Marley Coffee has settled over USD1 million in debt and trade payables, removing these obligations from its balance sheet, in exchange for the issuance of shares of its common stock to Ironridge Global IV, an institutional investor specialising in direct equity investments in consumer product companies. Ironridge previously purchased certain

French company EyeTechCare has secured a third round of funding amounting to EUR10m. Bernard Chauvin, a private investor, has taken an equity stake in the company alongside the two of the existing investors which also contributed to this round of funding: the capital investment company Omnes Capital (formerly Crédit Agricole

Maven Capital Partners, a venture capital trust, private equity and alternative asset manager, has made a partial exit from its investment in Homelux Nenplas via the sale of the Homelux Division to US firm QEP Company. Homelux is a supplier of tile accessories to the DIY and professional market. Specialising

Lund International, a portfolio company of Highlander Partners, has acquired the Prestige Fender Flare assets of Empower Group. Prestige Fender Flares is a designer and producer of premium quality fender flares sold throughout the US. Co-founders Anthony Liu and Robert Chen, who have built Prestige into a leading provider of

MacuLogix, a specialist in the early detection and tracking of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), has raised USD3.6m in series A funding. Investors include Berwind Private Equity, Roche Venture Fund, Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania, and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern Pennsylvania. The funds will be used

Dominion has signed a purchase and sale agreement for three merchant generation power stations with a subsidiary of funds controlled by Energy Capital Partners, a private equity firm with offices in New Jersey and California. The sale is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013. The power stations

Taylor Wessing, the international law firm, has advised Inflexion Private Equity Partners on the sale of Pims Group, the wastewater services company, to US buyer Xylem, a water technology company, for a headline price of USD57m. The transaction is the first instruction for the firm from new client Inflexion and

Arma Partners acted as the exclusive financial adviser to the shareholders of Arieso on its sale to JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU) for USD89m in cash. Headquartered in Newbury UK, Arieso brings mobile software expertise to JDSU to address the rapidly growing deployment of small cells and challenges associated with limited