Nordic online travel agency group European Travel Interactive (eTRAVELi) is expanding its operations through the purchase of the price comparison website Flygresor.se. Through the acquisition, the group is stepping into a new submarket and further bolstering eTRAVELi’s position in the market. eTRAVELi is continuing to grow by acquiring Svenska
Deal flows in emerging Europe mergers and acquisitions are expected to increase in 2014, according to the Emerging Europe: M&A Report 2013/14 by law firm CMS and DealWatch. M&A activity in emerging Europe in 2013 essentially remained flat in terms of deal volume and showed a moderate decline in deal
Gladstone Investment Corporation has invested USD13m in a combination of debt and equity to purchase Meridian Rack & Pinion, doing business as Buy Auto Parts. Gladstone Investment, together with Digital Fuel Capital, a private equity firm focused on e-commerce and digital marketing, and Meridian's existing management team provided the capital
Affiliates of Roch Capital have acquired New Carbon Company, a provider of waffle and pancake mix to restaurants, hotels, colleges and other foodservice establishments, from PNC Riverarch. The transaction also included investments by the New Carbon management team. New Carbon was previously a portfolio company of PNC Riverarch Capital.
Evaneos, an online specialist for tailored travel, has closed a financing round of USD6m through XAnge Private Equity and founding investor ISAI. The investment will be dedicated to the European growth of the French start-up, already established in France, Spain, Italy and Germany. Doubling its volume of sales each
An investment consortium led by Pembroke VCT, with support from Lepe Capital, has acquired specialist publishing and events group Boat International Media from August Equity. Financial details of the deal have not been released but the purchase price is believed to be just in excess of GBP10m. Pembroke is
August Equity’s portfolio company SecureData Europe has completed the acquisition of SensePost. SensePost provides information security consultancy. It works with blue-chip global customers and is known for its expertise in training, security assessments, consultancy and security research. The expertise added by the latest acquisition will enhance SecureData’s full service
Michelson Diagnostics, the UK based medical device company focused on multi-beam Optical Coherence Tomography technology, has closed its Series A2 financing. The round, which was oversubscribed, raised GBP1.98m (USD3.25m) from existing investors, led by Octopus Investments and supported by Catapult Venture Managers, London Business Angels and several business angels. The funds will be used for
Private equity and alternative asset manager Maven Capital Partners has invested GBP3.5m into Carlisle-based tyre manufacturer DMACK to fund the next stage of expansion for the business. DMACK designs and produces high performance tyres for the worldwide automotive market, specialising to date in the motorsport sector. Maven’s investment will
HIG Capital’s portfolio company Infogix has completed the acquisition of Agilis International, a provider of predictive data analytics and reconciliation solutions focused primarily in the telecom and media sector. Founded in 2003 in Rockville, Maryland, Agilis’ integrated data warehouse and analytics platform helps clients improve revenues and generate savings by
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