EXOSUN has raised EUR12 million from a second funding round led by Omnes Capital (formerly Crédit Agricole Private Equity) alongside new partners ADEME, Grand Sud-Ouest Capital and Expansion Aquitaine, both subsidiaries of the banking group Crédit Agricole.   Founded in 2007, EXOSUN designs, develops and realises solar power plants equipped

AXA Private Equity, the leading European diversified private equity firm, is to acquire a 23.48% stake in Enovos from ArcelorMittal for EUR330 million through its latest Infrastructure fund.    Headquartered in Luxembourg, Enovos is an integrated utility company focused on electricity and gas transmission and supply as well as power

German venture capital company eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG has participated in the second round of funding of Smart Hydro Power GmbH with its Cleantech Fond. In this round, the company, which develops, manufactures, sells and markets micro-hydro power plants, will receive further capital to the amount of EUR2.7 million. The

Lion Capital has been granted a period of exclusivity ina bid to reach a definitive agreement to acquire European optical retailer Alain Affelou in conjunction with Mr Alain Affelou and management of the Group. Alain Affelou will commence the communication and consultation process with employee representatives this week. This should

Ingenious Clean Energy, a division of UK based investment and advisory group Ingenious, has successfully closed its pioneering Ingenious Energy Efficiency EIS Fund, exceeding its GBP10m target fund raise. The fund, which is the first of its kind in the UK, has been launched in collaboration with the Investment Advisors

Business Growth Fund (BGF) and NVM Private Equity (NVM) have committed GBP10m of growth capital to acquisitive Northern pub chain, Wear Inns.  BGF has invested GBP8m and NVM has invested a further GBP2m in the business, which it has backed since start-up in 2006.  BGF will take a minority stake

AXA Private Equity, a European diversified private equity firm, will arrange a EUR22 million mezzanine tranche alongside Euromezzanine to support the acquisition of Stokomani by Sagard, the French investment fund. Stokomani is being acquired by Sagard from Advent International, a leading global buyout firm. The transaction is expected to complete

The Aureos Southern Africa Fund LLC (ASAF) has sold its stake in South African brick and clinker aggregate manufacturing group, SA Block (Pty) Ltd. SA Block manufactures bricks and clinker aggregate from clinker, the ash by-product produced when coal is burnt for electricity, thereby recycling what would otherwise be environmental