Deals
Penta rides off with Endura
Penta and Maven have invested in cycle apparel company Endura
Sunstone raises $500,000 for Traplight
Finnvera, East Wings and angel investors also backed the firm
Encore picks up Third Space from Graphite
Encore secured the deal in an off-market transaction
RhodeCode raises $3.5m from Earlybird and DFJ Esprit
Earlybird and DFJ Esprit have led a $3.5m funding round in secure software developer, RhodeCode.
HTGF and Bayern Kapital back Cunesoft
Comapny's existing clients convince venture capital backers to invest
Holtzbrinck backs Spotcap
Start-up accelerator Rocket Internet launches Spain-based online loan platform
Wellington et al. invest €7.5m in ImevaX
Company span out from Technische Universität München earlier this year
Quandoo raises fifth funding round
Quandoo is backed by investors including DN Capital and Holtzbrinck
Finance Wales injects £1.4m into Imspex Diagnostics
Imspex is a chemical diagnostic and testing company based in Wales
Mangrove in partial exit from Nimbuzz
Firm has retained a stake in the company and seat on the board
Born2Grow invests €3m in Implandata
Existing backers including HTGF also contributed to series-B
Almaz et al. invest $2m in CarPrice
Seed round comes just four months after company's establishment
YFM invests £3m in CP&LH BIMBO
Shawbrook provides ТЃ4m working capital facility
Advent spins out Christ to 3i
Carve-out forms part of planned restructuring of Douglas retail group
Equistone buys Travel Counsellors
GP invested via its ТЃ1.5bn Fund IV
Gimv acquires Europlasma
Gimv takes majority stake in the business
UK Watch: strong Q3 deal activity
UK private equity remained strong in Q3 according to the latest unquoteт UK Watch
Marwyn backs Haversham IPO
Haversham hopes to raise ТЃ30m ahead of acquisitions
Springwater takes minority stake in Nuba
Business will use fresh funding to expand sales channels
Investinor injects NOK 32m into Kebony
New capital will fuel Kebony's international expansion
LDC backs Capital Economics
Business generates 70% of turnover abroad, with the US the largest single market
Mobeus continues exit run with sixth sale of the year
Mobeus's divestment of Youngman lifts VCT's realisation value to ТЃ200m for 2014
LBO Italia buys GF
Emisys Capital and Tikehau provided unitranche facility
Deal in focus: KKR invests 'entrepreneurial capital' in arago
Deal highlights KKR's increased focus on lower-mid-market European growth companies