News
IRELAND - Thule leads £1m Datactics funding
Thule Investments has led a £1m funding round for data quality company Datactics, alongside Clarendon Fund Managers.
SWEDEN - Investor Growth Capital injects SEK 50m into PocketMobile
Investor Growth Capital has invested SEK 50m into mobile software developer PocketMobile.
SWEDEN - AP6 invests SEK 20m into Orsa Grönklitt
The Sixth Swedish AP Fund (AP6) has invested SEK 20m into Swedish tourism company, Orsa Grönklitt, becoming the second largest shareholder in the business.
GERMANY - MIT takes stake in TB&C
MIT Munich Industrial Technologies AG, via its Gulf One Buchanan Industrial Technologies Fund, has acquired a 25.1% stake in components manufacturer TB&C Outsert Center GmbH.
SWEDEN - Creandum appoints new partner
Swedish early-stage venture capital firm Creandum has promoted Fredrik Cassel to the position of partner.
UK - LDC hires Martin Rowland
LDC has appointed Martin Rowland as investment director.
ITALY/UK - Foresight opens Italian office
Foresight Group has opened a new office in Rome, which will be headed up by Luca Passariello.
UK - Amplio hires Andrea Davi
Amplio Partners has hired Andrea Davi as partner.
UK - BC Partners in talks for RBS insurance division
Patrick Snowball, former head of insurance group Aviva's UK arm, is reported to have held talks with buyout house BC Partners regarding a takeover bid for RBS's insurance business.
GERMANY - Target leads EUR 3m investment into Ubitexx
Target Partners has made the first investment from its second fund, Target Partners Fund II; leading a EUR 3m funding round for software developer Ubitexx GmbH, alongside incumbent backers BayBG and KfW.
SWEDEN - Carnegie investment bank appoints new board
The Swedish National Debt Office has appointed a new board of directors for Carnegie Investment Bank AB.
UK - Solon supports GTS
Solon Ventures has made an indisclosed investment into gaming software developer Gaming Technology Solutions (GTS).
UK - Kelso supports Marshal merger
Kelso Place Asset Management has supported the merger of portfolio software company Marshal Holdings Ltd with US-based 8e6 International, a supplier of web filtration appliances and technology.
BENELUX/NORDIC/UK - Goldman acquires ABN AMRO portfolio
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of 20 buyout investments from ABN AMRO.
SPAIN - 3i closes Mémora deal
3i has closed its acquisition of funerary services firm Mémora in a deal valued at EUR 187m.
UK - Clyde Blowers acquires Textron division in $1bn deal
Scottish engineering group Clyde Blowers has acquired the fluid and power division of US-based Fortune 500 industrial group Textron, in a $1bn deal that included equity from the company's private equity fund, Clyde Blowers Capital Fund II LP.