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BULGARIA - Mezzanine Management backs bottled water firm

Mezzanine Management, the independent mezzanine and private equity provider, has announced that its Central European fund, Accession Mezzanine Capital (AMC), has backed the institutional buyout of the Devin Group, the largest bottled water company in...

FRANCE - Cavipar enters the French turnaround arena

After more than 12 years of experience in turnarounds, strategic repositionings and growth situations, as investment banker, investor, as well as CEO, Charles H Rossignol and US based private equity fund Dimeling, Schreiber and Park are teaming up to...

UK - Edinburgh Robotics wins new funding

Edinburgh Robotics Ltd has secured an equity investment led by Braveheart Ventures Ltd. The investment was completed via the SMART Equity Scheme which is designed to help spin-out companies, by providing matched funding to recipients of the Scottish Executive’s...

FINLAND - CapMan exits from Mehiläinen

CapMan funds Finnventure V and Finnmezzanine III will sell their shares in Mehiläinen Oyj to H-Careholding AB, the owner of Carema. The consideration offered values the equity of Mehiläinen at EUR 152m and prior to the exit the funds have approximately...

UK - a2e and The Capital Fund back data management MBO

Quadrate, a leading data management software company and creator of innovative solutions that enable businesses to rapidly migrate data to and from SAP, facilitating efficient data management and reporting, has completed an MBO. Funding was raised from...

FRANCE - Amboise Investissement to float

Amboise Investissement has announced the filing, on 24 February 2006, of its reference prospectus with AMF, the French financial markets authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers).

FRANCE - Eyeka announces $5m Series-A round

Eyeka, a provider of mobile video and image service applications, announced today that it has completed a $5m Series-A round. Ventech Capital, based in Paris, invested $3.2m and DN Capital, based in London, provided $1.8m. This marks the second partnership...

UK - Hg to invest up to £20m in Wind Direct

Hg Capital has agreed to invest up to £20m in Wind Direct over the next three years. HgCapital is making an initial investment of £4.6m with an option to invest a further £15.4m over the next three years.

UK - Quadrate completes MBO

Quadrate, a data management software company and creator of innovative solutions that enable businesses to rapidly migrate data to and from SAP, facilitating efficient data management and reporting, has completed an MBO. Funding was raised from a2e Venture...

UK - KCL rebrands as August Capital

Kleinwort Capital Ltd announced today that it will change its name to August Equity, effective immediately. Accompanying the name change is the release of a new company logo, which will begin appearing on the website (www.augustequity.com) and all company...

GERMANY - BayTech leads EUR 3.8m funding of abaXX

BayTech Venture Capital, the German early-stage venture capital firm, has led a EUR 3.8m funding round in financial services firm abaXX, a Stuttgart-based provider of business process management software for financial institutions.

AUSTRIA - Carlyle to buy UC4 Software

According to press reports Carlyle Group has agreed to buy a majority stake in UC4 Software from Capexit and and PONTIS Venture, which acquired an interest in the firm in 2004.

POLAND - Mid Europa completes Aster buyout

Mid Europa Partners, through its Emerging Europe Convergence Fund II, L.P., has completed the acquisition of Aster, a leading provider of media and communication services in Poland. The agreement to acquire Aster from Hicks Muse Tate & Furst was first...