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Northzone backs £9.5m Ocapo series-A round
Northzone Ventures has led a £9.5m series-A funding round for online performance marketing and technology company Ocapo.
IK mulling sale of Axtone
IK Investment Partners is reportedly planning to exit Axtone, a Polish rail freight buffer manufacturer.
Dwell bought back by founder
Dwell, a UK-based furniture chain backed by Key Capital Partners that went into administration at the end of June, has been bought back by founder Aamir Ahmad.
CloudArena raises $1.5m from Aslanoba and 212 Capital
Istanbul-based CloudArena, a hospitality-focused cloud software provider, has received $1.5m in early-stage funding from Aslanoba Capital and existing backer 212 Capital Partners.
VC investors back Magine
A number of Swedish and international investors have closed a series-A funding round of $19m for Magine, a Swedish cloud-based cable operator.
EdRip injects €5m into Prozone-Amisco
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRip) has invested €5m in Prozone-Amisco, a French sports data business that is also backed by XAnge Private Equity and Midi Capital.
ECI eyes £150m sale of CarTrawler
ECI Partners is preparing its Dublin-based portfolio company CarTrawler for a possible auction that could value the business at £150m, according to reports.
Private equity firms circle Card Factory
UK greetings card retail chain Card Factory, backed by Charterhouse Capital Partners, has attracted interest from Advent International, KKR and Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
Enterprise Ventures fund backs Centaur
The North West Fund for Venture Capital, managed by Enterprise Ventures, has backed a £750,000 funding round for Centaur Technologies alongside the Lancashire Rosebud Fund.
Kelso's Nicole Farhi goes under
High-end fashion company Nicole Farhi, backed by Kelso Place, has gone into administration.
Terra Firma’s Deutsche Annington holds off on IPO
German housing company Deutsche Annington Immobilien (DAI), which is backed by Terra Firma Capital Partners, has reportedly postponed its €1.1bn IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange due to low investor demand.
Axa PE-backed Saur in debt-for-equity swap
Saur, a French water company backed by Axa Private Equity and sovereign wealth fund FSI, will be taken over by its lenders later this month.
Carlyle picks up Oaktree’s Chesapeake
Carlyle has acquired packaging company Chesapeake from Irving Place Capital and Oaktree Capital Management.
MAIP exits Red Bee Media to Ericsson
Macquarie Advanced Investment Partners (MAIP) has sold UK-based media company Red Bee Media to Swedish communications technology company Ericsson.
Isis raises £51.5m co-investment fund
Isis has raised a fund to co-invest alongside its Baronsmead VCTs. The fund comprises four limited partners and is the first time a VCT has raised an institutional co-investment fund.
IK sells off Dynea divisions
IK Investment Partners’ portfolio company Dynea Chemicals has sold its Norwegian division Dynea to Eltek Holding.
Idinvest acquires stake in VC firm KLS
Idinvest Partners has acquired a stake in Kurma Life Sciences Partners (KLS) from the private equity arm of Natixis bank.
Albion exits Opta for £40m, reaps 3x money
Albion Ventures has divested its stake in London-based Opta, a provider of sports data and analysis, to trade player Perform Group for £40m, reaping a 3x money multiple.
Nord Holding exits Goebel
Nord Holding has sold German paper manufacturing business Goebel Schneid-und Wickelsysteme (Goebel) to engineering group IMS Deltamatic.
Innocenzo Cipolletta takes up Fondo Italiano presidency
Fondo Italiano di Investimento has announced its new board of directors, with Aifi's Innocenzo Cipolletta as president.
Montana closes debut secondaries fund on €80m
Montana Capital Partners, a firm focusing on the smaller end of the secondaries market, has closed its annual programme on its hard-cap of €80m.
L Capital acquires CellularLine
L Capital and DVR Capital have jointly bought a 57% stake in CellularLine, a provider of accessories for smartphones and tablets, from the company’s founders.
CVC appoints Benelux and TMT adviser
CVC Capital Partners has appointed Tenet chief executive Duco Sickinghe to its Benelux and TMT advisory boards.
Phenomen Ventures backs Delivery Hero
Russian VC Phenomen Ventures has led a $30m series-D financing round for Delivery Hero, an online food ordering platform.