Albion Ventures has sold its six cinema investments for approximately GBP12.5m. Funds managed or advised by Albion Ventures initially invested GBP1.2m alongside UK art-house cinema operator City Screen to develop the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse in 1999. Albion subsequently invested further funds to develop the Picturehouse at FACT in Liverpool in

US deal flow is likely to remain tempered in 2013 with activity remaining at or near a 10-year low. Ernst & Young’s transaction advisory services says macroeconomic ambiguity combined with a continued corporate focus on lower risk, organic growth opportunities and smaller, strategic deals will define deal-making in 2013. "In

Bertram Capital has made a growth investment in Paula’s Choice, a skin care and cosmetics company with distribution in 50 countries around the world.  Paula’s Choice is known for its content-driven ecommerce platform offering proprietary products, extensive skin care research, and exclusive reviews of more than 45,000 products from other

CI Capital portfolio company Transplace, a provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, has acquired Torus Freight Systems, a Canadian-based logistics services company focused on Canadian cross-border and intra-Canada freight. Torus was represented by Corporate Finance Associates. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. “Acquiring Torus, a leading

Young Innovations is to be acquired by an affiliate of Linden Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm that focuses on middle market leveraged buyout investments in the healthcare and life science industries. Young Innovations develops, manufactures and markets supplies and equipment used by dentists, dental hygienists and consumers. Under

High Road Capital Partners has sold Accentus, marking the second exit for the firm’s debut fund, High Road Capital Partners Fund I. The sale generated a 3.1x gross cash-on-cash return and a 49 per cent gross IRR for High Road. The firm’s first exit was Milwaukee Gear in February 2012.

Iris Capital, a European venture capital group specialising in digital economy, has completed an investment in Lookout through the Orange & Publicis initiative. Lookout specialises in smartphone security with 30 million users across 400 mobile networks in 170 countries. The company delivers protection from the growing threats facing mobile users

Land mine clearance group MineTech International has been acquired by a German group in a deal arranged by Livingstone Partners. MineTech International provides land mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) services for governments, NGOs such as the United Nations, and private sector businesses within the oil and gas sector.