Expansion
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 Associati’s 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.
CBPE backs Hollywood Bowl buyout by AMF
CBPE Capital has backed the acquisiton and subsequent merger of Hollywood Bowl by AMF Bowling, with a £20m investment.
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 Matériel.
Finance Wales et al. invest £835,000 in Orthos
Finance Wales, angel investors and the Welsh Assembly Government have injected £835,000 in Welsh medical equipment manufacturer Orthos Limited.
Mobius Life Sciences invests £75,000 in Medibord
Mobius Life Sciences has backed UK medical equipment manufacturer Medibord with £75,000.
High-Tech Gründerfonds et al. invest $2m in C2Call
High-Tech Gründerfonds, 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 Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital have invested more than €500,000 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.
Primary Capital supports bolt-on for Esteem
Primary Capital-backed Esteem Systems has acquired Woking-based IT service and support provider SiRViS IT.
AC Desarollo backs Grupo NRSur
AC Desarollo, via its fund AC Capital Premier II FCR, yesterday announced its third deal of the year, providing an undisclosed package of expansion capital to back the fast food franchise business Grupo NRSur.
Atlas Capital completes second investment
Madrid-based Atlas Capital has completed the second investment from its inaugural fund, committing €6m of growth capital to back the Spanish audiovisual services firm Uveauve.
AGF Private Equity takes 24% stake in ZEturf
AGF Private Equity has acquired a 24% stake in Maltese online betting company ZEturf, for an undisclosed amount.
Northstar Ventures invests in Ipso Facto Films
Northstar Ventures has invested £150,000 in film producer Ipso Facto Films.
YFM Private Equity et al. invest £1.1m in B2 Group
YFM Private Equity has invested £1.1m in marketing agency B2 Group, along with management and private investors.
Riverside acquires Celvitae to boost Crioestaminal
The Riverside Company has acquired Spanish private cord blood bank Celvitae Biomédica S.A. which will join its portfolio company Crioestaminal.
FourWinds Capital Management provide £14m for Monsal
FourWinds Capital Management has provided £14m of expansion capital for digestion technology business Monsal.
Demeter et al. inject €4.5m in Semco Engineering
Demeter Partners and Soridec have invested €4.5m in French alternative energy specialist Semco Engineering.
Benelux still behind rest of Europe
Activity in the Benelux region decreased sharply in Q2 2010, making it once again the smallest market in Europe for private equity investments.
European buyout value quadruples in 2010
The value of European buyouts has quadrupled in the first half of 2010, according to the latest unquote” Private Equity Barometer.
Yellow&Blue et al. inject €4.5m in Tri-O-Gen
Yellow&Blue Investment Management has led a €4.5m funding round for Dutch energy production specialist Tri-O-Gen.