Deals
VCs in €25m round for Spartoo
Existing investors, including CM-CIC Capital Privé and Highland Partners, have taken part in a €25m series-C funding round for Spartoo, an online retailer of shoes and bags.
The Southern European renaissance
After a bleary-eyed summer, Southern European deal activity awoke last month with a notable increase in both volume and value.
NVM-backed Wear Inns makes further acquisitions
Wear Inns - backed by NVM Private Equity and the British Growth Fund (BGF)- has acquired two pubs in the North of England from the Orchid Pub Group.
Finance Wales backs Channel Fisheries with £750,000
Finance Wales has made a ТЃ750,000 investment comprising both equity and debt into Welsh fresh fish merchant Channel Fisheries.
Chemring CEO resigns as Carlyle prepares bid
David Price, the CEO of British military supplier Chemring, has resigned as Carlyle is still considering a potential takeover of the business.
Q3 Barometer: European deal flow plummets 35%
Q3 Barometer
Triton to exit Ruetgers
Triton has sold German chemicals business Ruetgers to Indian industrial group Rain Commodities (Rain CII) for €702m.
Octopus leads $3m round for Faction
Octopus Investments has led a $3m funding round for ski equipment and apparel retailer The Faction Collective.
Holtzbrinck Ventures backs Musicplayr
Holtzbrinck Ventures is said to have invested €500,000 in German music platform start-up Musicplayr.
XAnge invests £1.2m in The Currency Cloud
XAnge Private Equity has invested ТЃ1.2m in UK foreign exchange capital services provider The Currency Cloud.
Inveready leads €850,000 round for MyStarAutograph
Inveready has led an €850,000 funding round for online signed merchandise retailer MyStarAutograph.
Beringea backs InSkin Media
Beringea has led a ТЃ2m funding round for UK-based advertising technology and digital media specialist InSkin Media (ISM).
Vertis Venture et al. back AppsBuilder
Vertis Venture, Zernike Meta Ventures and business angels have backed Milan-based app development platform AppsBuilder with €1.5m.
NVM-backed Kerridge buys Datawright
Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS), an enterprise resource planning software firm backed by NVM Private Equity, has acquired Datawright, a business management software firm.
Strong Q3 puts UK back on track
A strong third quarter showing in UK deal activity has helped put the market back on track for 2012, according to the latest unquoteт UK Watch, in association with Corbett Keeling.
Redx Pharma secures £4.7m for spinout
Redx Pharma has been awarded ТЃ4.7m from the British Regional Growth Fund to launch new subsidiary Redx Anti-Infectives Ltd.
Caixa participates in €3m round for Gigas
Caixa Capital Risc has committed capital to the €3m funding round for technology infrastructure and cloud hosting service provider Gigas.
Kinnevik buys extra 10% of Zalando from existing investors
Kinnevik has acquired an additional 10% of shares of German online retailer Zalando for €287m from existing investors Holtzbrinck Ventures, Tengelmann and Rocket Internet.
TeleVenture et al. invest in APIM Therapeutics
TeleVenture, Sarsia Seed, Birk Venture and Ro Invest are said to have invested in Norwegian preclinical biotech company APIM Therapeutics.
T-Venture et al. invest in Netbiscuits
T-Venture invested in a $27m funding round for German software-as-a-service company Netbiscuits, led by Stripes Group.
LBBW and KfW invest in avandeo
LBBW Venture Capital and KfW Bankengruppe have invested in a second funding round for Munich-based furniture e-commerce business avandeo.
Octopus invests in IOVOX
Octopus Investments has backed London-based telephony analytics provider IOVOX, taking a minority stake in the business.
Unquote" Regional Mid-Market Barometer
The latest unquote" Regional Mid-Market Barometer, produced in association with LDC, shows that mid-cap investors are not letting a lacklustre economy hamper their ability to close deals.
Alven injects €1m into iAdvize
Alven Capital has invested €1m in French online customer relations services provider iAdvize.