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FRANCE - Wellington and Icso lead EUR 6m SuperSonic investment
Wellington Partners and Icso Private Equity have led a EUR 6m investment into medical equipment company SuperSonic Imagine, alongside Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Auriga Partners, Crédit Agricole Private Equity, NBGI Ventures and BioAm.
FRANCE - Bridgepoint strengthens Paris office
Bridgepoint has recruited Frédéric Pescatori as a director within its Paris office, taking the number of members of the team to seven.
RUSSIA - Aurora holds first closing of £50m LP fund
Aurora Investment Advisors (AIA), which currently manages the AIM-quoted vehicle Aurora Russia Ltd, has reached an undisclosed first closing of Aurora II LP, a £50m Guernsey-based limited partnership dedicated to investments in Russia.
UK - Pamplona seeks stake in Chaucher Holdings
Private equity firm Pamplona Capital Management is reportedly in talks with listed insurer Chaucher Holdings over the acquisition of a 30% stake in the business.
UK - Advent may make Four Seasons bid
Reports suggest that buyout house Advent International is considering a bid for beleaguered care-home operator Four Seasons Health Care.
GLOBAL - Barclays looks to sell $ 10m asset management unit
Barclays is reportedly in talks with US asset manager Black Rock and Bank of New York Mellon to sell its asset management unit, Barclays Global Investors (BGI), with the price tag thought to be around $10bn.
FRANCE - Innovacom leads EUR 4m Streamezzo funding
Innovacom has joined returning investors Sofinnova Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, Qualcomm, NTEC and GET Valorisation in a EUR 4m funding round for Streamezzo, a provider of rich application software platforms for mobile.
SWEDEN - STF backs SEK 15m Swebo funding
Sustainable Technologies Fund (STF) has, alongside Norrlandsfonden, invested SEK 15m into Swebo Bioenergy, a supplier of heating devices based on bioenergy solutions for heating.
SWEDEN - Amadeus and Northzone lead EUR 16m Tobii funding
Amadeus Capital Partners and Northzone Ventures have led a EUR 16m series-B funding round for eye-tracking systems developer Tobii, alongside exisiting backer Investor Growth Capital, the venture capital arm of industrial holding Investor AB.
SPAIN - Creditors take over Cinven-backed USP Group
According to reports, Cinven-backed healthcare group United Surgical Partners (USP) has completed a restructuring with its lenders Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland that will see the banks acquire a 65% stake in the business through a debt-for-equity...