Technology
FRANCE - CIC Banque de Vizille invests EUR 1.2m in Polyspot
Via its funds Vizille Capital Innovation and Sudinnova SA, CIC Banque de Vizille has invested growth capital in corporate search engine Polyspot.
UK - Catapult leads £1.2m investment in Synchro
Catapult Venture Managers Ltd has led a ТЃ1.2m investment into software developers Synchro Ltd.
ITALY - Private equity courts Wind and 3Italia
Telecom operators Wind and 3Italia are up for sale. The two companies, soon to be merged into a newco, Eiffel Tower Company, have a reported price tag exceedingEUR 2bn.
ITALY - Bocconi receives EUR 90k in Claudio Albonico's memory
A group of private equity players and industrials have contributed to a fund totalling EUR 90,000 destined to sponsor outstanding students of Bocconi University. The fund was set up in memory of Claudio Albonico, the late manager of Mid Equity Partners...
FRANCE - Apax hires three senior associates
Apax partners has strengthened its Paris-based sector teams with the appointment of Damien de Bettignies, Julien Gauthier and Marc Philouze as senior associates.
NL - Flevoland Technofund and REOF Fund invest in WunderWorks
Flevoland Technofund and REOF Fund have invested in WunderWorks BV, a company providing software and solutions focused on improving multi-user interaction and communication, in a seed financing round.
NORWAY - Verdane Capital invests in Fjord Media
Fjord Media, a developer and seller of routing, signal processing and optical transmission equipment to the broadcast, multimedia and telecom industries, has attracted growth capital from Verdane Capital. The funding will be used to expand its sales and...
SPAIN - Danish business angel backs Wamba with EUR 3m
Social community site Wamba has received EUR 3m in funding from Morten Lund, a well-known business angel who previously invested in Estonian software business Skype.
DENMARK - NorthCap Partners invests in Visiopharm
NorthCap Partners has invested an undisclosed sum in Copenhagen-based software company Visiopharm.
UK - LDC portfolio company appoints new chairman
LDC portfolio company Direct Group, a provider of business process outsourcing services to the insurance sector, has appointed Steve Broughton as chairman.
FRANCE - Apax acquires facility management specialist
Apax Partners SA has completed the acquisition of facility management specialist Faceo group for an undisclosed sum.
UK - IPO of TA Associates-backed SmartStream pulled
The flotation of SmartStream Technologies, a provider of software to banks, has been abandoned for now. TA Associates acquired SmartStream from 3i in September last year. The IPO had wobbled in previous weeks when market turbulence forced its price to...
SPAIN - Axón Capital closes its first deal
Axón Capital has closed its first deal by investing EUR 1m in game developer Enigma Software Productions.
UK - Noble and Co appoint new Corporate Finance director
Noble and Co, the corporate advisory and broking subsidiary of Noble Group, has appointed Andy Yeo as Corporate Finance director.