Technology
FRANCE - Iris Capital injects EUR 4m in Oodrive
Venture capital firm Iris Capital has invested EUR 4m in Oodrive, a French software vendor, focused on remote backup, online file sharing and collaboration solutions.
FRANCE - Innovacom backs Mobile Devices
Innovacom has invested EUR 3.1m in hardware and software developer Mobile Devices. The new capital will be used to support the continuous development of the company’s technology and the establishment of an international sales network.
ROMANIA - Global Finance and 3TS invest in Gecad Technologies
Global Finance , 3TS-Cisco Growth Fund III and several other undisclosed investors have invested EUR 2m in Gecad Technologies, the company behind the AXIGEN mail server software. Radu Georgescu, who is the founder of the company, retains 88.24% of shares...
FINLAND - 3i and Profita sell Empower to AAC Capital Partners
3i and Profita Fund II Ky have sold Empower, a Finnish service provider for the energy and telecommunications sector, to AAC Capital Partners (previously ABN AMRO Capital). No financial information has been revealed. 3i first invested in the business...
UK - BVCA establishes review committee ahead of Walker results
The BVCA has announced the establishment of a new monitoring and review body to ensure its members comply with Sir David Walker's final guidelines, to be published tomorrow. Sir Mike Rake, chairman of BT, has been named as the first chairman of this group....
UK - MSIF invests £200,000 in So Protect Me
The Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF) has invested ТЃ200,000 from its Liverpool Seed Fund into card protection software developer So Protect Me.
UK - Dubai investment arm acquires SmartStream from TA Associates for £200m
DIFC Investments, the investment arm of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has acquired SmartStream Technologies from TA Associates for approximately ТЃ200m in a tertiary buyout deal.
UK - Craig Armour joins LDC's new Scotland office from Penta
LDC has opened its first office in Scotland. The office, located in Edinburgh, will be headed up by Craig Armour. Armour previously spent seven years as a partner at Penta Capital, where he led buyouts in the consumer and business services sectors throughout...
GERMANY – Earlybird sells AbaXX Technology AG
Earlybird portfolio company, AbaXX Technology AG has been acquired by Dutch software company, Cordys. Earlybird and 3i provided the company with early-stage funding in 2000. Three further rounds of funding followed in which BayTech also participated....
DENMARK - Speaknet secures $10m from Via Venture Partners et al.
Speaknet, a Danish software company, has secured $10m from Via Venture Partners, NorthZone Ventures and Eqvitec Partners. The funding round will be used to expand internationally and to support strong customer growth in Denmark. The company is planning...
UK - NVM realises 2.9x from divestment of KCS
NVM Private Equity has sold its stake in payroll software business KCS Global Holdings Ltd realising returns of 2.9x and an IRR of over 50% per annum on its two year investment. KCS was acquired by Sage, the management software provider, for ТЃ20m.
UK - Catapult exits Transvisual Media
Catapult Venture Managers has wholly exited its stake in security system software and hardware company Transvisual Media Ltd (TVM) in a trade sale to Soncell Ltd, a manufacturing subsidiary of Bowmer and Kirkland Ltd, for an undisclosed sum.