Deals
UK - Mangrove Capital invests $1.5m in Amuso
Mangrove Capital Partners has further invested in online cash trivia company Amuso in a funding round valued at $1.5m .
FINLAND - Viking, Eqvitec and FII sell Iqua to Savox
Viking Venture, Eqvitec and government-backed Finnish Industry Investment has sold the wireless mobile accessories developer, Iqua, to Finland-based Savox Group.
UK - GI-backed Orchid may acquire Premium Bars & Restaurants
GI Partners-backed Orchid Group is said to be the preferred bidder to acquire Premium Bars & Restaurants from administrators at BDO Stoy Hayward.
GERMANY - Advent acquires GFKL Financial Services AG
Advent International has agreed to acquire a majority stake in GFKL Financial Services, an independent provider for debt collection and debt purchase services in Germany, from a consortium of institutional investors.
FRANCE – AGF PE and CM-CIC back Deezer with EUR 6.5m
AGF Private Equity and CM-CIC Capital Privé have joined existing investors, the DOTCORP funds, in a second round investment for online music streaming site, Deezer, contributing EUR 6.5m.
UK - Sofinnova Partners leads £4.5m round for Crescendo Biologics
Sofinnova Partners has led a seed funding round worth close to ТЃ5m for therapeutics company Crescendo Biologics, alongside Aitua, Avlar BioVentures and the Rainbow Seed Fund.
FRANCE - AGF PE et al. return for EUR 15m Dailymotion investment
According to reports, Advent Venture Partners, AGF Private Equity, Atlas Venture and Partech International have returned for a EUR 15m third round of funding in Dailymotion, alongside a new investor.
GERMANY - eCAPITAL leads EUR 800,000 Amynova funding
eCAPITAL has led an EUR 800,000 round for in polymers company Amynova Polymers, alongside GoodVent Beteiligungsmanagement also investing.
NETHERLANDS - Earlybird and 360 invest EUR 6m into BMEYE
Earlybird Venture Capital and 360 Capital Partners have provided BMEYE, a medical equipment company, with a EUR 6m second round of financing.
SWITZERLAND - Argos Soditic backs Misapor MBO
Argos Soditic has acquired a majority stake in foam glass granulate producer Misapor in a management buyout.
UK - Imperial Innovations et al. invest £1m into Plaxica
Imperial Innovations has led a ТЃ1m funding round for sustainable plastics company Plaxica, alongside Carbon Trust Investments and NESTA.
FRANCE - UI Gestion purchase Péters Surgical
UI Gestion has purchased a majority stake in medical supplier Péters Surgical from Groupe Sofilab for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE - XAnge provide KissKissBankBank with EUR 750k
XAnge Private Equity has provided KissKissBankBank, an internet platform, with EUR 750,000 in seed financing.
UK - Celtic Therapeutics to invest up to $15m into Spirogen
Pharmaceuticals-focused investor Celtic Therapeutics has agreed to invest up to $15m into Spirogen Ltd, a developer of DNA-interactive drugs.
UK - Lime Rock Partners invests £55m into ITS Group
Oil and gas investor Lime Rock Partners has invested ТЃ55m into ITS Group, a specialist provider of oil equipment and services, in exchange for a minority stake in the business.
UK - Mercia et al. invest £400,000 into Allinea Software
Mercia Technology Seed Fund and Midven, via its Advantage Growth Fund, have co-led a ТЃ400,000 seed funding round for specialist software developer Allinea Software, alongside management.
NETHERLANDS - Carlyle could be sidelined in Stahl restructuring
Reports suggest that French listed investment firm Wendel has put forward a proposal for the restructuring of Stahl Holding BV, which, if approved, would leave co-investor Carlyle in the margins only three years after the two joined forces in the acquisition....
ITALY - MCP backs Microgame as Cambria divests
International private equity fund Monitor Clipper Partners (MCP) has backed online game operator Microgame, in a deal thought to be valued in the tens of millions of Euros.
UK - Candover loses interest in ALcontrol restructuring
Laboratory testing company ALcontrol, backed by beleaguered private equity firm Candover, has agreed to a restructuring deal with its lenders that will see Blackstone's GSO Capital Partners take a majority stake in the business.
UK - LCA invests £1.5m into Proven Energy
Low Carbon Acceleratior (LCA) has further invested into small-scale wind turbine manufacturer Proven Energy, in a funding round worth ТЃ1.5m.
AUSTRIA - AXA acquires Competence Call Center
AXA Private Equity has acquired a majority stake of around two-thirds in Austrian telemarketing company Competence Call Center for an undisclosed sum.
GERMANY – HRE squeeze-out formalised; Flowers loses stake
JC Flowers lost its stake in ailing Hypo Real Estate bank when the bank's majority owner, government fund Soffin finalised the squeeze-out of the remaining minority investors at yesterday's general meeting.
UK - Atlas and Novartis invest into Bicycle Therapeutics
Atlas Venture and Novartis Venture Fund have invested an undisclosed amount of seed funding into biotherapeutics start-up Bicycle Therapeutics.
FRANCE - AXA PE could still bid for Areva T&D
According to reports, AXA Private Equity could still enter the race for Areva T&D, Areva's power distribution unit, despite having previously withdrawn interest after a member of its consortium pulled out.