Deals
Aledia raises €10m in first funding round
Sofinnova Partners, Braemar Energy Ventures, Demeter Partners and CEA Investissement have participated in a €10m funding round for French LED developer Aledia.
GCP buys Fishawack for £13m
Growth Capital Partners (GCP) has acquired international medical communications company Fishawack for ТЃ13m.
Newfund backs Brazeco with €500,000
Newfund has invested €500,000 in Brazeco, a French producer of compressed wood logs.
Earlybird joins Auctionata investors in new funding round
Earlybird has joined existing investors Bright Capital and Kite Ventures in a new funding round for German online auction house Auctionata, estimated at around $2.7m.
Caixa and Inveready back Minoryx
Caixa Capital Risc and Inveready have taken part in a first round of funding for Minoryx, a therapeutic agents firm.
Active Venture Partners backs Packlink with €1.5m
European VC investor Active Venture Partners has injected €1.5m into Spanish parcel and courier services site Packlink.
Enterprise Investors backs Elemental Holding with €7m
Enterprise Investors has injected €7m into Polish specialist recycling company Elemental Holding in exchange for a 10.2% stake in the business.
Caixa Capital Risc et al. invest in Pevesa Biotech
Caixa Capital Risc has led a €1.6m funding round for Spanish biotech firm Pevesa Biotech.
HTGF et al. reinvest in Altruja
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Bayern Kapital and Extorel have backed German social fundraising software Altruja in a second financing round, alongside new investors Mun-ic and HP Capital.
Permira acquires PharmaQ
Permira has agreed to acquire Norwegian health group PharmaQ Holding AS for тЌ250m.
Bridgepoint acquires Oasis Healthcare from Duke Street
Bridgepoint Capital has acquired UK-based private dental healthcare provider Oasis Healthcare in a ТЃ185m secondary buyout from Duke Street.
ECI bags Amber Travel in £50m SBO
ECI Partners has acquired rail tour business Amber Travel in a ТЃ50m secondary buyout.
Montefiore takes majority stake in BVA
French GP Montefiore Investment has bought a majority stake in opinion polls and social research business BVA.
KKR close to €650m SMCP deal
US buyout giant KKR is in talks to buy French clothing brands Maje, Sandro and Claudie Pierlot – regrouped under the SMCP holding – for €650m, according to media reports.
Gap narrows between trade sales and SBOs
Trade sales and SBOs have posted remarkably similar figures in the past six months indicating a narrowing of the historic gap between the two types of exit.
Apax, Blackstone, Permira and Providence fully exit TDC
The sale of TDC shows that not all investments made during the heady days leading up to the crisis were bad eggs.
Endless's Trutex buys John Hall Schoolwear
Endless-backed Trutex has acquired John Hall Schoolwear, a UK school uniform manufacturer.
WHEB Partners backs Hoffmeister Leuchten
WHEB Partners has invested in German low-energy lighting business Hoffmeister Leuchten GmbH.
EVCA map to highlight PE's international role
The European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has launched a new interactive map to highlight private equity's role in the European economy.
GMT's MeetingZone makes third bolt-on
GMT Communications Partners' portfolio company MeetingZone has acquired Atia Communications as part of its expansion.
Nordic Capital makes 5x on Permobil exit to Investor AB
Nordic Capital Fund V has agreed to sell Permobil,a Swedish rehabilitation power wheelchairs company to Investor AB for тЌ655m.
Clessidra buys Buccellati
Clessidra has bought a 70% stake in Italian jewellery firm Buccellati via the holding company Buccellati Holding Italia.
HTGF et al. in €2.6m Transcatheter Tech series-B round
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Tubaflex Beteiligungs GmbH and others have backed a €2.6m series-B round for German biotech business Transcatheter Technologies, a developer of transcatheter heart valve technology.
Connect Ventures invests in Yourgrind
London-based early-stage investor Connect Ventures has backed British start-up Yourgrind, which focuses on the commercialisation of coffee.