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Atlas Venture et al. sell shares in Priceminister
Japanese e-commerce specialist Rakuten has acquired a 100% stake in the Priceminister group from Atlas Venture, Phillimore, Technocap, Quilvest and individual shareholders.
Hannes Snellman recruits Peter Forsberg
Law firm Hannes Snellman has recruited Peter Forsberg as partner and head of competition law at its Stockholm office.
Partners Group closes mezzanine fund on €553m
Swiss-based Partners Group has closed its mezzanine fund Partners Group European Mezzanine above target at тЌ553m. The fund attracted investments from corporate and public pension plans, insurance companies, financial institutions, endowments as well...
OFI Private Equity Capital looking to raise €35m
Listed private equity house OFI Private Equity Capital (OPEC) is issuing new shares, for a total capital increase of тЌ35m.
Chalmers Innovation invests in four companies
Chalmers Innovation has provided venture capital for Capee Group, Capeco, Craft Animation and Protaurius.
Apax Patners sells remaining stake in Galapagos
Apax Partners' funds and listed vehicle Altamir Amboise has sold its 5.4% remaining stake in listed biotechnology company Galapagos.
IK Investment Partners acquire majority stake in Colosseum Dental
IK Investment Partners have acquired a majority stake in Norwegian dental care specialist Colosseum Dental.
Eqvitec adds five to investment team
Eqvitec has employed a team of five investment professionals to its offices in Helsinki and Stockholm.
Seventure Partners leads investment in Nutrionix
Previous investors Seventure Partners have worked with seven business angels to provided additional funding for Nutrionix.
SamInvest Mitt and Peritas Invest invest in Absoft
SamInvest Mitt AB and Peritas Invest AB have provided SEK 3m for Absoft AB.
Edmond de Rothschild acquires Hyper Embal and Valeurdis
Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners has taken a majority stake in merging French companies Hyper Embal and Valeurdis.
123Venture invests in Redman Promotion
Real estate company Redman Promotion has completed a first round of fundraising from 123Venture.
Truffle Capital floats Carmat
Artificial heart developer Carmat has launched an IPO on the Alternext of NYSE-Euronext Paris, looking for тЌ15m.
ISAI et al. invest €1.25m in Covoiturage.fr
Covoiturage.fr has raised тЌ1.25m from ISAI and an individual investor.
Senior Partner Juha Mikkola leaves Eqvitec Partners
Senior Partner and co-founder Juha Mikkola has left Eqvitec Partners after 14 years.
Amadeus and Northzone to list EPiServer
Venture capital investors Amadeus Capital and Northzone Ventures will sell their shares in software company EPiServer.
Vatel Capital invests €500,000 in FLInteractive
Vatel Capital has injected тЌ500,000 of equity in French online marketing agency FLInteractive.
Alven Capital et al. back Novapost with €1.7m
Electronic payslips company Novapost has secured тЌ1.7m from Alven Capital and existing individual investors.
IK Investment Partners acquires majority stake in Agros Nova
IK Investment Partners has agreed with Agros Nova to acquire a majority stake in the company.
Butler Capital invests in Groupe Christian Bernard
Butler Capital Partners (BCP) has acquired an undisclosed stake in French jeweler Christian Bernard.
Deutsche Beteiligungs acquires FDG group
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has acquired a 79.6% stake in French category management group FDG from its founding families.
Perfectis sells Philippe Manutention to Groupe Manuloc
Perfectis Private Equity has sold its majority stake in forklifts distributor Philippe Manutention to industrial group Manuloc.
NextStage et al. invest €3m in Port Adhoc
French marina services operator Port Adhoc has raised тЌ3m in a new round of fundraising led by Nextstage.
Nexit Ventures back Octoshape
Nexit Ventures has invested тЌ4m in Danish mobile video delivery company Octoshape.