Deals
Valedo backs Becksöndergaard
Valedo Partners has invested in fashion accessories brand Becksöndergaard Copenhagen.
Algot Invest et al. back Targovax
Algot Invest and other investors have injected $1.3m into Targovax, a Norwegian cancer vaccine specialist.
Axon and Bonsai back Akamon with €2.8m
Axon Partners Group and Bonsai Venture Capital have injected €2.8m into Spanish social gaming firm Akamon Entertainment.
Sponsor Capital backs Espotel
Sponsor Capital Oy and Espotel’s management have wholly acquired Espotel Oy, a Finnish provider of R&D services for embedded systems development.
Cerus Endovascular raises £1.5m from Spark Impact
Medical devices company Cerus Endovascular has completed a £1.5m funding round led by the North West Fund for Biomedical.
Barwon Partners enters Dinamia fund
Barwon Investment Partners has acquired an 11.78% stake in Dinamia Capital Privado, the private equity vehicle managed by N+1 Mercapital and listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
CVC to sell 32.5% stake in bpost IPO
CVC Capital Partners plans to sell a stake of up to 32.5% in the IPO of bpost at a price of €14.5 per share.
BC brings in the banks for Foxtons float
BC Partners has hired Credit Suisse, Numis Securities and Canaccord Genuity to handle the flotation of London estate agency Foxtons.
Cinven to reap 7x from Partnership IPO
Cinven-backed Partnership Assurance Group (PAG) has listed on the London Stock Exchange, in an IPO valuing the business at £1.54bn.
Vermeer Capital buys RLD from Sagard
Vermeer Capital has acquired a majority stake in RLD, a French business specialising in the rental and laundering of workwear, from fellow GP Sagard.
SEP leads £1.2m investment in SocialBro
Scottish Equity Partners has led a £1.2m funding round for SocialBro, a Twitter analytics tool for businesses.
Montagu sells Hansen Protection to IK
Montagu Private Equity has agreed to sell Norwegian protective clothing company Hansen Protection to IK Investment Partners.
Shopmium raises further €4.3m from VC backers
Ventech, Isai and Accel Partners have invested €4.3m in a series-B funding round for French mobile marketing software developer Shopmium.
GCP in £6m Fishawack bolt-on
Fishawack, a medical communications agency backed by Growth Capital Partners (GCP), has acquired Switzerland-based Archimed Medical Communications for £6m.
Pirelli chairman strengthens grip on company with Clessidra backing
Italian GP Clessidra has joined forces with Intesa Sanpaolo and Unicredit to back Marco Tronchetti Provera, chairman of tyremaker Pirelli, in the acquisition of further shares in the company.
Ixo and Omnes invest €6.25m in AT Internet
Omnes Capital has joined Ixo Private Equity in a €6.25m funding round for French web analytics business AT Internet.
Alven et al. inject €3.1m into Gemmyo
Alven Capital has led a €3.1m funding round for French online jewellery store Gemmyo alongside existing angel investors.
Netatmo raises €4.5m from Iris and FSN PME
Parisian consumer electronics company Netatmo has raised €4.5m from Iris Capital, FSN PME and angel investor Pascal Cagni.
LDC backs Rimor MBO
LDC has supported the management buyout of subsea oil and gas manufacturing and engineering services firm Rimor.
LDC returns to MB Aerospace
Despite exiting MB Aerospace three months ago, LDC, alongside new owner Arlington Capital Partners, has reinvested in the aerospace engineering group to support its acquisition of Delta Industries.
EQT's Springer Science aiming to raise €760m in IPO
Springer Science, a German publishing business owned by EQT, has confirmed plans to list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange before the summer break.
CVC’s bpost shares to sell for €12.5-15
Shares in bpost, the Belgian postal service backed by CVC, will sell for €12.5-15 in the business's upcoming IPO, according to reports.
Bill Gates, Tenaya et al. invest $35m in ResearchGate
Bill Gates, Tenaya Capital and other investors have completed a series-A financing round for ResearchGate, a professional network for scientists.
Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures invests in ZiLift
Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) has invested in ZiLift, a developer of artificial lift systems.