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UK - Beringea leads £2.2m funding for Harmony Media Group
Beringea has lead a ТЃ2.2m investment round in Harmony Media Group. Harmony Media Group is the newly formed parent company of Filmnight Digital and Saffron Digital. Beringea provided the funding through its ProVen VCTs.
SWEDEN - Attendo acquires MedOne
Industri Kapital backed healthcare company Attendo has acquired MedOne, a Finnish provider of outsourced healthcare and social services. Attendo now has operations in every Nordic country. MedOne is projected to generate revenues of EUR 110m in 2007....
NORWAY - Norlandia Omsorg acquires healthcare staffing agency Achima
Norlandia Omsorg, the care home company owned by FSN Capital, has acquired healthcare staffing agency Achima. Achima is a leading provider of temporary staff to the public and private healthcare industries in Norway and Sweden.
UK - Inflexion kits itself out in Jack Willis
Inflexion Private Equity has acquired a minority stake in Jack Wills, the British preppy premium clothing retailer.
UK - Imperial and The Capital Fund back NanoBioDesign
Imperial Innovations and The Capital Fund have together invested ТЃ500,000 in NanoBioDesign Limited (NBD), a company developing a range of toxicity screening systems to speed up the drug discovery process. The company will use the funds to secure contracts...
UK - IQ Capital leads £650,000 investment in Spikes Cavell
IQ Capital has made its second investment since its launch in 2006 leading a ТЃ650,000 funding round in Spikes Cavell & Co. IQC have completed a ТЃ400,000 investment in the business alongside funding provided by an angel investor.
UK - Apax-backed Incisive acquires ALM for £315m
Apax Partners-owned Incisive Media has acquired ALM, a publisher of 33 national and regional magazines and newspapers focused on the legal and real estate communities, for ТЃ315m from US Equity Partners. US-based ALM's titles include The American Lawyer,...
FRANCE - Ipnotic Telecom raises EUR 4m second round
Telecom operator Ipnotic Telecom has raised EUR 4m from its existing shareholders Turenne Capital, CM-CIC Capital Privé, CDC Innovation and A Plus Finance.
CEE - MCI Management invests in Geewa
MCI Management, a Polish-listed venture capital company has invested EUR 1.5m in Czech online games software developer Geewa.
ITALY - Pirelli and GCC create renewable energy joint venture
Pirelli Ambiente, the renewable energy arm of the Pirelli Group, and private equity firm Global Cleantech Capital (GCC) have set up Solar Utility SpA, a joint venture to invest EUR 24m in photovoltaic energy projects.
FRANCE - XAnge invests EUR 3m in digital printing business
Via its FCPI funds, XAnge has injected EUR 3m in the second round of funding for Impika, a designer and manufacturer of industrial digital printing systems.
UK - Duke Street ups bid for listed dental care business
Duke Street Capital has raised its offer for AIM-listed dental services provider Oasis Healthcare Plc. The fresh bid of 94p per share values the company at ТЃ88.2m topping Duke Street's previous offer of ТЃ76.9m. Duke Street hopes that this latest offer...
FRANCE - Activa makes over 4x from Delpharm exit
It is reported that Activa Capital has made over 4x its money from the sale of pharmaceutical subcontractor Delpharm to its management.
CEE – Mid Europa buys Lux-Med from Cornerstone-led consortium
Dedicated Central European investor Mid Europa Partners has wholly acquired Polish healthcare provider Lux-Med from its incumbent backers, Cornerstone Partners, Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH and Accession Mezzanine Capital. The...
GERMANY - Venture capitalists back cellity AG
Neuhaus Partners, Mangrove Capital Partners and BrainsToVentures have invested in Hamburg-based developer of mobile internet applications cellity. The invested amount has not been disclosed. The fresh capital will accelerate the company’s growth and its...
UK - New Look sale off
It is reported that a consortium comprising Warburg Pincus, TPG and BC Partners have pulled out of a sale process to buy fashion retailer New Look. A ТЃ2bn price-tag was too much for the Warburg Pincus-led team who are understood to have offered ТЃ1.7bn,...
UK - MSIF invests £300,000 in software company J2 Aircraft Dynamics
Merseyside Special Investment Fund's Seed Fund has provided software company J2 Aircraft Dynamics with ТЃ300,000 of funding. The investment follows an earlier round of ТЃ100,000. The software has the potential to transform the aircraft manufacturing industry....
FINLAND - The Carlyle Group makes first real estate investment in Finland
The Carlyle Group has made its first investment in Finland by acquiring four buildings in Helsinki from the pension fund of Finnish Broadcasting company, YLE. Carlyle Europe Real Estate Partners has acquired a portfolio of three properties located north...
NORWAY - True North Private Equity and Ernströmgruppen acquire Flisekompaniet
True North Private Equity and Ernströmgruppen, through its subsidiary Ernström Handel & Industri AB, have signed an agreement with Liano AS and FK Invest AS to acquire the shares in Flisekompaniet, a Norwegian tile retailer.
PORTUGAL - Inter Risco establishes outsourcing business
Alongside a group of investors, private equity firm Inter-Risco purchased a stake in Accountec, a newly-established company which will operate in the business process outsorcing sector. The total transaction value is EUR 4.5m and the backers will leverage...
ITALY - Cape Live Investment fund to float on 19 July
Cape Listed Investment Vehicle in Equity (Cape Live) is to list up to 40 million shares as part of a capital increase on the Milan Stock Exchange. Trading is expected to start on 19 July, at an issue price of EUR 1.05 per share. From 2 July to 13 July...
UK - Esprit Capital Partners appoints Cédric Latessa
Esprit Capital Partners has appointed CУЉdric Latessa as investment manager. Latessa was previously an associate at BIP Investment Partners in Luxembourg. At BIP, he was responsible for identifying, evaluating and appraising potential investments in TMT...
GERMANY - Takko changes hands for EUR 770m
Advent International has acquired a majority stake in German fashion discount chain Takko from Permira for a total consideration of EUR 770m. Takko’s management team, which also invested, will hold a minority stake. In 2000, Permira, then Schroder Ventures,...
GLOBAL - $48.5bn deal for BCE the largest ever
The investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Teachers Private Capital, has joined forces with Providence Equity Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners to acquire BCE, Canada's largest telecom group. The $48.5bn price-tag will make it the...