Furniture brand Swoon Editions has raised GBP1.2m in investment from Index Ventures, Octopus Investments and angel investors.   Swoon Editions was founded in March 2012 and has traded until now as Decoholic. During this period it has built a loyal following of thousands of customers. This is the company’s first external investment.   Brian

The joint private equity fund Mir Capital set up by Gazprombank and Intesa Sanpaolo has acquired a non-controlling stake in Lima Corporate Group from IMI Investimenti.   Mir Capital will join Ardian (formerly known as AXA Private Equity), the company’s main shareholder, and IMI Investimenti.   Lima Corporate designs, produces

Terry Hunter, chief executive of Tryzens, and his senior management team have completed the acquisition of the digital solutions provider from its parent company Jaywing with backing from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP).   UK-based Tryzens, which also has offices in Bulgaria and India, is one of Europe’s leading providers of

MongoDB has secured USD150m in financing led by a financial services company and certain funds and accounts advised by T Rowe Price Associates, with additional new investors Altimeter Capital and salesforce.com.   The round includes participation from existing investors Intel Capital, NEA, Red Hat and Sequoia Capital.   With more

Jarden Corporation has completed its acquisition of Yankee Candle Investments from a fund managed by Madison Dearborn Partners for approximately USD1.75bn in cash.   Pro forma for the transaction, Jarden would have had net sales and adjusted EBITDA of approximately USD7.7bn and USD1.0bn, respectively, for the 12 months ended 30

Private equity firm Catterton Partners has completed the sale of Mid-Atlantic Convenience Stores (MACS), a convenience store operator in Maryland and Virginia, to an affiliate of Sunoco.   Sunoco, which has a long history in the retail business with a network of almost 5,000 sites, will operate the MACS business.  Terms

Protein Bar, a casual restaurant chain specialising in healthy, on-the-go options, has secured a capital investment by private equity firm Catterton Partners.    The investment will be used to foster the expansion of the Protein Bar concept across the US. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.     Protein Bar offers

Aviva Investors has completed the acquisition of EUR84.5m in privately placed senior secured notes issued by Reggefiber, the Dutch telecommunications infrastructure provider.   The transaction refinances a short-term construction bridge facility provided by ABN AMRO and provides long term capital for Reggefiber to facilitate the continued expansion of its Fiber-to-the-Home

Livingstone’s IT services team has advised the shareholders of Backup Technology on the sale of the business to iomart Group for GBP23m, a 9.6x multiple of historic EBITDA.   Backup Technology is a provider of managed data backup and disaster recovery services to SMEs and large corporates. Using software from