Expansion
ITALY - DGPA invests EUR 10m into Light Force
DGPA SGR has invested EUR 10m into clothing manufacturer and distributor Light force, taking a 32% stake in the company, with the balance of the equity being retained by the founding partners Tiziano Sgarbi and Simona Barbieri.
BELGIUM - Gimv and DG Infra+ invest EUR 30m into Electrawinds
Gimv and DG Infra+ have jointly invested EUR 30m into renewable energy company Electrawinds NV via a subordinated loan with warrants.
NETHERLANDS - ACC-backed Baarsma acquires Swiss Rutishauser
AAC Capital Partners-backed Baarsma Wine Group, a wine distribution business, has acquired Swiss wine business Rutishauser Weinkellerei.
SWITZERLAND/CHINA - CGS-backed MTH makes first add-on acquisition
CGS Management-backed Mould Technologies Holding (MTH) has acquired Chinese mould maker Suzhou Mould Technology from American injection moulding company Aptar Group.
GERMANY - Consortium invests EUR 10m in agri.capital
Ludgate Environmental Fund Limited alongside Valiance Special Situations Fund, has invested a total of EUR 10m into agri.capital, a developer and operator of biogas plants in Germany.
CEE - Enterprise Investors backs Dystrybucja Polska
Enterprise Investors has acquired a 30% stake in non-addressed mail distributor Dystrybucja Polska (Polish Distribution) in a deal valued at PLN 6m (approx. EUR 1.5m).
SPAIN - Clave Mayor invests EUR 1m into Ikatz
Clave Mayor, via the Ronda Inovación fund, has taken a minority stake in photography specialist Ikatz in a deal valued at EUR 1m. The transaction encountered some delay because of Ikatz's acquisition of Fotosistema, and took about nine months to complete.
GERMANY - Caption invests in Fruitwork Group
Capiton has invested in fruit and nut trading company Fruitwork Group, as part of reallocating company shares and financing growth.
FRANCE/GERMANY - Cognetas-backed Tokheim acquisition of Göhler
Cognetas Fund II has backed Tokheim's acquisition of Göhler Group with an equity injection of EUR 7.9m, and a further maximum commitment of EUR 7.9m over three years to meet earn-out requirements.
FRANCE - CAPE and CEA invest EUR 1.2m into EyeTechCare
Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) and CEA Valorisation have made an investment of EUR 1.2m into EyeTechCare, a specialist in medical devices, with each contributing half of the total.
CEE - Mid Europa Partners increases stake in Falcon Group
Mid Europa Partners has completed the acquisition of an additional stake in Falcon Group from Lehman Brothers, taking its ownership in the business to 74.6%.
UK - Sovereign-backed Renovo makes second acquisition
Maintenance services provider Renovo Services Group, which is owned by UK buy-and-build specialist Sovereign Capital, has completed its second add-on acquisition with the purchase of Quadron Property Services Ltd, a provider of building fabric maintenance...
UK - ATEP leads £2.6m Digital Healthcare funding
Alliance Trust Equity Partners, the private equity arm of investment trust Alliance Trust Plc, has led a £2.6m funding round for Digital Healthcare, a specialist provider of retinal screening software, alongside YFM Group, Noble Group and Paris-based...
SPAIN - Clave Mayor and Caja Burgos back Gadea
Clave Mayor, through its Seguranza fund, and Caja Burgos have each acquired an 8.5% stake in life sciences firm Gadea Pharmaceuticalas part of a capital increase.
UK - OpenGate Capital acquires stake in Models 1
US private equity house, OpenGate Capital has acquired a strategic equity stake in model management company Models 1 Limited.
FRANCE - BNP PE et al. support AwoX with EUR 4m
BNP Paribas Private Equity, Innovacom, CIC Capital Privé, Soridec and Devtec have invested EUR 4m into AwoX, an electronics middleware company.
UK - Investcorp Technology Partners invests £28m into TDX
Investcorp Technology Partners, the Technology-focused private equity arm of Bahrain-based asset management firm Investcorp, has completed an investment of £28m into consumer debt management business TDX Group, taking a 40% stake in the business.
SWITZERLAND - New Value backs CHF 7m Bogar expansion
New Value AG portfolio company Bogar AG, which is active in the animal health and nutrition industry, has completed a capital increase worth CHF 7 million.
UK - BayTech VC makes £3.5m investment into smartfundit.com
BayTech Venture Capital has invested £3.5m into smartfundit.com, an online finance exchange.
FRANCE - I-Source et al. invest EUR 4.3m into Advestigo
Return investors I-Source, EonTech Ventures and CapDecisif have invested EUR 4.3m into digital asset management company Advestigo.
GERMANY - Marfin Investment Group acquires 49.99% of FAI for EUR 15m
Marfin Investment Group Holdings SA has agreed to acquire 49.99% of Flight Ambulance International Rent-a-Jet Aktiengesellschaft from its main shareholder Axtmann Beteiligungs GmbH for EUR 15m.
SWITZERLAND - New Value-backed Silentsoft in CHF 2m capital increase
New Value AG has contributed CHF 1m in a CHF 2m growth financing of portfolio company Silentsoft. Existing investors such as Venture Incubator AG also participated in the capital increase.
GERMANY - Wachstumsfonds Mittelstand Sachsen invests in Martin Spieß
Wachstumsfonds Mittelstand Sachsen has provided a 'substantial' amount of mezzanine funding for MS Engineering und Beratungsgesellschaft mbH, the holding company of Dresden-based entrepreneur Martin Spieß, which emcompasses the companies Lomma GmbH and...
ITALY - Apax et al. seek Weather Investments capital increase
Apax, TA Associates and Madison Dearborn-backed telecommunications holding company Weather Investments has agreed to a $554m capital increase.