Media
Northcap commits €2.5m to adQuota
Danish venture capital firm Northcap has invested тЌ2.5m in Danish mobile advertisement platform adQuota International.
Pembroke et al. buy Boat International Media from August Equity
An investment consortium led by Pembroke Venture Capital Trust has acquired publishing and events group Boat International Media from August Equity.
Fondo Italiano enters entertainment market
Fondo Italiano di Investimento has made its first transaction in the entertainment and events management market with a €10m investment.
BGF invests £4m in Palmer Hargreaves
The Business Growth Fund has invested ТЃ4m in Midlands-based marketing and communication agency Palmer Hargreaves.
General Atlantic buys MeteoGroup from PA Group for €190m
General Atlantic has acquired weather business MeteoGroup from PA Group, the parent company of the Press Association (PA), for тЌ190m.
BGF invests £5m in Exchange Lab
The Business Growth Fund has invested ТЃ5m in global digital media business The Exchange Lab.
BC Partners buys Mergermarket
BC Partners has emerged as the successful bidder for Pearson Groupтs news service Mergermarket.
Hellman & Friedman to take over Scout24
US private equity house Hellman & Friedman is set to buy internet portal group Scout24 from German telecommunications provider Deutsche Telekom, according to reports.
Conor Venture Partners et al. back Scoopshot
Conor Venture Partners has taken part in a $3.9m series-A funding round for Scoopshot, a global on-demand photography service.
German Startups Group and Ventech back TVSmiles
German Startups Group (GSG) has teamed up with Ventech and a consortium of business angels to invest in a series-A financing round for TVSmiles, an interactive advertisement application.
KKR and Permira to sell 16% stake in ProSiebenSat.1
Private equity houses KKR and Permira have announced the sale of a further 35 million shares in German media company ProSiebenSat.1.
Numericable raises €652m in IPO
Cinven- and Carlyle-backed Numericable has made its debut on the NYSE Euronext Paris with a €3bn market cap.
PE-backed Primacom to take over rival for €600m
Cable network Primacom, backed by private equity firms Alcentra and Avenue Capital, has placed an estimated €600m bid for rival cable network Tele Columbus.
Innova creates GWP for PLN 375m
Innova Capital has bought Polish internet portal Wirtualna Polska (WP) and merged it with Grupa o2 in a transaction totalling PLN 375m.
DFJ Esprit et al. invest in Unbound
DFJ Esprit, Forward Investment Partners (FIP) and Cambridge Angels have injected ТЃ1.2m into Unbound, a London-based crowdfunding platform for book publishing.
Miroma backs SBTV
Miroma Ventures has invested in SBTV, a UK-based online youth broadcaster, in a deal that values the company at ТЃ8m.
Mid Europa exits SBB/Telemach to KKR for €1bn
Mid Europa Partners has divested Serbian pay TV provider SBB/Telemach Group to KKR, reaping a 3x return on its original investment.
RDIF and Deutsche Bank invest $237.1m in Rostelecom
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Deutsche Bank (DB) have teamed up to buy shares in listed Russian telecommunications company Rostelecom for $237.1m.
EQT bids for Scout24
Nordic private equity house EQT has placed an offer to wholly acquire Deutsche Telekom's internet portal Scout24, according to local reports.
Capman completes Nice exit
Capman has wholly divested Nice Entertainment Group, a pan-Nordic content production company, to Swedish broadcaster Modern Times Group (MTG) for an enterprise value of тЌ84.4m.
Private equity vies for Mergermarket
HgCapital, Exponent and Advent International have all been linked to the sale of Mergermarket by parent group Pearson.
Axa PE- and Resource-backed Baltcom buys Izzi
Latvian telecommunication business Baltcom, owned by Axa Private Equity and Resource Partners, has acquired cable television operator Izzi.
Carlyle acquires BTI from Valedo Partners
The Carlyle Group has acquired Swedish subtitling company Broadcast Text International (BTI) from Valedo Partners.
Hannoverimpuls invests in CouchCommerce
Hannoverimpuls has backed CouchCommerce, a software-as-a-service (Saas) platform that converts online shops into apps, alongside angels network Venturepreneurs.