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Citi Ventures makes strategic investment in BlueVine

BlueVine, a leading online provider of everyday financing to small businesses, has secured a strategic investment from Citi Ventures. Financial terms of the investment have not been disclosed. Citi Ventures' investment will support BlueVine’s growth as it continues to scale its cloud-based working capital financing platform for small businesses and

PRA Group completes DTP acquisition

PRA Group, a specialist in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans, has completed its public tender offer to purchase shares of Warsaw-based DTP SA (DTP) on 26 April, 2016. Some 99.73 per cent of the shares in DTP have been tendered at PLN 4.90 per share (approximately USD1.26 per share), for

Merz Pharma makes new investment in Cytrellis Biosystems

Merz Pharma has made a strategic venture investment in Cytrellis Biosystems, a US based company developing a new class of non-surgical products to combat sagging skin associated with ageing. Merz has joined a growing set of industry investors to back Boston-based Cytrellis Biosystems. The investment emphasizes Merz’ strategy to allocate

Menlo Ventures closes USD250m Menlo Opportunity Fund

Venture capital firm Menlo Ventures has held the closing of the USD250 million Menlo Opportunity Fund, which will invest in early growth companies, typically Series B and C rounds, when the companies are at their initial inflection point. This is the first time Menlo Ventures has created a fund solely

European Buy & Build activity in 2015 reaches highest level since 2011

European Buy & Build activity in 2015 reached its highest level since the first half of 2011, according to Silverfleet Capital’s annual European Buy & Build Monitor. The Buy & Build Monitor, which tracks global add-on activity undertaken by European headquartered companies backed by private equity, identified a provisional total

LDC backs roll-out of healthy food-togo retailer

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has invested over GBP8 million in the management buyout of Vital Ingredient, a leading healthy food-to-go retailer, to support the roll-out of the group both within London and throughout the UK.  Santander will provide a further GBP4 million of funding to support the expansion. Founder,

AnaCap in exclusive talks to acquire Barclays’ French retail banking operations

AnaCap Financial Partners, the specialist European financial services private equity firm, is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Barclays plc’s French retail banking and wealth businesses.  Barclays will continue to operate its corporate and investment banking operations in France.    Barclays’ French retail banking and wealth business operations are focused on

IPV Capital and Tsing Capital lead USD26m Investment in RayVio

Health and hygiene company RayVio Corp has closed new funding rounds of in USD26 million in total led by IPV Capital and Tsing Capital.  RayVio will use the new funding to scale production to meet global consumer demand for protection against germs in water and environments. RayVio’s powerful Ultraviolet (UV)

Dunedin-backed EV offshore acquires Epidote

Dunedin backed EV Offshore (EV), which designs, manufactures and provides ruggedised video cameras that are used to diagnose and analyse problems in oil and gas wells, has completed its acquisition of Epidote Limited (“Epidote”).   The transaction value has not been disclosed.   Investment in the oil and gas industry

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