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VR Equitypartner and BayBG buy Hör Technologie in MBO
VR Equitypartner and Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (BayBG) have bought auto parts manufacturer Hör Technologie Gruppe in a management buyout.
Spanish investors pump €3.5m into Fast Drinks
Clave Mayor, Ade Gestión Sodical and Caixa Capital Risc have injected €3.5m into Fast Drinks, a producer of self-heating drinks cans.
Omnes injects €3m into Opsona
Omnes Capital has made a capital injection of €3m into immunology drug developer Opsona Therapeutics, in an extension of the company’s series-C round.
Warburg-backed Poundland considers IPO
Following a 15.6% underlying earnings boost, Warburg Pincus-backed Poundland is reported to be mulling an IPO.
Avista and Nordic Capital make tender offer for Acino
Avista Capital Partners and Nordic Capital have made a public tender offer for pharmaceutical company Acino.
Bridgepoint bites into Dr Gerard
Bridgepoint has bought Polish biscuit maker Dr Gerard from French firm Group Poult, backed by LBO France.
Oaktree-backed Panrico to undergo restructuring
Panrico, the Spanish pastry and bread firm backed by Oaktree Capital, has appointed economist and lawyer Carlos Gila as first executive to oversee its restructuring.
CVC inks Campbell Europe deal
CVC Capital Partners has purchased Campbell Soup Company’s European simple meals business for €400m.
EQT mulling Sanitec IPO
EQT is reportedly mulling a listing on the Stockholm Stock Exchange for Sanitec, a Nordic bath and toilet maker.
Constellation sells Häsler in management buy-back
Constellation has sold heating systems manufacturer Häsler Group in a management buy-back, reaping a 2.6x money multiple.
Isai and 3T Capital invest €1.2m in 360Learning
French VCs Isai and 3T Capital have injected €1.2m into 360Learning, a Paris-based e-learning platform.
Shackleton sells Nanosight for £15m
Shackleton Ventures has sold Nanosight, a developer of particle-size measurement instrumentation, to Malvern Instruments for £15m.
Aztec appoints Richard Hills as non-executive chairman
Richard Hills, Aztec
Alven et al. inject €1.2m into Algolia
Alven Capital, Index Ventures, Point 9 Capital and private investors have provided French search engine Algolia with a €1.2m round of funding.
Virtual Call Center rakes in €500,000
Hungary-based Virtual Call Center (VCC) has raised €500,000 (approximately HUF 150m) from DBH Investment, a venture capital fund set up by DBH Group, a joint organisation between the Hungarian and Dutch governments.
Sherpa Capital buys Grupo Indo
Spanish turnaround investor Sherpa Capital has made a binding offer to acquire the production unit of ophthalmic lenses company Grupo Indo, after it hit bankruptcy in 2010.
Logentries raises $10m from VCs
Dublin-based Logentries has secured a $10m series-A investment from a consortium of investors comprising Polaris Partners, Frontline Ventures, RRE Ventures and the Floodgate fund.
DailyDeal founders buy pepperbill from bm-t
Fabian and Ferry Heilemann, founders of DailyDeal, have acquired a 60% stake in iOS payment system provider pepperbill from bm-t Beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen and pepperbill's management.
Terra Firma holds onto Odeon
Terra Firma Capital Partners is understood to have shelved its plans to sell the Odeon cinema chain after a strategic review.
Seaya Ventures injects €5m into Plenummedia
Spanish VC Seaya Ventures has committed €5m to Madrid-based internet marketing company Plenummedia.
Baruk Pilo joins Icon as M&A senior vice president
Icon Corporate Finance has appointed Baruk Pilo as new senior vice president of M&A.
KfW and Born2grow back Rockethome
KfW and seed investor Born2grow have jointly backed home energy management technology provider Rockethome.
Northzone and Investinor in $3.4m round for Soundrop
Northzone and Investinor have injected $3.4m (NOK 20m) into Soundrop, a Norwegian social music discovery platform.
Investec hires Joanna Turney
Joanna Turney, Investec