Deals
FRANCE - AGF and Ventech reinvest in Viadeo
AGF Private Equity and Ventech have invested an additional EUR 5m in professional networking website Viadeo (formerly known as Viaduc).
PORTUGAL - Inter-Risco reaps 2.8x return on its first exit
Fundo Caravela, the private equity fund managed by Inter-Risco, has sold semiconductor manufacturer Chipidea to US-based sector player MIPS Technologies.
SWEDEN - Accent Equity sells EuroFlorist to Litorina Kapital
Accent Equity has sold EuroFlorist, a flower delivery service provider, to Litorina Kapital. Accent has sold all its shares, while the founder Peter Jungbeck and the management are retaining stakes in the business.
SWEDEN - Norvestor acquires two online travel agents
Norvestor IV. L.P has acquired two Swedish online travel agents, Seat 24 Travel AB and SRG Online through newco European Travel Interactive AB (ETI).
SWITZERLAND - Sonic Emotion receives $1.4m series A financing
VI Partners, Emertec Gestion and Züricher Kantonalbank have injected $1.4m in Zürich-based 3D sound perception solutions provider Sonic Emotion.
DENMARK - iMotions Emotion Technology attracts $2.7m
iMotion Emotion Technology has attracted $2.7m from a number of business angels and previous investors, such as InVenture Capital and MIT Entrepreneurship Center.
UK - Graphite exits PIFC Group
Graphite Capital has realised its investment in PIFC Group, an employee benefits consultancy. The business has been acquired by Thinc Group Holdings Ltd, part of the AXA Group for an undisclosed sum. At the time of the sale, PIFC had reduced its pre-tax...
GERMANY - The Carlyle Group sells Personal & Informatik AG
The Carlyle Group has sold its 66.54% stake in Personal Informatik AG (P&I), a German human resources & software and service vendor provider, to 35 institutional investors in Europe and United States in a book-building process managed by Berenberg Bank....
FRANCE - Computer services business RBS receives EUR 3m
OTC Asset Management, CM-CIC Capital Privé and Sigma Gestion have invested EUR 3m in RBS, a Strasbourg-based information systems consultancy and solution provider.
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital takes Nefab private for SEK 1.184bn
NPNC Interessenter, a company jointly owned by Nordic Capital and the Nordgren/Pihl family, has made a public cash offer for the shares in Nefab AB. The bid to delist the company values it SEK 1.184bn. Nefab delivers complete packaging solutions to international...
FRANCE - Opinion poll specialist sold in secondary buyout
Ixen (formerly known as Natixis Industrie) has backed the secondary buyout of opinion polls specialist BVA from Edmond de Rothschild Invetsment Partners and Equity Vision.
FRANCE - Acto and fund-of-fund Quilvest back buyout of Ubiqus
Unquote" can exclusively reveal that Acto (Finama Private Equity) has backed the leveraged buyout of professional conference organiser Ubiqus, alongside its LP Quilvest, which made a direct co-investment.
UK - Beringea invests £2m in MBO of The Vending Corporation
Beringea has completed the management buyout of The Vending Corporation, a distributor of chilled beverage and snack vending machines. Beringea invested ТЃ2m through ProVen VCT and ProVen Growth & Income VCT, for a significant minority equity stake. The...
SWEDEN - Accent Equity sells Wernersson Ost to Tine
Accent Equity has sold Wernersson Ost, a Swedish cheese supplier, together with its management to TINE, a Norwegian dairy producer for an undisclosed sum. Wernersson Ost was founded in 1930 and is Sweden's largest independent importer of specialty cheese....
UK - TPG strengthens bid for Jaguar and Land Rover
Texas Pacific Group has strengthened its bid in the auction for Ford's UK assets Jaguar and Land Rover by appointing Bob Dover as an adviser. Dover was former chief executive of Jaguar and Land Rover. Other bidders, One Equity Partners and Ripplewood...
FINLAND - Conor Ventures invests in Aito Technologies
Aito Technologies, a Finnish software company, has raised series-A funding from Conor Ventures. The new investment will be used for further product development and market expansion.
SWITZERLAND - Molecular Partners receives EUR 11.3m funding
Swiss biotechnology company Molecular Partners has received EUR 11.3m financing from Index Ventures, BB Biotech Ventures, Endeavour Vision and Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation. The new funds are intended to allow the company to advance its portfolio...
SWITZERLAND - Pevion Biotech raises EUR 22m
BZ Bank, BB Biotech Ventures, Bachem and CC Private Equity Partners have participated in a EUR 22m series-A financing round of Swiss bio-pharmaceutical company Pevion Biotech. The investment will be used to advance vaccines in clinical development and...
UK - Bestport backs £6m buyout of Hotelscene
Bestport Ventures has backed the ТЃ6m buyout of corporate travel booking company Hotelscene Group Ltd. Bestport invested ТЃ1.75m in the deal alongside debt provided by HSBC.
UK - Amadeus supports $12.5m series-C round for Enigmatec
Existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners and Pentech Ventures have led a $12.5m series-C funding round for IT process automation company Enigmatec Corporation Ltd. New investor Herald Ventures and Kevin Lomax, formerly chairman of Misys have also invested...
UK - Close Ventures exits Bold Pub Company
Close Ventures has realised its investment in Bold Pub Company. The exit has generated a IRR in excess of 20% over Close Ventures' three year holding period. Calco Midlands has acquired the business.
ITALY - Sofipa SGR makes partial exit from Colony Sardegna
Sofipa SGR, the private equity arm of Group Capitalia, has made a partial exit from its hotel management interest Colony Sardegna by selling a 49% stake. It is understood that the divestment has generated a money multiple of around 1.5x.
SWEDEN - Northzone and Amadeus acquires EPiServer for $23.5m
Northzone Ventures and Amadeus Capital Partnres have together with Peter Larsson acquired a majority stake in EPiServer for $23.5m. Peter Larsson joins the company as CEO. The founder, Mikael Runhem remains as shareholder and will be the compnay's CTO....
SWEDEN - STING backs Plasmatrix Materials and Bio Servo Technologies
STING Capital has invested in Plasmatrix Materials AB, a Swedish nanomaterial developer, and Bio Servo Technologies, a biotechnology company. Both companies received SEK 1.5m each.