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m8 Capital injects $2m into Masabi
Venture capital firm m8 Capital has given mobile ticketing technology provider Masabi a $2m cash injection.
Sovereign-backed City & County acquires Guardian Homecare
Sovereign Capital-baked UK domiciliary healthcare provider City & County has acquired Guardian Homecare Ltd.
Pohjola Capital Partners becomes Vaaka Partners
The private equity division, Pohjola Capital Partners, has agreed a management buyout with majority shareholder Pohjola Bank.
RJD backs Dunham MBI
RJD Partners has backed the management buy-in of holiday park business Dunham Leisure Limited.
LDC earns 4x revenue with St Tropez exit
Mid-market private equity house LDC has sold luxury self-tanning brand St Tropez to PZ Cussons for ТЃ62.5m, which corresponds to more than 4x revenue.
Augur Capital holds €70m first closing on latest fund
Augur Capital has held a first closing at €70m for its Augur FIS Financial Opportunities II fund.
Time running out for Coronel Tapiocca
Coronel Tapiocca, the Spanish fashion label owned by Gala Capital, has failed to reach an agreement with its lenders before today’s deadline.
Doughty Hanson sells Impress for €1.7bn
Doughty Hanson & Co has exited its investment in metal packaging producer Impress Coöperatieve U.A. in a €1.7bn trade sale to Ardagh Glass.
EdRIP invests €2m in Garden Price
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) has provided French garden goods retailer Garden Price with €2m of funding.
Consortium invests in Medotech
A consortium consisting of VУІkstfonden, Via Venture Partners and Syddansk Kapital have invested in Medotech A/S.
Nazca to sell Acens
Nazca Capital has confirmed that it is preparing to sell Acens for up to €150m at an auction in mid-October.
GE Capital invests £17m in Baird Group
Asset-based lending specialist GE Capital has provided two subsidiaries of Baird Group Limited with ТЃ17m of finance facilities.
EMI dispute to be heard in US court
Private equity group Terra Firma and international financial conglomerate Citi Group are set to fight a legal battle over EMI in a US courtroom next month.
3i and TCR Capital acquire Trescal from Astorg
3i and TCR Capital have acquired a majority stake in French measurement services specialist Trescal from Astorg Partners.
R Capital et al. back CommentCaMarche and Benchmark merger
R Capital Management, Time Investors and Idinvest have provided funding to finance the merger of French online media groups CommentCaMarche and Benchmark Group.
MTI invests in Eykona
MTI Partners had led a ТЃ1.19m investment round in medical technology company Eykona.
Chequers-backed Accelya to acquire Kale Consultant
Chequers Capital portfolio company Accelya has reached an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Indian support services business Kale Consultants.
Nazca Capital exits El Derecho to Editions Lefebvre Sarrut
Nazca Capital has exited Grupo Editorial El Derecho y Quantor via a trade sale to French multinational Editions Lefebvre Sarrut.
Sandys elected as IVCA chairman
Peter Sandys has been elected as chairman of the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA).
AXA Private Equity set to sell Eliokem to Omnova Solutions
AXA Private Equity has entered into an exclusive agreement with US listed company Omnova Solutions for the sale of its majority stake in French chemicals company Eliokem for a total valuation of €227.5m.
SerComm, UMC and Pacific invest $5m in Ubiquisys
Asian investors SerComm Corporation, UMC Capital Corporation and Pacific Venture Partners have injected $5m into Ubiquisys as part of the companyтs fifth round of funding.
3i sells NSL to AAC for £120m
3i has exited outsourced services provider NSL via a ТЃ120m trade sale to Northern European mid-market buyout firm AAC Capital Partners.
CapMan fund holds first close at €60m
CapMan has held first close of its CapMan Mezzanine V fund having raised тЌ60m.
ERCP backs Pénélope MBO
Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners (ERCP) has taken a majority stake in French recruitment agency Pénélope alongside management.