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GERMANY - High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in C2Call
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested in VoIP company C2Call GmbH, alongside two angel investors.
GERMANY - IBB backs MyBrands
IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, alongside Grey Corporate Investments and two business angels sourced through the European Founders Fund, have provided a first round of financing for online designer outlet MyBrands.
GERMANY - Demeter settles in Berlin
French cleantech investor Demeter Partners has opened an office in Berlin, which will be managed by investment directors Detlef Steinmann and Michel Leistenschneider.
AUSTRIA – Tecnet equity leads EUR 2m round for nxtControl
Tecnet Equity Technologiebeteiligungs-Invest AG, the investment fund of the federal state of Lower Austria, has led a EUR 2m investment round for software company nxtControl GmbH, taking a 38% stake in the company.
AUSTRIA – Buy_Out Central Europe's takeover of UIAG cancelled
Austrian buyout group Buy_Out Central Europe Managementgesellschaft's has cancelled the planned take-over of investment firm Unternehmen Invest AG.
BULGARIA/HUNGARY – Mid Europa acquires ITV; buys back Invitel's debt
Mid Europa Partners is defying the credit crunch odds to go on a shopping spree: this week it has completed the acquisition of Bulgarian TV operator Interactivni Tehnologii. It is the latest in a number of Balkan TV businesses Mid Europa has backed, already...
CEE – CVC acquires AB InBev CEE operations for USD 2.23bn
CVC Capital Partners has acquired the Central and Eastern European operations of brewery Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) in a deal valuing the CEE division at USD 2.23bn.
FRANCE - CDC and CapDecisif provide Caiman with EUR 2.5m
CDC Entreprises and CapDecisif have participated in an investment round for media support company Groupe Caiman, raising EUR 2.5m.
CZECH REPUBLIC – PPF backs Czech energy group
Emerging Europe private equity investor PPF Partners has acquired a 40% stake in Energy and Industrial Holding (EP), a spin-off from Czech investment firm J&T Group.
EUROPE - EVCA calls for new RCAP for 2020
The EVCA has today called for an updated Risk Capital Action Plan (RCAP) for 2020, an agreement originally launched in 1998, in an effort to offset the potentially disastrous consequences of the European Commission's AIFM directive on the finance industry....
FRANCE - Nestadio backs MBO of Buffard Logistique
Nestadio Capital, part of the Fonds d'Investissment de Bretage, has taken a 28% stake in transportation company Buffard Logistique to support the MBO by CEO Daniel Bénard and his son.
UK - Nauta Capital leads £1.6m financing for Fizzback
Nauta Capital has led a series B funding round for customer feedback service provider Fizzback worth almost ТЃ2m, alongside Advent Venture Partners.
SWITZERLAND – Consortium funds Biocartis SA with EUR 10m
Aescap Venture led a EUR 10m Series-A round in diagnostics company Biocartis SA. Other members of the syndicate are Biovest, KBC Private Equity, Advent Venture Partners and existing shareholder Benaruca.
EUROPE - 3i partner McCallum leaves for KPMG
Advisory and accountancy company KPMG has hired 3i partner Blair McCallum to its firm.
UK - KPCB in D-round for Shazam
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) has invested an undisclosed value into Shazam Entertainment, a mobile music discovery application. Existing Shazam backers include DN Capital and founding investor Acacia Capital Partners.
BELGIUM - Capital-E in EUR 2.5m B-round for PharmaDiagnostics
Capital-E has participated in a series-B round for PharmaDiagnostics NV, alongside an undisclosed group of investors, raising EUR 2.5m.
FRANCE - Gimv and UFG PE pay EUR 31.6m for 46% stake in Easyvoyage
Gimv and UFG Private Equity have acquired a 46% stake in travel website Easyvoyage for EUR 31.6m of debt and equity. The deal also saw company management and initial shareholders invest, with founder Jean-Pierre Nadir retaining a 40% stakes.
NORWAY - HitecVision in NOK 347m bid for Grenland Group
Norwegian private equity firm HitecVision has together with Skogen Investering, the investment company of Grenland founder and CEO Hallgeir Skogen, launched a voluntary offer for all shares in oil service company Grenland Group ASA.
FRANCE - Oséo supports Ariana with EUR 1m
Oséo has provided Ariana Pharma, a software company focused on drug discovery, with EUR 1m as part of the IMAkinib initiative, a program focused on developing biomarkers for oncology.
IRELAND - Fountain Healthcare leads $70m Amarin financing
Existing backer Fountain Healthcare Partners has led a $70m financing for listed biopharmaceutical company Amarin Corporation, through a private placement.
AUSTRIA - One Equity Partners acquires Constantia Packaging AG
One Equity Partners has acquired a stake of approximately 66% of listed packaging manufacturer Constantia Packaging and has announced its intention to make a full takeover offer at a price of EUR 39 per share to remaining shareholders.
FINLAND - Altor sells PaloDEx to Danaher
Swedish private equity firm Altor has sold medical equipment company PaloDEx to Danaher Corporation, a Finnish dental company.
UK - Palamon snags Candover's Owen Wilson as vice president
Palamon Capital Partners has hired Candover's Owen Wilson as vice-president of the firm.
UK - Hotbed appoints investment director
Private investor network Hotbed has hired Ed Henson as investment director in its commercial property division.