News
UK - National Accident Helpline back on the market
LDC has put legal services company National Accident Helpline back on the market following a failed attempt to sell the business last year.
FRANCE - Balderton leads $12m Talend funding
Balderton Capital has provided $9m as part of a $12m third round of financing for Talend, an open-source software developer, with returning investor AGF Private Equity supplying the balance.
UK - Baird hires Mortensen
Baird has hired Michael Mortensen as director.
UK - Hermes hires investment manager
Hermes Private Equity has hired Lynsey Register as investment manager.
UK - GMT promotes three
GMT Communications Partners has promoted Jonathan Gillbanks to managing director, Sebastian Sibb to principal and Vikram Krishna to senior associate.
UK - HIG acquires FNZ Holdings
HIG Europe has acquired financial services company FNZ Holdings Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
GERMANY - Vestar promotes Boege
Vestar Capital Partners has promoted Daniel Boege to executive director.
GERMANY - TVM Capital promotes principal
TVM Capital has promoted Dr Peter Neubeck to principal.
GERMANY - DPE acquires bakery business
DPE Deutsche Private Equity GmbH has acquired bakery chain Bäckerei Wilhelm Middelberg GmbH for an undisclosed amount.
FRANCE - Close Brothers strengthen team
David Benin has been appointed managing director of Close Brothers' Paris office.
SWITZERLAND - Ventizz founds management consulting company
German venture investor Ventizz Capital Partners has established a new management consulting unit in Switzerland, Ventizz Management Consulting AG, which will be led by Guido Bollue and will focus exclusively on the firm's portfolio companies.
NORWAY - Picasso et al. invest NOK 73m into Lytix
Norwegian drug developer Lytix Biopharma has secured NOK 73m funding from existing investors including Picasso Kapital AS, SåkornInvest Nord AS, The University of Tromsø and Norinnova AS, among others.
UK - Close Ventures spins out; renames itself Albion
Close Ventures has bought itself out from the Close Brothers Group umbrella.