Ireland
Omnes injects €3m into Opsona
Omnes Capital has made a capital injection of тЌ3m into immunology drug developer Opsona Therapeutics, in an extension of the companyтs series-C round.
BNY Mellon appoints Burns as head of PE accounting
Investment bank BNY Mellon has appointed Eamon Burns as regional head of private equity accounting for EMEA within its asset servicing business.
Tapastreet pulls in €500,000 funding round
Tapastreet, an Irish location-based media discovery app developer, has secured a тЌ500,000 investment from state-backed venture capital firms Kernel Capital and Enterprise Ireland.
NewsWhip secures $1.1m in seed funding
Hal Philipp of Meridian Growth Capital, Shane Naughton of Inundata and others have invested $1.1m in a seed funding round for NewsWhip, a Dublin-based online news platform.
Hellman's WRI buys HostelBookers.com
Hellman & Friedman-backed Web Reservations International (WRI) has acquired HostelBookers.com.
Syncrophi Systems raises €1m
Galway-based medical devices company Syncrophi Systems has raised тЌ1m from the AIB Seed Capital Fund.
Duke Street's Payzone Group sells Cashzone subsidiary
Payzone Group, a consumer payment acceptance network backed by Duke Street, has sold its Cashzone subsidiary to US-based ATM services provider Cardtronics for a total consideration of ТЃ107.5m.
Terra Firma sells Phoenix to Hastings
Terra Firma has wholly divested Phoenix Natural Gas, a Northern Irish natural gas distribution and energy services company, to infrastructure fund manager Hastings.
BBVA joins SumUp extended series-B
BBVA Ventures, the venture capital arm of Spanish bank BBVA Group, has invested in Dublin-based SumUp in an extension of the companyтs previous series-B round.
Leaf leads €1m round for BlikBook
Leaf Investments has led a тЌ1m funding round for BlikBook, a university online interaction platform, alongside Delta Partners, Forward Investment Partners and Enterprise Ireland.
ECI eyes £150m sale of CarTrawler
ECI Partners is preparing its Dublin-based portfolio company CarTrawler for a possible auction that could value the business at ТЃ150m, according to reports.
Fountain Healthcare backs €9.2m Trino Therapeutics round
Fountain Healthcare Partners has invested in a тЌ9.2m series-A funding round for Ireland-based Trino Therapeutics Ltd, alongside British grant-giving body Wellcome Trust.
ACT et al. invest $5.2m in Cubic Telecom
ACT Venture Capital, Enterprise Ireland, TPS Investments and US telecoms giant Qualcomm have jointly invested $5.2m in Dublin-based global connectivity specialist Cubic Telecom.
Intel Capital leads €7m funding round for FeedHenry
Intel Capital has led a group of GPs and one trade player in a тЌ7m funding round for cloud-based mobile applications platform provider FeedHenry.
UK & Ireland unquote" May 2013
The UK & Irelandтs first quarter activity levels are at their lowest level for the past five years, according to the latest research from unquoteт data.
Novartis Venture et al. in €33m series-C round for Opsona
A consortium of new and existing investors has injected тЌ33m into Irish immunology drug development company Opsona Therapeutics as part of a series-C funding round.
Kernel Capital et al. back Zinc Software
Kernel Capital and Dublin Business Innovation Centre have invested тЌ650,000 in Zinc Software, a Dublin-based company developing a biofeedback platform for iOS and Android systems.
UK & Ireland unquote" April 2013
Hailed as тa budget for people who want to get onт by the government, and criticised by others for doing too little to pull Britain out of its economic quagmire, the statement will be intensely scrutinised for weeks to come.
MML invests €17.3m in ATA Group
MML Capital Partners has invested тЌ17.3m in Ireland-based engineering business ATA Group.
UK & Ireland unquote" March 2013
Just a year ago, things were looking very bleak for fund-of-funds manager SVG Capital, but Februaryтs announcement of a new partnership with Aberdeen Asset Management has given the firm new reasons to be optimistic about its future.
UK & Ireland unquote" February 2013
The Prime Minister has finally given into the Eurosceptic wing of his party and promised an тin/outт referendum on European Union (EU ) membership.
Kernel Capital leads €1.2m funding round for Amartus
Kernal Capital, Enterprise Ireland and other corporate and angel investors have injected тЌ1.2m in Dublin-based technology company Amartus Ltd.
Better Capital in joint venture with NPRF
Better Capital and the National Pensions Reserve Fund of Ireland (NPRF) have agreed to join forces and create a тЌ100m turnaround fund to invest in distressed Irish businesses.
UK & Ireland unquote" December 2012/January 2013
In defiance of problems on the continent, the UK has seen a surge in mega-buyouts this year, topped off with the recent acquisition of Annington Homes for ТЃ3.2bn.