Deals
DENMARK – OpenView injects $4.2m into Zmags
Zmags, a Danish online publications specialist, has closed a series-B funding round of $4.2m with commitments from OpenView Venture Partners, bringing total investments in the company to $7m.
FINLAND – Creandum leads EUR 3.5m funding for Xtract
Creandum has led a EUR 3.5m investment, alongside existing investor Eqvitec, into Xtract, a social advertising intelligence company.
NETHERLANDS - NIBC and Fortis sell Sandd
NIBC Capital Partners and Fortis Private Equity have sold their minority stake in Sandd to investment fund Trimoteur, the existing majority shareholder from which they purchased their collective interest in 2005.
SWEDEN – Altor acquires Åkers Group
Altor Fund II has acquired Åkers Group, a Swedish roll manufacturer to the steel and aluminium industry, from STC Interfinans for an undisclosed sum. The vendor will retain a significant minority stake in the business.
FRANCE - 2 Minutes raises EUR 1m funding
Alliance Entreprendre and Galia Gestion have invested EUR 1.05m in a first round of financing for animation studio 2 Minutes.
FRANCE - 21 Centrale Partners divests Averys
21 Centrale Partners has sold storage systems company Averys to LBO France in a secondary buyout transaction for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Low Carbon Seed Fund invests £175,000 into Evince
The Low Carbon Seed Fund has invested ТЃ175,000 into Evince Technology Ltd, a company that has developed a semiconductor device designed to reduces CO2 emissions, as part of a ТЃ500,000 funding round.
SPAIN – Sasor acquires 60% of renewable energy player
Prestige Group, through its private equity arm Sasor, and Grupo Inland have acquired 60% and 40% respectively of engineering firm Abrasolo, in a deal valued at EUR 15m.
PORTUGAL – Explorer to acquire recycling company
According to a note from Portuguese antitrust authorities, Explorer Investments is readying to acquire recycling firm Constantino Fernandes Oliveira & Filhos.
BELGIUM - Tate & Lyle et al invest EUR 3.5m in Fugeia
Tate & Lyle Ventures and Agri Investment Fund have invested EUR 3.5m in Fugeia, a newly formed functional food technology business with a focus on gut health.
FRANCE – CDC Entreprises and IRDI/ICSO invest in Audemat
CDC Entreprises and IRDI/ICSO have invested in Audemat, a manufacturer of data monitoring products for the broadcasting industry, in a third round of financing. They join existing investors Innovacom and Galia Gestion, who both previously invested EUR...
NORWAY - CapMan completes Monster acquisition
CapMan Buyout VIII has acquired Norwegian television production company Monster.
FRANCE - UFG and AGF invest EUR 5.5m in Bernard Julhiet Group
UFG Private Equity and AGF Private Equity have invested EUR 5.5m in Bernard Julhiet Group, a HR consulting business. The company will use the investment to continue its external growth and international expansion.
NETHERLANDS - Cinven-backed Ziggo to acquire T-Mobile unit
Cable television company Ziggo, which is backed by Cinven and Warburg Pincus, is said to be interested in acquiring the Dutch fixed-line broadband internet unit of T-Mobile.
UK - IMAC invets £2.3m in QobliQ
Inegnious Media Active Capital Ltd (IMAC) has invested ТЃ2.3m in QobliQ Ltd, an international marketing services group.
DENMARK - Enex Group injects EUR 4.2m into Vopium
Enex Group has invested EUR 4.2m into Vopium, a Copenhagen-based developer of software for mobile telephones that is designed to make international calls less expensive.
GERMANY - Buchanan Capital Partners acquires Aqua Vital
Buchanan Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in water dispenser company Aqua Vital Quell- und Mineralwasser GmbH from the owner, Peter Lázár, for an undisclosed amount.
GERMANY - Finatem exits Steudle Holding GmbH
Majority shareholder Finatem, together with Invest Equity and the management, has realised its investment in electrical contacts manufacturer Steudle Holding GmbH in a sale to a consortium of investors for an undisclosed sum.
SPAIN - Pay-per-view channel could awaken private equity interest
Reports suggest that potential buyers for pay-per-view channel Digital+ could include Apax and Permira, who are both active in the audiovisual sector, as well as other European investor groups.
ITALY - ICON invests in AriaDSL
A consortium led by Russian group ICON Private Equity and Goldman Sachs has acquired a majority stake in telecommunications company AriaDSL, in a deal valued at EUR 100m.
NETHERLANDS - Egeria takes stake in Morssinkhof Rymoplast
Egeria has taken a stake in Dutch mechanical plastics recycler Morssinkhof Rymoplast.
NETHERLANDS - Rabo acquires Oskomera
Rabo Participaties has acquired a substantial stake in Oskomera for an undisclosed sum.
NETHERLANDS - Forbion and Inventages back AM-Pharma with EUR 7m
Existing investors Forbion Capital Partners and Inventages Venture Capital have backed AM-Pharma, a Dutch biopharmaceutical company, with a EUR 7m investment. The funding represents the first close of a series-C financing round targeting EUR 30m.
UK - Palamon portfolio company to float
Financial services business Towry Law, which is partially owned by Palamon Capital Partners, is reported to be planning to float in 2008.