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FRANCE – Astorg Partners exits Pizza Pino
Astorg Partners has sold its 76% share of restaurant chain Pizza Pino, valued at around EUR 32m, back to founder André Sfez and businessman Lucien Urano. The deal saw André Sfez use his veto to block an exclusive deal which had been set up between Astorg...
GERMANY/UK - Wellington closes EUR 265m fund and opens London office
Venture capital firm Wellington Partners has made two announcements that show a shift towards pan-European venture. The VC has closed a EUR 265m fund, Wellington Partners IV Technology, surpassing its target of EUR 250m in just over six months. The fund...
GERMANY - Heidelberg Innovation leads 4.6m series-c round for IonGate
Lead investor Heidelberg Innovation and KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) have closed the third funding round for biotechnology company IonGate Biosciences GmbH which has raised a total of EUR 4.6m. Previous investments included a seed financing in...
UK - Catapult supports £500,000 FDTEK funding
Catapult Venture Managers has invested ТЃ330,000 as part of a ТЃ500,000 financing round for information technology company FDTEK Holdings Ltd.
FRANCE – Barclays Private Equity to sell Converteam
Barclays Private Equity is rumoured to have asked Lehman Brothers and Hawkpoint to find a suitor for power conversion engineers Converteam, a former subiseiry of Alstom. The deal could value Converteam at over EUR 1.5bn.
UK - The Capital Fund backs £450,000 2sms financing
The Capital Fund has invested ТЃ250,000 as part of a ТЃ450,000 financing round for mobile phone messaging services provider 2sms. The balance of the equity has been supplied by Richard Goldstein, an experienced SME investor, who has joined the 2sms board....
UK - Exponent closes second fund on £805m
Exponent Private Equity has reached the final close of its second fund, Exponent Private Equity Partners II, LP, with commitments of ТЃ805m. This fund doubles the amount raised in the first fund in 2004. Exponent will continue to focus on investing in...
SWEDEN - Sunstone leads SEK 40m round in CMC Contrast
Sunstone Capital has invested SEK 40m in CMC Contrast, a medical imaging company, together with existing investors øresund Healthcare Capital and Malmöhus Invest.
RUSSIA - Bessemer invests in Enforta
Bessemer Venture Partners has invested in Enforta, a Russian WIMAX network operator, in a $40m funding round.
DENMARK - Global Life Science Ventures et al. invest EUR 15m in Action Pharma
Action Pharma A/S, a Danish biotech company, has raised in total EUR 15m from new and existing investors.
UK - Accel Partners leads $15.5m OpenAds funding
Accel Partners has led a $15.5m series-B funding round for online advertising platform OpenAds, alongside exisiting investors Index Ventures, First Round Capital, Mangrove Capital Partners and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.
AUSTRIA - The Entrepreneurs Fund invests EUR 1.35m in ProtAffin Biotechnologie
The Entrepreneurs Fund BV has invested EUR 1.35m in the second closing of a series-A funding round for biotechnology company ProtAffin Biotechnologie AG. Previously, Aescap Venture Management BV and Z-Cube Srl invested EUR 2.65m in the first series-A...
GERMANY - KfW joins other VCs in backing Protagen AG
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) has joined existing lead investors MIG AG and Co KG Beteiligungsfonds 3 and S-Venture Capital Dortmund GmbH in raising EUR 1m in interim financing for protein research company Protagen AG. This is the third round of...
UK - Barclays Ventures appoints new regional director
Barclays Ventures has continued the expansion of its Birmingham office with the appointment of Rupert Lyle as the new regional director.
NETHERLANDS - CapVest backs buyout of Drie Mollen from Gilde and AAC
CapVest Equity Patners II LP has acquired a majority stake in Drie Mollen International BV, a Dutch-based coffee company, from Gilde and AAC. Gilde and AAC, together with the management, acquired Drie Mollen in November 2002 in a management buyout.
GERMANY - EQUITA exits AKT Altmärker Kunststofftechnik
Equita Management GmbH’s Equita Fonds 2 has sold its minority stake in plastic components manufacturer AKT Altmärker Kunststofftechnik GmbH back to the founding management, which is the majority shareholder of the company. The company is headquartered...
FRANCE – Index Ventures leads EUR 7m B-round funding for Criteo
Index Ventures led existing investors AGF Private Equity and Elaia Parenters in a EUR 7m B-round of funding for Criteo, bringing the total financing the company has received to EUR 10m.
UK - LDC appoints new director to Edinburgh office
Lloyds TSB Development Capital (LDC) has appointed James Rodger as a director in its recently launched Edinburgh office.
UK - Alchemy hungry for Regent Inns
Alchemy Partners is reported to be interested in acquiring struggling pub owner Regent Inns, the operator of pubs including Walkabout and Old Orleans. The listed-group's share price rose by 27% on the news of a possible to takeover, to 21p. At 21p per...
SPAIN - Landon acquires stake in hotel chain
Grupo Corporativo Landon acquired a 47% stake in hotel chain Sercotel.
UK - Summit makes two promotions
Summit Partners has announced the promotion of two executives in its London office.
GERMANY - DLA Piper bolsters German team
DLA Piper has appointed M&A partner Dr Christoph Papenheim to its German Corporate and M&A practice. Papenheim joined DLA Piper in mid-January 2008 from the Frankfurt office of White & Case, together with associate Sven Friedrich. Papenheim has 12 years’...
DENMARK - SoonR attracts $9.5m from Cisco et al.
SoonR, a Denmark-based mobile computing company, has attracted a second round of financing worth $9.5m from a consortium of investors led by Cisco Systems. Other investors included Clearstone Venture Partners and Intel Capital, which also participated...
UK - Francisco Partners leads Data Connection funding
San Fransico and London-based venture capital firm Francisco Partners has led a significant investment round for telecom networking company Data Connection Ltd, alongside strategic partner Sequoia Capital.