Sector
Isis makes 15x money on Wiggle sale to Bridgepoint
Bridgepoint has backed the £180m SBO of UK-based online retailer Wiggle in a deal which saw the vendor achieve a 69% IRR.
Two add-ons for Gresham-owned James Grant
Gresham's portfolio company James Grant Group (JGG) has acquired accountancy practice S Crowther & Co and PR firm Franklin Rae Communications.
Earlybird's smava.de teams up with bank
Earlybird portfolio company smava.de has entered a strategic partnership with Fidor Bank AG.
Ventizz-backed Exceet acquires Inplastor
Ventizz portfolio company Exceet Group has acquired Austrian loyalty card and ID security company Inplastor
EMBL II holds first close on €40m
EMBL Ventures has held a first close of its second fund, EMBL Technology Fund II (ETF II), on €40m.
Intesa San Paolo injects €2m into Samares
Intesa San Paolo has invested €2m into Samares, which provides software and hardware solutions for the renewable energy market.
Intesa San Paolo backs mobile marketing company
Intesa San Paolo has invested €600,000 in mobile marketing company Pantea, alongside a €150,000 co-investment from Italian mobile media and commerce company Neomobile.
Intesa San Paolo backs augmented reality start-up
Intesa San Paolo has agreed to invest €2m in augmented reality specialist SpinVector.
3i-backed Element Materials buys DTL
3i portfolio company Element Materials Technology (formerly Stork Materials Technology) has acquired Detroit Testing Laboratory (DTL).
Imperial and SV Life Sciences inject £8m into TopiVert
Imperial Innovations Group plc and SV Life Sciences have invested £8m in startup company TopiVert.
Latour Capital buys four Veolia subsidiaries
Latour Capital has wholly acquired Proxiserve, along with Prochalor, Semcra and Thop, four business units of French utilities group Veolia Environnement.
AXA PE exits KTP in management buy-back
AXA Private Equity has sold its majority stake in German transport packaging business KTP Kunststoff Palettentechnik to the company's management.
First Reserve injects $150m into renewable energy firm
First Reserve has invested $150m in a joint windfarm venture with Spain’s Renovalia Energy.
CAPE invests €1.5m in viavoo
Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) has invested €1.5m in French CRM software developer viavoo.
YFM Equity Partners invests in PowerOasis
YFM Equity Partners has announced a £4.5m injection of growth funding for energy saving company PowerOasis.
Vaaka Partners' EMC Talotekniikka buys Arealtec
Vaaka Partners' portfolio company EMC Talotekniikka has acquired Finnish building automation company Arealtec.
Parcom backs MBO of STAR Group
Parcom Capital has acquired Dutch oil, gas and power service provider STAR with the company's management.
Afinum acquires Schlotterer rollcom
Afinum Management GmbH has acquired Schlotterer rollcom from its founders for an undisclosed amount.
Credit Agricole Private Equity raises cleantech fund
Credit Agricole Private Equity has raised €120m for its Capenergie II Renewable Energy Fund.
FSN Capital exits Norlandia Care to founders
FSN Capital has sold portfolio company Norlandia Care back to its founders, The Adolfsen Group.
Alven's JolieBox gets first UK bolt-on
French online cosmetics retailer JolieBox, backed by Alven Capital, has acquired UK-based competitor Boudoir Privé.
Avenir Entreprises injects €1.5m in M Energies
Avenir Entreprises has invested €1.5m in French heater servicing company M Energies.
3TS Capital Partners backs eCift.com
CEE growth capital investor 3TS Capital Partners and fund-of-funds The Istanbul Venture Capital Initiative (iVCi) have invested €3m in Turkish dating website eCift.com.
BayBG et al. invest €3.1m in CargoGuard
BayBG, LBBW Venture, FBcon as well as M-Investar have joined the existing investors in a further financing round for CargoGuard.