Technology
CataCap acquires Lyngsoe Systems
CataCap has acquired a majority stake in Lyngsoe Systems, a Danish IT company.
Industrifonden et al. inject SEK 29.4m into Apica
Industrifonden, KTH Chalmers Capital and SEB Venture Capital have invested SEK 29.4m in Apica, a Swedish IT company.
Boost Communications raises further £1m
Existing backers Investinor and TeleVenture have contributed to a ТЃ1m funding round for Norwegian mobile advertising firm Boost Communications.
Dawn Capital leads $41m series-C for eCommera
Dawn Capital has led a $41m series-C funding round for eCommera, a provider of e-commerce services to the retail industry.
Banexi sells Tedemis to Criteo
Banexi Ventures Partners has sold French email marketing company Tedemis to Nasdaq-listed Criteo, a French advertisement targeting business backed by several venture firms.
Mobeus backs £14m Entanet MBO
Mobeus Equity Partners has invested ТЃ6m in the ТЃ14m management buyout of Entanet International.
Viveris and Rhône-Alpes launch R2V fund with €25m
Viveris Management and Rhône-Alpes Création have announced the launch and first close of their joint R2V fund with €25m of commitments already secured.
Ardian backs Micropross
Ardian has acquired a 49% stake in Micropross, a French supplier of products and testing solutions for the smartcard industry.
Rockaway, Spread invest $1m in Brand Embassy
New VC firms Rockaway Capital and Spread Capital have injected $1m into Brand Embassy, a Czech Republic-based provider of a social media service enquiry platform.
BPI France and Emertec invest €2.6m in Ijenko
BPI France and Emertec Gestion have injected €2.6m into Ijenko, a French provider of home energy management technology.
Demeter and Emertec back Qualisteo with €2m
Demeter Partners and Emertec have invested €2m in Qualisteo, a French smart-grid specialist.
Investing in technology: it's not a bubble, but…
Taylor Wessing's Ed Waldron and Jonny Bethell wonder whether the recent appetite for tech businesses is sustainable.
Index and Earlybird invest $26m in Socialbakers
Index Ventures has led a $26m series-C funding round for Socialbakers, a Czech Republic-based social analytics company, alongside existing backer Earlybird Venture Capital.
TicTail raises $8m series-A round
Swedish e-commerce platform TicTail has raised $8m in a series-A funding round led by Thrive Capital.
VC-backed King files for $500m IPO
King Digital Entertainment, the venture-backed UK games developer behind Candy Crush Saga, has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a $500m IPO on the NYSE.
Silverfleet invests in Phase One
Silverfleet Capital has acquired a majority stake in Phase One, a Danish company specialising in digital camera systems and image processing software.
Industrifonden injects SEK 5m into Pastry Sweden
Industrifonden has invested SEK 5m in MalmУЖ-based Pastry Sweden, an online cakes and pastries delivery service.
Accel-backed GetJar sold in trade sale
Accel Partners-backed GetJar, a Lithuanian app recommendation business, has been sold to Chinese mobile company Sungy Mobile for $5.3m in cash.
Sigma leads $2.6m round for Codeship
Sigma Prime Ventures has led a $2.6m funding round for Codeship, an Austrian provider of continuous integration and deployment as software-as-a-service (SaaS).
Ackra Invest acquires COS Systems
Ackra Invest has invested in COS Systems, an UmeУЅ-based information and communications technology company.
Hoxton and DFJ Esprit invest £3m in Campanja
Hoxton Ventures and DFJ Esprit have led a ТЃ3m series-A round for Campanja, a real-time search engine marketing platform.
Innovacom invests €1m in PredicSis
French firm Innovacom has injected €1m of early-stage funding into PredicSis, a Brittany-based big data predictive analysis start-up.
EDITD raises $4.4m from Index, Frog
London-based market data and analytics firm EDITD has raised $4.4m from Index Ventures and Frog Capital.
Intel invests $10m in Mango Telecom
Intel Capital has injected $10m into Mango Telecom, a Russian provider of a business communications software-as-a-service (SaaS).