Deals
UK - Sovereign-backed Renovo makes second acquisition
Maintenance services provider Renovo Services Group, which is owned by UK buy-and-build specialist Sovereign Capital, has completed its second add-on acquisition with the purchase of Quadron Property Services Ltd, a provider of building fabric maintenance...
UK - ATEP leads £2.6m Digital Healthcare funding
Alliance Trust Equity Partners, the private equity arm of investment trust Alliance Trust Plc, has led a ТЃ2.6m funding round for Digital Healthcare, a specialist provider of retinal screening software, alongside YFM Group, Noble Group and Paris-based...
UK - Cyrte Investments backs RDF Media acquisition
Dutch investor group Cyrte Investments, through its fund Dasym Investments III BV, has backed the management buyout of AIM-listed television production company RDF Media Plc.
SPAIN - Doughty Hanson interested in Trapsa
According to reports, Doughty Hanson is among the parties interested in acquiring bus company Trapsa.
SWITZERLAND - Novartis and NeoMed co-lead CHF 10m Diagnoplex funding
Novartis Venture Fund and NeoMed have co-led a CHF 10m funding round for Diagnoplex, a developer of blood-based molecular cancer diagnostics, alongside Initiative Capital Romandie.
GERMANY - HTGF backs CAVI
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested in multimedia company CAVI Int GmbH, which integrates complex online shopping systems into online videos, alongside SundayVentures and Omnis Mundi.
FINLAND - Via Venture et al. sell OptoGaN to Russian industrial investor
Via Venture Partners, VNT Management and Finnish Industry Investments Ltd, have wholly exited light emitting diodes (LED) chip company OptoGan Ltd to a group of Russian industrial investors led by the private investment fund ONEXIM Group.
SPAIN - Clave Mayor and Caja Burgos back Gadea
Clave Mayor, through its Seguranza fund, and Caja Burgos have each acquired an 8.5% stake in life sciences firm Gadea Pharmaceuticalas part of a capital increase.
UK - OpenGate Capital acquires stake in Models 1
US private equity house, OpenGate Capital has acquired a strategic equity stake in model management company Models 1 Limited.
FRANCE - BNP PE et al. support AwoX with EUR 4m
BNP Paribas Private Equity, Innovacom, CIC Capital Privé, Soridec and Devtec have invested EUR 4m into AwoX, an electronics middleware company.
SWEDEN - AMF Pension rejects EQT-backed bid for Q-Med
AMF Pension which owns 5.7% of Swedish biotechnology firm Q-Med has rejected EQT-backed Ivytan AB's bid for the company.
DENMARK - SEED Capital and Novo invests into Epitherapeutics
SEED Capital Denmark and Novo have invested into Epitherapeutics, a cancer drug developer in the field of epigenetics.
UK - Investcorp Technology Partners invests £28m into TDX
Investcorp Technology Partners, the Technology-focused private equity arm of Bahrain-based asset management firm Investcorp, has completed an investment of ТЃ28m into consumer debt management business TDX Group, taking a 40% stake in the business.
AUSTRIA - RECAP acquires Fastbox Denzel Group
RECAP Restructuring Capital has wholly acquired car servicing company Fastbox GmbH from Denzel AG for an undisclosed amount.
SWITZERLAND - New Value backs CHF 7m Bogar expansion
New Value AG portfolio company Bogar AG, which is active in the animal health and nutrition industry, has completed a capital increase worth CHF 7 million.
UK - UMIP invests in Nano ePrint
Nanoelectronics company Nano ePrint has attracted an undisclosed sum of funding from the UMIP Premier Fund, a vehicle that invests in businesses emerging from the University of Manchester in partnership with prolific venture investor MTI Partners.
UK - BayTech VC makes £3.5m investment into smartfundit.com
BayTech Venture Capital has invested ТЃ3.5m into smartfundit.com, an online finance exchange.
UK - Braveheart leads £900,000 follow-on investment for Biopta
Braveheart Investment Group Plc has led a ТЃ900,000 follow-on financing round for pharmacology services provider Biopta Ltd, alongside Scottish Enterprise, which invested through the Scottish Co-investment Fund, TRICapital Limited, company directors and...
IRELAND - Apax interested in Bank of Ireland
According to reports, private equity firm Apax Partners is examining the possibility investing in Bank of Ireland.
NORWAY - Borea increases stake in Software Innovation to 38%
Borea, through Borea Opportunity IV AS, has increased its stake in software developer Software Innovation ASA (SOI) to 38.02 % in a deal worth around NOK 46m.
FRANCE - I-Source et al. invest EUR 4.3m into Advestigo
Return investors I-Source, EonTech Ventures and CapDecisif have invested EUR 4.3m into digital asset management company Advestigo.
UK - YFM invests more than £200,000 into Break30
The Yorkshire & Humber Equity Fund, a regional venture capital fund managed by YFM Group, has made an investment of ТЃ202,500 into Break30, a developer of technology designed to improved golf putting skills.
UK - Hotbed members back HealthFund with £1.45m
Members of Hotbed, the UK's largest syndicator of private investors, have completed a ТЃ1.45m investment into innovative health insurance start-up business HealthFund.
GERMANY - Marfin Investment Group acquires 49.99% of FAI for EUR 15m
Marfin Investment Group Holdings SA has agreed to acquire 49.99% of Flight Ambulance International Rent-a-Jet Aktiengesellschaft from its main shareholder Axtmann Beteiligungs GmbH for EUR 15m.