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Mainstay Medical completes USD20m oversubscribed series B venture financing

Medical device company Mainstay Medical has completed an oversubscribed series B financing round for USD20m (EUR15.3m) led by Fountain Healthcare Partners. Other new investors in the series B round include Medtronic, Capricorn Venture Partners and Seventure Partners. Existing series A investors Sofinnova Partners and Twin City Angels also participated. This

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Riverstone to invest up to USD200m in Kerogen Energy

Private equity firm Riverstone has committed to invest up to USD200m in Kerogen Energy. With offices in Houston, Texas, and Calgary, Alberta, Kerogen is focused on onshore unconventional oil and liquids exploration and production in the US and Canada. Kerogen is led by chairman Alexander Kulpecz and president and chief

RAMP secures USD15m series C financing led by StarVest Partners

RAMP has completed a series C financing led by New York-based StarVest Partners. As part of the transaction, Deborah Farrington (pictured), co-founder and general partner at StarVest, will be joining RAMP’s board of directors. StarVest is also joined by Hearst Interactive Media and EDBI as new investors in RAMP, along

Mimecast secures USD62m investment from Insight Venture Partners

Mimecast has secured USD62.15m in series C funding led by private equity firm Insight Venture Partners, with existing investors Dawn Capital also participating. Mimecast plans to use the funding to accelerate the development and deployment of new technology, and to support plans for rapid expansion in the US market.   

SHS secures GBP5.4m from Business Growth Fund

Business Growth Fund (BGF) is investing GBP5.4m of growth capital in Swanbridge Hire and Sales (SHS), a provider of high specification industrial scaffolding services based in Barry, South Wales. This is the fourth investment to be led by BGF’s regional team for the South West of England and South Wales;

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Affiliate of Aquiline Capital Partners to acquire First Investors

First Investors Financial Services Group has entered into a definitive merger agreement with FIFS Holdings Corp, a company controlled by Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm investing in the financial services sector. Under the merger agreement, FIFS Holdings will acquire all of the outstanding shares of First

Onex to acquire KraussMaffei for EUR568m

Onex is to acquire KraussMaffei, a manufacturer of plastic and rubber processing equipment, for EUR568m. The transaction is anticipated to close by 31 March, 2013 subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals.   Based in Munich, Germany, KraussMaffei designs and manufactures machinery and systems for the processing of plastics and

Arma Partners advises Butterfly Software on its sale to IBM

Arma Partners acted as the exclusive financial adviser to Butterfly Software, a privately held data analysis and migration software company headquartered in Maidenhead, UK, on its sale to International Business Machines. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Butterfly will become part of IBM’s software group.   Butterfly offers

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CMS Hasche Sigle advises EnBW on acquisition of wind farm in Brandenburg

EnBW Erneuerbare Energien has acquired a wind farm with eight turbines and total output of 16 MW from Ventotec (Leer). The wind farm is located in Neuruppin-Dabergotz in the Federal State of Brandenburg. A team from CMS Hasche Sigle led by lead partner Jochen Lamb advised EnBW on all aspects

Actis invests in Chinese casual dining chain Bellagio

Actis, the pan-emerging markets private equity firm, is continuing to tap into China’s rising domestic consumption with an investment in Bellagio, one of the country’s most popular casual dining chains.  Bellagio is renowned for its Taiwanese-style dishes and shaved ice desserts, while its contemporary restaurant design and excellent customer service

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