Expansion
FRANCE - Turenne funds EUR 6.6m Santé/Serf merger
Turenne Capital has provided portfolio company Menix with a EUR 6.6m capital injection to fund the merger between its subsidiary Dedienne Santé, a prosthetics company, and Serf, an orthopedics and dental implants company.
UK - Accel Partners and Greylock make $22m Wonga investment
Accel Partners and Greylock Partners have led a $22m funding round for online short-term cash lender Wonga, alongside existing investor Balderton Capital.
FRANCE - Evolem purchases stake in Ingerence & Connivence
Evolem has taken a 25% shareholding in Ingerence & Connivence, a consulting services company, for an undisclosed sum.
GERMANY/UK - 3i-backed Hyperion's subsidiary acquires Hendricks
3i-backed Hyperion Insurance Group's brokering arm, Howden, has acquired Hendricks & Co, a specialist directors and officers (D&O) and commercial legal expenses broker in Germany.
ITALY - Clessidra acquires 30% stake in Cavalli
Report suggest that private equity firm Clessidra has acquried a 30% stake in fashion house Cavalli in a deal valued at EUR 100m.
FRANCE - OFI-backed Fondis purchases Bioritech
OFI Private Equity-backed Fondis Electronic, a testing equipment company, has acquired analysers producer Bioritech from its founding managers.
FRANCE - 123Venture injects EUR 2.5m into Ekyog
123Venture has backed Attitude Developpement, a company that owns and commercialises Ekyog, an organic clothing brand, with EUR 2.5m.
FRANCE - BPE-backed Martek buys Semelec
Barclays Private Equity-backed Martek Power, a power conversions company, has purchased Semelec, a metrology company. The deal is Martek's second build-up operation after the purchase of a rival company in early 2009.
UK - Synova-backed Lunan acquires NICA
Handbag and accessories business The Lunan Group, which is majority owned by Synova Capital, has acquired handbag brand NICA for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Accel et al. invest $17m into Seatwave
Accel Partners has led a $17m series-D funding round for fan-to-fan ticket exchange company Seatwave, alongside existing investors Fidelity Ventures, Atlas Venture, Mangrove Capital Partners and Adinvest.
SPAIN - Palamon and G Square invest in Grupo Sar
Mid-market buyout house Palamon Capital Partners and healthcare dedicated investor G Square have completed an investment into Spanish elderly care services provider Grupo SAR.
UK - Hotbed invests £3.3m into Burcote Wind
Private investor network Hotbed has invested ТЃ3.3m into UK-based wind farm developer Burcote Wind, alongside company management.
GREECE - TLcom and Alpha Ventures invest EUR 11m into Upstream
London-based TLcom Capital LLP and Greek investor VC Alpha Ventures have co-led an EUR 11m financing round for mobile content provider Upstream Telecommunications.
UK - Finance Wales further backs Outlook Expeditions
Government-backed investor Finance Wales has supported youth expedition company Outlook Expeditions with a ТЃ730,000 debt and equity investment.
UK - YFM further invests in BeCheeky.com
The YFM Group has further invested in online retailer BeCheeky.com as part of a second round of funding for the company.
GERMANY/NETHERLANDS - Advent-backed Oxea acquires ester plant from ExxonMobil
Advent International portfolio company Oxea has agreed to acquire an Amsterdam-based ester production plant from ExxonMobil.
UK/SWITZERLAND/SWEDEN – KKR's Alliance Boots circles Swedish pharmacies
KKR portfolio company Alliance Boots is reported to be interested in acquiring a portfolio of pharmacies being sold by Apoteket, which is owned by the Swedish state.
UK - 3i et al. invest further £5.1m into Metalysis
A consortium of existing investors, comprising 3i, Environmental Technologies Fund, Chord Capital, Seven Spires Investments and Cody Gate Ventures, has invested in excess of ТЃ5m into specialist metals and alloys producer Metalysis Ltd.
GERMANY - Wellington Partners invests EUR 8m into Experteer
Wellington Partners, via Wellington Partners Ventures III, has invested EUR 8m into career service Experteer GmbH.
IRELAND - Roche et al. invest additional EUR 3.3m into Opsona
Roche Venture Fund and Enterprise Ireland have invested more than тЌ3m into biotechnology company Opsona Therapeutics in an extension to the company's series-B funding round, bringing the total to in excess of тЌ21m.
GERMANY - NORD Holding backs Unicor acquisition
NORD Holding has backed portfolio engineering company Unicor GmbH in acquiring the machinery business of Königsberg-based Fränkische Rohrwerke.
GERMANY - TCW leads EUR 70m agri funding
TCW Group has led a EUR 60m equity investment into biogas company agri capital, alongside returning investors Altima Partners, Green Partners, Halcyon and Ludgate Environmental Fund, with Ecofin providing a EUR 10m mezzanine loan.
FRANCE - Serena and A Plus invest EUR 6.47m into RSI
Serena Capital and A Plus Finance, alongside previous investors Galileo Partners, CDC Innovation and Techfund Europe Management, have backed video security company RSI Video Technologies with an investment of EUR 6.47m.
FRANCE - I-source and OTC invest further EUR 3.5m into Rhapso
I-Source Gestion and OTC Asset Management have invested EUR 3.5m into Rhapso, a software company, in a third funding round.