Expansion
GERMANY – Nord Holding provides expansion capital to Eckhard Marine
Nord Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, based in Hanover, has invested in Hamburg-based Eckhard Marine GmbH. The financing was provided in the form of a stille Beteiligung.
UK - Accel invests in GetJar
Accel Partners has invested an undisclosed sum in GetJar, a mobile application distribution and developer community, in a series-A funding round.
SWEDEN - Industrifonden invests SEK 27m in three companies
Industrifonden has completed a SEK 27m investment in three different companies in the electronics, nano-technology and cleantech sectors.
UK - Octopus and Aberdeen provide FSP with additional £3.75m
Funeral Services Partnership (FSP) has secured an additional £3.75m of funding from Octopus Investments and Aberdeen Asset Managers Growth Capital. The deal represents the first by Octopus Investments Intermediate Capital team, a specialist mezzanine...
FRANCE - 360 Capital Partners invests EUR 2.4m in art posters
360 Capital Partners acquired a minority stake in Yellow Korner, a company which prints and sells photographs for which it owns exclusive rights.
UK - LDC-backed Epi-V completes its first investment
Specialist oil and gas private equity fund Epi-V has completed its first transaction, investing £3m in Aberdeen-based Brinker Technology. The £50m Epi-V fund was launched in August 2007 with the aim of making equity investments of between £2m and £10m...
FRANCE - Online shoe shop raises EUR 4.3m
Spartoo, an online shoe retailer, is said to have raised a significant first round of institutional funding from CM-CIC Capital Privé and A Plus Finance.
UK - 3i-backed Chorion acquires The Copyrights Group
Chorion Ltd, the UK-based owner and manager of classic and contemporary literary-based brands owned by 3i, has acquired The Copyrights Group Ltd, an independent licensing business, for an undisclosed sum. 3i delisted Chorion in a £134m transaction in...
NORWAY - InnovationsKapital et al invest in SantoSolve
DnB Nor, Gezina and Glastad Invest, together with existing investors, InnovationsKapital and Teknoinvest have completed a further $7m funding round for SantoSolve, an Oslo-based biotech company. The investment will be used to support trasition into phase...
UK - YFM backs Drivestyle with £200,000
The Yorkshire and Humber Equity Fund (YHEF), a regional venture capital fund managed by YFM Group, has invested £200,000 in Williams of Harrogate, a luxury car dealership that trades under the name Drivestyle.
FRANCE - XAnge invests EUR 2m in online music label
XAnge Private Equity has injected EUR 2m in the first round of funding for Believe, a recently-created digital distribution music label.
UK - Sovereign acquires childcare training provider
Sovereign Capital has enlarged its Employability and Skills Group (ESG) portfolio company with the addition of childcare traning provider Triangle Training. Midlands-based Triangle Training was founded in 1999 and offers apprenticeships, advanced apprenticeships...
BELGIUM - Waterland provides growth capital to medical laboratory group
Waterland Private Equity is to provide growth capital to the medical laboratory group MedHold, formed by the merger of AML-RIATOL and Medisch Labo D. Van Waes. With a turnover of EUR 37m, MedHold will be the second largest Belgian private clinical laboratories...
FINLAND - Martinson Trigon invests EUR 1.75m in Finnish online gaming
Martinson Trigon has invested EUR 1.75m in Apaja Online Entertainment, a Finnish online gaming community company.
SWEDEN - Industrifonden leads SEK 25m investment in cancer drug developer
Industrifonden has lead a SEK 25m funding round for Aprea AB, a Swedish developer of drugs against cancer. Existing investors, Karolinska Development, Östersjöstiftelsen (The Baltic Foundation) and Praktikerinvest have also participated in the investment...
DENMARK - Speaknet secures $10m from Via Venture Partners et al.
Speaknet, a Danish software company, has secured $10m from Via Venture Partners, NorthZone Ventures and Eqvitec Partners. The funding round will be used to expand internationally and to support strong customer growth in Denmark. The company is planning...
UK - MMC invests £10m in Neoss
MMC Ventures has made a £10m equity investment in dental implant company Neoss.
UK - Bankinvest and Espirito Santo co-lead £10.4m investment in Atraverda
Denmark-based Bankinvest New Energy Solutions and Portugal-based Espirito Santo Ventures have co-led a £10.4m series-B funding round for Atraverda, an advanced chemicals company.
FRANCE - Galileo invests further EUR 4m in MeilleurMobile
Galileo Partners has invested an additional EUR 4m in its portfolio company MeilleurMobile.com, an online mobile phone retailer.
SPAIN - Crystax to close second financing round
Biotech business Crystax, backed by Najeti Capital, Invertec and Barcelona Emprèn, is understood to be in advanced stages of its second financing round to further its research into the development of anti-cancerous pharmaceuticals that act on DNA.
FRANCE - ACE Management invests extra EUR 2m in data storage specialist
ACE Management has injected EUR 2m as a sole investor in the second round of funding for Hi-Stor.
UK - Palamon and Electra-backed SAV Credit makes £385m acquisition
Palamon Capital Partners and Electra Private Equity-backed SAV Credit Ltd has acquired HSBC's marbles and Beneficial branded credit card portfolios for £385m. SAV was founded in 2001 as a provider of credit cards to consumers overlooked by mainstream...
FRANCE - Linux data storage specialist receives additional EUR 4.2m
In its second round of funding, Toulouse-born Seanodes has received financial backing from its existing investors Elaia Partners and IRDI, as well as 123Venture and Galia Gestion.
UK - ISIS makes first portfolio acquisition for Paragon
ISIS Equity Partners has completed the acquisition of Raglin Care Ltd on behalf of portfolio company Paragon (UK) Ltd, a provider of supported living services to adults with learning and physical disabilities.