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DENMARK - VC-backed Santaris Pharma launches DKK 19.6m budget research collaboration
Santaris Pharma and the Department for Medical Biochemistry at the University of Copenhagen have announced the creation of a new MicroRNA research consortium.
FRANCE - Argos Soditic backs Sitour's MBO
Argos Soditic has backed the management buyout of Groupe Sitour. This is the first investment made through the equity house's new fund, Euroknights V.
FINLAND - Inustri Kapital, Fortum and MB Funds sell Enermet
Industri Kapital, Fortum Oyj and MB Funds have signed an agreement with Bayard Group to sell Enermet Group Oy for an enterprise value of approximately EUR 90m. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.
UK - M&C Ventures makes new hire
M&C Ventures has appointed Neil Sebba as a corporate finance executive. Sebba joins from BDO Stoy Hayward, where he qualified as a chartered accountant in 2003.
UK - Imperial Innovations spin-outs win LDA grants
Imperial Innovations, the technology commercialisation company based at Imperial College London, has announced that six of the companies in its portfolio have been awarded prestigious R & D grants worth nearly ТЃ700,000 from the London Development Agency....
FRANCE - BI-SAM Technologies receives EUR 5m from Galileo and Alven
Galileo Partners and Alven Capital have invested EUR 5m in BI-Sam Technologies, in two tranches. The company’s three founders retain a majority equity stake
UK - ISIS invests £4.87m in Reed & Mackay
ISIS Equity Partners has taken a significant minority stake in Reed & Mackay Limited, a leading provider of business travel management services. ISIS has invested ТЃ4.87m as part of the transaction, alongside senior debt and working capital facilities...
FRANCE - ABN AMRO Capital France acquires majority of NextiraOne
ABN AMRO Capital France has signed an agreement to buy the majority of NextiraOne and the management and Indigo Capital will take minority shareholdings.
FRANCE - Avenir Entrprises gestion backs Medil's MBI
Eric Menanteau and his management team are taking a 57% stake in medical equipment provider, Medil. Avenir Entreprises Gestion has backed this management buy-in, taking 33% of the company's equity.
SWEDEN - EQT and Investor receive clearances for Gambro offer
Indap AB, indirectly jointly-owned by Investor AB and EQT IV, has received clearances from relevant competition authorities regarding the offer to the shareholders in Gambro AB, which was announced on April 3 2006. The offer acceptance period will expire...
FRANCE - Spef Venture sells 3D animation software company Eovia
Spef Venture has agreed to sell Eovia to Californian 3D animation company DAZ Productions for an undisclosed sum.
SWEDEN - Mannheimer Swartling to open Moscow office
Swedish law firm Mannheimer Swartling plans to open an office in Moscow with both Swedish and Russian lawyers specialising in real estate, finance, M&A and establishment work. The firm expects to have at least ten lawyers at the office within one year....
UK - Index backs Last.fm
The London-based consumer internet startup Last.fm has raised its first round (an undisclosed sum) initiated by Index Ventures.
UK - Gresham sells Alstec for £44.9m
Gresham has made a successful exit from Alstec Group Ltd, a support services business. Gresham made a ruturn of nearly 4x its investment in the sale to Babcock International Group Plc for ТЃ44.9m.
UK - CVM sells interest in Applecroft Care
Close Venture Management (CVM) has sold its interests in Applecroft Care Home Ltd in Dover, Kent and Barleycroft Care Home Limited in Romford, Essex, to its partner in the investments.
SWEDEN - VC-backed Appear Networks opens offices in the Netherlands
Appear Networks has today announced the opening of an office in Utrecht in the Netherlands. Its new recruits will be focusing on the Dutch market, deploying Appear IQ to 10,000 mobile frontliners at Dutch Rail.
UK - Katalyst leads funding round for SI Seafarms Ltd
Katalyst Ventures, the private investor group, has led a ТЃ633,000 funding round for SI Seafarms Limited (SIS).
UK - Robin Winning joins Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance
Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance has appointed Robin Winning to the role of director of integrated finance, based in London. He joins as a senior member of the Bishopsgate-based team led by Mark Hammond.
UK - Inflexion appoints chairman for Red Commerce
Inflexion has announced the appointment of Andrew Vaughan as chairman of its portfolio company Red Commerce Ltd.
UK - Private equity realises £40bn, says CMBOR research
Statistics on private equity exits from the Centre for Management Buyout Research (CMBOR) suggests that there has been a huge leap in refinancing levels to ТЃ19bn as private equity houses seek to realise the returns in their investments. When added to...
UK/GERMANY - Commerzbank strengthens leveraged finance unit
Commerzbank Corporates and Markets (CBCM) has today announced five new appointments to its leveraged finance group in London and Frankfurt.
UK - Bhargava heads 3i's new focus on outsourcing
3i has appointed Akshaya Bhargava to head up its new focus on the global business process outsourcing (BPO) market.
FRANCE - Banexi, Demeter and Naxicap back Paprec MBO
Paprec has restructured its capital framework and reinforced its financial capacity during a management buyout backed by Banexi Capital Partenaires, Demeter Partners and Naxicap Partners. The equity houses comitted a total of EUR 35m in this MBO. Previous...
UK - North West Equity Fund backs Indi.Jo
North West Equity Fund NWEF has provided ТЃ50,000 of development finance to Indi.Jo Limited to support increased sales activity. This investment is the first tranche of a proposed total investment of ТЃ350,000.