Deals
Key Capital Partners invests £2m in EarthStream
Key Capital Partners (KCP) has backed UK-based specialist recruitment firm EarthStream with £2m in exchange for a minority stake.
PE-backed Nomad Digital buys Inova Multimedia
Nomad Digital, a provider of connectivity solutions to the transportation sector backed by Amadeus Capital Partners, T-Mobile Ventures, SEB Venture Capital and North Star Ventures, has acquired Inova Multimedia, a German provider of information, entertainment...
Ace Management invests €10m in Duqueine
Ace Management has injected a further €10m into French aerospace-focused parts supplier Duqueine.
Esure IPO gives firm £1.2bn market cap
Insurance provider Esure has completed its flotation on the London Stock Exchange, which gives it a market capitalisation of £1.2bn.
Abénex buys RG Safety from Salvepar
Abénex has agreed to acquire French protection equipment RG Safety from industrial holding Salvepar.
Wellington backs £600,000 seed round for import.io
Wellington Partners and private investors have backed UK-based big data platform import.io with a £600,000 seed funding round.
Northzone and Sunstone's Asetek completes IPO
Northzone- and Sunstone Capital-backed Asetek, a provider of computer liquid cooling solutions, has completed its IPO on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
PVP closes €3m series-A for CryoTherapeutics
Peppermint Venture Partners (PVP) has joined an investor consortium including High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) in a €3m series-A round for German biotech company CryoTherapeutics.
Next Wave backs expansion of Secured Mail
Next Wave Partners has invested in UK postal operator Secured Mail in a follow-on financing round.
Enterprise takes stake in Nu-Med
Enterprise Investors has backed Polish radiotherapy centre operator Nu-Med, taking a minority stake.
Northzone's Asetek becomes latest PE-backed IPO
Northzone's US-based company Asetek has listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, the latest in a string of IPOs in Europe including Moleskine and Countrywide.
MMC and m8 back $2.8m round for Masabi
MMC Ventures, m8 Capital and Fontinalis Partners have invested $2.8m in UK-based mobile ticketing company Masabi.
Platinum sells Contego to FIL International
Platinum Equity has sold packaging manufacturer Contego Healthcare Ltd to FIL International Ltd for around £160m.
Lower mid-cap renaissance for London in 2012
London was home to a noticeable dealflow uptick in the £5-50m segment last year, with both activity volume and overall value up by more than 30% on 2011 figures.
KKR-backed Boots in deal with drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen
Alliance Boots, backed by KKR and Axa Private Equity, and its US owner the pharmaceutical retailer Walgreens have struck a deal with US drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen, according to reports.
Iris Capital leads reBuy round
French VC Iris Capital has led a funding round for Germany-based used products e-commerce website reBuy.
TA Associates invests in Onlineprinters
TA Associates has backed German printing business Onlineprinters.
Alpha Associés invests in ECS Group MBO
Alpha Associés Conseil has taken a stake in the secondary management buyout of French services provider to the air transportation industry European Cargo Services Group (ECS) from Chequers Capital, Equistone Partners and Indigo Capital.
Runa Capital leads $2m round for BackupAgent
Runa Capital has led a $2m funding round for Dutch cloud technology company BackupAgent.
Isis makes 2.8x money on MLS sale
Isis Equity Partners has sold Micro Librarian Systems (MLS), a provider of library management systems to the education sector, to Capita plc.
Earlybird et al. back $6m series-A for Videdressing.com
Earlybird Venture Capital, DN Capital and Piton Capital have backed a $6m series-A funding round for Paris-based fashion marketplace Videdressing.com.
MBO Partenaires injects €6m into Raphael Michel
MBO Partenaires has provided French wine business Raphael Michel with €6m in equity as part of a wider €27m round of funding.
3i receives private equity bids for Civica
3i has received bids from a number of fellow private equity houses for its UK-based software business Civica, according to reports.
ECM acquires Bergmann Automotive
Equity Capital Management (ECM) has acquired a majority stake in German industrial business Bergmann Automotive, alongside management and the company's family owners.