Expansion
Demeter acquires 42% stake in Comarth
Demeter Partners has acquired a 42% stake in engineering firm Comarth, the fifth deal from their fund Demeter 2.
Accel, Highland and Kreos in £6m round for Autoquake.com
Existing backers Accel Partners and Highland Capital Partners have participated in a £6m investment round for online used car retailer Autoquake.com.
LCA invests £500,000 in Vigor Renewables
Low Carbon Accelerator (LCA) has invested £500,000 in solar and wind company Vigor Renewables in the form of non-voting preference shares with rights over 90% of the distributable profits.
Corpfin's Duplex Elevación acquires parts of MP Ascensores
Corpfin Capital-backed Duplex Elevación has acquired parts of MP Ascensores' lift maintenance portfolio.
Elysian's English Landscapes acquires Western Landscapes
Elysian Capital-backed English Landscapes, a landscape maintenance provider, has acquired Western Landscapes Limited for an undisclosed amount.
Gulf One acquires 7.9 percent of Belte AG
Gulf One Investment Bank B.S.C., Bahrain has acquired 7.9 percent of the shares of aluminum refiner Belte AG based in Delbrück.
Octopus Ventures in £1.5m round for Metrasens
Octopus Ventures has invested £1.5m in technology business Metrasens.
Finlombarda invests €1.5m in Microcinema
Finlombarda Gestioni SGR has invested €1.5m in Italian digital distribution network of film and digital content Microcinema, taking a minority stake in the business.
Braveheart leads further £500,000 financing for Tayside
Technology-focused investor Braveheart has led a further funding round for life science business Tayside Flow Technologies worth more than £500,000.
Venture back in the spotlight
Venture capital in the UK is booming this week following two major deals in the healthcare sector. Deborah Sterescu reports.
Octopus invests £2m in BOX-IT
Octopus Ventures has invested £2m in document storage business BOX-IT. The investment was made from the firm’s £30m Octopus Capital for Enterprise Fund (OCfE).
Octopus backs Frankis Solutions with £2m
Octopus Investments has invested £2m in land remediation services and groundworks specialist Frankis Solutions Limited (FSL).
Novo and Warburg invest £65m in Archimedes Pharma
New investor Novo Growth Equity has led a £65m fundraise for specialty pharmaceutical company Archimedes Pharma alongside existing backer Warburg Pincus.
Private equity-backed Cortefiel in €130m capital increase
CVC, PAI and Permira-backed fashion retailer Cortefiel has approved a €131.4m capital increase that supports the conversion of debt into equity.
AXA PE invests in MenInvest
AXA Private Equity has taken a minority stake in MenInvest, an e-commerce company, in a first round of financing of an undisclosed value.
T-Venture invests in Lantiq
T-Venture has made a strategic investment in access and home networking technologies company Lantiq.
Catapult et al. invest in Zinwave
Catapult Venture Managers (CVM) has made an undisclosed investment in Zinwave, developers of an active wideband in-building antenna system.
SICI and FidiToscana back Montalbano Technology
Sviluppo Imprese Centro Italia (SICI) and the Tuscan financial agency FidiToscana have invested €2m in Montalbano Technology, taking a 24% stake in the business.
GCRPV invests €3.5m in Notro Televisión
Gestión de Capital Riesgo del País Vasco (GCRPV), the private equity arm of the Basque country, has invested €3.5m in broadcasting firm Notro Televisión taking a 9.94% stake in the business.
Mercapital takes stake in Mercurio Credit Partners
Spanish mid-market investor Mercapital has acquired a stake in distressed debt specialist Mercurio Credit Partners.
3i gains control of Mosaicon
UK-based private equity firm 3i has gained control of Mosaicon (formerly Antichi Pellettieri Bags), following the debt restructuring of the parent company Antichi Pelletieri.
Doughty Hanson hands ATU to KKR
According to reports, Doughty Hanson has sold its 18.5 percent stake in car servicing chain Auto-Teile Unger to KKR, which holds the majority.
Finance Wales further supports iVision UK with £700,000
Finance Wales has further invested £700,000 in LED manufacturer iVision UK.
T-Venture invests in software company Jcom1 AG
-Venture, the venture capital subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, has invested in BPM specialist Jcom1 AG.