Deals
Vallis joins Inter-Risco in 32 Senses
Vallis Capital Partners has provided expansion capital to Portuguese dental business 32 Senses.
HTGF et al. back HiperScan with €450,000
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), HCS Beteiligungsgesellschaft and the Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen have backed near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) developer HiperScan with €450,000.
AEA Investors buys Siemens' water technology division
AEA Investors has acquired the Siemens subsidiary Business Unit Siemens Water Technologies (BUSWT) for €640m.
Prostor et al. back AdMoment
Prostor Capital and e.ventures have injected $3m into AdMoment, a Russian developer of a real-time bidding platform for mobile advertising.
Union Square invests $2m in Zemanta
Union Square Ventures has backed Slovenia-based Zemanta with a $2m investment alongside angel investment fund Social Starts.
Permira picks up 3i's Bestinvest
Listed-firm 3i has sold UK wealth manager Bestinvest to Permira.
Warsaw-listed Budimex Danwood sold to Enterprise Investors for €57m
Enterprise Investors has wholly acquired Polish timber-frame home builder Danwood.
Ardian backs CLS Group with €30m
Ardian, formerly Axa Private Equity, has invested €30m in CLS Group, a satellite-based environmental data provider.
Sovereign's Eden acquires Essential Futures
UK buy-and-build specialist Sovereign Capital has backed the acquisition of Essential Futures by portfolio company Eden.
PMV backs arGEN-X
PMV has invested €5m in arGEN-X, a Dutch and Belgian biotechnology firm, in an extension of the company’s 2011 series-B round, which now totals €32.5m.
Private equity may bite into MPM pet foods
UK pet food firm MPM Products has hired PwC to explore funding options for the business.
Biocartis secures €30m from PMV et al.
Swiss molecular diagnostics firm Biocartis has raised €30m in its series-E round from a group of investors including PMV, Debiopharm Diagnostics and Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC).
CCMP, Axis, Corpfin pump further €10.5m into Volotea
Spanish low-cost airline Volotea has raised a further €10.5 m from its existing backers.
Partech et al. back AlephD
Partech Ventures, CapDécisif Management and A Plus Finance have injected €1.5m into AlephD, a Paris-based provider of real-time advertisement-selling solutions for online publishers.
Nordwind sells SHW stake
Nordwind Capital has sold its remaining 58% stake in listed German automotive supplier SHW for €132.6m, according to reports.
Seraphim et al. back Pyreos
Seraphim Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC), the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) and Siemens Technology Accelerator (STA) have invested $4m in Scotland-based Pyreos.
Ippon leads £10m investment in Midatech
Nanomedicines manufacturer Midatech has raised ТЃ10m in a funding round led by Geneva-based private equity house Ippon Capital.
Sofinnova, Forbion lead €20m round for Hookipa
A consortium of investors led by Sofinnova Partners and Forbion Capital Partners has invested €20m in a series-B funding round for Austria-based Hookipa Biotech.
3i acquires Allianz's Scandlines stake
3i Group has agreed to acquire co-investor Allianz Capital Partners’ stake in ferry operator Scandlines.
Earlybird backs RapidMiner
Earlybird Venture Capital and Open Ocean Capital have co-led a $5m series-A funding round for RapidMiner, a German provider of a predictive analytics platform.
LDC invests £22m in Joules
LDC has backed UK-based fashion and homeware retailer Joules with a ТЃ22m investment in exchange for a minority stake.
Nord II's Rapp Marine adds on Statech
Nord Kapitalforvaltningтs portfolio company Rapp Marine has wholly acquired Statech, a Norwegian design and engineering company for the oil and gas industry.
UK plc to overlook Europe
UK plc is to look further overseas, to destinations including the US, India, Brazil and China, for new acquisitions, diminishing a key exit route for European private equity-backed businesses.
3i-backed Everis sold to NTT Data
Japanese IT services company NTT Data has wholly acquired Spanish business consultancy firm Everis, giving an exit to 3i, Hutton Collins, Grupo Landon and Ariadne.