UK / Ireland
DFJ Esprit heads $13m LBO round
Venture capital firm DFJ Esprit has led a $13m financing round for Light Blue Optics (LBO), a Cambridge-based company that develops miniature projection systems.
Octopus and YFP invest £3.95m in Bluebell Telecom
Octopus Investments and YFM Private Equity have announced a £3.95m combined investment to help Bluebell Telecom expand and incorporate inbound telephony specialist Callstream into the newly formed Bluebell Telecom Group.
Julia Bennett joins MCR as director
Chartered accountant Julia Bennett has been appointed director at MCR’s new Birmingham office.
Final hours to vote for British Private Equity Awards
unquote" readers have just hours left to vote for their favourites in the British Private Equity Awards 2010.
UK large buyouts hit €8bn
Larger deals have made a major comeback in the UK, with an aggregate deal value of €8bn in he third quarter, according to the latest unquote” UK watch.
YFM Private Equity and Acuity Capital support Connect2Media
YFM Private Equity and Acuity Capital have provided UK-based video games company Connect2Media with funding.
Shackleton sells Murley
Direct secondary specialist Shackleton Ventures has sold 60% of its equity interest in Murley Limited.
Riverside-backed Summit Medical Group acquires Orthomed
Riverside has acquired French medical equipment designer Orthomed as a bolt-on for its portfolio company Summit Medical Group.
Permira acquires majority of Creganna-Tactx
Permira has acquired a majority stake in medical technology company Creganna-Tactx Medical.
German venture: A ghost town?
At the very peak of the economic boom in 2007 the German venture market looked set to take off and regain much of the ground it had lost following the dotcom crash, with large sums of capital flowing into the hands of entrepreneurial businesses. However,...
Index et al give AlertMe £15m cash boost
Index Ventures has led a £15m round of funding for online energy management specialist AlertMe.
August Equity sells Imagine Publishing
August Equity has exited its investment in specialist consumer magazine publisher Imagine Publishing.
DFJ Esprit and DN Capital exit Lagan Technologies
Venture capital firms DFJ Esprit and DN Capital have agreed to sell Lagan Technologies to KANA Software.
LDC sells Omega Red to South Staffordshire
Lloyds TSB Development Capital (LDC) has sold its shareholding in lightning protection and electrical earthing company Omega Red to South Staffordshire Plc.
Abingworth invests £3.6m in IS Pharma
Abingworth LLP has invested £3.6m in pharmaceutical company IS Pharma through the issue of new ordinary shares at 77 pence each.
UK & Ireland unquote” 4 October
Private equity group Terra Firma and international financial conglomerate Citigroup are set to fight a legal battle over Electric & Musical Industries (EMI) in a US courtroom this month.
Catapult and Mercia inject £1.1m into nanoTherics
Catapult Venture Partners and Mercia Technology Seed Fund have led a £1.1m funding round for gene replacement therapy firm nanoTherics.
Foresight launches £40m fund
Alternative asset manager Foresight Group has launched a £40m fund, listed on the London Stock Exchange as Foresight Solar VCT.
Darwin Private Equity acquires Fenn Wright Manson
Darwin Private Equity has acquired UK clothing brand Fenn Wright Manson for an undisclosed amount.
Octopus invests £275,000 in TouchType
Octopus Ventures has provided UK software company TouchType with £275,000 of seed funding.
Educational investments: Private equity goes back to school
With today’s news that Albion Ventures has given its backing to a new school, one might assume that investing in education, something primarily catered for by the state, is a rare occurrence. However, private equity and venture capital investors have...
LDC sells Cable Management Group to Thomas & Betts Corporation
LDC has sold its majority stake in UK-based Cable Management Group (CMG) to US firm Thomas & Betts Corporation for approximately $110m.