Technology
GERMANY - Hasso Plattner Ventures and KfW invest in VIOSO
Hasso Plattner Ventures has, alongside KfW, invested in smart projecting company VIOSO.
FRANCE - Balderton leads $12m Talend funding
Balderton Capital has provided $9m as part of a $12m third round of financing for Talend, an open-source software developer, with returning investor AGF Private Equity supplying the balance.
FRANCE - Actem Partners exits Datavance
Actem Partners has sold its minority stake in Datavance, an IT services firm, to Adecco. Founders Stephane Lévy and Eric Rozanes retain a stake and remain with the company.
FRANCE - AXA PE purchases 16.7% stake in Lusis
AXA Private Equity has acquired parts of Fairchild's shareholding in software company Lusis. Following the transaction, AXA PE will hold a 16.7% stake in the company.
FRANCE - Tocqueville Finance strengthens fund team
Tocqueville Finance has hired Pascale Noguera as president to its investment committee. The appointment completes the investment team for the fund Tocqueville Investissement Privés (TIP) comprised of Benoit Panhard and Vincent Foucart.
GLOBAL - Advent International promotes 18
Advent International has promoted 18 members of its global investment team.
UK - Intel leads $ 11m Tribold funding
Intel Capital has led an $11m funding round for management software provider Tribold, alongside existing backers DFJ Esprit and Eden Ventures.
UK - Catapult backs £800,000 Comply-Serve funding
Catapult Venture Menagaers has invested an undisclosed sum into software company Comply-Serve Ltd as part of an ТЃ800,000 funding round.
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UK - Seraphim invests a further £1.5m into TestPlant
Seraphim Capital has made a follow-on investment of ТЃ1.5m into software company TestPlant.
CEE - EBRD considers EUR 40m commitment to 3TS CEE Fund III
The EBRD is studying the possibility of investing up to EUR 40m, but not exceeding 20% of total aggregate commitments, in 3TS CEE Fund III, a regional private equity fund with a target size of EUR 200m.
BELGIUM - Wellington et al. sell Q-Layer to Sun Microsystems
Wellington Partners, Partech and Big Bang Ventures-backed software developer Q-layer has been acquired by US IT firm Sun Microsystem.
FRANCE - CAPE strengthens venture team
Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) has hired Christian Claussen as senior partner to its venture capital team.
GERMANY - BayBG supports AUVICA
BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft has invested an undisclosed sum into internet software provider AUVICA GmbH, acquiring a a minority stake. In addition, BayBG provided a mezzanine package in the form of a silent partnership.
UK - Rho Ventures invests $30m into Patersons HR
US-based Rho Ventures has led a $30m series-A round of payroll software services provider Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions.
AUSTRIA - 3TS Capital Partners exits PXP Software AG
3TS Capital Partners has divested its majority stake in PXP Software AG to the company's management.
NORWAY - Norvestor acquires Intelecom for NOK 173m
Norvestor has obtained acceptance from shareholders representing 97.3% of the share capital of communications company Intelecom Group ASA for its NOK 6 a share takeover offer, which values the business at NOK 173m, and has initiated a compulsory squeeze-out....
UK/US - Accel raises more than $1bn
Global venture capital firm Accel Partners has closed two news funds, Accel London III and Accel Growth Fund, on $480m and $525m respectively.
UK - ATEP leads £2.6m Digital Healthcare funding
Alliance Trust Equity Partners, the private equity arm of investment trust Alliance Trust Plc, has led a ТЃ2.6m funding round for Digital Healthcare, a specialist provider of retinal screening software, alongside YFM Group, Noble Group and Paris-based...
NORWAY - Borea increases stake in Software Innovation to 38%
Borea, through Borea Opportunity IV AS, has increased its stake in software developer Software Innovation ASA (SOI) to 38.02 % in a deal worth around NOK 46m.
UK - YFM invests more than £200,000 into Break30
The Yorkshire & Humber Equity Fund, a regional venture capital fund managed by YFM Group, has made an investment of ТЃ202,500 into Break30, a developer of technology designed to improved golf putting skills.