Technology
DN hits seventh exit in two years with Apsmart sale
DN Capital has exited UK mobile innovation company Apsmart in a trade sale to Thomson Reuters.
Foresight completes Aquasium partial exit
Foresight-backed technology company Aquasium has sold its electron beam subsidiary EBTEC to EDAC Technologies Corporation for approximately $11m.
Omnes et al. inject $4m into ividence
Omnes Capital and existing investor A Plus Finance have provided French email ad platform ividence with a $4m series-B round of funding.
Samsung Electronics acquires VC-backed Nanoradio
A consortium of investors including Viking Venture, Creandum, Industrifonden, Nordic Venture Partners, Ferd Venture, Innovacom, Anchor Capital and Teknoinvest have exited Swedish technology business Nanoradio to Korean electronics company Samsung.
Dunedin sells Capula to Dutch trade buyer Imtech
Dunedin has sold Capula, a provider of IT systems solutions to energy operators, to Dutch Engineering company Imtech.
Fondo Strategico backs Metroweb
Italian state-backed investor Fondo Strategico Italiano has made its maiden investment, injecting €200m into Milan-based fibre optics company Metroweb in exchange for a 46.2% stake.
Target Partners invests in adeven
Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners has invested between €1-10m in a series-A funding round for mobile advertising analyst adeven.
Seventure injects €2m into Netino
Seventure Partners has invested €2m in French online content moderation platform Netino.
Finance Wales backs QPC with £2.3m
Finance Wales has invested ТЃ2.3m in Welsh information technology company QPC.
Terra Firma denies plans to float Infinis (update)
Terra Firma has met banks to discuss a potential ТЃ1bn IPO for its energy portfolio company Infinis.
Viking Venture exits myVR
Viking Venture has exited Norwegian software company myVR to Swedish trade player Hexagon.
LDC-backed Avelo acquires TrigoldCrystal
LDC portfolio company Avelo has completed the strategic acquisition of London-based mortgage solutions provider TrigoldCrystal.
Nauta subscribes to €4.5m Yuilop round
Nauta Capital has participated in a €4.5m series-A funding round for portfolio company Yuilop, a Spanish smartphone software developer.
Montagu's Host Europe buys Mesh Digital
Montagu-owned Host Europe Group (HEG), a London-based web hosting business, has acquired domain registration services provider Mesh Digital.
Invest AG set to buy Philips' Speech Processing unit
Invest AG, the private equity arm of Raiffeisen Banking Group Upper Austria, has agreed to buy Philips' Speech Processing unit.
Oxford Capital leads £2m round for BagThat
Oxford Capital Partners has led a ТЃ2m financing round for UK-based online shopping firm BagThat Trading.
Finnish Industry Investment commits €7.5m to Creandum III
Finnish Industry Investment has made a тЌ7.5m commitment to Creandumтs latest venture capital fund.
Fouriertransform invests in ArcCore
Sweden-based venture capital firm Fouriertransform has invested SEK 10m in Swedish software developer ArcCore.
Octopus-backed Zoopla aquires UpMyStreet
Octopus Venture Partnersт portfolio company Zoopla.co.uk has bought property information website UpMyStreet.com.
DFJ Esprit leads $7m series-B for Moviepilot
DFJ Esprit has led a $7m series-B financing round for movie recommendation and discovery platform Moviepilot.
Emertec and CDC Climat in €3m round for HPC-SA
Emertec and CDC Climat have invested €3m in French energy measurement software developer HPC-SA.
Telefónica launches VC arm in Spain
Telecommunications group Telefónica has launched a venture capital subsidiary, Telefónica Digital Venture Capital.
Finance Wales backs Creo Medical
Finance Wales has made a ТЃ1.36m equity injection into Chepstow-based medical devices company Creo Medical as part of a ТЃ3m funding round.
HTGF et al. invest in fos4X
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Bayern Kapital and UnternehmerTUM's venture capital arm have invested in fibre-optic measurement business fos4X.