Deals
Partech leads €4.6m round for YD
Partech Ventures and Active Venture Partners have invested €4.6m in Netherlands-based YD, a provider of performance display advertising technology.
Perceva revives Monceau Fleurs with recap
French turnaround investor Perceva has acquired Monceau Fleurs Group by recapitalising the company’s balance sheet.
HTGF et al. invest €500,000 in Microstim
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), HCS Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Fides Finanz-Invest and Genius Venture Capital have backed Microstim, a medical devices company, with €500,000.
NewsWhip secures $1.1m in seed funding
Hal Philipp of Meridian Growth Capital, Shane Naughton of Inundata and others have invested $1.1m in a seed funding round for NewsWhip, a Dublin-based online news platform.
Project A Ventures sells Tirendo for €50m
German incubator Project A Ventures has sold online tyres shop Tirendo to strategic buyer Delticom for €50m.
Strategic buyers close in on Grohe
German bathroom manufacturer Grohe, backed by TPG Capital and Credit Suisse's private equity arm, has received bids of less than €3bn from strategic buyers, according to reports.
HTGF invests in Recycling Angel
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed technological gadgets recycler Recycling Angel.
Axa-backed Novacap acquires Yangzi
Axa Private Equity-backed Novacap has purchased a majority stake in chemical company Taixing Yangzi Pharm Chemical.
Private equity vies for Mergermarket
HgCapital, Exponent and Advent International have all been linked to the sale of Mergermarket by parent group Pearson.
Cinven's HEG buys Telefónica Germany Online Services
Cinven’s Host Europe Group (HEG) has acquired hosting solutions provider Telefónica Germany Online Services (TOS) from Telefónica Deutschland.
PE-backed MeinAuto takes over Autoda
Online car buying platform MeinAuto, backed by Holtzbrinck Ventures, has bought fellow online car purchasing platform Autoda.
Private equity still greedy for restaurants & bars sector
The buyout of Côte Restaurant by CBPE adds to an already busy year for investments in the eating and drinking sector, with activity recorded so far in 2013 already exceeding that of the whole of last year.
Uniqa sells private equity portfolio
Austrian insurance group Uniqa has sold its entire private equity portfolio to international investors.
H2 Equity Partners acquires Eurocell
H2 Equity Partners has wholly acquired Eurocell, a UK manufacturer and distributor of PVC-u profiles and roofline products.
Inveready sells Indisys to Intel
Spanish investor Inveready has sold its stake in dialogue solutions provider Indisys to US trade player Intel.
Argos Soditic's ASC IH makes four bolt-ons
Education provider ASC International House (ASC IH), backed by Argos Soditic, has acquired two education businesses and two private schools.
TalentSoft raises €15m
Software solutions firm TalentSoft has raised €15m from Highland Capital Partners Europe and existing investor FSN PME.
MBG et al. invest €1.2m in Pumacy
Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen (MBG), Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt (ISA) and private investors have invested €1.2m in software company Pumacy Systems.
BPI France et al. inject €4.6m into Tommy's Diner
French investors BPI France, Midi Capital and Multicroissance have invested €4.6m in American-style restaurant chain Tommy's Diner.
Sector focus: An outbreak of biotech IPOs
Biotech IPOs
3i to take over Scandlines from Allianz
3i has entered exclusive talks to take over ferry operator Scandlines from fellow co-owner Allianz Capital Partners (ACP).
Enterprise Ventures et al. back Knight Warner
Enterprise Ventures, Turning Point and management have invested in UK-based process automation equipment manufacturer Knight Warner.
AlienVault raises $26.5m in series-D round
GGV Capital has led a $26.5m series-D funding round for AlienVault, a security information and event management services firm.
CBPE dines out with Côte
CBPE Capital has emerged as the new owner of French bistro chain CУДte Restaurant in a deal thought to be worth in the region of ТЃ100m.