Deals
UK - Imperial Innovations leads £769,000 investment in biomaterials company
Imperial Innovations Group has invested ТЃ469,000 in Advanced Tissue Therapies Ltd (ATT), a biomaterials company that develops tissue engineering products aimed at orthopaedic and maxillofacial markets. The investment in ATT is part of a ТЃ769,000 seed...
UK - Terra Firma renewable power portfolio company makes £80m acquisition
Terra Firma portfolio company Infinis Ltd has acquired RE-Gen, a 42MW biogas power generation business for ТЃ80m from Summerleaze. Infinis, a generator of renewable power, was part of WRG Holdings, a Terra Firma-backed company which sold its waste disposal...
UK - Dubai International Capital abandons bid for Liverpool FC
Dubai International Capital (DIC) has abandoned its ТЃ4,500 per share offer for Liverpool FC & Athletics Ground Plc after the board of the company was unable to recommend the offer to shareholders. It is expected that US sports tycoon George Gillett will...
FINLAND - CapMan buys vehicle logistics business
CapMan has purchased a 60% shareholding in John Nurminen Oy’s Vehicle Logistics Unit. John Nurminen Oy will hold 25% of the shares in the newco.
NORWAY - Venture-backed Algeta applies for listing
Therapeutics company Algeta ASA has applied for listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The company raised NOK 185m in series-A financing from a consortium of investors, including HealthCap, Advent Venture Partners, SR One, and existing investors, Selvaag...
ITALY - Fortelus acquires fashion shoemaker from Opera
Investment fund Fortelus Capital has acquired shoemaker Bruno Magli SpA from shareholders Opera and other minority backers.
UK - 3i and Amadeus lead $9.8m series-B funding for Nujira
3i and Amadeus Capital Partners have led a series-B funding round for wireless amplifier technology company Nujira. Cambridge Gateway Fund, Cambridge Capital Group and Cambridge Angels also invested in Cambridge-based company.
FINLAND - Eqvitec divests Teletekno
Eqvitec funds have sold their stake in Teletekno Oy, a Finnish supplier of telecommunication and network products, to Onninen Oy.
UK - Doughty Hanson bidding for Aston Martin
The UBS-run auction for Aston Martin, the luxury car manufacturer currently owned by Ford Motor, is in its second round with reports suggesting the price tag will exceed ТЃ450m. Doughty Hanson is said to still be in the running for the asset, along with...
DENMARK - Gilde invests EUR 5m in Symphogen
Gilde Healthcare Partners has invested EUR 5m in biotechnology company Symphogen A/S in a second closing of the series-E round.
ITALY - Investindustrial acquires AEB Group
Buyout firm Investindustrial has wholly acquired specialty chemicals player AEB Group from Pm & Partners and Sociètè Gènèrale in a management buyout.
GERMANY - P21 receives series-C funding round
Target Partners has participated in a series-C financing round of fuel-cell technology company P21 GmbH. Other investors include Conduit Ventures Ltd and Goldman Sachs. The financing will be used to fund the company’s growth and international product...
FRANCE - CDC Capital Investissement backs buyout of Plastiques Gosselin
CDC Capital Investissment (CDC CI) and Participex have backed the buyout of medical equipment maker Plastiques Gosselin. Following the deal, which stemmed from a UBS-run auction aimed at both private equity and industrial buyers, CDC CI took a majority...
GERMANY - HgCapital sells Hirschmann Automation and Control
HgCapital has sold two subsidiaries of the Hirschmann Group, Hirschmann Automation and Control GmbH, to US company Belden for EUR 245m. The transaction is expected to close in mid-March.
UK - Katalyst Ventures sells Site Confidence for £9.1m
Katalyst Ventures has realised its investment in Site Confidence Ltd, a web assurance performance and monitoring company. The asset has been acquired by NCC Group Plc for a maximum consideration of up to ТЃ9.1m in cash payable in three stages before June...
DENMARK - Erhvervsinvest buys Aalborg Træindustri
Danish buyout firm Erhvervsinvest has acquired an 83% stake in table tops provider Aalborg Træindustri.
GERMANY - Triangle invests in iPharro
Triangle has invested EUR 4m in iPharro Media GmbH, a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics located in Darmstadt. The funding will enable the company, which has developed software to identify videos much faster than in real time,...
AUSTRIA - Pontis invests EUR 2.5m in Lixto Software
Pontis Venture Partners has invested in Vienna-based software company Lixto Software GmbH. Following its EUR 2.5m investment, the venture capitalist will hold a minority stake in the company.
UK - Investec provides senior and mezzanine financing to The Hideaways Club
Investec Private Bankтs growth and acquisition finance division has provided The Hideaways Club with senior and mezzanine financing to enable the club to acquire its first properties before its official launch. The purchase is the first step in The Hideaways...
FRANCE - Innoven injects EUR 3m in NavX
Innoven Partenaires has invested EUR 3m in NavX, a website offering services to satellite navigation device users.
FRANCE - Online news website Wikio gathers EUR 4m
US-based Lightspeed Venture Partners and Israeli venture investor Gemini have committed EUR 4m in the first round of institutional funding in French news website Wikio.
FRANCE - Siparex and Carvest back home builder Batilor
Sigefi Private Equity (group Siparex) and Carvest have backed the owner buyout of home builder Batilor. The sponsors invested EUR 4.4m and EUR 0.6m in equity, respectively.
FRANCE - ACE Management leads Recaero's series-B funding
In this round ACE Management, IRDI/ICSO Private Equity and Multicroissance have invested a total of EUR 5m in Toulouse-based Recaero, a former spin-off from Aérospatiale.
ITALY - Last call for Alitalia offers
The deadline for submission of offers for Alitalia is today.