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SPAIN - Adara and Neotec back AlienVault
Adara Ventures and Neotec have invested an undisclosed sum into software company AlienVault.
SWITZERLAND - Wellington Partners and Vinci Capital lead CHF 23m round for Symetis SA
Wellington Partners and Vinci Capital have co-led a CHF 23m round for medical technologies company Symetis SA.
NETHERLANDS - Holland Venture launches EUR 70m fund
Holland Venture Partners has set up NPE Holland Venture Partners Fund I, a EUR 70m fund sponsored by Natixis Private Equity.
GERMANY - BPE's Premiumcommunications acquires adm
Barclays Private Equity (BPE) portfolio company Premiumcommunications Group, a call centre services business, has acquired sector player adm group for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole PE backs EUR 20m Neoen investment
Crédit Agricole Private Equity and energy investment company Louis Dreyfus have invested EUR 20m into renewable energy producer Neoen.
UK - Chrysalis backs Escape Studios
Venture capital trust Chrysalis has invested an undisclosed sum into computer graphics school Escape Studios.
NETHERLANDS - 3i and H.I.G provide EUR 17.2m new equity for VNU Media
3i-backed VNU Media has finally reached an agreement with its lender over its EUR 100m debt. The firm has been in talks with banks since January this year.
UK - AGF et al. invest $4.5m in Vivacta
Existing investors AGF Private Equity, HBM Bioventures, Spark Ventures and Viking Technologies have invested $4.5m into Vivacta, a UK-based blood-drop test developer.
GERMANY - CFH invests EUR 2m into Synteks
CFH Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH has invested EUR 2m in automotive supplier Synteks Umformtechnik GmbH.
SWITZERLAND - Argos Soditic reaps 3.1x on ORS sale
Argos Soditic sold outsorcing company ORS in a secondary buyout to Invision, reaping a cash mutliple of 3.1x and an IRR of 37%.
FRANCE - Initiatives & Finances acquires SLAT MBO
Initiatives & Finances has signed an agreement to purchase SLAT, a power supplies company, from 3M in an MBO deal.
UK - Oakley Capital-backed Host Europe sells Vialtus for £42m
Oakley Capital Private Equity-backed Host Europe, a provider of website services, has sold one of its three operating divisions, Vialtus Solutions, to Freedom4 Group plc for ТЃ42m.
UK - Matrix reaps 4x money on £10m Tottel sale
Matrix Private Equity has wholly exited its investment in Tottel Publishing, a publisher of books on law, tax and information services, through a ТЃ10m trade sale to Bloomsbury Publishing.
FRANCE - Siparex opens Strasbourg office
Siparex has opened an office in Strasbourg, its sixth office in France.
NORWAY - Viking appoints partner
Norwegain venture capital firm Viking Venture has hired Eiving Bergsmyr as partner.
NORWAY - HitecVision hires senior partner
HitecVision has hired corporate financier Pål Reiulf Olsen as senior partner.
UK - Braveheart et al. invest £250,000 into NXVision
Technology-focused investor Braveheart has led a ТЃ250,000 funding round for place-shifting technology company NXVision, alongside Scottish Enterprise, LINC Scotland and management.
EUROPE - IK appoints Ryum Larsen to executive committee
IK Investment Partners has appointed investor relations head Mads Ryum Larsen to its executive committee.
UK - Foresight invests £4m into Crumb Rubber
Foresight Group has invested ТЃ4m into tyre recycling company Crumb Rubber Ltd.
UK - YFM invests £125,000 in Brandzoo
YFM Venture Finance, via its Partnership Investment Fund (PIF), has invested ТЃ125,000 into licensing agency Brandzoo.