Technology
GERMANY/AUSTRIA – SocGen appoints new chief country officers
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking has appointed Francis Repka and Benoît Riehl as new chief country officers for Germany and Austria respectively.
EUROPE - smac partners closes new secondaries fund
Munich-based venture capital firm smac partners has closed its new secondaries vehicle, smac partners fund III, which will be advised by UK-based Headway Capital Partners.
FRANCE - Ventech et al invest EUR 8m into Augure
New investors Ventech and Serena Capital have joined returning backers Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM AI), OTC Asset Management and Ouest Ventures in an EUR 8m fourth funding round for software business Augure.
CEE - EQT opens new office in Warsaw
EQT Partners has expanded into Central and Eastern Europe with the opening of a new office in Warsaw, which will be headed up by Piotr Czapski.
UK - Braveheart appoints new CFO
Braveheart Investment Group Plc has appointed Colin Grant as chief financial officer.
UK - PwC hires two telecoms specialists
PricewaterhouseCoopers has hired Gary Taylor and Henrik Buss to its TMT practice.
SWEDEN - NVP invests SEK 23m into Jalbum
Existing investor Nordic Venture Partners (NVP) has invested SEK 23m into Jalbum, which operates an online community for personalised photo sharing, in a second round of funding.
GERMANY – HTGF and Bayernkapital sell Vanatec
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Bayernkapital and the founders have sold software company Vanatec GmbH to strategic investor Telerik AD, based in Bulgaria, for an undisclosed amount.
UK - Catalyst and RIT exit MessageLabs in USD 695m deal
Catalyst Investors and RIT Capital have wholly exited their investment in software company Message Labs Ltd in a trade sale to Amercian software business Symantec valued at USD 695m.
UK - Pentech backs USD 2m Metaforic funding
Pentech Ventures and the Scottish Co-Investment Fund have made an investment of USD 2m into Metaphoric Ltd, a provider of anti-tamper software solutions.
UK - FF&P invests in IKON
FF&P Private Equity, the private equity division of Fleming Family & Partners, has invested an undisclosed sum in IKO Science Ltd, a provider of software and quantitive interpretation services to the upstream oil and gas sector.
FRANCE - A Plus and SGAM AI invest EUR 4.4m into Intrasense
A Plus Finance and SGAM Alternative Investments (SGAM AI) have made an investment of EUR 4.4m into medical software business Intrasense.
GERMANY - NORD Holding backs MBO of IGEL
NORD Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH has taken a majority stake in thin clients company IGEL Technology GmbH as part of a management buyout from parent company the Melchers Group. Melchers Group and managing partner Heiko Gloge will together...
SWEDEN - STING invests in technology companies
STING Capital has invested a total of SEK 5m into three technology companies; Oculus AI, Predect and Zebor Technologies.
FRANCE - Cognetas appoints associate
Cognetas have recruited Antoine de Péguilhan as a new associate in its Paris office.
UK - Eden backs USD 12.5m VOSS financing
New investors Eden Ventures and Paris-based XAnge Private Equity have joined existing backer Pyrford Enterprises in a USD 12m series-B funding round for unified communications service delivery software provider VOSS.
FRANCE - I-Source exits NETIA
I-Source has sold its stake in software developer NETIA to GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom.
GERMANY – Munich Venture Partners leads Communology investment
Munich Venture Partners has led a second round of funding for software company Communology, alongside existing investors S-VC and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau and the company's founders.
SPAIN - Scope invests EUR 6.5m in Artificial Solutions
According to reports, Swedish fund Scope has invested EUR 6.5m in a series A financing round for software developer Artificial Solutions, taking a 24% stake in the business.
GERMANY - HgCapital generates 3.7x return from Addison sale
HgCapital has sold Addison Software, a provider of solutions to accountancy practices and SMEs, to international multimedia company Wolters Kluwer, reaping a 3.7x return on the capital invested and a 55% IRR.
UK - RJD-backed Comtec makes third acquisition
RJD Partners-backed Comtec Group Ltd has acquired Pro EQ Ltd, a developer of iSys CRM software.