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Seventure's Biophytis secures €2m B-round funding
Seventure Partners and CM-CIC Capital Privé have joined new investor Metabrain Research in a €2m series-B financing round for French pharmaceuticals company Biophytis.
ECI backs rhubarb MBO
ECI Partners has backed the MBO of luxury catering brand rhubarb, investing ТЃ12m in exchange for a minority stake.
Gresham PE acquires Investis
Gresham Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in digital corporate communications company Investis in a ТЃ25m MBO.
Spark backs Compliance Control with £110,000
Spark Impact has injected ТЃ110,000 into Compliance Control, a software company targeting the biomedical industry.
N+1 buys majority stake in Secuoya
Spanish GP N+1 has acquired a 55% stake in audio-visual services and television content provider Grupo Secuoya.
YFM in £3m round for ImmunoBiology
YFM Equity Partners has contributed ТЃ900,000 as part of a ТЃ3m funding round for Cambridge-based biotech firm ImmunoBiology.
JC Flowers injects £65m into mortgage business Castle Trust
US private equity investor JC Flowers has committed ТЃ65m in equity to the launch of Castle Trust, a provider of retail mortgages.
KKR leads buyout of Acteon from First Reserve
KKR and White Deer Energy have acquired a 52% stake in British oil and gas exploration services provider Acteon Group from First Reserve Corporation.
Quilvest-backed Tortilla secures £2.25m refinancing
Tortilla, the Mexican fast food group backed by Quilvest, has secured ТЃ2.25m in new bank financing from Santander Corporate Banking.
BPE exits TSK to trade buyer
BPE has sold German electrical components quality controller TSK Beteiligungs GmbH and its operating company TSK Pruefsysteme to Swiss trade buyer Komax.
BGF backs Broadbandchoices.co.uk with £10m
The Business Growth Fund has injected ТЃ10m into home communications price comparison site Broadbandchoices.co.uk.
GFH Capital acquires Leeds United
Dubai-based GFH Capital has acquired Leeds City Holdings, the parent company of Leeds United Football Club.
Apax's Mann leaves, replaced by healthcare co-head
Senior healthcare deal-maker Khawar Mann has left Apax Partners to join Russian clinics group Medsi.
AXA PE buys 70% stake in Bruni Glass
AXA Private Equity has acquired a 70% stake in Italian glass containers producer Bruni Glass.
SoftBank Capital leads €30m round for Criteo
SoftBank Capital has led a €30m series-D funding round for French display advertising firm Criteo.
Insight leads $62m round for Mimecast
Insight Venture Partners has led a $62m funding round for email services provider Mimecast.
Software top destination for investment in 2012
A string of major software & computer services buyout deals have made the sector Europe's most invested in since the beginning of 2012, according to unquoteт data.
Onex acquires KraussMaffei for €568m
Onex Partners has acquired German processing equipment manufacturer KraussMaffei for €568m.
Advent buys 55% stake in EKO Holding
Advent International has agreed to buy a 55% share in Polish supermarket chain EKO Holding from majority shareholders Krzysztof and Marzena Gradecki.
FSI Régions backs Axonal OBO
FSI Régions has taken a minority stake in the owner buyout of French clinical research business Axonal.
Asclepios backs Genmedica with €12m
Life sciences-focused VC Asclepios Bioresearch has invested €12m in Spanish biotech firm Genmedica Therapeutics.
IPO rumours for PE-backed OdigeO
AXA Private Equity and Permira are exploring options for online travel group OdigeO, including a potential flotation, according to reports.
August Equity appoints investment director
UK-based private equity house August Equity has hired Stuart Quin as an investment director to focus primarily on the healthcare sector.
AXA PE buys Limacorporate stake
AXA Private Equity and banking group Intesa Sanpaolo have acquired a 66% stake in orthopaedic devices producer Limacorporate.