European private equity firm Cinven is is to sell in-vitro diagnostics protein testing business Sebia to a consortium led by Montagu Private Equity and Astorg Partners for an undisclosed figure. The transaction will generate a 2.4x return on Cinven's original investment. During Cinven’s ownership and under chief executive Benoit
Venture capital firm Osprey Capital is making an investment into GovToday, the public sector media platform. Having raised over GBP700,000 last year, including an initial round of investment from Osprey and a grant from the North West Fund for Digital & Creative, the latest fundraising has seen a small group
Private equity firm NorthEdge Capital has committed to invest in Utiligroup, a Lancashire-based data management software and services company, pending approval from parent company Bglobal’s shareholders. Founded in 1997, the business, located in Chorley, provides data management software and services to the energy sector. Utiligroup has helped a total of
Mid-market private equity house LDC has agreed to back the GBP45 million management buyout (MBO) of Anite Travel Limited. Anite Travel specialises in providing reservation systems to tour operators such as TUI and Thomas Cook. Anite plc’s stated strategy is to focus on developing its leading position in wireless
Energy-focused private equity firm First Reserve’s Fund XIII has entered into a strategic cooperation with Hainan Zhenghe Industrial Group. The parties plan to pursue oil and gas investment opportunities in China and Central Asia. In addition, Zhenghe will act as a potential source of capital in support of First
HighWire Press, a technology service provider to scholarly publishers and an auxiliary unit of Stanford University Libraries, has received a significant equity investment from private equity firm Accel-KKR. The new partnership enables HighWire to further its investment in strategic initiatives and digital innovations in internet-based publishing. The investment from
Metric Capital Partners (MCP), the European private capital group, has invested in HTI High Tech Industries.

 HTI Group, listed on the mid-market segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange and headquartered in St Marien, Upper Austria, is an international technological manufacturing group specialised in lightweight components in the fields of aluminium pressure
Touch technology specialist Qeexo has closed its Series A funding round with USD2.3 million, led by Sierra Ventures. Qeexo will use the funding to accelerate market adoption of FingerSense, the company's mobile software which distinguishes between touchscreen input from a fingertip, knuckle, nail or stylus. "OEMs are always looking
The private equity market is recovering after a difficult four years, with a report from White & Case revealing a total of 702 private equity exits in 2013, the highest number since the peak of the market in 2007. Exit values reached EUR65.3 billion; almost triple the value of 2009’s
Invesco Real Estate (IRE), the global real estate investment manager, has made its first investment in the UK private rented sector (PRS) in partnership with be:here, Willmott Dixon’s PRS company. Under the deal, IRE will acquire 118 PRS units for GBP32.5m in Hayes, West London, on behalf of a UK
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