Sector

Heart Metabolics launches with $20m investment

Seroba Kernel Life Sciences and US firm venBio lead round

Early-stage
22 April 2014

KCP invests £3.3m in Hallam Medical

Increased NHS staff shortages set to drive growth in sector

UK / Ireland
22 April 2014

Kernel et al. invest €900,000 in AltraTech

Kernel Capital, Enterprise Ireland and the company's founders have collectively invested тЌ900,000 in AltraTech, the Irish developer of a diagnostics kit for food traceability.

Early-stage
17 April 2014

VR Equitypartner takes majority stake in Piller Entgrattechnik

DZ Bank and WGZ Bank subsidiary VR Equitypartner has taken a majority stake in Piller Entgrattechnik alongside investment company Süd Beteiligungen.

DACH
17 April 2014

United Ventures backs AppsBuilder

Italian venture investor United Ventures has committed $1.5m to Milan-based app development platform AppsBuilder.

Southern Europe
17 April 2014

Waterland's Didix bolts on two dining clubs

Didix, a Dutch provider of gift cards backed by Waterland Private Equity, has acquired dining clubs The Gourmet Society and The Restaurant Choice.

UK / Ireland
17 April 2014

Eurazeo's Vignal bolts on 21 Partners' ABL Lights

Eurazeo provides additional €15m to finance the deal

Exits
17 April 2014

BaltCap commits €1.5m to Lithuanian wind farm

Deal marks the firm's first renewable energy investment

CEE
17 April 2014

Caixa in €2m round for Scutum

Sixth deal for the Caixa Innvierte Industria fund

Southern Europe
17 April 2014

Kurma et al. invest €7.5m in Oxthera

Deal marks first investment from Kurma Biofund II

Nordics
17 April 2014

Deal in Focus: Ardian sells Diana to Symrise for €1.3bn

Deal values the business at mouth-watering 14x EBITDA

Exits
17 April 2014

Newion exits Resato

Newion Investments has sold its shareholding in Resato, a Dutch developer and manufacturer of high-pressure components, to local trade player Verder Group.