Deals

UK - Alchemy Partners sells EPS stake

Alchemy Partners has exited its stake in portfolio company Environmental Property Services (EPS) plc, the property installation and maintenance services provider, via a trade sale to MITIE Group for a consideration of up to ТЃ38.5m for all the sellers,...

SPAIN – CAI-backed Imaginarium to list on MAB

Children's toy retailer Imaginarium, backed by the Caja de Ahorros Inmaculada private equity arm, CAI Desarrollo Empresarial, is due to list on the alternative market in Madrid, the Mercado Alternativo Bursátil (MAB).

UK - Kelso Place reaps 4x money through partial exit of i2S Group

Kelso Place Asset Management-backed i2S Group Limited, a provider of integrated building control and data communication systems, has sold its controls division, DMS Controls Limited, to US-based Carrier Corporation, a unit of United Technologies Corporation,...

SWEDEN - Chalmers back NemaLabs with further SEK 5m

Chalmers Innovation Seed Fund is backing software business Nema Labs with SEK 5m in a funding round raising a total of SEK 10m for the company's internationalisation. Other investors included Volvo Technology Transfer and Innovationsbron.

POLAND – Royalton adds Cool AR to Activ Parking

Central and Eastern European investor Royalton Investors has acquired a 93% stake in Polish paid parking zone business COOL AR. The deal was done thorough ACTIV Parking Holdings, a Czech parking operator Royalton acquired in January 2009. Together the...

UK - Atlas et al invest $20m into picoChip

Atlas Venture, Highland Capital Partners, Pond Venture Partners and Scottish Equity Partners have invested $20m into wireless infrastructure company picoChip, alongside Rothschild, AT&T, Intel and Samsung, in a Series E funding round.

ITALY – HAL-backed Safilo recap uncertain

Dutch investor HAL Holding today announced that it will extend the offer to eyewear manufacturer Safilo's bondholders to 27 November, as currently only 43.01% of bonds were tendered, versus the 60% acceptance rate HAL reportedly requires to complete its...

BULGARIA – Advent sips EUR 40m Devin

Advent International's Central & Eastern European team has completed the acquisition of a 79% stake in Bulgarian bottled water business Devin AD. The company is listed on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange and the shares were acquired from Austria's Soravia...

ROMANIA – 3TS Cisco backs InternetCorp

3TS Capital Partners has acquired a minority stake in Romanian online media company InternetCorp. The transaction was funded through the 3TS Cisco Growth fund, which focuses on small- and medium-sized technology, media and communications companies in...

NETHERLANDS - Gilde buy Uniq's Dutch wing

Gilde Equity Management Benelux is set to acquire Uniq Plc's Dutch business units, valued at a total of EUR 20m, as the UK-listed food producer Uniq is looking to raise cash to manage its debt.

UK - Oxford Capital exits Orthomimetics

Oxford Capital has exited its investment in medical technology company Orthomimetics via a trade sale to TiGenix, for a consideration of EUR 3.7 million new TiGenix shares.

UK - ISIS Equity reaps 4x money on ScriptSwitch sale

ISIS Equity Partners has wholly exited its investment in drug comparison software company ScriptSwitch via a trade sale to US-based healthcare operator UnitedHealth in a deal that values the business at ТЃ50m, generating a return of four times money....