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SWEDEN - Secode considers going public
Secode considers listing in Oslo or Stockholm, according to press reports.
NORWAY - Alliance Venture sells Net4Call to Oracle
Oracle has acquired Oslo-based Net4Call from Alliance Venture, the managing director and other employees. The value of the deal has not been disclosed.
UK - Oxford Capital Partners invests in Inetec Ltd
Oxford Capital Partners, the Oxford based venture capital firm focused on science and technology companies, has announced its investment in Inetec Ltd. Inetec Ltd is a developer of waste-to-renewable-energy projects in the industrial food manufacturing...
UK - Debenhams lined up for £3bn IPO
The department store group Debenhams is being lined up for a return to the stock market with a price tag of up to ТЃ3bn, little more than two years after being taken private by a private equity consortium comprising CVC Capital Partners, Merrill Lynch...
FRANCE - Activa Capital backs MBO of Créal
Activa Capital Fund FCPR has purchased a majority stake in Créal, a leading French manufacturer of aluminium windows from its founder, Claude Caprini, and Siparex SPF III Middle Market, a fund managed by Sigefi Private Equity. Founded in 1992 by Claude...
BELGIUM - Peakadilly receives EUR 6m series-A financing
Life Science Partners (LSP) has led a EUR 6m series-A financing round for Ghent-based Peakadilly.
SPAIN - Buy and build continues with acquisition of Foprar
Qualitas Equity Partners and Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie Private Equity (LODH) have together acquired 100% of Foprar, a manufacturer of tubes and frames for civil works projects. This follows the acquisition in March of 100% of Pronave Yecla SL,...
UK - Jeremy Knight to join Ashton Penney
Jeremy Knight, group publishing director of Caspian Publishing, is to join AshtonPenney, the provider of interim managers and non-executive directors for private equity and venture capital portfolio companies, to lead the firmтs private equity practice...
UK - Pi Capital completes £3m round for Million-2-1
Pi Capital, has announced the completion of a ТЃ3m investment round for mobile gaming company Million-2-1.
NORWAY - Affitech secures NOK 86m funding
The human antibody company Affitech AS has raised a further NOK 86m in a new private placement. The participants in this round include existing investors, Teknoinvest, Ferd Venture, Four Seasons Venture, and Braganza AS, along with new investor Arendals...
NORWAY - Norvestor's Life buys 40% of Life Scandinavia
Life Health Nordic AB (Life AB) has bought over 40% of Life Scandinavia, a voluntary retail chain. Life Scandinavia’s largest owner is CEO Hallgeir Åndal, who has been appointed new CEO of Life AB.
NORWAY - PE groups prepare bids for Orkla Media
Candover, Apax Partners and Providence Equity Partners plan to bid for Norwegian Orkla Media, according to press reports. It is understood that the potential buyout could be worth over £700m.
UK - Carlyle and Atlas exit Orthogon Systems
The Carlyle Group and Atlas Venture have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to sell Orthogon Systems to Motorola, Inc. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
UK - AdaptiveMobile secures EUR 4.6m funding
Mobile security and filtering innovator AdaptiveMobile has announced that it has closed a EUR 4.6m first round of funding. Intel Capital, Intel's venture capital investment organisation, led the deal with an investment of EUR 4m. Additional commitments...
AUSTRIA - The Carlyle Group acquires UC4 Software
Financial investors PONTIS Venture Partners and Capexit have exited their joint 21% stake in UC4 Software GmbH. The electronic job scheduling specialist was sold to The Carlyle Group in a joint replacement capital and MBO transaction. The founding manager,...
NORWAY - VC-backed Edvantage group renews e-learning deal
Edvantage group has renewed a two-year NOK 1.3m e-learning deal with Det Norske Veritas (DNV). DNV has been using e-learning during the last two years as part of its efforts to effectively train employees around the world.
UK - Katalyst Ventures invests in UV technology
Katalyst Ventures, the private investor group, has announced that it has led a ТЃ319,000 funding round for GB Environmental Ltd, a company that specialises in the deployment of ultra violet (UV) technology for use in both air and liquid environments to...
FRANCE - Séchilienne-Sidec undergoes EUR 277m refinancing
Calyon has recently completed the EUR 277m refinancing of Apax Partner’s portfolio company Séchilienne-Sidec. The deal comprised credit facilities to refinance the energy production group’s existing indebtedness and its existing corporate credit facilities....
GERMANY - Auctus Management acquires PharmaZell GmbH
Auctus Management has acquired Raubling-based PharmaZell GmbH from the Lubrizol Group.
FINLAND - Sitra appoints new special adviser
Jani Kaarlejärvi has been appointed special adviser to the president of Sitra. For the past three years, Kaarlejärvi has been a researcher at the University of Sheffield and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Germany.
NL- Rabo Innovatiekapitaalfonds invests in Organ Assist BV
Rabo Innovatiekapitaalfonds has taken an undisclosed stake in Organ Assist BV.
FRANCE - Immutep seeks EUR 13m from European VCs
French biopharmaceutical company Immutep is seeking a further EUR 13m from European investors, in addition to the EUR 5m already received from its existing investors. In December 2004, Innoven Partenaires led a EUR 2.5m second round of funding in the...
SWEDEN - Mobeon receives $13m from BrainHeart Capital and AP6
Mobeon, the mobile messaging software specialist, has secured approximately $13m from BrainHeart Capital and AP6.
UK - Northern Trust makes fund administration hires
Northern Trust has appointed Peter Brookman as head of UK fund accounting and Lynne Hill as head of UK transfer agency.