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FTBPro raises $5.8m from VC duo
Battery Ventures and Gemini Israel Ventures have provided $5.8m to FTBPro, a fan-generated football content platform based in London.
Octopus leads £2m TrialReach round
Octopus Investments and Amadeus Capital Partners have provided UK-based clinical trials search business TrialReach with a £2m round of funding.
3i sells Civica to Omers Private Equity
3i has sold specialist IT systems and services firm Civica to Omers Private Equity for an enterprise value of £390m.
Nordic Capital and Cidron mull partial Cloetta exit
Nordic Capital and Cidron are considering selling part of their stake in Swedish confectionery company Cloetta, according to reports.
CCMP acquires Pure Gym
CCMP Capital Advisers has backed Pure Gym's management in a secondary buyout of the UK-based company, which previously received funding from Magenta Partners.
Vertis buys minority stake in Arav
Italian VC investor Vertis has agreed to commit €9m to Naples-based clothing producer Arav in exchange for a minority stake.
Foresight backs Procam MBO
Foresight Group has backed the MBO of Procam TV, a UK broadcast hire company.
ECM acquires MediFox Group
ECM Equity Capital Management has acquired MediFox Group, a German software provider for the care industry, alongside management as part of a succession solution.
Isis backs MBO of Red Box
Isis Equity Partners has invested £14m in digital recording specialist Red Box Recorders as part of a management buyout.
Kurma leads €17m series-B round for Stat Diagnostica
Kurma Life Sciences Partners has led a €17m series-B round for Spanish medical diagnostics company Stat Diagnostica.
Bridgepoint buys Flexitallic Group from Eurazeo
Bridgepoint has acquired Paris-based sealing solutions business The Flexitallic Group from Eurazeo PME for €450m.
Newion acquires stake in Reasult
Newion Investments has acquired a minority stake in real estate software provider Reasult via its third fund, Newion II.
PE-backed Kion Group to list
German forklift manufacturer Kion Group, backed by KKR and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, is considering an initial public offering, according to reports.
Sun Capital merges five portfolio companies
Sun Capital has announced plans to combine five of its US and European plastic packaging businesses to create Luxembourg-based Exopack Holdings Sarl, the sixth largest company of its kind worldwide.
Permira sells more Hugo Boss shares
Permira is to sell seven million shares, or a 10% stake, in German high-end fashion house Hugo Boss, according to reports.
Bancroft Private Equity sells €107m Starman to East Capital Explorer
Bancroft Private Equity has sold its majority stake in Estonian cable TV provider Starman to investment company East Capital Explorer.
Elysian Capital buys Axis Well Technology
Elysian Capital has backed the management buyout of Aberdeen-based oil and gas consultancy Axis Well Technology.
Electra to reap 15x on Allflex
BC Partners has made a binding offer of $1.3bn to Electra Partners for its French animal tags business Allflex, following an intense auction process that attracted bids from a dozen private equity firms.
Intel Capital leads €7m funding round for FeedHenry
Intel Capital has led a group of GPs and one trade player in a €7m funding round for cloud-based mobile applications platform provider FeedHenry.
Novo AS et al. round up €141m Symphogen financing
Novo AS, PKA and Danica Pension have provided Danish biopharmaceutical company Symphogen with a further €41m, rounding up a €141m funding round for the business.
Calculus Capital and SAEV invest in Antech
Calculus Capital and Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) have backed UK-based Antech, a developer of directional coiled tubing drilling products and services.
Swedish GPs cash in on pharmaceutical reform
Swedish healthcare bonanza
Argos seals Sage subsidiaries deal
Mid-cap GP Argos Soditic has completed the all-equity acquisition of four software-focused subsidiaries of Sage in France and Spain.
Invision buys Kraft & Bauer
Swiss firm Invision Private Equity has bought German fire protection business Kraft & Bauer Brandschutzsysteme (K&B) as part of a succession solution.