Technology
SWITZERLAND – Argos Soditic realizes 14x return from sale of Maillefer
Argos Soditic has sold its portfolio company Maillefer in a secondary buyout to Alpha Group, realising a 14x return on the exit. The company was acquired in 2001 in a management buyout and spun off from Nokia subsidiary Nextrom. Maillefer is a producer...
UK - KKR completes £593m take-private of Northgate
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has agreed to purchase listed IT solutions provider Northgate Information Solutions in a deal which values the company at approximately ТЃ593m.
SWITZERLAND - Invision Private Equity and Vinci Capital acquire RSD
Invision Private Equity AG and Vinci Capital SA have acquired software company RSD SA. Founder and CEO, Louis-Pierre Roger, has retained a stake.
FRANCE – SG Capital supports buyout of Questel
SG Capital Europe has led the management buyout of intellectual property advisory business Questal for an undisclosed sum. Questal's services cover patents, trademarks and industrial design, databases, search and monitoring services, workflow solutions...
DENMARK - Via Venture partners leads EUR 5m round for Zoomio
Via Venture Partners has led a EUR 5m funding round for Zoomio, a Danish multi-channel marketing software company. The financial injection will finance international expansion and strengthen the software development team.
FINLAND - Creandum joins existing investors in Aito Technologies
Creandum has participated in a series-A funding round for Aito Technologies, a Finnish software company. Creandum joins Conor Venture Partners to support the business’ market expansion.
FRANCE - Partech, Elaia and IRDI invest EUR 2.3m in GooJet
Partech International, Elaia Partners and IRDI have announced a EUR 2.3m investment in mobile software developer GooJet.
UK - Barclays Ventures completes £15m training services MBO
Barclays Ventures has completed the ТЃ15m management buyout of Develop Training (Develop), a leading provider of training services to the utility sector. HSBC Leveraged Finance provided acquisition debt facilities. The deal represents Barclays Ventures'...
GREECE – Government takes legislative steps to prevent Marfin building stake
Marfin Investment Group will be unable to stage a hostile takeover bid for Greek telecoms group OTE following a new piece of legislation issued by the Greek government which is to limit the stakes foreign investors can hold in strategic businesses. The...
FRANCE - Tetco raises additional EUR 2.1m
ACE Management has invested an additional EUR 2.1m in VoIP specialist Tetco, bringing total funds raised to EUR 10m.
FRANCE - Streamezzo raises EUR 15m from existing investors
Mobile content software business Streamezzo has raised an additional EUR 15m from Sofinnova Partners, AXA Private Equity, I-Source Gestion, Qualcomm and NTEC.
NORWAY - Sarsia Seed invests in WindSim AS
Sarsia Seed has acquired a minority stake in WindSim AS, a Norwegian software provider for windmill companies. The new capital will be used to fuel the business’ organisation in order to better respond to market demand, and to develop further products....