Expansion
Balderton et al. in £14m The Hut Group pre-IPO placing
Balderton Capital has participated in a £14m pre-IPO placing of online retailer, The Hut Group .
HTGF and KI Kapital invest in SAW Instruments
High-Tech Gründerfonds and KI Kapital GmbH have invested in start-up SAW Instruments GmbH.
LDC increases stake in Ascend
LDC has purchased an additional stake in portfolio company Ascend, a provider of aviation information and consultancy services.
Investinor in NOK 54m round for Nordic Seafarms
Norwegian government-backed venture fund Investinor has alongside other investors backed Nordic Seafarms with NOK 54m.
CEE invests in geothermals company Planetherm GmbH
Conetwork Erneuerbare Energien Holding GmbH & Co. KgaA (CEE), has invested an undisclosed sum in Planetherm GmbH. The deal is rumoured to be valued between €3-7m.
Seed financing fails to germinate
The German venture industry is under fire from all angles, with the regulatory environment, a shortage of serial entrepreneurs, and a lack of support from domestic LPs posing formidable challenges. One of the core problems within the segment, however,...
Capital-E and Emertec Gestion join €6.6m round for Clean Mobile AG
Belgian VC Capital-E and French VC Emertec Gestion have participated in a €6.6m round for Clean Mobile AG.
YFM invests £300,000 in FreshTL
YFM Private Equity has invested £300,000 in UK software vendor, FreshTL.
Exponent-backed Durrants acquires Gorkana in £25m deal
Exponent-backed Durrants, a 125-year-old cuttings business, has agreed to buy Gorkana, an online jobs site, in deal worth just under £25m.
DLJ in $165 million investment in Landis+Gyr
DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, part of Credit Suisse’s Asset Management division, has taken part in a $165m investment in Landis+Gyr.
Energy Ventures in £7.5m round for Red Spider
Energy Ventures and Simmons Parallel Energy have invested £7.5m in Red Spider, a developer of downhole products and services.
Insight, Templeton et al. acquire stake in Studio Moderna
Insight Venture Partners and Templeton have co-led a group of investors in the acquisition of a minority stake in electronics and consumer products retailer Studio Moderna.
Carbon Trust et al. in £1m round for Helveta
Carbon Trust Investments has joined Oxford Capital Partners, Albion Ventures and Success Europe in a £1m third round of funding for Oxford-based Helveta, a timber track and trace technology company.
Carbon Trust et al. invest £1.45m in Arieso
Carbon Trust Investments has invested £1.45m in wireless network optimisation provider Arieso, alongside existing investors Oxford Capital Partners, ADD Partners and Qualcomm Ventures.
Graphite invests further £24m in Willowbrook
UK mid-market player Graphite Capital has invested a further £24m in Willowbrook Healthcare, part of a development capital package to support a major expansion programme.
Earlybird invests in Yoom.de
Earlybird Venture Capital has invested in a medium single digit million euro round in Yoom.
Sovereign invests £10m in BIMM
Sovereign Capital has invested £10m in Brighton and Bristol Institute of Modern Music (BIMM), a provider of modern music vocational and higher education.
Lead Equities’ JCL Logistics acquires Logwin assets
Lead Equities' portfolio company JCL Logistics has acquired the road and rail activities of logistics company Logwin.
Octopus Ventures invests £1.5m in Money Workout
Octopus Ventures has invested £1.52m in mortgage website company Money Workout Limited.
OFI acquires additional 22% stake in Dessange
OFI Private Equity Capital has acquired a further 21.61% of the share capital of Dessange International from the founding owner Jacques Dessange.
Alto acquires 40% stake in Drogheria e Alimentari
Alto Partners have acquired a 40% stake in food manufacturer Drogheria e Alimentari through a capital increase from their Alto Capital II fund.
BPE’s Hornschuch acquires O’Sullivan Films
Barclays Private Equity (BPE) portfolio company Hornschuch has acquired US-based O’Sullivan Films Inc.
Earlybird et al. invest in madvertise
Earlybird and Team Europe Ventures have invested a single-digit million amount in madvertise Mobile Advertising GmbH, as part of a series A round of funding.
HTGF invests in GrandCentrix
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has invested in smartphone analytics technology company GrandCentrix GmbH.