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UK - Finance Cornwall backs waste handling company
Finance Cornwall has provided AP Waste Handling Ltd with an undisclosed sum of funding. The Penryn-based company was founded in 2005 and employs 5 staff. It designs and supplies waste handling and processing equipment and also distributes a bio-process...
SWEDEN - Industrifonden invests SEK 9m in satellite receiver Lyngbox
Industrifonden has invested SEK 9m in LyngBox Media AB, a company that develops a new type of digital boxes intended for satellite reception of TV programmes. The Lyngbox is automatically updated by the internet with data on all the world’s different...
BELGIUM - Candover to invest in excess of EUR 50m in Ontex
Ontex has agreed to a financial restructuring which will see its private equity backer Candover inject more than EUR 50m into the business. Candover's stake is understood to rise to more than 80% following the restructuring. Merrill Lynch has reportedly...
DENMARK - Vækstfonden invests $ 19.27m in series B round in Egalet
Vækstfonden has invested $19.27m in Egalet, a pharmaceutical company that specialises in oral controlled released products. The investment will be used to expand and optimise its proprietary product portfolio.
GERMANY - Pace raises EUR 3m
eCapital has led a EUR 3m financing round in high-end engineering software developer Pace GmbH. IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft and Strategic European Technologies also participated in the round.
SWEDEN - Investor Growth Capital invests $14m in Tobii Technology
Investor Growth Capital has completed a $14m round of venture capital funding in Tobii Technology . The investment will be used to accelerate the company's rapid growth, enhance product development and expand global sales and marketing efforts.
UK - Advantage Capital invests in Butters Group
Advantage Capital has just completed an investment in Butters Group, a supplier of house and garden plants retailers in the UK.
AUSTRIA - UC4 Software acquires AppWorx
The Carlyle Group portfolio company UC4 Software GmbH has acquired software company AppWorx Corporations. The transaction value has not been disclosed but Carlyle provided UC4 with fresh capital to finance the acquisition. Following completion of the...
NORWAY - Ferd Private Equity acquires Hatteland Display
Ferd Private Equity Fund II (FPEF II) has acquired 90% of the shares in the marine display and panel computer producer Hatteland Display, from Jakob Hatteland Holding and CEO Knut Vidar Lauritsen. Lauritsen will retain an ownership of 10% in the company....
FINLAND - CapMan invests in Novitel
Funds managed by CapMan will invest in the Market Intelligence company Novintel and will acquire 3i Group’s stake in the company at the same time. The investment will be made to support the growth of the company’s international operations.
SWEDEN - Industrifonden invests in VICI Industri
Industrifonden has invested SEK 50m in VICI Industri, together with ALMI, Skaraborg Provins Bank/Danske Bank. VICI Industri has recently received new orders for roughly SEK 200m from Scania, and the investment will be used to expand production facilities....
UK - MSIF backs MBO of watch service business with £1.1m
Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF) has invested over ТЃ1.1m to support the management buyout of a Southport-based watch service business In Time Watch Services Ltd. The funding, which totalled ТЃ1.75m, will finance the acquisition and expansion...
UK - Esprit Capital Partners invests $15m in Tribold
Esprit Capital Partners has led a $15m series B funding round for Tribold, a provider of product management enterprise software developed for communication service providers. Esprit joins previous investor Eden Ventures which also participated in this...
UK - Smedvig invests £6.4m in Streetcar
Smedvig Capital has invested ТЃ6.4m in Streetcar, a pay-as-you-go car club. The new capital will be used to finance Streetcar's aggressive growth plans, increasing the number of locations and the size of its fleet.
NORWAY - Radiocrafts receives growth capital from Verdane Capital
Radiocrafts AS, a leading supplier of wireless radio frequency (RF) modules to the professional market for communication in the license-free frequency bands, has received growth capital from Verdane Capital. The new funding is part of the strategy to...
NL - Van den Ende & Deitmers acquires 30% stake in Albumprinter
Van den Ende & Deitmers Crossmedia Fund has acquired a 30% stake in Albumprinter, a company which offers a fully integrated end-to-end solution that enables consumers to create hard cover photo books and other photo products using their own digital images....
UK - Trapezia backs Sarah Arnett
Trapezia Capital, the UK's first fund dedicated to women-focused businesses, has invested in fashion designer label, Sarah Arnett Ltd.
GERMANY - EUR 6m financing round for inge AG
inge AG has received a EUR 6m round of financing from a consortium including previous investors Siemens Venture Capital and Emerald Technology Ventures. Additionally, first-time investors the Belgian Stonefund VN and the Dutch Entrepreneurs Fund also...
UK - LDC portfolio company Ellis Fairbank makes acquisition
LDC porfolio recruitment company Ellis Fairbank has acquired a London-based executive search and selection firm in a move which will increase its annual net revenue by ТЃ3m and provide a strong foothold in new sectors. The deal, which was part-funded...
SWEDEN - Amadeus joins $12m funding in Transmode
Amadeus Capital Partners has contributed to the $12m F round financing in Transmode Holding AB, a Stockholm-based supplier of optical networking equipment for metro Ethernet networks.
GERMANY - HgCapital invests in German Biogas
HgCapital has invested more than EUR 50m in German company Aufwind Schmack GmbH Neue Energien. The financing will allow Aufwind Schmack to accelerate its project development activities and finance its biogas and wind project construction and operation....
SWEDEN - Industrifonden and Via Venture Partners invest SEK 20m in ComActivity
Industrifonden and Via Venture Partners have invested SEK 20m in ComActivity, an enterprise computing company. ComActivity supplies cost effective, future proof, web based, user-friendly and flexible enterprise solutions. The company has developed a new...
SWITZERLAND - NEXThink received CHF 6m
Auriga Partners alongside Venture Incubator have invested CHF 6m in Swiss software developer NEXThink.
UK - The Carlyle Group invests in world-scale bioethanol plant
The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings, an energy-focused private equity firm, have agreed to acquire and invest in Ensus Ltd and provide funding for the development of the companyтs first bioethanol plant in the UK. Ensus plans to establish itself...