Expansion
UK - Femeda completes £2m funding round led by NorthStar
NorthStar Equity Investors has led a £2m funding round for Femeda, a female health products developer. Stargate Capital Management, Acceleris Corporate Ventures and existing investor Enterprise Ventures also took part. The funding will assist the development...
UK - Further backing for e-Therapeutics led by Katalyst Ventures
Biology drug discovery company e-Therapeutics has announced a seven-figure investment from a consortium of investors comprising Katalyst Ventures, Novotech Investment and NorthStar Equity Investors. The new investors join RAB Capital in backing the company.
NORWAY - HitecVision aquires 49% of Sørco
HitecVision Private Equity has agreed to acquire 49% of the Sørco Group, a major provider of systems and services to the Norwegian and international oil and gas industry. HitecVision Private Equity specialises in investing in growth companies in the...
IRELAND - Edgestone Capital Partners leads extra $5m funding round for RedMere
Edgestone Capital Partners has led a $5m top-up funding round for fabless semiconductor company RedMere Technology. Existing investor Celtic House Venture also participated in the round which brings the amount invested in under six months to $13.5m.
FRANCE - EdRIP backs BestofMedia with hybrid deal
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) invested EUR 2m in equity in an a-typical acquisition financing deal, allowing online IT publisher BestofMedia to Tom’s Hardware Guide.
UK - Octopus backs novelty confectionary business with £5m of expansion capital
Octopus Investments has backed Sweet Cred Ltd, a branded children’s novelty confectionery business, with £5m expansion capital financing. Octopus was introduced to the deal by Acanthus, a London-based corporate finance firm. Based in Sidcup, Kent,...
UK - TVM Capital leads EUR 15.26m round for Azea Networks
TVM Capital has led the EUR 15.26m series-D funding round for Azea Networks, a submarine optical network solution specialist. Previous investors Accel Partners and Atlas Venture also participated in the round.
NL - Cordys completes EUR 60m equity financing round
Cordys Holding BV, a provider of industry-leading business process management suite (BPMS) enterprise software, has announced the successful completion of a $ 80m (cEUR 60m) financing round. Argonaut Private Equity led the round with an investment of...
UK - Endless and NorthStar Equity back pharmaceutical services firm
Endless and North Star Equity Investors have provided pharmaceutical and biotechnology services firm Excelsyn with a seven-figure investment to underpin the company's strategy of becoming a leading provider within the pharmaceutical supply chain.
FRANCE - A Plus, CDC and Banexi Ventures invest EUR 5m in Brandalley
Online discount clothes retailer Brandalley has raised a EUR 5m second round of funding from A Plus Finance, CDC Entreprises (investing on behalf of state initiative France Investissement) and first round backer Banexi Ventures.
NL - Van den Ende & Deitmers invests in Advance
The Crossmedia Fund of Van den Ende & Deitmers has acquired a 30% stake in Advance.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole Private Equity invests in business mobility software
Sparus Software has raised EUR 3-4m in its second round of financing, from Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) and AXA Private Equity (AXA PE).
DENMARK - Via Ventures Partners invests in Ebisu
Via Venture Partners has invested in Ebisu, a software company based in Copenhagen. Via Venture's interest was fuelled with Ebisu's new technology that provides solutions to log all internet trafic. The new European Union anti-terror legislation that...
SPAIN - AC Desarrollo buys vending machine business
Alongside its management, AC Desarrollo has purchased 99% of vending machine group Demas.
BELGIUM - KBC invests in Multi Media Services Groep
KBC Arkiv, the joint subsidiary of KBC Private Equity and Arkimedes, has invested in Multi Media Services Groep (MMS Group), a distributor of home entertainment products such as DVDs, audio CDs and games. No further details have been disclosed. This is...
UK - Gresham backs bottle manufacturer in £30m deal
Gresham Private Equity has provided a total funding package in excess of £30m to support the future growth of bottle manufacturer Esterform Packaging.
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...