Deals
Rainbow Seed Fund et al invest £2m into Microvisk
Existing investor the Rainbow Seed Fund, alongside Oxford Technology Management, the Advantage Growth Fund, Finance Wales and New Hill, have invested £2m into medical diagnostic company Microvisk Technologies.
3TS Capital Partners sells adverServe
3TS Capital Partners has sold its majority stake in adverServe Digital Advertising Services GmbH. In 2006, 3TS invested into adverServe as part of its earlier PXP Software AG engagement.
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Optiomi and Veraventure back SongHi
Optiomi Invest has joined forces with the Finnish public early-stage investor Veraventure and backed SongHi Entertainment.
Advent buys Duke Street's Xafinity
Duke Street has completed its exit of Xafinity, the specialist pension services and employee benefits group, through a secondary buyout to Advent International in a deal of undisclosed value - the second SBO in two days.
Veraventure leads USD 1m round for XIHA Life
Finnish public venture capital fund Veraventure has led a USD 1m investment round for multilingual social networking site XIHA Life
SBOs replace IPO hopes as KKR snaps up Bridgepoint’s Pets at Home
IPO maths don't add up as KKR completes £ 950m Pets at Home secondary. Rikke Eckhoff reports.
eVenture and Holtzbrinck back EUR 4m mycitydeal funding
eVenture Capital Partners and Holtzbrinck Ventures, alongside strategic investor Rocket Internet, have invested EUR 4m into mycitydeal, a provider of online discounted entertainment offers.
KKR acquires Pets at Home as SBO proves more lucrative than IPO
Bridgepoint has completed the exit of its pet retail chain Pets at Home through a secondary buyout to US giant KKR that is reportedly worth more than £950m, ending talk of a potential floatation of the business.
Investec funds Odgers Berndtson buyout
Investec Private Bank Growth & Acquisition Finance has backed the £16m partial buyout of headhunting firm Odgers Berndtson from its parent, OPD Group.
Core Capital leads £4m round for Georgina Goodman
VCT manager Core Capital has led a £4m financing round for luxury goods retailer Georgina Goodman.
General Atlantic takes minority stake in Markit
General Atlantic has invested in global financial information services company Markit, in exchange for a minority stake in the business.
HTGF leads investment in crealytics
High-Tech Gründerfonds has led an investment in performance search marketing company crealytics GmbH, with Bayern Kapital and Chancenkapital Biberach also participating.
BaltCap acquires Air Maintenance Estonia
BaltCap has acquired the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul company Air Maintenance Estonia (AME) from Scandinavian Airlines (SAS).
Celtic Pharma committs £5m to Cantab
Celtic Pharma has invested £5m in biopharmaceutical company Cantab Biopharmaceuticals Limited.
Index and Dawn invest £13m into Mimecast
Index Ventures and Dawn Capital have invested £13m into email management company Mimecast, in a series B round of financing for the company.
GERMANY - HTGF and New Commercial Room invest in SciEngines
High-Tech Gründerfonds and New Commercial Room have invested an undisclosed sum in software business SciEngines
UK - Inventages Venture Capital invests £4m in Tanfield Foods
Inventages Venture Capital has invested £4m in food manufacturer The Tanfield Food Company.
UK - Apollo, Cerberus buy stake of Gala's debt
A consortium including Apollo Management and Cerberus Capital Management have reportedly acquired a substantial tranche of Permira-, Cinven- and Candover-backed gaming company Gala Coral's debt, giving the consortium the chance to take control of the...
CZECH/POLAND - ARX backs opthamology bolt-on
CEE GP ARX Equity Partners has backed its Czech portfolio company Lexum Group in its acquisition of Intermedica, a private Polish opthamology chain.