Technology
Investor and Accel provide €10m for Telepo
Investor Growth Capital and Accel Partners have invested тЌ10m in Stockholm-based software provider Telepo.
KTH Chalmers and ALMI inject SEK 9m into Apica
KTH Chalmers Capital and ALMI Invest have provided SEK 9m for Swedish IT company Apica.
bmp et al. sell nugg.ad to Deutsche Post
bmp AG and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft have sold Berlin-based nugg.ad to Deutsche Post for an undisclosed amount.
Inventure invests in IPTune
Inventure Oy and two business angels have injected тЌ1.3m into Finnish software solutions provider IPTune.
Summit backs avast! with $100m
Summit Partners has invested $100m growth capital for a minority stake in Czech software vendor avast!
Consortium exit TPACK in trade sale
VУІkstfonden, Slottsbacken Venture Capital and Novi A/S have sold their stakes in Danish telecommunication equipment provider TPACK for $32m to AppliedMicro.
Siemens Venture Capital invests in RTT
Siemens Venture Capital has backed the capital increase of publicly-listed 3D visualisation solutions provider Realtime Technology AG (RTT).
Finnish Industry Investment makes two investments
Finnish Industry Investment has recently provided venture capital funding for two deals; тЌ2.7m in silver mining company Sotkamo Silver, and тЌ3m in the passenger information and safety system developer Mitron Group Oy.
T-Venture and IBB invest in daparto
T-Venture and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft have invested in online auto parts portal daparto.
Sentica Partners merges AtBusiness and Trainers' House IT unit
Sentica Partners has merged portfolio company AtBusiness Oy with the IT project unit of Trainers' House.
High-Tech Gründerfonds et al. invest $2m in C2Call
High-Tech GrУМnderfonds, Draper Investment Company and a private investor have backed German voice-over-IP specialist C2Call with a $2m series-A round of funding.
HTGF and Bayern Kapital back TM3 Software
High-Tech GrУМnderfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital have invested more than тЌ500,000 in TM3 Software GmbH.
Francisco takes Emailvision private
Francisco Partners has taken French email service provider Emailvision private, in a deal that values the company at тЌ83m.
HgCapital acquires TeamSystem for €565m
HgCapital has bought Italian software company TeamSystem from Bain Capital, at an enterprise value of тЌ565m.
Nokia Siemens looking for private equity support
Nokia Siemens is looking for a potential $1bn capital injection in exchange for a minority stake in the company, according to reports.
Enterprise Investors provide €7m for Webmedia Group
Enterprise Investors has provided тЌ7m for the Estonian software development company Webmedia Group.
Internet investments: Venture banking on social networks
Social networking has enjoyed a meteoric rise in recent years and the sectorтs biggest player, Facebook, is this week set to announce it has 500 million users. However, there remain doubts over whether social networking can be profitable, but this has...
Balderton and Nauta Capital fund series B round for Scytl
Scytl, the Barcelona-based world leader in internet voting technology, has received a $9.2m investment in a deal led by Balderton Capital.
BNP Paribas Private Equity injects €2.2m in Resavacs
BNP Paribas PE has invested тЌ2.2m in rental website editor Resavacs.
Herkules agrees to acquire Intelecom
Herkules has reached an agreement to acquire the Norwegian enterprise communication provider, Intelecom.
Turenne Capital and Promelys back WebMediaGroup with €2m
Turenne Capital and Promelys Participations have invested тЌ2m in WebMediaGroup.
HitecVision acquires Tampnet
HitecVision has signed an agreement to acquire Tampnet AS, a subsidiary of Statoil.
Augmentum Capital announces formal launch
Augmentum Capital has formally launched its fund today, looking to invest £50m in private equity investments over the next three years.
Former SAP CEO to launch tech fund
Former SAP CEO Leo Apotheker is planning to launch a new private equity fund focusing on investments in European software, telecommunications and IT companies.