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RBVC leads €5m funding round for Intrinsic-ID
Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC) has joined Prime Ventures in supporting Dutch IT security company Intrinsic-ID with a €5m commitment.
LDC-backed MB Aerospace buys Thomson Aero
LDC portfolio company MB Aerospace Holdings Limited has acquired the business and certain assets of Thomson Aero Limited from administrators KPMG using capital from its balance sheet.
Sunstone joins Index et al to fund Amen Internet
Sunstone Capital A/S and Slow Ventures have joined a $2.9m round in Amen Internet led by Index Venture Management in co-operation with private investors, including a number of celebrities.
Maven backs MBO of Cat Tech
Maven Capital Partners has injected £3m to support the MBO of Lincolnshire-based industrial services provider Cat Tech International from US environmental services firm Clean Harbors Inc.
T-Venture invests €2m in Accel Partners' flaregames
T-Ventures has committed €2m to German mobile gaming company flaregames, a portfolio company of Accel Partners.
HTGF invests in water supply system
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested €500,000 in water supply measuring system ZIM Plant Technology GmbH.
Novo and Almi in SEK 25.5m round for Denator
Novo Seeds and Almi Invest have participated in a SEK 25.5m financing round for Swedish biotech company Denator.
August Equity's Active Assistance Group buys Communicare
August Equity's portfolio company Active Assistance has acquired British care service provider Communicare.
Target Partners et al invest in free games
German venture capital firms Target Partners, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Estag Capital AG have invested between €1-10m in a series-A round for GameGenetics.
Mercapital exits Bodegas Lan
Spanish private equity house Mercapital has sold Spanish wine producer Bodegas Lan to Portuguese wine group Sogrape.
CVC exits StarBev in €2.65bn trade sale
CVC Capital Partners has sold CEE-focused brewer StarBev to NYSE-listed Molson Coors Brewing Company for €2.65bn.
NVM backs MBO of Volumatic
NVM Private Equity has injected £6m to back the MBO of Coventry-based cash handling firm Volumatic Limited from hazard detection company Halma plc.
Bowmark Capital sells Data Explorers to Markit
Bowmark Capital has sold securities data provider Data Explorers to financial information provider Markit.
Business Growth Fund backs Mexican street food
The Business Growth Fund has invested £3.25m in Manchester-based Mexican street food chain Barburrito.
RIT sells Agora Oil and Gas for $450m to Cairn Energy
RIT Capital Partners have exited Norwegian oil and gas company Agora for a total of $450m, with £73m in total profits.
EQT invests in German online retailer
EQT Expansion Capital II has bought a minority stake in German online retailer Internetstores for €30m.
State-funded FSN PME invests €1m in TalentSoft
FSN PME, the French State's €400m venture fund, has made its second investment by providing €1m to HR solutions software developer TalentSoft.
OpCapita acquires GAME for £1
OpCapita has acquired GAME Group’s UK business for a nominal £1. The turnaround investor has acquired the firm’s 333 remaining stores, and paid a reported £50m for the company's £85m debt, but has not bought any of GAME’s overseas assets.
Grahame Cook is new chairman of Epi-V
Specialist oil and gas investment fund Epi-V has appointed Grahame Cook as its new chairman.
EQT buys Anticimex from Ratos
EQT has acquired 100% of the Anticimex Group from Ratos in a tertiary buyout.
Idinvest and Entrepreneur Ventures invest in animation house
Idinvest Partners and Entrepreneur Ventures have invested $5m in French animation house Cyber Group Studios.
Accel Partners backs Hailo
Accel Partners has led a $17m series-A funding round for London-based mobile taxi app Hailo.
Orlando buys Paper Systems
Orlando Management AG and Kieran Investment GmbH & Co have acquired the Paper Systems division of Hamburg-based business Körber.
Celtic Therapeutics sets up $50m antibody drug company
Celtic Therapeutics has launched an Antibody-Drug-Conjugate (ADC) business, Switzerland-based ADC Therapeutics, with $50m of capital.