohé subsidiaries
Cognetas has provided more than EUR 5m to back portfolio company Tokheim, a producer of fuel dispensers for service stations, in its acquisition of several Central and Eastern European subsidiaries of sector rival Rohé, which was recently put into liquidation....
SWITZERLAND - Investors fund Evolva with CHF 28m
Current investor Aravis, alongside new backers Auriga Partners, Vinci Capital and Wellington Partners, have invested CHF 28m in biotechnology business Evolva in a first closing of the company's Series B financing round.
NORWAY - Hitec invests NOK 160m into GC Rieber joint venture
Norwegian private equity house HitecVision has invested NOK 160m into a joint venture with GC Rieber Shipping to create a new subsea service company, based on GC's existing investments in geotechnical company Bluestone Offshore Pte Ltd, and subsea service...
POLAND - Krokus PE acquires 44% stake in Polmed
Krokus Private Equity, through its Poland-focused fund Nova Polonia Natexis II, has acquired 44% stake in healthcare business Polmed as part of a capital increase.
SWEDEN - Healthcap, KTH and Almi support MIPS with SEK 15m
HealtCap, KTH Chalmers Capital and Almi Invest Stockholm have subscribed to a SEK 15m share issue for MIPS, a developer of head protection equipment.