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GERMANY - Halder exits Konrad Hornschuh AG
Halder has sold its stake in Konrad Hornschuch AG, which it acquired in 2001, to DZ Equity Partner GmbH, Frankfurt, and L-EA Private Equity GmbH, Karlsruhe, via a secondary buyout. The management of Hornschuch will increase its shareholding as a result...
FRANCE - AXA Private Equity opens Asia office
AXA Private Equity has today announced its opening of a Singapore office and local subsidiary AXA Private Equity Asia. The group is planning to expand significantly its activities in this region with a first allocation of $550m. Asia is one of the fastest...
SWITZERLAND - Eyesense AG receives SFr 10.7m
Eyesense AG has received SFr 10.7m in funding from a syndicate of investors led by Amsterdam and Munich-based Life Science Partners alongside Basel-based BioMedinvest. Other investors in the syndicate include Novartis Venture Fund, Private Life BioMed,...
UK - Lectus Therapeutics closes £8.2m series A funding round
Lectus Therapeutics Ltd, a drug discovery and development company focusing on next-generation ion channel modulators, has announced that it has raised ТЃ8.2m in series A funding. The round was led by Sofinnova Partners, with Quester as a co-lead. Takeda...
UK - Owner Venture Managers backs IT MBI
Owner Venture Managers has originated and backed the MBI of Elcon Information Technology Ltd. The value of the deal is undisclosed.
DENMARK - MACH acquires venture-backed End2End
MACH has today announced its acquisition of Aalborg-based End2End. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
NORWAY - Arcapita buys Roxar for around EUR 168m
Arcapita Limited and its affiliates have together with existing management completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in Roxar AS.
UK - Mobile media solutions company Kodime backed by The Capital Fund
Kodime Ltd, an award-winning provider of mobile media software and services to property marketers, the music business and marketing agencies, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from The Capital Fund.
SWEDEN - CapMan invests EUR 1.9m in Swedish 42Networks
Funds managed by CapMan will invest EUR 1.9m in 42Networks AB, the Swedish provider of broadband telephony and triple play products and services.
US - Norwegian TANDBERG Television buys venture-backed SkyStream for $80m
Oslo-based TANDBERG Television has signed a definitive agreement to acquire venture-backed SkyStream.
FRANCE - Let It Wave raises EUR 6m from Iris Capital and T-Source
Let It Wave has completed a first round of financing for EUR 6m from Iris Capital, T-Source and private investors. Founded in 2001, by four research professors from the French Ecole Polytechnique, the firm has been self-funded since its inception.
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital and Accent to float KappAhl
Swedish fashion retailer KappAhl, owned by Nordic Capital and Accent Equity Partners, has announced plans to list on Stockholm Stock Exchange on 23 February.
NORWAY - Ferd Venture's Mohive launches new e-learning system
Mohive, backed by Ferd Venture, has launched a new version of its e-learning publishing system, Mohive Toolbox.
US - Norwegian Energy Ventures invests in DeepFlex
DeepFlex Inc has secured a series B round of funding led by Norway-based Energy Ventures, and including existing investors CTTV Investments LLC and Altira.
UK - South West Ventures Fund invests £250,000 in Covalent Software
Taunton-based Covalent Software has secured ТЃ250,000 from the South West Ventures Fund, managed by YFM Venture Finance.
DENMARK - Dania Capital acquires YORK Novenco
Dania Capital has signed an agreement to buy the YORK Novenco Group from YORK Denmark for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Duke Street Capital buys global engineering firm
Duke Street Capital (DSC) has agreed to acquire Deloro Stellite from Vision Capital for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE - AXA's public tender offer on Camaïeu to close in three days
AXA Private Equity has only three more days of its simplified tender offer for Camaïeu’s remaining 47.2% currently floating on Euronext Paris. On 12 January 2006, AXA's holding company, Modamax filed a simplified cash tender offer on the shares of Camaïeu....
UK - Private equity players to queue for Unilever
Unilever has decided to put the majority of its frozen foods businesses in Europe up for sale and buyout groups are set to line up for it, according to Reuters.
NORDICS - Nordic people are world leading innovators
The Nordic region has some of the world's most innovative economies, according to OECD's report on economic policy reforms Going for Growth 2006.
GERMANY - capiton buys grocery logistics specialist
capiton has invested in the Steco Group as part of an expansion and replacement financing. Steco is a logistics services company, that operates a pool of reusable plastic crates for the grocery industry, mainly used for the transport of fruits and vegetables....
UK - NewMedia Spark invests in Skinkers
NewMedia Spark has invested ТЃ2m in Skinkers, an e-mail software developer, according to reports.
UK - Bank of Scotland Corporate backs Mayflower BIMBO
Bank of Scotland Corporate has provided an integrated debt and equity package to support the Buy-In Management Buy-Out of Mayflower Technology Ltd in a deal of undisclosed value. As part of the transaction, Bank of Scotland Corporate has taken a significant...
UK - IBIS Capital launches £30m VCT
IBIS Capital, the specialist media corporate finance and investment business, is joining forces with a team of media and investment management professionals to launch a ТЃ30m fund focusing on smaller private UK media companies.