Expansion
UK - NVM commits £1m to Gentronix
NVM Private Equity has provided Manchester-based drug company Gentronix with £1m of funding as part of a total funding round of £1.4m.
DENMARK - Northzone and Ferd Venture back Napatech
Northzone Ventures and Ferd Venture, existing investors in Napatech, have announced a USD 7.5m round of funding in the company. The employees and investors with relations within Napatech were also be invited to participate in the round, on the same conditions...
FRANCE - CAPE invests in Environnement Conseil Travaux
Crédit Agricole Private Equity has made a growth capital investment in ECT, a company which stock industrial waste and treats polluted grounds.
UK - Quester invests £2.4m in web-based education company
Quester has invested £2.4m in UniServity Ltd, a provider of web-based learning platforms to the education sector. The capital raised from the company's first institutional funding round will provide UniServity with additional working capital to consolidate...
UK - Quester invests £2.4m in web-based education company
Quester has invested £2.4m in UniServity Ltd, a provider of web-based learning platforms to the education sector. The capital raised from the company's first institutional funding round will provide UniServity with additional working capital to consolidate...
UK - Advent Venture Partners invests $5m in Fizzback Group
Advent Venture Partners has invested $5m in The Fizzback™ Group, an instant customer feedback provider. This round of funding will accelerate Fizzback’s marketing and product development and enable the company to grow its team to cope with strong...
UK - Bowmark's School Travel Group makes fourth acquisition
Bowmark Capital has completed its fourth acquisition in the school travel sector. The School Travel Group (STG), the platform business that Bowmark established in 2004, has acquired Kuoni Travel’s School and Student Tours business.
UK - Chrysalis VCT backs Rhino Rugby
Chrysalis VCT has taken a 6.25% stake in Rhino Rugby, the official supplier of training equipment to the English and Welsh Rugby Unions.
UK - ISIS commits £30m to Paragon
ISIS Equity Partners has completed its investment in Paragon (UK) Ltd, a provider of supported living and domiciliary care services. The company currently employs over 230 people and is based in Adlington, Lancashire. Paragon provides tailored packages...
UK - Bank of Scotland invests in Rocela Growth
Bank of Scotland Corporate has invested more than £1m in Edinburgh-based software consultancy business Rocela through its growth equity division. The new capital will be used to support overseas expansion plans.
FRANCE - BNP Paribas Développement takes 15% of Matel Group
BNP Paribas Développement has acquired a 15% stake in Matel Group, a supplier of products for manufacturers of luminous signs.
UK - MTI, Hotbed and BASF Venture Capital invest £4.9m in DataLase
MTI Partners, Hotbed and BASF Venture Capital GmbH have invested £4.9m in series-B funding to support technology company DataLase. The company has developed a revolutionary high-quality method for applying laser-induced images for product identification,...
UK - Risk Capital Partners invests in APT Controls
Risk Capital Partners has made a significant investment in access technology company APT Controls Ltd. Risk Capital has bought around 45%, valuing the business at over £10m. APT is part of a buy-and-build strategy in the access control and security industries,...
PORTUGAL - Inter-Risco backs car inspection business
Inter-Risco, the private equity arm of bank BPI, has invested EUR 17m in MasterTest in return for a 30% stake. The company provides car inspection services and it is based in Porto.
ITALY - Siena Venture backs local furniture business
Closed-end fund Siena Venture, managed by MPS Venture, has acquired a 41%stake in furniture business Segis SpA.
SWEDEN - Industrifonden invests SEK 7m in scuba diving company
Industrifonden has invested SEK 7m in Gothenburg-based scuba diving company Poseidon in a funding round also including Start Invest. Start Invest and Industrifonden will hold close to 50% of the shares in the business.
UK - The Capital Fund makes two investments
The Capital Fund has completed two investments. It has provided Iconium, a corporate governance and compliance software solutions-provider based in Horsham, with expansion capital of an undisclosed value.
UK - IMAC invests up to £4.15m in Community Television Networks
Ingenious Media Active Capital Ltd has completed an investment of up to £4.15m in Community Television Networks Ltd (CTN).
UK - Amadeus leads $10m investment in ip.access
Amadeus Capital Partners has led a follow-on round of financing of $10m in ip.access, a developer of cellular picocell and femtocell (cellular-over-IP) technologies. Existing investors Intel Capital Corporation, Rothschild & Cie Gestion and Scottish Equity...
UK - Graphite Capital enlarges Park Holidays
Graphite Capital is backing the acquisition by Park Holidays UK of two more holiday parks: Landscove and Riviera Bay Holiday Parks at Berry Head, Brixham. This purchase brings the number of acquisitions made by Park Holidays to four since Graphite first...
UK - Endless provides lighting firm with backing to make acquisitions
Endless has provided lighting firm Dernier & Hamlyn (D&H) with growth funding to support the acquisition of two lighting companies, Tindle Lighting and Reid Lighting.
FRANCE - Sigefi Private Equity invests EUR 5.6m in public works business
Sigefi Private Equity (of the Siparex group) has invested over EUR 5m in growth capital in Jalmat Group, a Velaux-based public works business.
FRANCE - AGF Private Equity leads EUR 6m funding in online brands retailer
AGF Private Equity (EUR 5m) and business angels (EUR 1m) have backed 24h00, an online retailer of branded clothing.
DENMARK - Langholm Capital invests in Cane-Line and Sika-Horsnaes
Langholm Capital has invested in Cane-Line and Skia-Horsnaes, two Danish furniture specialists focusing on woven indoor and outdoor furniture. The investor retains a minority stake in both companies following the deal.