The private equity group HgCapital is in preliminary talks to re-purchase the main part of Iris Software Group, four years after selling it to Hellman & Friedman. The deal is valued at GBP425 million, although sources have stressed that a possible deal is still several weeks away, and is by

Phoenix Equity Partners, a UK mid-market private equity investor, has funded an additional GBP12 million to its portfolio company edif Group to complete the acquisition of NDE Global Technical Services GmbH and its subsidiaries (together NDE), from its private owners. NDE’s founder shareholders and management team will become shareholders in

Independent venture capital firm, Panoramic Growth Equity (PGE), has secured a GBP1m investment in Concorde Solutions Limited, a multi-award-winning software asset management company based in Reading. Funding from PGE’s Panoramic ECF1 will be used to help Concorde, which turned over GBP1.8m in 2010 – up 140% YOY, launch a new

Mootwin, editor of a platform for the creation of mobile applications in SaaS mode or under license, has completed its second round of fundraising to support its development projects in France and abroad. Naxicap Partners and Seventure joined existing investors Rhône-Alpes Création, Expansinvest, Crédit Agricole Développement, Héléa Financière and Teamgroup

Marketo, the fastest-growing provider of Revenue Performance Management (RPM) technology, has secured USD50 million in new venture financing. Battery Ventures led the round, with existing investors Institutional Venture Partners, InterWest Partners, Mayfield Fund and Storm Ventures also participating. In just five years since its founding, Marketo has delivered a proven

BlueMountain Capital Management (BlueMountain), a private investment firm specialising in the global credit markets with USD7 billion in assets under management, has purchased a majority equity stake in Navitas Lease Corporation (Navitas). This investment was made with funds managed by BlueMountain and will provide Navitas with additional capital to support

Salorix, Inc. a social media marketing and analytics firm developing a new platform for social media campaign management, has secured USD3.5 million in Series A investment, co-led by Inventus Capital Partners and Nexus Venture Partners. "Central to our development has been an unwavering commitment to provide global customers with best-in-class

Collins Stewart, the US Securities Division of Collins Stewart Hawkpoint, and Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC, have formed a joint venture, CSMJ Capital Markets. Within the US, CSMJ Capital Markets will enhance the capabilities of each firm to originate and execute domestic US public and private equity offerings and placements. To

Pinetree Capital has acquired ownership of 290,000 common shares of Caledonia Mining Corporation through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange, representing approximately 0.06% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of the company as of 11 November, 2011. As a result of this transaction, Pinetree and its joint