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IPO of EPiServer cancelled
Venture capital investors Amadeus Capital, Northzone Ventures and Monterro Holding have pulled plans to list portfolio company EPiServer.
Sovereign Capital backs Paragon acquisition of Platinum
Sovereign Capital portfolio company, Paragon, has acquired Platinum Training & Development.
BC Partners lines up IPO for Fitness First
BC Partners is preparing to exit Fitness First in an IPO worth up to ТЃ1.2bn, according to reports.
Coach & Capital provide funding for Mindmancer
Coach & Capital and Chalmers Innovation have invested in CCTV systems operator Mindmancer, following the issue of new shares in June 2009.
Cubera reaches final close on secondary fund
Cubera Private Equity has reached final close for its secondary fund Cubera V.
Norinnova leads investment in Vivision Roller
Norinnova has invested alongside KapNord Fond and Narvik Kapital in Vivision Roller AS.
Rothschild Capital Partners appoints portfolio director
FranУЇois-Xavier Mauron has joined Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners' private equity team as portfolio director.
Consortium invests in Målselv Utvikling
A consortium consisting of Investinor, Sparebanken Nord-Norge Invest, SIVA, Luma Invest and others, have invested NOK 52m in MУЅlselv Utvikling AS.
OTC Asset Management injects $3.3m in Nuxeo
OTC Asset Management has provided content management solutions provider Nuxeo with $3.3m.
Chalmers Innovation provides funding for Witsbits
Chalmers Innovation has provided funding for Witsbits AB, a provider of software for cloud computing services.
ABP and OMERS launch INKEF Capital
ABP and OMERS have launched INKEF Capital, a тЌ200m venture capital fund.
Avenir Entreprises invests in Intégral Système
Avenir Entreprises has backed electronic locks specialist IntУЉgral SystУЈme via its AEM mezzanine fund.
Chequers buys Thermocoax back from TCR Capital
Chequers Capital has purchased a majority stake in heating technology specialist Thermocoax from TCR Capital.
Consortium sell stake in Cognis
Permira, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and SVG Capital have sold their stakes in Cognis to BASF.
Segulah divests NEA
Segulah has sold portfolio company NУЄrkes Elektriska AB (NEA) to Imtech in a trade sale.
Karnell acquires Kasthall
Karnell has closed the second deal for its K3 fund, with the acquisition of Kasthall Mattor och Golv AB.
WHEB Ventures invests €4.4m in VIA Optronics
Cleantech-focused WHEB Ventures has backed German company VIA Optronics with тЌ4.4m.
Viveris Management et al. inject €1.4m in Devederm
Viveris Management and Promelys Participations have co-led a тЌ1.4m round of fundraising for cosmetics company Devederm.
Almi Invest provides funding for Videofy.me
Almi Invest have provided funding for Videofy.me, an online video service based in Sweden.
Ratos makes takeover offer for HL Display
Ratos has offered to acquire all remaining shares in HL Display, after increasing its share ownership to 57% of value and 79.1% of votes.
Mari Thjømøe to join Argentum's board of directors
Mari ThjУИmУИe will replace Ada Kjeseth on Argentumтs board of directors, a position Kjeseth has held since 2001.
Nordic Capital acquire SiC Processing in SBO
Nordic Capital has acquired a majority stake in the German photovoltaic wafer producer SiC Processing from a group of sellers including Frog Capital in a secondary buyout.
Investec to increase private equity mezzanine financing
Investec is working on plans to increase asset based lending and mezzanine funding to mid-market private equity investors over the next 12 months.
CapMan exits MQ through IPO
CapMan has listed portfolio company MQ. CapMan will reduce it's shareholding from 52% to 28% as part of the IPO.