LumeJet, the Coventry-based technology developer, has just raised GBP1.87 million in a major funding round. The new investment will be used to develop and commercialise LumeJet’s ultra-high quality imaging technology and brings the total investment in the company to more than GBP4.5m. The funding round has been notable as one

Raptor Consumer Partners (RCP), a leading consumer-focused growth equity firm, has partnered with Boston-based food company Unreal Brands, Inc) to help launch a line of “unjunked” chocolate candies in over 30,000 US stores, beginning this summer. RCP is Unreal’s lead investor, along with Michael Bronner, the Company’s co-founder. The terms

European private equity firm Cinven has reached agreement to acquire a majority stake in Pronet Güvenlik (Pronet), a provider of security electronic alarm systems in Turkey.   Pronet has been acquired from its institutional shareholders including Turkish Private Equity Fund I LP, advised by Turk Ventures Advisory Limited (Turkven), and

Bain Capital is to acquire a 50 per cent stake in Jupiter Shop Channel Co, Ltd, Japan’s leading TV shopping company, from Sumitomo Corporation. The agreement signals a significant partnership between a large Japanese company and private equity to realise the full potential of a leading company. Financial terms of

Gerard Lopez, a founding partner of The Genii Group and Mangrove Capital Partners, which was an early investor in Skype, delivered a talk at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2012 this week where he presented possible technological advancements that will change the world in the next decade and offered

Klöckner Pentaplast has completed a successful recapitalisation and strengthening of its capital structure with the support of its lenders. Following a cash equity injection of EUR190 million by a group of new investors led by Strategic Value Partners LLC and new debt facilities underwritten and funded by Jefferies & Company,

Private Equity (PE) firms in India invested USD1.8 billion in 91 deals in the first quarter of 2012, according to the first-ever MoneyTree India Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd (PwC), based on data provided by Venture Intelligence. The report is a quarterly study of private equity and venture capital investment

Symington’s Ltd, the convenience food manufacturer, it has completed the acquisition of family owned baking business Victoria Foods.  The deal brings together two major suppliers in the UK home baking sector and is a major boost for driving value and investment into a category estimated to be worth GBP576 million.

Power Plus Communications AG (PPC), a leading provider of broadband powerline communication systems for smart metering and smart grids, has raised EUR12 million growth capital in a round of funding by Siemens Financial Services’ (SFS) Venture Capital unit and British Gas with participation from existing investor Climate Change Capital Private