Private equity firm Catterton Partners has made an investment in PIADA Italian Street Food, a fast-casual Italian eatery based in Columbus, Ohio with restaurants in Ohio and Indiana.   Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.    PIADA currently has 14 locations across the Midwest, with six planned to

RidePal, a provider of Wi-Fi-enabled bus rides for corporate employees, has raised USD3.2m in a series A financing round led by Claremont Creek Ventures and Volvo Group Venture Capital.   RidePal balances commuter preferences and their employers’ needs and optimises pick-up points and route scheduling. RidePal provides rides for the

Omnes Capital is supporting Exclusive Networks in the implementation of the financing of its three-year strategic plan.                                                                  Exclusive Networks now has sufficient resources to complete its acquisition programme for 2013 and 2014 which should allow the group to reach a EUR1bn turnover in 2018. Omnes Capital is investing EUR6.7m.

Gannett is partnering with private equity firm Generation Partners to fund the continued growth and expansion of the Captivate Network, which will be spun out into a separate company co-owned by Gannett and Generation.   Founded in 1997, Captivate operates an IP-enabled digital place-based media network with over 10,000 screens

The Greater Manchester Loan Fund (GMLF), managed by Maven Capital Partners, has made an investment in ethernet connectivity and cloud services business Vaioni.   The deal represents the first investment made by the GMLF since it was established by the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) in August 2013. Baker

OR Productivity (ORP) has closed the first GBP1m of a GBP2.5m round of funding for the roll-out of its FreeHand surgeon-controlled camera holder.   The GBP1m was raised mainly from existing shareholders, including GBP350,000 from the AngelCoFund, following its original GBP500,000 investment in 2012.   ORP is in discussion with