Deals
PORTUGAL - Explorer acquires Companhia das Sandes
Explorer Investments has acquired fast food business Grupo Companhia das Sandes from the founder Pedro Luz.
GERMANY - BayernLB Private Equity backs MBO of RSA
BayernLB Private Equity has backed the management buyout of industrial machinery company RSA Entgrat- u Trenn-Systeme GmbH & Co KG.
SWEDEN - Ledstiernan-backed Metrima sells Home Solutions
Ledstiernan-backed Metrima, a developer of products and systems for multi-type measurement of energy, has sold its subsidiary Home Solutions in order to streamline its operations.
GERMANY - bm-t backs DJTUNES
bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thüringen GmbH, alongside business angel Professor Dr Karlheinz Brandenburg, has backed music portal DJTUNES.COM with an undsiclosed investment.
SWEDEN - 3i divests stake in Boxer
3i has sold its 30% stake in Nordic digital television company Boxer TV-Access AB to majority stakeholder Teracom, the Swedish government-owned media operator, for an undisclosed sum.
ITALY - Cape acquires Trafomec
Cimino & Associati Private Equity (Cape) has acquired industrial manufacturer Trafomec in a buyout deal valued at around EUR 11m.
BELGIUM - KBC et al sell Oleon
KBC Private Equity, Fortis Private Equity, Ackermans & van Haaren, Mercator Verzekeringen and Jan De Clerck, have sold 100% of the shares in chemicals business Oleon to Sofiproteol, a French company active in the production and transformation of vegetable...
UK - Lightspeed invests $1m into Casual Collective
Lightspeed Venture Partners has completed a $1m seed investment into social gaming site Casual Collective.
FRANCE - 21 Centrale backs Biopack bolt-on
21 Centrale Partners has backed the add-on acquisition of packaging specialist Biopack by its portfolio company Nord-Est Ileos.
PORTUGAL - Magnum et al acquires Enersis for EUR 1.2bn
A consortium led by Magnum Capital has acquired a 90% stake in renewable energy utility Enersis from Australian infrastructure investor Babcock & Brown, in a deal valued at EUR 1.2bn.
UK - Thule and Blue Run make £1.5m Muzicall investment
Thule Investments, through Bru II Venure Capital Fund Sicar, and Blue Run Ventures have participated in a ТЃ1.5m funding round for ringback tone service provider Muzicall.
IRELAND - Thule leads £1m Datactics funding
Thule Investments has led a ТЃ1m funding round for data quality company Datactics, alongside Clarendon Fund Managers.
SWEDEN - Investor Growth Capital injects SEK 50m into PocketMobile
Investor Growth Capital has invested SEK 50m into mobile software developer PocketMobile.
SWEDEN - AP6 invests SEK 20m into Orsa Grönklitt
The Sixth Swedish AP Fund (AP6) has invested SEK 20m into Swedish tourism company, Orsa Grönklitt, becoming the second largest shareholder in the business.
GERMANY - MIT takes stake in TB&C
MIT Munich Industrial Technologies AG, via its Gulf One Buchanan Industrial Technologies Fund, has acquired a 25.1% stake in components manufacturer TB&C Outsert Center GmbH.
UK - BC Partners in talks for RBS insurance division
Patrick Snowball, former head of insurance group Aviva's UK arm, is reported to have held talks with buyout house BC Partners regarding a takeover bid for RBS's insurance business.
GERMANY - Target leads EUR 3m investment into Ubitexx
Target Partners has made the first investment from its second fund, Target Partners Fund II; leading a EUR 3m funding round for software developer Ubitexx GmbH, alongside incumbent backers BayBG and KfW.
UK - Solon supports GTS
Solon Ventures has made an indisclosed investment into gaming software developer Gaming Technology Solutions (GTS).
UK - Kelso supports Marshal merger
Kelso Place Asset Management has supported the merger of portfolio software company Marshal Holdings Ltd with US-based 8e6 International, a supplier of web filtration appliances and technology.
SPAIN - 3i closes Mémora deal
3i has closed its acquisition of funerary services firm Mémora in a deal valued at EUR 187m.
UK - Clyde Blowers acquires Textron division in $1bn deal
Scottish engineering group Clyde Blowers has acquired the fluid and power division of US-based Fortune 500 industrial group Textron, in a $1bn deal that included equity from the company's private equity fund, Clyde Blowers Capital Fund II LP.
SPAIN – Seed Gipuzkoa and SGECR complete EUR 3.1m trio of investments
Seed Gipuzkoa and Sociedad Gestión de Capital Riesgo de Euskadi (SGECR) have completed three simultaneous investments with a total value of EUR 3.1m
GERMANY - S-Refit AG leads EUR 3m ACEOS funding
S-Refit AG has led a EUR 3m investment into medical sensors company ACEOS GmbH, alongside medTECH Capital Fonds, S-Refit EFRE Fonds Bayern, KfW and Bayern Kapital.
UK - WFM backs £910,000 Healthcare Learning investment
Wales Fund Managers has invested ТЃ200,000 into The Healthcare Learning Company Ltd (HLC), a developer and distributor of e-learning for healthcare professionals, as part of a ТЃ910,000 funding round.