Sector
DENMARK - Erhvervsinvest buys Aalborg Træindustri
Danish buyout firm Erhvervsinvest has acquired an 83% stake in table tops provider Aalborg Træindustri.
GERMANY - Triangle invests in iPharro
Triangle has invested EUR 4m in iPharro Media GmbH, a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics located in Darmstadt. The funding will enable the company, which has developed software to identify videos much faster than in real time,...
AUSTRIA - Pontis invests EUR 2.5m in Lixto Software
Pontis Venture Partners has invested in Vienna-based software company Lixto Software GmbH. Following its EUR 2.5m investment, the venture capitalist will hold a minority stake in the company.
FRANCE - Innoven injects EUR 3m in NavX
Innoven Partenaires has invested EUR 3m in NavX, a website offering services to satellite navigation device users.
GERMANY - Baird Capital sells Hahl
Baird Capital Partners Europe has announced the sale of Munderkingen-based Hal to Lenzing Plastics GmbH for an undisclosed amount. The financial investor had acquired Hahl in a management buyout in April 2003 from its US-based parent company.
FRANCE - Iwedia raises additional EUR 4m
Software developer Iwedia has raised an additional EUR 4m in its fourth round of funding from its historical investors. CDC Entrprises Innovation, the company’s largest shareholder, was accompanied by I-Source Gestion, iXCore and Thales Corporate Venture....
FINLAND - Industri Kapital buys Moventas from CapMan
Industri Kapital has agreed to buy a majority stake in manufacturer of industrial and wind turbine gears Moventas from CapMan for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Barclays Private Equity sells Phase Eight to Kaupthing consortium
Phase Eight, the women’s wear retailer, has been sold by Barclays Private Equity, in a deal that values the company at £51.5m. Phase Eight has been acquired by an investor consortium comprising management, Kaupthing Principal Investments, the Tchenguiz...
UK - Synergis invests £1.6m in cell encryption technology
Synergis Technologies has committed £1.6m in Cellcrypt, a company focused on secure voice encryption software for mobile phones and other mobile devices. Established in 2005, Cellcrypt is based in London with offices in California.
UK - NewMedia SPARK backs MarketClusters with $3m funding round
NewMedia SPARK has led a $3m series-A funding round for MarketClusters Ltd, developer of the 'StrategyWire' intelligence platform which enables corporates to accurately filter expert opinions created in blogs and news feeds.
US - 3i growth capital business enters US
3i has recruited nine private equity professionals to form its new US growth capital team and has opened an office in New York to spearhead its growth activities in the US. An additional five investors will join over the course of 2007. The founding partners...
UK - Founder of Ingenious Media joins NESTA board
Patrick McKenna, founder and chairman of Ingenious Media and a leading figure in the creative industries, will join the 11-strong NESTA board of trustees. The board, led by chairman Chris Powell, exists to help NESTA shape and develop its strategy and...
FRANCE - AXA Private Equity backs European expansion of rich contents producer
AXA Private Equity has announced it has invested in Brainsonic, a Paris-based rich media contents producer.
FRANCE - XAnge and Aurinvest pair up to back business search engine developer
XAnge and Aurinvest have injected EUR 4m in software developer Sinequa. XAnge invested three quarters of this series-A funding through XAnge and Capital and two of its FCPI funds.
UK - Ingenious VCTs back Peter Gabriel
Ingenious Media's two music VCTs have made a further joint investment, totalling £2m, to support the North American release of the next solo album of international artist, Peter Gabriel. The investment will be made through the formation of a joint venture...
EUROPE - European Buyout Review shows 2006 record year for private equity
2006 was a record year for European buyouts with the total value of deals topping over EUR 160bn for the first time ever, according to the latest European Buyout Review due to be published in March 2007 by Incisive Media in association with Bridgepoint....
NL - Apax to sell stake in PCM
Apax Partners has reportedly sold its 47.5% stake in Dutch publishing firm PCM Uitgevers to Stichting Democratie en Media (SDM), currently owner of 41.9% of the shares.
UK - Braveheart invests £1m in NiTech Solutions
Braveheart Investment Group has invested approximately £1m in NiTech Solutions Ltd, a spinout company from Heriot Watt University, which has developed a patented mixing technology for process industries. The investment includes monies from the Scottish...
GERMANY - AFINUM exits portfolio to AVIDA
Deutsche unquote" can exclusively report that AFINUM Management has sold a portfolio of four mid-cap companies to AVIDA Group, Düsseldorf, for an undisclosed amount. The sale means a full exit of AFINUM’s portfolio companies Holmer Maschinenbau GmbH,...
SPAIN - Clave Mayor buys IT support business
Private equity firm Clave Mayor has announced its investment in IT company Angelpc Global Support SA. The company provides 24-hour IT support via a network of professionals connected via a software link. .
FRANCE - Platina LP takes two thirds of industrial engineer Cira Concept
In a EUR 13m deal, Platina Finance has acquired two thirds of Cira Concept via its fund Platina LP. The transaction was leveraged with a EUR 7m debt underwritten by Société Générale.
ITALY - All eyes on Alitalia
Italian turnaround funds, industrial players and US private equity houses are said to be among the interested parties in troubled airline Alitalia. It is understood that the deadline for the submission of offers is next Monday.
UK - Green Biologics awarded £560,000 to boost ‘Green’ Fuel Development
An Oxfordshire biotechnology company is set to develop a new low-cost ‘next generation’ biofuel, with £250,000 funding from the Department of Trade and Industry’s Technology Programme and £310,000 from shareholder investors and business angels....
SWEDEN - Litorina buys waste management company
Litorina Kapital has acquired Resta, a Stockholm-headquartered waste management company. Following the acquisition, Litorina will own approximately 75% of the company and the founders the remaining 25%.