Expansion
UK - Foresight completes £2.8m MBI of Heritage House
Foresight Venture partners has completed the ТЃ2.8m management buy-in of Heritage House Media. Foresight led the financing, investing ТЃ1.4m through its funds Foresight VCT II and Foresight VCT III, and was joined by IBIS Media VCT and Calculus Capital,...
FRANCE - Turnaround fund Contrarian Capital invests in Eugene Perma
US-headquartered Contrarian Capital has invested EUR 20m in troubled hair products business Eugene Perma.
GERMANY – BWK acquires stake in BKtel-Group
BWK GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft has acquired a 49% stake in optical systems provider BKtel for an undisclosed amount.
FRANCE - CDC and Banexi Ventures invest additional EUR 5m in Kewego
CDC Entreprises, investing on behalf of government initiative France Investissement, and first-round backer Banexi Ventures Partners (BVP) have invested EUR 5m in online corporate video specialist Kewego.
SPAIN - Kennet Partners makes first investment from new fund
Kennet Partners has led a EUR 7m series-A funding round for European Telemedicine Clinic (TMC), a teleradiology service provider. The deal represents Kennet's first investment from its new fund, Kennet III LP, and provides an exit for previous investors...
FINLAND - CapMan invests EUR 8m in Mawell
CapMan Technology 2007 Fund has invested approximately EUR 8m in Mawell, a software provider used in many Finnish and Swedish hospitals. As a result of the investment, CapMan becomes the largest shareholder in the company.
UK - LDC takes minority stake in security firm
LDC has invested in security firm Vision Security Group. The deal sees LDC take a minority stake in the business. The corporate finance team at Deloitte in Nottingham initiated and introduced LDC to the transaction. Debt funding was provided by RBS Corporate...
AUSTRIA - tecnet equity invests in Senactive
Austrian venture capitalist tecnet equity has invested an undisclosed amount in real-time business performance management software provider Senactive. The new capital will be used to drive the company's European expansion.
UK - XMOS Semiconductor raises $16m for Software Defined Silicon
The creator of Software Defined Silicon (SDS) chips, XMOS Semiconductor, has secured US16m series-A venture capital funding.
UK – Close Ventures backs Heathrow hotel
Venture Capital Trust manager Close Ventures has announced it will invest up to ТЃ6.5m in a hotel at Heathrowтs new Terminal 5.
UK – Beringea invests in Steak Media
Beringea, through its ProVen VCTs, has provided expansion funding for Steak Media, a digital marketing specialist.
GERMANY - Invision and TVM Capital invest EUR 9m in Netviewer
Invision Private Equity AG and TVM Capital are taking a EUR 9 million stake in Karlsruhe-based Netviewer GmbH, a web conferencing and remote access vendor.
SWEDEN - Creandum supports Jays
Creandum has made a double digit million SEK investment in Jays, which designs develops and manufactures music accessories such as earphones and portable products, managed by Jens Nylander.
DENMARK - Via Venture Partners invests DKK 16m
Via Venture Partners has invested DKK 16m in Radiocomp, a provider of WiMAX radio infrastructure systems, in exchange for a minority stake in the business.
FRANCE - Electronic ticketing business raises EUR 8m
Partech International, CM-CIC Capital Privé and CIC Finance & High Co Venture have invested EUR 8m in the second round of financing for ticketing company Digitick.
UK - Beringea backs Coal Restaurants
Beringea has committed ТЃ1.7m to emerging dining chain Coal Restaurants through its ProVen VCTs. The fund manager knew the firm's founder John Gater through a previous partnership with Gater's Ma Potterтs restaurants. Beringea sold the 16-strong chain...
FRANCE - Cita Gestion backs horse riding equipment business
Unquote" has learned that Cita Gestion has invested EUR 1m in Bordeaux-based Freejumpsystem, alongside its previous inevstors regional funds Fa Dièse and SFFP.
SWEDEN - Syntune AB receives SEK 47.8m from InnovationsKapital et al.
InnovationsKapital has led a SEK 47.8m financing round of financing for Syntune AB, a developer of lasers. Other investors who participated in the round were Teknoinvest, Vision Capital and existing private investors.
FRANCE - Dailymotion raises EUR 25m from AGF-led syndicate
Unquote" can exclusively reveal details of France's largest venture deal of year - the EUR 25m second round of financing for video-sharing website Dailymotion.
FRANCE - AGF and Ventech reinvest in Viadeo
AGF Private Equity and Ventech have invested an additional EUR 5m in professional networking website Viadeo (formerly known as Viaduc).
FRANCE - Computer services business RBS receives EUR 3m
OTC Asset Management, CM-CIC Capital Privé and Sigma Gestion have invested EUR 3m in RBS, a Strasbourg-based information systems consultancy and solution provider.
FINLAND - Conor Ventures invests in Aito Technologies
Aito Technologies, a Finnish software company, has raised series-A funding from Conor Ventures. The new investment will be used for further product development and market expansion.
DENMARK - SEED Capital invests in Valderm
SEED Capital Denmark and other private investors have invested in Valderm, a Danish pharmaceutical company which specialises in developing psoriasis treatment. The company's product is still in its pre-clinical trial stage, but is expected to be on the...
UK - MMC Ventures invests £2.4m in Small World
MMC Ventures (MMC) has invested ТЃ2.4m in Small World Ltd, a money-transfer business operating along corridors between Western Europe and developing countries.