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Holtzbrinck hires new managing partner
German venture capital firm Holtzbrinck Ventures has hired Christian Saller as managing partner.
Cequr raises $27m in series-B
Swiss biotech firm Cequr has raised $27m in a series-B funding round from two new private investors and all existing backers, including Endeavour Vision and VI Partners.
InnovaFonds injects €3m into Icape
InnovaFonds has invested €3m in French circuit boards manufacturer Icape.
VCs sell Blink to Groupon
Several venture players have sold Blink Bookings, a Spanish last-minute travel app, to Groupon.
Summit Partners expands European team
Summit Partners has appointed Thomas Tarnowski as principal in its London office.
Lloyds Bank hires HSBC and RBS directors
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has appointed Dave Furlong of HSBC and Kate Grimoldby of RBS to its north of England acquisition finance team.
HP Ventures' Davidson steps down
Eran Davidson, managing director and CEO of Hasso Plattner Ventures (HP Ventures), has left after eight years at the venture capital firm.
Axa Private Equity appoints managing director
Juan Angoitia, Axa Private Equity
MMC backs Tyres On The Drive with £1.5m
Previous investors MMC Ventures and Enterprise Ventures Group (EV) have injected £1.5m into Tyres On The Drive, a mobile tyre-fitting service.
SEP leads £2.4m round for Sumerian
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has led a £2.4m funding round for Sumerian, an Edinburgh-based IT analytics company, alongside the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB).
Verdane et al. exit Compricer.se to Schibsted
Verdane Capital, founder Jacob Tolleryd and private investors have sold Swedish price comparison website Compricer.se to Schibsted Media Group.
3i invests €77m in GIF
3i has invested €77m in the management buyout of Gesellschaft für Industrieforschung (GIF), a transmission testing specialist, alongside the firm’s CEO.
Apollo buys Evo Banco for €60m
Buyout firm Apollo Global Management has wholly acquired Spanish retail bank Evo Banco from NCG Banco for €60m.
Midven invests in Eagle
Midven has injected £590,000 into Eagle Genomics, a provider of outsourced bio-informatics software for the life sciences sector, alongside a number of individual angel investors and syndicates.
Carlyle acquires BTI from Valedo Partners
The Carlyle Group has acquired Swedish subtitling company Broadcast Text International (BTI) from Valedo Partners.
Private equity misses out on Lucozade, Ribena sale
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to sell popular drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena, which had attracted interest from buyout houses including Blackstone and Lion Capital, to Japanese trade player Suntory for £1.35bn.
LBO France adds MD to operating team
Etienne Colas, LBO France
LDC sells Matrix Energy to ECE
LDC has agreed to sell Matrix Energy Services, a UK-based energy management and efficiency services provider for commercial buildings, to E.ON Connecting Energies (ECE), a new subsidiary of E.ON.
BGF backs Inoapps with £10m
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested £10m in Aberdeen-based Inoapps, an Oracle application reseller and IT consultancy business, in return for a minority stake.
PE-backed Foodpanda receives $8m for Middle East expansion
Foodpanda, backed by Rocket Internet, Investment AB Kinnevik and Phenomen Ventures, has received $8m from iMena.
PE-backed Galantos Pharma sells Alzheimer's drug
Galantos Pharma, a pharmaceutical company backed by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and KfW, has sold its Alzheimer's drug Memogain to Neurodyn.
British Private Equity Awards - Last chance to vote
Voting for the 2013 unquote" British Private Equity Awards ends today at 5pm BST.
Impax to acquire two Finnish wind power projects
Impax Asset Management has agreed to acquire the Kuolavaara-Keulakkopää and Joukhaisselkä pre-construction-stage wind power projects from Fortum and Metsähallitus.
Target Partners reinvests in Tado
Target Partners and Shortcut Ventures have invested €2m in heating app Tado.