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UK - YFM supports holiday company
YFM Venture Finance, through its Finance South West Growth Fund, has invested an undisclosed sum into holiday company Sunisle.
DENMARK - Index Ventures invests USD 27m in Milestone
Index Ventures has invested USD 27m in Milestone, a Copenhagen-based developer of open platform IP video management software for surveillance systems.
UK - Vesbridge backs Corvil funding
Vesbridge Partners has joined ACT Ventures and Apax Partners in a USD 12m funding round for Corvil Ltd, a developer of new generation technolog of IP packet networks.
GERMANY – Blackstone to invest in German wind farm
According to press reports, Blackstone is teaming up with a syndicate of private investors to invest EUR 1bn in Windland Energieerzeugungs GmbH for the purpose of building an off-shore wind farm called Meerwind. The project already has planning permission.
UK - Advent et al make further investment in OpenCloud
Existing investors Advent Venture Partners, No 8 Ventures and Motorla Ventures have supported a USD 10m series-B funding round in telecommunications software developer OpenCloud Ltd. Silicon Valley Bank provided a debt package to support the deal.
FRANCE - Index Ventures invests EUR 22.5m into BestofMedia
Index Ventures has invested EUR 22.5m into online media publishing company BestofMedia.
ITALY/SPAIN - Investitori-backed company acquires chemical firm
Investitori Associati-backed Italian chemical company Infa Group has acquired Spanish rival Derivados Quimicos. The transaction is in line with the backers plan to develop the business to a European level.
SWEDEN - EEP et al close EUR 26m PacketFront financing
Existing stakeholders European Equity Partners (EEP), Amadeus Capital Ltd and TLcom Capital LLP have completed a EUR 26m financing round for PacketFront, a supplier of broadband solutions to City and Greenfield carriers in Europe and the Middle East.
FRANCE - Iris backs EUR 4m Alyotech financing
Iris Capital has backed Alyotech, a technology consultancy firm, in a new EUR 4m capital increase alongside existing investors Aurel NextStage, Galiléo, ACE Management, CDC Entreprises and the management. The new financing brings the total raised by...
FINLAND - Consortiums invest EUR 7.5m into Xtract
A consortium of investors, comprising Creandum, ETF III, advised by Eqvitec Partners, and InnovationsKapital, have invested EUR 7.5m in a series-B funding round for Xtract, a social advertising company.
FRANCE - Turenne backs Mediastay acquisition of Lucky Surf
Turenne Capital, through Turenne Investissement and Hexagone Croissance 1, has backed portfolio gaming company Mediastay’s acquisition of US competitor Lucky Surf.
SPAIN - Bertelsmann in series-C financing for BuyVip.com
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), the venture investment vehicle of the Bertelsmann Media group, has completed a EUR 10m series-C round of financing for internet multi-brand retailer BuyVip.
UK - Balderton invests in GDCM
Balderton Capital has invested an undisclosed sum in software company Global Datacentre Management (GDCM).
NORWAY - CapMan-backed Curato acquires SRI
CapMan-backed Curato, a medical imaging services company, has acquired 100% of Sentrum Røntgeninstitutt (SRI) for an undisclosed sum.
NORWAY - Epi-V injects £3.5m in i-Tec
Epi-V has invested £3.5m in i-Tec, an oil services company, for a minority stake.
GERMANY - Wellington Partners invests EUR 11m into GameDuell
Wellington Partners has invested EUR 11m into games website GameDuell.
UK - Beringea invests £1.5m in Chess Technologies
Beringea has invested £1.5m in defence subsystem supplier Chess Technologies.
SWEDEN - InnovationsKapital injects SEK 30m into Isconova
InnovationsKapital has invested SEK 30m into Isconova, a Swedish biotechnology company, together with a group of private investors.
UK - LDC invests in Eve Trakway
LDC has invested an undisclosed sum in Eve Trakway, a supplier of temporary pedestrian and vehicle access equipment, such as roadways, footpaths, bridges and crowd control barriers, and ground protection systems which are used in major rail, communications...
FRANCE - AGF PE and Innovacom invest EUR 5m in Steek
AGF Private Equity and existing investor Innovacom have invested EUR 5m in data management business Steek in a second round of financing. In mid-2006, Steek secured EUR 2.5m in a first round of financing.
FRANCE – Rhone-Alpes PME Gestion recapitalised
Caisses d’Epargne de Rhone-Alpes, which consists of Caisse d’Epargne Rhone Aples and Caisse d’Epargne Ardeche, has taken a 50% stake in regional investor Rhone-Alpes PME Gestion.
ITALY - Candover acquires 40% stake in Technogym
According to reports, Candover has acquired a 40% stake in fitness equipment supplier Technogym.
UK - Ferd Ventures leads USD 30m investment into ARKeX
Oslo-based Ferd Ventures has led a USD 30m financing round for geophysical surveys provider ARKeX, alongside existing investors Energy Ventures and Scottish Equity Partners.
FRANCE - TechFund leads EUR 5m investment into Miyowa
TechFund Europe, alongside Crédit Agricole Private Equity, has invested EUR 5m into software company Miyowa in a second round of financing. Venture capital firms Techfund and Sophia Euro have both previously supported the company with EUR 1.5m, taking...