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Olympia Furniture enters administration
SKG Capital-owned furniture manufacturer Olympia Furniture, based in the Greater Manchester area, has failed to find a buyer and has therefore been placed into administration.
Ace and IRDI inject €4.5m into ARM
Ace Management and investment company IRDI have provided French spare parts manufacturer Groupe ARM with €4.5m of growth capital funding.
Albion backs healthcare software firm MyMeds&Me
Albion Ventures has invested £2m in British healthcare software-as-a-service (SaaS) business MyMeds&Me.
Union Square leads $30.6m round for Hailo
UK-based taxi network service Hailo has raised $30.6m from existing and new investors.
Finance Wales continues support of KWR
Regional investor Finance Wales has injected £250,000 into software firm KWR Technologies Ltd (KWR).
Apax and LBO France to sell Maisons du Monde
Apax France- and LBO France-owned furniture stores chain Maisons du Monde is up for sale in a process run by investment banks Lazard and Messier Maris, according to reports.
Warburg Pincus's Premier Foods loses 2nd top exec in a row
Premier Foods COO Geoff Eaton is due to step down just a week after the appointment of a new CEO for the business.
PE backers to reduce NXP Semiconductors stakes
AlpInvest Partners, Apax Partners, Bain Capital Partners, KKR and Silver Lake Technology Management are due to sell 30 million shares in listed Dutch semiconductor developer NXP Semiconductors.
123Venture injects $3.3m into Logix Aero
123Venture has provided Logix Aero, a French provider of spare parts management solutions to the aerospace industry, with $3.3m of growth capital.
HTGF and VersoVentures back Cumulocity
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and VersoVentures have backed Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) spin-off Cumulocity, a German software developer.
Electra Partners to buy UBM data division for £160m
Electra Partners is set to acquire information services provider UBM Data Services in a £160m spin-off from parent company UBM.
Cofides supports Agrovin with €3m
Cofides has injected €3m into Agrovin, a Spanish manufacturer and distributor of wine products.
Verdane acquires Nordic Venture Partners I portfolio
Verdane Capital has wholly acquired the LP interests of Nordic Venture Partners I through its Verdane Capital VII fund.
KKR and Permira looking to exit ProSiebenSat.1
KKR and Permira are looking to sell their stakes in German private broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 to a trade buyer, according to reports.
BGF backs Bullitt with £3.5m
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has injected £3.5m into Bullitt Group, a UK-based service provider to the telecommunications industry.
Mid Europa-backed Bitė refinances debt
Mid Europa's Lithuanian telecoms company Bitė has refinanced its existing debt with €200m of senior secured floating rate notes at a 7.5% margin.
HTGF et al. back Sopat
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Steelhouse Ventures Ltd have invested in a first round of funding for Berlin-based Sopat, a digital image analysis business.
Palatine invests in Chase Templeton
Palatine Private Equity has invested in British private medical insurance broker Chase Templeton.
Project A Ventures backs Glow
Project A Ventures and Avonmore Developments have backed Glow Digital Media, a London-based provider of Facebook ad technology solutions, with $1.3m of funding.
Via Venture Partners acquires UVdata
Via Venture Partners has, together with several key employees, acquired a majority stake in Danish IT company UVdata AS.
N+1 buys Probos from Explorer
N+1 Private Equity has acquired Portuguese plastic band manufacturer Probos in a €75m SBO from Explorer.
Primary nets 5x on sale of Napier to Wabtec
Primary Capital has sold British turbochargers manufacturer Napier Turbochargers to US trade player Wabtec Corporation.
The North West Fund backs Loksys
The North West Fund, managed by Enterprise Ventures, has invested £500,000 in Manchester-based freight containers company Loksys Solutions Ltd.
Abry backs Thomsons Online Benefits
Abry Partners has invested in UK-based employee benefits specialist Thomsons Online Benefits, in a deal that values the firm at £100m.