Southern Europe unquote
AXA PE buys 70% stake in Bruni Glass
AXA Private Equity has acquired a 70% stake in Italian glass containers producer Bruni Glass.
Asclepios backs Genmedica with €12m
Life sciences-focused VC Asclepios Bioresearch has invested €12m in Spanish biotech firm Genmedica Therapeutics.
Clessidra makes offer for Telecom Italia
Italian GP Clessidra has made a non-binding offer for the entire business of television company Telecom Italia Media, according to reports in the local press.
AXA PE buys Limacorporate stake
AXA Private Equity and banking group Intesa Sanpaolo have acquired a 66% stake in orthopaedic devices producer Limacorporate.
Inveready pumps €600,000 into Indisys
Inveready has invested €600,000 into Spanish dialogue systems developer Indisys.
Inveready in €1m round for AB Therapeutics
Inveready has taken part in a €1m funding round for Spanish pharmaceuticals firm AB Therapeutics.
BDMI backs Whisbi
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) has made an equity investment in online communications service provider Whisbi.
Cofides supports expansion of SuiteBlanco in Portugal
Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo (Cofides) has granted Spanish clothing and accessories company SuiteBlanco with a €2.138m joint venture loan from the Fund for Investments Abroad (FIEX) vehicle.
Spanish VCs back ForMune with €4.4m
Venture capital firms Inveready and Caja Navarra, alongside public company Navarra Development Society (Sodena), have supported the spinout of biotech firm ForMune from parent company Digna Biotech with a capital commitment of €4.4m over the next three...
Clessidra eyes Telecom Italia Media
Private equity firm Clessidra and several media companies are circling Italian television network Telecom Italia Media, according to reports in the local press.
Berrier Capital backs Ploonge
Italian private equity firm Berrier Capital has acquired a 25% stake in social dining site Ploonge, according to reports in the Italian press.
Telefónica and Caixa pump €3m into addFleet
Telefónica Ventures, the VC arm of telecommunications firm Telefónica Digital, and Caixa Capital have backed transportation network operator addFleet with €3m.
Apax and Trilantic bids for Euskaltel stall
The bids made by private equity firms Apax Partners and Trilantic for Basque telecommunications operator Euskaltel have been blocked until the results of the Basque Country elections are known, according to reports in the Spanish press.
Faraday participates in $1.9m round for PlaySpace
Spanish VC Faraday Venture Partners has participated in a $1.9m funding round for PlaySpace, a developer and operator of Spanish and Portuguese social games.
Southern Europe unquote” September 2012
Italian private equity houses Sator and Palladio finally retreated from insurer Fondiaria-Sai, relinquishing the troubled behemoth to the hands of the salotto buono, the figurative drawing room in which the nation’s elite clutch of industrial, financial...
Southern Europe unquote” July/August 2012
It was “nothing but a loan with very favourable conditions,” according to the Spanish economy minister. Not a “rescue” and certainly not a “bailout”.
Telefónica launches €300m network of VC funds
Telefónica Digital Venture Capital, the venture subsidiary of Spanish telecommunications firm Telefónica, has launched a €300m network of venture capital funds named Amérigo.
Active Venture Partners holds final close on €54m
Active Venture Partners has closed its second technology fund on €54m.
I2C backs Keramat with €600,000
Government-backed Galician venture capital fund I2C has injected €600,000 into ceramic biomaterials firm Keramat.
Seat Pagine Gialle in €1.3bn debt-for-equity swap
Seat Pagine Gialle, the Italian directories firm backed by CVC Capital Partners, Permira and Investitori Associati, has announced the conversion of a tranche of bonds to equity.
PE firms lose Fondiaria to Italian inner circle
PE firms lose Fondiaria
Vertis leads €1.25m round for De Revolutione
Italian investor Vertis has led a €1.25m funding round for Naples-based social platform De Revolutione.
Italian association introduces graduates to the industry
Italian private equity and venture capital association AIFI is to hold a conference in October to introduce young people to the industry.
21 Investimenti backs Assicom
Italian investor 21 Investimenti has acquired B2B credit collection services firm Assicom.