Expansion
FINLAND - Via Ventures and Finish Industry Investments commit EUR 5m in OptoGaN
Via Ventures and Finish Industry Investments have committed capital in a EUR 5m round for OptoGaN, a light emitting diodes (LED) company based in Finland and Germany. The company has the technology to replace light bulbs with LED and the new funding will...
SPAIN - Valcapital takes 30% stake in Domélite
Private equity firm Valcapital has taken a minority stake via a capital increase in Domélite, a company specialised in remote control systems for domestic use. It is understood that the deal is worth around EUR 300,000.
HUNGARY - KBC invests in Grafika Press
KBC Private Equity has acquired a minority shareholding in Hungarian printing company Grafika Press. Additionally, the financial investor provided Grafika with a mezzanine facility to finance the acquisition of assets from another Hungarian printing company...
ITALY - MPS Venture supports recovery of Arquati
MPS Venture has taken a 15% stake via a capital increase in Arquati SpA, a group specialised in the design and manufacture of picture frame moulding and products for the window covering industry.
FRANCE - Cyclopharma raises EUR 8m
Clermont-Ferrand-based Cyclopharma has received EUR 8m from Sofimac, Crédit Agricole Private Equity, Société Générale Capital Partenaires, CHP laboratories, Tikehau Venture and a former Aventis director.
SWEDEN- Creandum, Teknoinvest and Grande Ventures invests $6m in Mitrionics
Mitrionics AB, software developer, has received $6m of funding from three investment firms: Grande Ventures, LLC, a United States-based firm and lead investor in this round, and Creandum and Teknoinvest. Creandum and Teknoinvest are both previous shareholders...
UK - Bridges Ventures provides Smart Storage with additional funding
Bridges Ventures has provided Smart Storage with an additional ТЃ2.9m of funding. Bridges originally invested ТЃ2m in Smart Storage in March 2006. Royal Bank of Scotland has also backed the Merseyside-based self-storage company with a substantial debt...
UK - Bank of Scotland backs sustainable regeneration company
Bank of Scotland Corporate has taken a 20% stake in Morston Assets, the Norfolk-based specialist developer of sustainable regeneration. At the same time Bank of Scotland has agreed a ТЃ110m revolving facility for the development of existing assets and...
UK - Sovereign Capital adds specialist child care provider to portfolio company
Sovereign Capital has acquired specialist child care provider Paediatric Nursing Link Ltd (PNL) for ТЃ2.2m. The acquisition is being undertaken by Sovereign portfolio company Complete Personal Assistance, a provider of post-traumatic homecare provision....
NL – Emerald Technology Ventures invests in fluXXion
Emerald Technology Ventures has led a EUR 6.4m financing round in Dutch micro filtration technology company fluXXion. Other investors joining the round include Capricorn Cleantech Fund, WHEB Ventures as well as existing investor Koninklijke Philips Electronics....
SPAIN - Clave Mayor backs software development house
Venture firm Clave Mayor has invested EUR 1m of its fund Punto Futuro in software developer Futura Acorp.
UK - B.P. Marsh in further backing of Hyperion
BP Marsh & Partners has announced that it has participated in a ТЃ5.5m rights issue of portfolio company Hyperion Insurance Gruop. B.P. Marsh exercised its right to participate in the issuance at a cost of just over ТЃ1.5m, retaining a 27.89% stake....
CEE - AIG invests in SC Digital Cable Systems SA
AIG Capital Partners has invested EUR 45m in Romanian firm SC Digital Cable (DCS) Systems, a provider of video re-transmission services. The commitment will be funded by AIG New Europe II, a EUR 523m fund dedicated to investments in Central and Eastern...
UK - Octopus backs Promotion Space with expansion funding
Octopus Private Equity has provided marketing services business Promotion Space with expansion finance. Octopus was introduced to the deal by Ford Campbell, a Manchester and Leeds-based corporate finance firm. The value of the funding was not disclosed,...
UK - Beringea backs data marketing company Optima in acquisition
Beringea, manager of the ProVen VCTs has been the lead investor in the acquisition of WDIS Ltd, a specialist business-to-business data management company, by Optima Data Intelligence Ltd. Optima is a data management and business generation company which...
FRANCE - Elaia Partners invests EUR 1.5m in Orchestra Networks
IT-oriented venture investor Elaia Partners has made a EUR 1.5m investment in Paris-based Orchestra Networks, a provider of master data management (MDM) solutions.
SWEDEN- Benchmark capital invests USD 8m in Power Challenge
Benchmark Capital has invested USD 8m in Power Challenge, a online sports game developer based in Sweden. The investment will be used to develop new titles, improve the quality of existing games and expand its global infrastructure.
UK - Beringea backs online lead generation company
Beringea, manager of the ProVen VCTs, has backed online lead-generation company Dianomi Ltd in an expansion capital deal for an undisclosed amount.
SWITZERLAND - Advanced Power AG receives EUR 31.5m financing
3i together with members of the Advanced Power board have invested EUR 31.5m in Swiss company Advance Power AG. The company is active in the development of electricity generation plants in Europe and the US. It currently has 10 ongoing projects in different...
UK - 3i takes stake in Foster + Partners
3i has taken a minority stake in architecture practice Foster + Partners. The deal has enabled the company behind the Gherkin and the Millau viaduct in France to restructure management and broaden its shareholder base to include more employees. Equity...
LUXEMBOURG - 3i invests EUR 37m in outsourcing business
3i Growth Capital has invested EUR 37m for a minority stake in KNEIP Communication, the Luxembourg-based outsourcing partner to the investment fund industry.
DENMARK - Via Ventures invests in QAtor
Via Venture Partners has invested in QAtor - a software firm specialising in compliance and quality assurance software for the Life Science Industry. The investment will be used to further accelerate market penetration and product development.
UK - Bridges provides The Office with £2.2m of additional funding
Bridges Community Ventures has provided managed office business The Office with a further round of funding totalling ТЃ2.2m. The new capital has enabled The Office to purchase a fourth building.
SWEDEN - Earlybird leads SEK 68.5m investment in Sidec Technologies
Earlybird Venture Capital, Industrifonden and Investor Growth Capital has invested SEK 68.5m in Sidec Technologies AB, a Swedish biotech company. In the series-B round, Investor Growth Capital and Ealybird joined Industrifonden, an existing investor....