AXA Private Equity has acquired a 20% equity stake in leading Facebook marketing agency, KRDS. Through its Innovation & Growth funds, AXA Private Equity’s investment will enable KRDS to reinforce its leading position in the French social networking market, hire new talent and grow internationally. KRDS, founded in 2008 by

AFS Technologies, Inc.(AFS), a portfolio company of Argentum Capital Partners II, LP (Argentum), Garvin Hill Capital Fund LLC (Garvin), Ticonderoga SBIC, LP, and other institutional shareholders, have completed an equity financing led by Goldman Sachs & Co.   AFS is a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for the food

Beringea, manager of the ProVen VCTs, has invested GBP750,000 into PolyTherics Limited, a solution provider to biopharmaceutical companies, for the improvement of protein and peptide based drugs, alongside existing investors Imperial Innovation and The Capital Fund.   The total round was GBP2.15 million. The funds will be used to apply

IK Investment Partners is to sell Etanco, the French market leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of building fasteners and fixing systems to 3i and funds managed by 3i.   The management team remains committed to the business, with CEO Ronan Lebraut re-investing alongside 3i and retaining a 25%

TrueCar, a publisher of real-time transparent new and used vehicle transaction data in the US market, has raised USD200 million of growth capital, in part by leveraging its private investor portal on SharesPost.   SharesPost’s company-controlled online transaction platform allows users to connect with SharesPost’s members, who comprise the industry’s