Deals
UK - Ferd Ventures leads USD 30m investment into ARKeX
Oslo-based Ferd Ventures has led a USD 30m financing round for geophysical surveys provider ARKeX, alongside existing investors Energy Ventures and Scottish Equity Partners.
FRANCE - Advent takes stake in Gérard Darel
Advent international has acquired a stake in fashion retailer Gérard Darel. The investment will be used to realise the company’s expansion plans.
UK - Bridges backs The Gym with £1m
Bridges Ventures has invested a first tranche of £1m in The Gym, a low cost gym provider.
FRANCE - EdRIP exits Groupe Alturia
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) has ceded its minority stake in consultancy company Groupe Alturia in a trade sale to Alma Consulting Group. Company founder and majority shareholder Henry Robet has also exited his stake in the company.
NETHERLANDS - GIMV acquires Bandolera
GIMV has acquired a majority stake in Bandolera, a Dutch clothing company. The management retains a substantial minority stake.
UK - Phoenix strikes £21.5m Busaba deal
Phoenix Equity Partners has invested in Busaba, a Thai food restaurant chain founded by Alan Yau, the brains behind Wagamama, in a deal that values the company at £21.5m.
ITALY – DGPA acquires 70% stake in industrial group
DGPA Capital has acquired a 70% stake in industrial holding Viterie Italia Centrale (VIC), with the remaining 30% being retained by the son of the founding owner, Carlo Perini.
FRANCE - Oséo backs EUR 580,000 Neli financing
Start-up business Neli Technologies, which develops technology for the digital television sector, has secured EUR 580,000 in new financing, with EUR 260,000 coming from Oséo, EUR 220,000 from business angels, EUR 100,000 from Bretagne Jeunes Entreprises,...
CEE – Penta sells Košice Airport stake
According to sources, Penta has sold its stake in KSC Holding, which owns a 66% stake in Košice Airport, to Flughafen Wien for an undisclosed sum.
SWEDEN - Verdane acquires portion of Pelago portfolio
Verdane Capital has acquired a portion of three of Pelago Venture Partner’s portfolio companies for an undisclosed sum.
DENMARK - Doughty Hanson acquires Svendborg for EUR 460m
Doughty Hanson has acquired 100% of Svendborg Brakes A/S, a provider of industrial brake solutions, for EUR 460m from the two founding entrepreneurs.
FRANCE - ASI invests in Drimki
Ambient Sound Investments (ASI) has completed a seed round investment in Drimki.
FRANCE - TechFund leads EUR 5m investment into Miyowa
TechFund Europe, alongside Crédit Agricole Private Equity, has invested EUR 5m into software company Miyowa in a second round of financing. Venture capital firms Techfund and Sophia Euro have both previously supported the company with EUR 1.5m, taking...
FRANCE - AXA PE portfolio company acquires Dylon
AXA Private Equity portfolio company Spotless group has acquired UK-based company Dylon international limited.
RUSSIA - A1 et al sell Vladpivo
Alfa Group's private equity arm A1, Detroit Investments and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have sold Russian brewer Vladpivo to SAB Miller for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE - AGF PE continues to back Yoono
AGF Private Equity has returned for a EUR 4m round of financing for Yoono, a software developer. Previously AGF Private Equity had invested EUR 1.7m in first round of funding in 2006.
SWEDEN - Atle Industri sells Nordhydraulic
Atle Industri, which is 50% owned by 3i and Ratos, has sold Nordhydralic, a hydraulic business, to German company Hydac for an undisclosed sum. The deal generates an exit gain of approximately SEK 100m for both Ratos and 3i.
NETHERLANDS - AIG divests InterGen in USD 1.1bn sale
AIG Highstar Capital II has sold its 50% stake in InterGen, a power generation company, to Indian infrastructure company GMR for approximately USD 1.1bn.
UK - SEP joins £6.5m Fotech funding round
Scottish Equity Partners, US firm Energy Ventures and Saudi Arabian investor Shoaibi Group have backed energy technology company Fotech group with a £6.5m investment.
UK - Phoenix completes £95.6m acquisition of Ashtead unit
Phoenix Equity Partners has backed the £95.6m buyout of Ashtead Technology Rentals, provider of rental equipment to the offshore oil and gas sector and the environmental monitoring and testing industry, from Ashtead Plc.
AUSTRIA - PONTIS Venture Partners invests in Xendex
PONTIS Venture Partners, alongside a consortium of business angels, has participated in a EUR 2.3m first funding round for mobile games company Xendex.
ITALY - Candover-backed Ferretti prepares flotation
According to reports, Candover-backed yatch manufacturer Ferretti has presented the Consob, the first of three documents necessary to proceed with the company’s flotation on the Mta.
SPAIN - Ibersuizas acquires 50% stake in truck distributor
Ibersuizas has acquired a 50% holding in Veinsur, the main distributor of Volvo trucks, thus strengthening its position in the automotive sector. Following the acquisition, the Carrión family will retain the remaining 50% and will continue managing the...
SWEDEN - TranSiC closes SEK 24m funding round
Industrifonden, STING Capital, Volvo Technology Transfer and Midroc New Technology have participated in a SEK 24m financing round for cleantech business TranSiC. Industrifonden committed SEK 13m to the round.