Deals

UK - ETF leads £13m investment in Metalysis

Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) has led a ТЃ13m funding round for Metalysis, a technology business for the specialty metals industry. 3i, QinetiQ, Seven Spires, Chord Capital and Cambridge Capital Group also participated in the round. The investment...

UK - NVM acquires Astbury Marsden in £17.5m deal

NVM Private Equity Ltd (NVM) has acquired Astbury Marsden, a specialist provider of recruitment services to the banking sector in the City of London, in a ТЃ17.5m deal. NVM invested ТЃ5.6m to facilitate the management buyout alongside debt provided by...

SPAIN - Ibersuizas receives attractive offer for Alcasa

Private equity firm Ibersuizas is said to have received an attractive offer for its stake in Aluminio Catalán SA (Alcasa) from industrial player Abengoa. Rumour has it that the auction process, led by corporate finance boutique Atlas Capital, also involves...

UK - Montagu acquires ghd brand from LDC

Montagu Private Equity has backed the ТЃ160m management buyout of the Jemella Group, the owner of the ghd hair straightening brand. The deal represents an exit for previous backers LDC who acquired the business in July 2006 for an undisclosed sum. Montagu...

SWEDEN - Proventus invests SEK 70m to save J.Lindeberg

Proventus has agreed to invest SEK 70m in fashion company J.Lindeberg. The deal gives Proventus a 35% stake in the business which has recently experienced difficulties between founder Johan Lindeberg and the current owners. Following the new investment,...

SWITZERLAND - GlycoVaxyn receives CHF 11.5m

Sofinnova Partners and Index Ventures have provided Swiss biotech company GlycoVaxyn with CHF 11.5m of series-A funding. GlycoVaxyn is developing the next generation of conjugated vaccines (antigenic sugar/protein complexes) which target bacterial infections....

UK - Providence re-enters the fray for Virgin Media

Providence Equity has expressed its interest in Virgin Media ten months on from its last play for the business. Providence was reported to be interested in bidding for the US-listed company in 2006 when it was known as NTL before its merger with Virgin...

BELGIUM - KBC Arkiv invests EUR 1m in Intek

KBC Arkiv has injected EUR 1m in Intek, a Flemish manufacturer of proprietary innovative electro-mechanical keys, which combine the benefits of traditional cylinder locks and badge access control systems.

UK - Matrix completes £6.5m MBO of DiGiCo

Matrix Private Equity Partners has financed the ТЃ6.5m management buyout of DiGiCo, a manufacturer of digital mixing consoles for post-production, broadcast, live performance and theatre markets across the world.

GERMANY - Neuhaus Partners backs ICS

Neuhaus Partners has invested in internet startup company ICS Internet Consumer Services. The funding will be used to develop ICS’s latest web 2.0 project, verwandt.de. The invested amount has not been disclosed but it is understood to be in the million...