Technology
Carlyle backs ITRS Group MBO
Carlyle has taken a majority stake in software company ITRS Group.
Sitra exits from Oy Scancool Ab
Sitra has sold its entire share in Oy Scancool Ab to Oilon International Oy, a family business in environmental and energy technology, based in Lahti, Finland.
Sitra invests in Savosolar
Sitra has invested in Finnish manufacturer of solar thermal solutions Savosolar Oy.
Ventizz acquires Thomas-Krenn and Xortex eBusiness
Ventizz Capital has acquired a majority stake in Thomas-Krenn, a European provider of server technology and hosting services.
SEB Venture-backed Viginta acquires Mikrovisatos TV
Viginta UAB, a company controlled by SEB Venture Capital and Advanced Broadband, has acquired a 100% shareholding in Lithuanian Mikrovisatos TV from the Kavaliauskas family.
Scottish Equity Partners announces fund launch
British growth equity and venture capital investor Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has launched new fund SEP IV, already raising ТЃ185m.
Neuhaus Partners et al. back apprupt
Neuhaus Partners, T-Venture and KfW have invested an undisclosed amount in a finance round for affiliate network apprupt.
DFJ Esprit et al. in €19.8m Qosmos round
DFJ Esprit, Fonds Stratégique d’Investissements (FSI) and Alven Capital have co-led a €19.8m funding round for French software developer Qosmos.
GCP invests in 42matters
Gamma Capital Partners has provided seed financing for mobile phone software developer 42matters.
Inveready subscribes to €1.5m Lucierna round
Inveready and Caixa Capital Risc have led a €1.5m funding round for a minority stake in Spanish technology firm Lucierna.
Bosch invests in IDENT
Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC) has backed IDENT Technology in a €7.1m round together with existing investors MIG Funds and Danube Equity.
HTGF backs MeinProspekt
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has, together with Mountain Super Angel and TheMediaLab, invested up to €10m in online marketing service MeinProspekt.
Invercaria boosts Gptech with €4m
Invercaria, the private equity arm of the Junta de Andalucía, has invested €4m in Spanish electronics firm Green Power Technologies (Gptech).
CEE buys Solarpark Richelbach Ost
Hamburger Beteiligungsgesellschaft CEE has acquired solarpark Richelbach Ost from ecolutions.
Darwin in £50m Attenda SBO
Darwin Private Equity has backed the ТЃ50m management buyout of UK-based hosting services business Attenda from M/C Partners.
Micro Focus drops sale talks
UK software firm Micro Focus has dropped sale talks due to difficult market conditions.
ECI buys Wireless Logic for £38m
UK mid-market investor ECI Partners has backed the management buyout of Wireless Logic from Dragonsт Den entrepreneur Peter Jones for ТЃ38m.
FII et al. invest €2m in Multitouch
Finnish Industry Investment (FII) and Veritas Pension Insurance have invested тЌ2m in Finnish interactive display developer Multitouch Ltd.
Intel Capital launches Ultrabook Fund
Intel Capital, the private equity arm of computing hardware provider Intel, has announced the launch of its Ultrabook Fund with a $300m target.
bmp leads finance round for iversity
bmp and Frühphasenfonds Brandenburg have completed a first round of funding for software company iversity, worth more than €1m.
Quadriga acquires Kinetics
Private equity house Quadriga Capital has acquired Kinetics Germany from US-based Kinetic Systems.
HTGF exits textunes
High-Tech Gründerfonds has sold its portfolio company textunes to book retailer Thalia for an undisclosed amount.
Bain seeking final bids for FCI
Bain Capital is today expecting final bids for portfolio company FCI, which could fetch up to $1bn.
Caixa Capital Risc invests in zero2infinity
Caixa Capital Risc, the venture capital division of Spain’s La Caixa savings bank, has invested in Barcelona-based aerospace company zero2infinity.