Merger and acquisition activity is expected to increase in 2013, according to a survey conducted by KPMG, the US audit, tax and advisory firm, and the research practice unit of SourceMedia, the publisher of Mergers & Acquisitions.  The survey of more than 300 M&A professionals in the US found that

BuyBox, a social payment solution provider for e-merchants, has secured a EUR1.7m equity increase from Iris Capital and Midi Capital. This financing will be used to develop the product portfolio and international commercial deployment. Founded at then end of 2010, BuyBox is today a well used solution of social payment

PineBridge Investments is to make an equity investment of EUR26m in Work Service, a temporary staffing and personnel outsourcing company in Poland. As a result of this investment PineBridge will hold 20.02 per cent of the company’s share capital and will have two supervisory board seats. The agreement is subject

Enterprise cloud management company Intigua has secured USD8.6m in series A financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) with participation from seed investors Cedar Fund and individual investors. Intigua aims to solve a major challenge faced by IT when transitioning critical applications to cloud infrastructures: how to extend deeply-embedded and

Avolon, the international aircraft leasing business, is to partner with Wells Fargo, a diversified financial services company, to form a new joint venture aircraft leasing business called Avolon Capital Partners (ACP). The formation of ACP is subject to a number of regulatory approvals. Since its inception in 2010, Avolon has

The Frankel Commercialisation Fund, in collaboration with The Samuel Zell & Robert H Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, has invested in Fusion Coolant Systems, a developer of an advanced coolant and lubrication system that makes manufacturing more efficient.   The Frankel

ORIX Private Equity has invested in R2integrated (r2i), a digital and social marketing agency. This investment will accelerate r2i’s growth and allow r2i to pursue acquisitions in the digital and social marketing industry within key US and international geographies. Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, r2i is a digital agency that offers

M&A activity in emerging Europe last year was hampered by the drawn-out debt crisis in the Eurozone, political turmoil in some states and tough austerity plans introduced by local governments, according to a report from CMS and Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) DealWatch. According to Emerging Europe: M&A Report 2012,