Expansion
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 £3.3m 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 £730,000 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 £5m 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 €3m into biotechnology company Opsona Therapeutics in an extension to the company's series-B funding round, bringing the total to in excess of €21m.
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.
UK - AFM and EV invest further in TPS
Alliance Fund Managers (AFM) and Enterprise Ventures (EV) have made a further instalment of £275,000 in foreign exchange and payment services specialist TransGlobal Payment Solutions (TPS), as part of a £1m first round funding package agreed last November.
FRANCE - Innovacom leads EUR 5.5m investment into Mixcommerce
Innovacom has invested EUR 3m into e-commerce company Mixcommerce as part of a EUR 5.5m financing round, with XAnge Private Equity providing the balance.
POLAND - Enterprise invests EUR 3m into R&C
Enterprise Investors, through the Enterprise Venture Fund, has pumped EUR 3m into Polish restaurant chain R&C Union, taking a 48% stake in the business.
UK - BPE-backed ATP acquires Instone from 3i in £37m deal
Barclays Private Equity-backed ATP International Group has acquired marine travel company Instone International from 3i, in a deal valued at £37m. Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets' acquistion finance team provided working capital facilities to support the...
FRANCE - Innovacom leads EUR 4m Streamezzo funding
Innovacom has joined returning investors Sofinnova Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, Qualcomm, NTEC and GET Valorisation in a EUR 4m funding round for Streamezzo, a provider of rich application software platforms for mobile.
SWEDEN - STF backs SEK 15m Swebo funding
Sustainable Technologies Fund (STF) has, alongside Norrlandsfonden, invested SEK 15m into Swebo Bioenergy, a supplier of heating devices based on bioenergy solutions for heating.