Deals
Oaktree's Stock Spirits to float
Stock Spirits Group, the Buckinghamshire-based drinks maker backed by Oaktree Capital Management, has announced its intention to raise approximately ТЃ52m in an IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
BDC buys KHG from Procuritas
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Swedish customs services provider KHG Customs from Procuritas.
Apax-backed Candy Crush developer to float
Apax Partners-backed King, the games developer behind Candy Crush Saga, has confidentially filed its IPO plans with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to reports.
Holtzbrinck et al. invest in FlixBus
Holtzbrinck Ventures, UnternehmerTUM and Daimler Mobility Services have backed German coach operator FlixBus.
Russian VCs merge ZdorovieOnline and VitaPortal
Fast Lane Ventures and Prostor Capital have merged their VitaPortal asset with Runa Capital’s ZdorovieOnline to create a new Russian online medical advice company.
Tapastreet pulls in €500,000 funding round
Tapastreet, an Irish location-based media discovery app developer, has secured a тЌ500,000 investment from state-backed venture capital firms Kernel Capital and Enterprise Ireland.
Mid Europa's PKL completes bolt-on
Polskie Koleje Linowe (PKL), a cable car and ski lift operator owned by Mid Europa Partners, has acquired ski lift business Kolej Gondolowa Jaworzyna Krynicka.
Omnes invests €1m in Prodealcenter
Omnes Capital has backed Prodealcenter, a French online retailer of agricultural parts, with a €1m investment.
Doughty sells part of HellermannTyton stake
Doughty Hanson has sold a 20.9% stake in listed cable management products manufacturer HellermannTyton for ТЃ119m.
BGF injects £4m into VTL
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested ТЃ4m into VTL Group, a manufacturer of car components.
Entrepreneur Venture backs edjing
Entrepreneur Venture and Deezer founder Daniel Marhely have invested a joint $2.5m in edjing, a France-based DJ application developer.
TPG-backed Grohe goes to Lixil in trade sale
TPG Capital and Credit Suisse's private equity arm have sold bathroom fittings manufacturer Grohe to Japanese household equipment maker Lixil and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) in a €3bn trade sale.
ICG refinances Exclusive Networks
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has provided a senior debt package to refinance Omnes Capital-backed Exclusive Networks.
KBC sells German division to Apollo et al.
Belgium’s KBC Bank has sold its German stand-alone subsidiary, KBC Bank Deutschland (KBCD), to a consortium of investors including Apollo Global Management and Grovepoint Capital.
Club Med takeover pushed back to earliest March 2014
Axa Private Equity and Chinese conglomerate Fosun have suffered a setback in their plan to take French holiday resorts operator Club Med private, as a court of appeal will not rule on minority shareholders' opposition to the deal before March 2014 at...
IBB backs Myelo Therapeutics in series-A
IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft has backed a series-A financing round for pharmaceutical company Myelo Therapeutics.
Sofinnova et al. invest £1.3m in Synthace
Sofinnova Partners has led a ТЃ1.3m funding round for Synthace, a London-based applied synthetic bioengineering company, alongside a syndicate of angel investors.
Capricorn leads $3.3m round for Ngdata
Capricorn Venture Partners has led a $3.3m funding round for Belgian big data company Ngdata alongside existing backer Sniper Investments and angel investors.
Nextstage in €15m round for Cap Cinema
Nextstage has taken part in a €15m funding round for French multiplex operator Cap Cinema.
Inveready leads round for Mobincube
Spanish VC Inveready has led a €700,000 seed funding round for Mobincube, a Valencia-based mobile software developer, alongside the Bankinter Innovation Foundation and The Crowd Angel.
Kingsbridge sells insolvent Kunert
Kingsbridge Capital has sold part of stocking retailer Kunert to turnaround investor Erhard Grossnigg.
EQT bids for Scout24
Nordic private equity house EQT has placed an offer to wholly acquire Deutsche Telekom's internet portal Scout24, according to local reports.
French VCs invest €12m in Fermentalg
BPI France, Viveris Management and IRDI have taken part in a €12m fundraising round for biotechnology company Fermentalg, alongside existing investors.
HitecVision's Oyster Petroleum in bolt-on
HitecVision-backed Oyster Petroleum has agreed to acquire a package of licence interests in an area of the West of Shetlands basin from Ithaca Energy.