Media

SWEDEN - Triton makes SEK 1.5bn bid for listed Cision

Triton, through Swedish holding company Cyril Acquisition AB, has made a public offer of SEK 1.5bn for Cision, a Stockholm based PR, IR and marketing communication and consultancy business. The bid is set to SEK 20 per share, which is a 66% premium compared...

Survival of the fittest

Consolidation will continue as VCT firms without experience and scale get swallowed up, says Mark Wignall at Matrix Private Equity Partners

  • GPs
UK - Truphone raises £16.5m series-B funding

A group of investors has invested ТЃ16.5m in VOIP company Truphone. Backers include exisiting investors Burda Digital Ventures, Independent News & Media, Eden Ventures and Wellington Partners Venture Capital, as well as private investors.

EUROPE – DN Capital reaches EUR 50m first close

Unquoteт has learned from a limited partner that European early stage and growth equity investor DN Capital has reached a first close of its second fund, Global Venture Capital II (GVC II). The fund raised just under half of its EUR 100m target and should...

The sleeping giant stirs

For years, Germany has been viewed as the sleeping giant - at least in terms of potential for private equity investments. Many GPs see vast potential, but the country has so far not quite lived up to these expectations. Then came the credit crunch, and...

  • DACH
2008 DVCA Toplederconference

On 5 March, the Danish Venture Capital Association held its annual venture capital and private equity conference in Copenhagen. The day-long event included a number of high-profile speakers and a bit of controversy ... Linn Ronning reports

UK - SEB Venture invests $12m in ShoZu

SEB Venture Capital has led a $12m series C round of financing in mobile social media services provider ShoZu Inc. Previous investors Atlas Venture, Crescendo Ventures and TTP Ventures also participated.

Carry on up

It seems things could be looking up for French private equity. We are only in the early months of 2008, a year which has been roundly touted as likely to be one of the toughest and most testing for the industry for some time, yet there has already been...

UK - Close Ventures invests £1.5m in Opta Sportsdata

Close Ventures has invested ТЃ1.5m into Opta Sportsdata Ltd (trading as Opta), a European provider of sports data and analysis to media companies. The investment will be used to help grow sales in the existing business in the UK and the rest of Europe....