Expansion
UK - Foresight funds millionaire games creator Zoo Digital
Foresight Venture Partners has led a ТЃ4.2m fundraising for Zoo Digital Group Plc, the AIM listed video technology company. Zoo's technology has powered the rise of interactive DVDs, including a new type of computer game that can be played on any DVD...
GERMANY - Aurelia Private Equity and business angels back JobTV24
Aurelia Private Equity, alongside business angels, has provided expansion funding to JobTV24 GmbH. Notable business angels investing alongside the private equity group include Dr Roland Metzger (founder of Jobpilot.de), Tim Schwenke and Daniel Wild (founders...
UK - Imperial Innovations backs environmental technology developer Lontra
Imperial Innovations Group Plc, one of the leading technology transfer and commercialisation companies in the UK, has invested ТЃ150,000 in environmental technology developer Lontra Ltd. This brings the total Imperial Innovations has invested in Lontra...
NORWAY - Ferd Venture invests EUR 5m in maritime broadband provider
Ferd Venture has invested EUR 5m in Ship Equip, a specialist in broadband connections delivered to commerical marine vessels. The new capital will enable the company to expand into the worldwide merchant fleet and expand its geographical presence.
FRANCE - UFG joins syndicate of investors in Nemoptic
UFG Private Equity (formerly Nord Europe Private Equity) has committed EUR 2m in liquid crystal screen developer Nemoptic. The private equity firm joins the syndicate of investors which had invested EUR 9m in May 2006, bringing the new total to EUR 11m....
UK - Electra Quoted Management helps fund Find Portal's acquisition of Defaqto
Electra Quoted Management Limited (EQML) is pleased to announce, that alongside FF&P Private Equity it has made a follow on investment in Find Portal Limited (Find) on behalf of funds under its management, in addition to investment in May 2005. Find has...
UK - 3i and Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures back series B for DeepStream
3i has joined DeepStream Technologies as new investor, leading its ТЃ8.1m Series-B equity funding. The funding will be used to expand the companyтs range of solution platforms for new markets, particularly energy management, medical and appliance sectors,...
UK - SiConnect receives £700,000 investment from Esprit
Esprit Capital Partners has led an investment round for SiConnect Ltd. The ТЃ700,000 is part of a first tranche of second fundraising which comes from Esprit's Prelude Trust Plc fund and follows earlier investments of ТЃ1.3m in March 2006 and ТЃ2.8m in...
GERMANY - T-Venture backs CoreOptics alongside other investors
T-Com Venture Fund has made a strategic investment in CoreOptics Inc, a developer of transponder systems. The company is headquartered in Nuremberg, with operations in New Hampshire, US. It develops high-speed optical networking applications in the telecommunications...
UK - Bank of Scotland Corporate invests in Sunseeker International
Bank of Scotland Corporate has provided luxury yacht builder Sunseeker International with an integrated finance and debt package, taking a minority stake in the business following the transaction.
SWEDEN - Accel invests EUR 4m in Swedish software business
Telepo, a Swedish software company, has raised EUR 4m in funding from Accel Partners. The Telepo Business Communication Solution integrates mobile and fixed communication, VoIP and existing enterprise voice infrastructure, using standards based protocols....
FRANCE - CICLAD takes minority stake in internet tourism portal
CICLAD has taken a minority participation in Come To Paris, an online provider of tailored services to the tourism industry.
SWEDEN - Eqvitec invests SEK 44m in Netadmin
Eqvitec Technology Fund III has agreed to invest SEK 44m in Linköping-based software company Netadmin. Netadmin has developed a system that gives network proprietors and broadband operators full supervision and control of all connected equipment, right...
SWEDEN - InnovationsKapital invests SEK 25m in Ludesi
Ludesi AB, a global provider of bioinformatics solutions to the life science industry, has secured SEK 25m in funding from InnovationsKapital. Ludesi’s current investors include FöretagsByggarna and AP6.
BELGIUM - Pro Natura acquires Biomarché
Activa Capital-owned Pro Natura, the former number two wholesaler of organic fruit and vegetables in Europe, has acquired Biomarché, the leading organic fruit & vegetable wholesaler in Belgium.
FRANCE - Avenir Tourisme and BNP Paribas Développement invest in hotels
Avenir Tourisme and BNP Paribas Développement have each taken a 10% stake in Chez France Hotels and Résidences, with a total equity investment of EUR 800,000. The sponsors also committed some convertible bonds as part of the transaction.
UK - Kelso Place Asset Management backs Anya Hindmarch
Kelso Place Asset Management has acquired a stake in Anya Hindmarch in a transaction which values the business at approximately ТЃ20m. Over the past 12 years the business has successfully grown from its original first floor shop on Londonтs Walton Street...
UK - Risk Capital Partners hooks up with Seafood Holdings
Luke Johnsonтs private equity fund, Risk Capital Partners, has purchased a substantial minority equity stake in Seafood Holdings т a leading independent fresh fish and seafood distributor to the catering trade. The deal values the company in excess of...
FRANCE - UFG Private Equity invests in 3-in-1 laundry machine
UFG Private Equity has invested EUR 1.2m in Robotran, the developer of a new laundry machine for public launderettes.
UK - The Capital Fund invests £250,000 in Local Data Company
The Local Data Company, which operates the UKтs most accurate database of in-depth information on UK city centre retail businesses and other urban points of interest, has raised ТЃ250,000 from The Capital Fund. The companyтs management team will use the...
FRANCE - Oxxius receives $10m in second round
Sofinnova Partners has led the $10m second round of funding for the manufacturer of ultracompact lasers, Oxxius. The other contributors in this funding were AXA Private Equity and US-based Sofinnova Ventures.
UK - Finance Wales participates in £5m funding round for TES Aviations
Finance Wales has reached its 1,000th deal with an expansion capital investment into TES Aviation. A funding package of more than ТЃ5m was supported by international financiers, the company itself and by Finance Wales, the organisation created by the...
FRANCE - Dailymotion receives EUR 7m
It is understood that French internet video sharing website Dailymotion has received EUR 7m of investments from Partech international and Atlas Ventures.
FRANCE - IPO backs clothes horse business
IPO has taken a minority stake in Herby, a manufacturer of clothes horses.