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Venture capital investment in Europe fell 14% in 2011

Venture capitalists put EUR4.4 billion into 1,012 deals for European companies in 2011, a 14% decline in investment and 19% decline in deal flow from 2010, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. This marks the lowest annual deal count for Europe since VentureSource began tracking the region in 2000. The fourth

MMC Ventures invests in Love Home Swap

MMC Ventures has led an GBP850,000 investment round in home-swapping website Love Home Swap. Love Home Swap (www.LoveHomeSwap.com) is an international holiday home exchange website founded by UK serial entrepreneur Debbie Wosskow. Love Home Swap launched in October 2011 to provide members with the opportunity to swap their homes for stylish

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Saugatuck invests in Tulip Molded Plastics Corporation

Saugatuck Capital Company has made an investment in Tulip Molded Plastics Corporation. Saugatuck teamed with management to acquire the assets of the Molded Products Division from Tulip Corporation in a leveraged buyout. Saugatuck provided equity capital through its investment vehicle Saugatuck Capital Company VII LLC which, along with management, owns

HelloWallet raises USD12 million in Series B funding from Morningstar, TD Fund, & others

HelloWallet, a provider of personalised financial guidance, has secured USD12 million in Series B funding. Chicago-based Morningstar invested USD6.75 million and DC-based TD Fund (TDF) invested USD4 million. Existing investors and new investors also participated in the round. Morningstar is a leading provider of investment research, reaching more than 20

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Inbound Indian M&A deal volumes surge by 30% in 2011

Foreign companies acquired majority stakes in 131 Indian companies during 2011, registering a 30% rise in such transactions as compared to the previous year, according to a study by Venture Intelligence, a research service focused on Private Equity and M&A transaction activity in India. Of these Inbounds deals, there were

Rutland Partners sell Attends Healthcare Group for EUR180m

Rutland Partners, the specialist turnaround and restructuring investor, is selling Attends Healthcare Group to Domtar Corporation for an enterprise value of EUR180 million. The transaction is conditional only on customary regulatory clearances and is expected to complete in late February.

 Rutland acquired Attends, a European leader in branded and own label incontinence

Carey Olsen and Heritage act for Better Capital on landmark fund establishment

Carey Olsen and Heritage International Fund Managers Limited (HIFM) have acted for Better Capital Limited, an existing Guernsey closed-ended fund listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), on its conversion into a protected cell company (PCC) with the interests of the existing listed fund forming the 2009 cell, and the

SEA Medical Secures USD3 million in Series B financing from JK&B Capital

SEA Medical Systems, a healthtech company focused on safety and management of IV medicine, has closed a USD3 million Series B investment with Chicago-based venture capital firm JK&B Capital, which specialises in investments in Information Technologies, healthcare and communication markets. As part of the agreement, Chairman of JK&B Capital David

RAM secures mandates from two emerging European funds

Renaissance Asset Managers (RAM) has acquired the investment management mandate for two further Emerging European funds within Griffin Umbrella Fund plc with assets totalling USD116m. This development follows the acquisition of the Griffin Eastern European Fund with assets of USD252m, one of the oldest and best established funds in the

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