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.

European private capital group Metric Capital Partners (MCP) has completed its investments in Áras Sláinte and Global Diagnostics, subsidiaries of the Dublin-based healthcare business Centric Health.  Áras Sláinte (AS) is a provider of primary care in Ireland, offering a range of services to the Irish market through its GP practices,

AXA Private Equity has signed an agreement with Equistone Partners Europe and the management team of Alvest to sell the company’s entire capital to LBO France. AXA Private Equity first invested in Alvest six years ago and has since actively supported its management in the company’s international development strategy. The

Falconhead Capital, a private equity firm specialising in growing consumer-focused businesses, has sold its portfolio company Competitor Group to Calera Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in San Diego, Competitor Group is an endurance media and event entertainment company dedicated to promoting the sports of

Mid-market business management solutions provider Access Group has acquired fundraising and CRM software specialist thankQ in a GBP2.7m deal. The acquisition, which is the seventh deal for Access in the past 12 months, sees the group strengthen its not-for-profit (NFP) offering, where it already has over 530 customers using its

Business Growth Fund (BGF), established to help the UK’s fast growing smaller and medium sized businesses, has invested GBP6.25m of growth capital for a minority stake in London-based Peyton and Byrne, the restaurant group, retail bakery and events business. Peyton and Byrne operates in three distinct areas. It currently operates