Deals
UK - Quester leads £2.2m Perpetuum funding
Quester has announced that it has led a ТЃ2.2m series A funding round in Perpetuum, a UK-based university spinout company.
SWEDEN - Accent Equity acquires interpreting and translation group
Accent Equity has acquired 100 % of the shares in a Swedish language group owned by Lantz International.
SPAIN - Catalana d'Iniciatives acquires Cadena Q
Catalana d’Iniciatives has led the EUR 20m MBI of the clothing retail chain Cadena Q. Other investors include the private equity fund EBN Vaccaria FCR, the founding family of Cadena Q and two external executives. Catalana and EBN invested EUR 10m and...
UK - BPE invests in metal and waste
Barclays Private Equity has invested an undisclosed amount in Metal & Waste Recycling Ltd, the UKтs fourth largest metal recycling business, to support future growth and the continuation of a progressive acquisition strategy.
SWEDEN - Altor invests in Nimbus Boats
Altor Equity Partners has acquired a 60% shareholding in Nimbus Boats through the Altor 2003 fund. The value of the deal has not been disclosed and the former owners will keep the remaining 40%.
GERMANY - Ventizz invests in electronic manufacturing services firm
Ventizz Capital Partners Advisory AG has taken an undisclosed majority interest in AEMtec GmbH through its latest fund, Ventizz Capital Fund III.
UK - Whittan acquired by Stirling Square Capital
Whittan Storage, the UK-based shelf manufacturer, has been acquired by buyout fund Stirling Square Capital Partners for ТЃ90m.
SPAIN - FON secures EUR 22m from blue chip investors
FON, a company focused on creating a global network of shared Wi-Fi connections, has announced that it secured EUR 18m in funding from Index Ventures, Google, Sequoia Capital and Skype. Index Ventures led the round.
UK - 3i makes 3.4x its money on sale of WiIliams Lea
3i has sold its minority stake in Williams Lea, the leading global provider of customised Corporate Information Solutions, for ТЃ110m to Deutsche Post.
GERMANY - Halder exits Konrad Hornschuh AG
Halder has sold its stake in Konrad Hornschuch AG, which it acquired in 2001, to DZ Equity Partner GmbH, Frankfurt, and L-EA Private Equity GmbH, Karlsruhe, via a secondary buyout. The management of Hornschuch will increase its shareholding as a result...
SWITZERLAND - Eyesense AG receives SFr 10.7m
Eyesense AG has received SFr 10.7m in funding from a syndicate of investors led by Amsterdam and Munich-based Life Science Partners alongside Basel-based BioMedinvest. Other investors in the syndicate include Novartis Venture Fund, Private Life BioMed,...
UK - Lectus Therapeutics closes £8.2m series A funding round
Lectus Therapeutics Ltd, a drug discovery and development company focusing on next-generation ion channel modulators, has announced that it has raised ТЃ8.2m in series A funding. The round was led by Sofinnova Partners, with Quester as a co-lead. Takeda...
UK - Owner Venture Managers backs IT MBI
Owner Venture Managers has originated and backed the MBI of Elcon Information Technology Ltd. The value of the deal is undisclosed.
DENMARK - MACH acquires venture-backed End2End
MACH has today announced its acquisition of Aalborg-based End2End. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
NORWAY - Arcapita buys Roxar for around EUR 168m
Arcapita Limited and its affiliates have together with existing management completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in Roxar AS.
UK - Mobile media solutions company Kodime backed by The Capital Fund
Kodime Ltd, an award-winning provider of mobile media software and services to property marketers, the music business and marketing agencies, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from The Capital Fund.
SWEDEN - CapMan invests EUR 1.9m in Swedish 42Networks
Funds managed by CapMan will invest EUR 1.9m in 42Networks AB, the Swedish provider of broadband telephony and triple play products and services.
US - Norwegian TANDBERG Television buys venture-backed SkyStream for $80m
Oslo-based TANDBERG Television has signed a definitive agreement to acquire venture-backed SkyStream.
FRANCE - Let It Wave raises EUR 6m from Iris Capital and T-Source
Let It Wave has completed a first round of financing for EUR 6m from Iris Capital, T-Source and private investors. Founded in 2001, by four research professors from the French Ecole Polytechnique, the firm has been self-funded since its inception.
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital and Accent to float KappAhl
Swedish fashion retailer KappAhl, owned by Nordic Capital and Accent Equity Partners, has announced plans to list on Stockholm Stock Exchange on 23 February.
US - Norwegian Energy Ventures invests in DeepFlex
DeepFlex Inc has secured a series B round of funding led by Norway-based Energy Ventures, and including existing investors CTTV Investments LLC and Altira.
UK - South West Ventures Fund invests £250,000 in Covalent Software
Taunton-based Covalent Software has secured ТЃ250,000 from the South West Ventures Fund, managed by YFM Venture Finance.
DENMARK - Dania Capital acquires YORK Novenco
Dania Capital has signed an agreement to buy the YORK Novenco Group from YORK Denmark for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Duke Street Capital buys global engineering firm
Duke Street Capital (DSC) has agreed to acquire Deloro Stellite from Vision Capital for an undisclosed sum.